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Ellandra sighed a little and set her notebook aside, tired of writing for the moment; she'd been working at it for hours and needed a bit of a break. Faolan and Ziazan had gone out earlier, she wasn't quite sure where but she trusted the two not to get into too much trouble. Trouble was inevitable, but hopefully they would only find the minor sort this time. She rose to her feet and went to exit the vardo, stopping to pet Rags on the way. It was good to see the little cat so happy now.

"We're both happy now, aren't we, Rags?" She asked the cat - or rather, mused out loud, since cats weren't normally the best for conversation. Rags did make an agreeable-sounding meow, but Ellandra knew her little kitty and he was just hoping to get some sort of table scrap from somewhere, the spoiled thing. She petted him one last time, and then walked out the door, sitting down on the steps and watching the misty world around her. It was so different from her apartment, some things were still regularly overwheming her, but she was happier than she'd ever been.

Idly, she fidgeted with the ring on her left hand - engaged, really, who would have thought that she would ever be engaged? If her father wasn't already dead, he would probably have had a heart attack at her ending up with a half-demon fortune-teller. But then, her Papa would have never been able to handle Ellandra getting engaged to anyone, probably. Smiling softly at the small ring on her hand, Ellandra closed her eyes.

There was only one thing at the moment that she desperately, desperately needed fixed - she needed to see Misha again, to make sure they were - were still okay after what had happened the last time she'd seen him. Only she wasn't brave enough to try going all the way to the shop to try and catch him, and have to deal with ... what was her name again? Longway? whether the Essentic was there or not.

It'd take something of a miracle for her to see Misha again.

Ellandra was sitting thoughtfully on the steps of the vardo, contemplating all of the changes that had overtaken her life in recent. . . days? Weeks? She wasn't entirely sure, really, it had all happened so fast - but she did know that it hadn't been very long ago at all that her only contact with the outside world was with her editor and those people she would order things from at the coffee shop.

Speaking of that coffee shop, she was dying for some cheesecake... if she had her recipe book here, she could probably get Faolan to show her a place she could try making some; she wasn't half bad at it, she just preferred the ease of buying a slice at a time from the coffee shop. She tilted her head a little as she noticed someone approaching the vardo, someone who wasn't Faolan and was dressed in a manner unlike the people she'd grown used to watching pass by her new home.

It took her a moment, but she recognized him, even with hiding his ears, and she bolted upright, nearly falling off of the steps in her shock. "M-misha!"

And she was scrambling, stumbling down the steps and across the ground, dodging that silly Rosco who she swore made a face at her as she passed - he had Faolan's "World's Greatest Grandpa" mug again but there was just no way she was mentioning that to the fortune-teller - and just barely managed to keep from falling over as she reached the Essentic.

"Misha. . ." She couldn't manage to say anything more, not just yet, but the absolute joy in her expression, much more vivid than it would have been had she never been forced into this colorful, open-feeling world, gave away exactly how she felt at seeing her friend again. Because, here to deliver something or not (which he most likely was), she'd still gotten to see him this time.

And that meant more than she'd known.

Tears welled up in Ellandra's eyes - happy tears, joyful tears, not sad ones or even angry ones. "M-misha. . . I - I was so worried that - that I'd never get to see you again," she said, and it was a whisper; a choked off, strangled sort of sound that spilled out the complete truthfulness of that thought.

She took a few more steps forward, her eyes sparkling with tears and delight at finally, finally seeing the friend she'd just been thinking about. The brunette fiddled with the ring on her hand and chewed her lip for a few moments, then, dropping her gaze to the ground. "I - I was afraid you didn't want to see me," she admitted softly, raising her eyes back to the Alter after a moment.

Stepping closer again - she was right in front of him at last, the dear bunny-ears hardly visible at all due to the cape misha wore. "You're . . . very dressed up for a delivery," she said, a smile rising to her face again. "You look very handsome, Misha." she paused and bit her lip once more before continuing, "I - I'm so sorry, Misha. . . I overreacted that day, and - and I upset you . . . I am so very, very sorry."

Ellandra smiled a little. "I - I know I have. . . and Misha, I - I have to thannk you.... to thank you so very, very much," the brunette said, staring at the young Alter, hoping, hoping he would understand what she was trying to say.

"Misha. . . you - meeting you, becoming friends with you. . . it's .... you've changed my life, or at the very least started the changes........ and they've ll been good ones..." She wanted Misha to understand, wanted him to be happy, not upset or embarrassed. She bit her lip again and once more started to fidget with the ring on her finger, the one Faolan had givn her. . . . the symbol of their engagement.

Shaking her head a little to clear it, she smiled at the bunny-eared alter yet again. "Well, it's a nice style, Misha.... and - and I'm glad you could stop by, even if only for a moment."

Ellandra smiled softly, and grabbed the silly, naive little bunny-eared messenger's hand. "Misha. . . it was only b-because I met you that I . . . s-started to go out more and. . . meet more people... and several of your little siblings, I might add," she said quietly, wanting Misha to know that yes, he had done so much for her, so much more than he could understand because she didn't really understand it herself.

When she saw Misha's eyes land on her ring and his small comment, her smile grew from an "I'm-so-happy-to-see-you" smile to the silly, lovestruck smile she and Faolan both had sported off and on recently. "Ummm, no, I -I d-didn't have it last time...... I only ...... um.... got it a short time ago...." She said, her eyes taking on a distant, happy gleam - she returned to reality fairly quickly though at the mention of Banning.

"I'm glad he's feeling better now," she said, smiling a bit (and a more normal smile it was). Tilting her head a little, she saw how embarrassed Misha seemed to be right now - why, she didn't know, he really did look quite handsome - and decided to make a suggestion. "Here, Misha. . . do you have time to come inside? No-one here's even noticed you, I promise but if you'd be more comfortable out of sight..." She paused and bit her lip. "Or we could stay out here, w-whicever you're more comfortable with..."

Ellandra smiled softly. "Come on then," she said, taking Misha by the hand and leading him up to the vardo. She hesitated just a moment outside the door as a slightly-worrying thought crossed her mind. "Um... before we go in, Misha......... there's a cat that lives in here. He's declawed, but I wouldn't want to worry you."

She searched the Essentic's golden eyes for a moment. "I'm more than glad to - to tell you what I know about your siblings... I've only met a - a few, but I'll tell you what I can."

"Yes, that cat," Ellandra said with a smile. "He's declawed, the poor thing..... but he's safe here." when Misha asked what brought her to the carnival, she couldn't help it - she giggled. "Faolan kidnapped me," was all she said in response to that particular query.

And regarding the condistion of the vardo, she was working on his messy bachelor-ness. Somehow she had the feeling that was something she'd be working on for a long time - not that she was any better when it came to her notes, but in general day-to-day living. . . she had her work cut out for her.

She smiled softly and tilted her head. "Yes, they've all been very nice to me - in their own ways, of course, b-but nice... is there.... anything specific you'd lik to know about any of them?"