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"...Snrk."

Watching the drow in their struggle against the mountain of boxes was enough to elicit a snort from the recruit, head lowered to hide the ever-growing grin on her face. This was short-lived, however, as the two soon approached her, and her smile slowly inverted into a frown.

Coline wasn't sure what to make of Cressa's apology. The face she made just then, the way she spoke, along with the knowledge of what she was like just a few hours back... it didn't add up. Still, it was an apology, and it would be rude of her not to acknowledge it. "It's... quite alright. You don't really need to apologize..." she answered, her hand snaking up the back of her neck in discomfort.

It didn't take long for her expression to match her awkward stance and her eyes darted towards the heap of boxes at the center of the cave. Perhaps now would be a good time to change the subject. Pulling out a random phrase from the jumbled mess that was her mind, Coline turned to a more comforting sight--her beloved Captain. "I... suppose you'll be needing some help getting these to where they need to go," she suggested, flashing a sheepish smile. "I get the feeling this isn't where these are intended."

...

"WHAAAAAAAAT!?" she blurted out, one hand shooting up to clasp over her mouth. Her wide eyes went from Cressa, to Jessie, to the overwhelming pile of boxes. "Th-Th-This--" she stuttered nervously, slowly lowering her hand. "This--This can't fit into my tent!" her hand made its way back up, now rested upon her forehead. "This can't fit into my room! I don't think all this can even fit into the priestess' house!"

Coline's face the very definition of shock, but her insides were a mix of a variety of emotions. It took a while, but she eventually managed a small fit of laughter. "Haha... You're insane..."

Her expression was, well... she was smiling rather cheerfully, her cheeks tainted heavily with a red hue, and yet somehow her eyes appeared to water. It was a feeling she couldn't quite describe in words. "I don't know what I may have possibly done to deserve all this, but..." clasping her free hand over the other loosely in front of her, Coline took a deep bow. "Thank you very much for your kindness. I'm... truly not worthy."

Coline slowly rose her head, bringing a hand up to wipe what little moisture there was left in her eyes. "It's alright, you don't need to apologize. I'm used to spite." she reassured, the casual tone of her voice not quite matching the severity of her words.

The moment she had managed to completely compose herself was the same moment she took notice of her Captain's pained expression. Her heart sank. For the first time since they've started seeing each other, Coline rose a comforting hand to cradle the drow's cheek into her palm. "Please don't look so upset..." she said softly, brushing a calloused thumb against his skin. "You've done nothing wrong."

(( I HAVENT MADE A LORI POST BECAUSE I'M A LAZY BUM




I will eventually though owo ))

(( Um yeah hold teh fort talking to fel while I get round to it >3>; ))

"It's not enough to know your limits..

She was not much of a Temple person. Of course she did have her moments of contemplation, not to mention that she also worshiped the Benevolent One. But to actually go to the Temple to contemplate and worship with other people was simply too much for her, too communal.

Though the last few weeks events have been odd for the Order, she found some solace from all the stress and confusion in the silence of the Temple.

As Odin was walking down the path to the building she felt something shift around in the area. It was like someone or something was around, lurking.

She tried ignoring the presence but she felt it growing around her, and it was quite uneasy.

..but to know what you must do to go beyond them."

I don't like to think of myself as "evil," as such...















(( Incredibly short post is incredibly short but at least tells us wtf is going on and provides opportunity for further rp~ ))

Feline was so intent upon the High Priestess's door that she did not hear the person approaching behind her and jumped when a voice seemed to come from the back of her head.

Quickly turning around she automatically went into a defensive crouch, her tense mood from dreading the encounter with the High Priestess carrying over.

Looking around all she saw at first was a tray of food that seemed to have furry legs walking it about. Calming down and realizing that threat was not eminent Feline stood up and was able to see more clearly who had come upon her.

It was a cat woman. Feline was surprised to see another. After weeks of thinking she was the only one she had now found two. She quickly sent her magical senses about the woman to see if she too had come from another plane of existence. It was obvious that the cat woman was not from her homeland, but as her energies ran over her, Feline got a clear sense that the woman was as fundamentally of Gaia as were the other humans in the area.

Realizing that she was staring her face grew hot with embarrassment, to her great relief the woman's questions bubbled up from the back of her brain and gave her something to break the awkward silence.

"Wilds? I'm still very new here and I do not know of this wilds area. I'm sorry for my ignorance." She looked down slightly, her wings fluttering a bit in her confusion.

"I was pulled here from my homeland by strong magics not of my making and found myself powerless when I reached here." She looked back up and gestured to her wings, "My guess is that my homeland isn't even of this dimension so that could be why you've never seen wings such as these."

Feline realized how rude she was being when she finally saw the heavy tray the woman was carrying and stepped aside so she was out of the way. "I'm sorry to be in the way of your duties."

Looking to the door, her nervousness for broaching what was sure to be an unwelcome topic with the High Priestess was beginning to grow again.