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The Journal of Raeclyn Cyulii
I've been sitting in here for quite a while, and it doesn't seem as though anyone is being particularly vocal about what is troubling the townsfolk. Even more oddly, the woman in the corner is keeping a very keeping a very keen interest in me. I've never seen her before, and frankly it's making me a bit nervous.

I finished off my third tea and put the glass down. Casually glancing around the bar. She was still looking at me.
I'm going to guess that It's the wings. They usually catch the interest of newcomers.
I thought to myself. The waitress brought me another drink, and I gave her a little extra coin. She smiled and gave me a wink as she walked back to the bar to get the next round of drinks.
The sky rapidly darkened and rain began pinging off the windows. I wasn't overly concerned about my grove. After all, it was in the forest, and I had secured everything a few moments before I left. I got up and walked to the window. Which also happened to be about five or six feet away from the woman who kept watching me. I loomed out through the glass as a lightning bolt arced and hit the ground somewhere in the fields. Thunder rolled and filled the tavern with a low rumble.

The Journal of Raeclyn Cyulii
The storm is getting steadily worse. It would be foolish to try and return to my grove, so I think I'll stay at the inn for the night. The woman is still looking at me. She hasnt stopped since i first noticed her interest. Peculiar. There are shapes moving in the tree line. At the moment the rain and darkness is obscuring them too much to make out what exactly they are, but they are bigger than a human. I wonder what they are up to? Once again, time will tell.

I closed the notebook again and turned my attention to the woman, who had asked wether or not I would brave the storm. I shook my head.
"no. The Rain is too heavy, and there is too much lightning for my liking. If I were to return to my grove, it would almost certainly kill me." I said to her.
I looked her over again. She was indeed attractive, but there was something more about her. I sifted through my short term memory to when the man thst had been flirting with her became angry. He seemed to do so so suddenly. Too suddenly for the easygoing people of this town.
glamour. I thought suddenly. And in the space of that second, she became a very dangerous person to have as an enemy. No danger to myself, as glamour would not affect me, but dangerous because she could influence others to act as they normally wouldnt.
I pulled a chair out and sat down. Sliding my satchel off my shoulder, I slipped my journal into the rearmost pocket.
"I couldn't help but notice that you had taken a very keen interest in me
during my time here. Is there something I can help you with?" I asked her.

((what's that?))

Rei nodded and picked Seth up. She set him down on her shoulders with ease with pretty much just one arm. She was taller than any human and stronger, having ogre like strength. She not only wanted Seth on her shoulders to keep him close and know where he was, it was so he could see the town from up where he was. She walked through before starting to pass vendors. She picked up a fruit and handed it to Seth before paying the clerk. She nodded to them and they pretty much stared in shock at her. She was nearly the tallest person there in town. "Are you having fun Seth?" she asked smiling at him. She enjoyed walking through town herself mainly because of all the weird stares she got. It was as if she was like a monster who had come out of the woods. Which she did come out of the woods but she was no monster. She had wondered what Seth thought when he first met her. She was like a giant to him, but she remembered the day she found him. That memory would never leave her.

((ehhh. I was going to try and have a journal entry for every post. But it seems as though that would impractical during a conversation. I'll jus put it into the next one I write up....what do you think of the journals by the way? I've never tried that before si hope it's not annoying or anything.))

I regarded her for a moment. I had never had to answer that question before. But the answer was easy enough to recall. In actuality, I didn't have to say anything. Indidnt have to reveal one shred of my past. But I started the story anyway.
It started many years ago. During a small, but bloody war between Heaven and Hell. And yea even before that. My mother was an Angel. She and several others we attacked and taken captive. She was raped by a Dark Angel, my 'father'." I used the word as though it were a curse. she was still captive when I was born. The war may have been small, but was off and on over the course of 15-20 years or so. About 16 years after he capture she and her fellow captives escaped and she took me with her. Before I knew it I was standing at the Gates with my mother. the other Dark Angels, my father included, tried tk teach me to hate the Angels and everything about them. But I was also put on guard detail for them. And not once did I see anything to male me believe they were evil. Once my mother even gave up her meal, small though it was, so thst I could have something to eat. I stood before an Angel, called Gabrielle. One of the most empathetic beings to live. Even though it had not been my choice, I was still half Dark Angel, and could not be allowed into Zion. Gabrielle consulted with God and gave me the option to either return to the Dark Angels, or serve in earth as a Guardian for 2000 years, at the end in which, my blood would be purified and I would cease to be an Angel/Dark Angel hybrid, and become an Angel. I gladly accepted and for the past 1750 years I have given myself to the people. I finished my tale and found myself looking out the window at the lightning again

I gazed at her thoughtfully for a moment before I responded.
the story wasn't supposed to garner sympathy. I am quite content with my lot in life, and would gladly continue doing it, even after my time was completed. You asked me how a Dark Angel became a 'goody two shoes Ranger' and I told you what events had brought about the person you see now. I was still thinking about her comment, and subsequent general mannerism directly afterward. Much animosity. Anger at something or someone it seemed.
I don't like it think of it as dedication as much as it's doing what I love. I spent alot of time among the Elves in the beginning, learning their secrets of the forest and how everything sustained eachother. They also taught me that the true key to being happy is doing what you love to do. And that too, is why I chose the life of a Ranger. Lorian moved past me and clapped me on the shoulder before heading up stairs to his room.
Perhaps you could come into the forest with me tomorrow and see what there is to see? I could use a touch of company. I offered. I fully expected her to decline, but I at least gave her the courtesy of an offer.

The waitress brought over a drink for the woman across from me, and the looked at me.
"another tea for you, dear?" she asked.
yes please. That would be wonderful. I replied. She went back to the bar and poured the drink. The game of throwing knives seemed to have subsided into a group of people casually drinking thei preferred ale, sharing stories from whence they came. I recorded my drink and gave her the coin to pay for it.

Seth

Seth listened to Rei ordering her food but he wasn't sure what any of these foods were, he looked down at Rei, "can I get same food your getting" he asked.