Welcome to Gaia! ::

((I'm finally back! So here goes my attempt to make things make sense again))

After discovering that the Amyrlin wasn't in her rooms, Shanoa quietly made her way back out into the hallway along with the carpenters working on the now shattered doors to the Keeper's rooms. Still curious about the Ashaman she had accompanied while caring for Mercury, Shanoa decided to wait in the corner of the hallway for him to leave so she could talk to him. Taking her notebook from her pocket and beginning to record the events of the day that she had no time for earlier her weariness overcomes her and she falls asleep hidden from view until the feeling of Saidin being channeled pulls her abruptly from her rest.

Waking suddenly Shanoa looks up sleepily just in time to see the Ashaman of the day before run past with a sword in his hand, a look of intense concentration on his face, and a very shaken looking Sister following him.

What does that man think he is up to? He's going to get himself, and possible the Sister with him, killed!

Jumping up in haste, Shanoa begins to chase after him to find out what is going on.

Trouble seems to follow that man and that Sister has no clue what she is in for! The Gaidin are going to be up in arms about this!

As she follows him she hears the Gaidin begin to give chase behind her and she begins to run faster not wanting to be caught in the battle that may ensue. Suddenly the feel of Saidar begin channeled warns her to get out of the way and she moves the her right just in time to miss the weave of air being flung at the Ashaman. Looking forward again she sees weaves of saidin begin to form and when the balls of liquid fire leap towards her she runs fearlessly through them as the crowd behind her dodges to avoid being burned.

He certainly has a flare for the dramatic. I just wish I knew where he was going and what he means by running about like this.

When they finally stop, Shanoa recognizes her surroundings as the Green Quarters and runs into the back of the Sister who emerged with the Ashaman.

((I hope that makes sense.)) ((I didn't make sense on second glance so I fixed it.))

Jakelle jumped as she heard faint screams of pain. Getting up, she grabbed her dagger from the cabinet. It wasn't her axe, but it would do. Attaching the belt. She Somehow looked even more like a man. Stepping out into the corridor. She followed the screams.


She followed the screams for some time. before they took her to a corridor, with green floor tiles, and many doors. Even more people were sitting on the ground, burned, beaten, dead. They were everywhere. Gripping the hilt of her dagger, She drew it. Short in length, it looked rugged, and the blade was serated, as if someone took a file and cut triangles out of the blade, Creating spikes inside te blade. Jakelle spuin the dagger around in her hand, before deciding to hold it backwards. Lifting her hand up, so the blade looked like a snakes tooth. She moved as silently as possable. Making her way to where she could see a man. With many women around him. Watching silently, she waited for the opertune moment before striking.

((Umm.... Hey, guy? There's noone injured. Those weren't real.

:followed immediately by the sounds of furniture and bodies hitting the floor as they avoided nothing. With this much saidin, it was amazing the Illusions one could create:

See? Illusory. ))

She felt someone trying to interfere with her weaves & she quickly channeled an Illusion to make her look calm. There was another in front of the Amyrlin; whoever it was, now wasn't the time for it. She rose to see who it was & was surprised to see Mog pounding at her barrier. Behind him was another sister who looked both disgruntled & annoyed. The Accepted on duty was leaning against Mercury's desk, looking stunned.

She pushed back Yurin using a weave of Air & stepped out. "That makes another door you've brought down. I gather you have a faint idea of what's wrong..so you can go inside."

She looked at the other sister & weighed it in her mind. There was no choice; she'd already seen. "And you...you may come in...on this condition. Under direct orders from the Amyrlin, you are not to speak of nor mention this to any person or thing besides myself, Yurin, Hawk, & the Mother. You cannot mention it at any time, place, or situation unless the afore mentioned four & yourself are present..and we five alone. Is that clear?"

Mercury reviewed the words mentally to make sure there was no loophole. She didn't think there was one..but there was no telling. She didn't know to what purpose a sister could use this information, but she took no chances. After getting the sister's permission, she ushered them through the barrier. She turned to the Accepted.

"Child, you have my permission to keep anyone out of here. Should they try to interfere in the study, you may-without overusing your power or harming them-stop them. No matter who it is, they are to wait. You are to remain here until I dismiss you." With that, Mercury stepped back inside the Mother's study. She replaced the eavesdropping ward and door block, along with adding a weave to prevent others from being able to see inside the room. Mercury still felt too shocked by the events to do anything but sit, but protocol demanded otherwise. She went to stand behind the Amyrlin as was formal & let both Illusions drop; she waited to see what the two newcomers would do.

"Mother...Yurin Gaidin & an Aes Sedai have arrived to see you."

Completely unaware of the troubles going on elsewhere in the Tower, Kakashi had taken to wandering around after having put his staff back in his room and washed away the sweat from training. He had also donned a new shirt. At the moment he wasnt even aware of his surroundings as he walked through a hallway that was several floors up from the Warders' rooms.

He was deep in thought once again, over the dreams he had been having every night now. None of it made sense to him. Wolves. Why wolves? He had never seen one and had only heard their howls once every so often back home. He had never even seen a dead one, yet there they were in his dreams, as vivid as if he had spent a lifetime around them. He shook his head and for a moment came close to realizing that he had lost himself in the many hallways of the tower, but quickly was swallowed by deep thought once again. He kept walking, though, never really looking left or right. Just blankly at the floor several paces ahead of himself.

Faye nodded and curtseyed no more than was required to the Keeper, “Yes, ma’am.”

She entered, wondering the whole time what that bloody man had gotten her into. As the Keeper and Amyrlin allowed their illusions to drop, she began to grasp hold of the situation. Something dreadful must have happened to distraught the Amyrlin and Keeper both so. Curtsying deeply to the Amyrlin she introduced herself.

“I am Fayela Sedai, Mother, Gray Ajah. If there is anything you would have me do, don’t hesitate to ask.”

She awaited the Mother’s reply, and for whatever events to unfold that would.

Mercury Sedai's words and annoyance slid over Mog like water. His attention was purely on his Aes Sedai. Not even the relief he felt at her recovery were enough to take his eyes off the Amyrlin, ensuring that she was well, but for the loss of someone.

In a distracted way, he replied as he walked by,

"That's the first, the other Channeler brought down the other."

Entering, his blue-eyed gaze sweeping the room for any possibility of danger, they found it clear but for the stern look of disapproval emanating from the other Gaidin. Realizing what he was looking at, Yurin quickly devested himself of it by returning it to the owner who, miraculously, had stayed with him throughout his mad dash through the Green Quarters.

"You dropped this." He said, lamely, in way of apology.





Turning back to Clarissa, he went to her, dropped to one knee, in full formality, placing his left fist to the ground, his right hand gripping the pommel of the Heron-marked blade over his right shoulder.

"I am here, Mother. I don't know who Wolf is, but I am sorry for your loss. If there is anything I can do. Command me as you will."

((I thought we were trying to pull out of Iraq. Oh, and sorry I haven't been posting, I've been on and checking posts if that helps, but I don't have anything going on right now, waiting on Aes Sedai.))