Eliaza had dragged a stool into one of the lower caverns. Close enough to the living cavern that she had the murmur of voices as background to keep her company while she pulled things to work on from a basket of mending. She wasn't quite eavesdropping. All those voices melding together made it impossible to pick out more than the briefest snippet of any one conversation. It was just a comfort to have noise other than the thoughts whirring through her mind.
Leather. Another pair of someone's leather trousers, a seam stretched nearly to splitting. Sewing leather was not at all like mending or embroidering hold or even Hall-suited clothing, and a slip of her fingers proved that. Again. She exhaled a quiet, "Shardit," and sucked her fingertip into her mouth, waiting for the pain to throb away.
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:36 am
Erie swore, Erisk had torn yet another jerkin she'd heard someone was mending somewhere at the moment and she decided to go bug them while she was awake (barely). She got frustrated as whoever it was, was nowhere in sight, asking around she was pointed towards the lower caverns, she rolled her eyes and sighed, wearing just her shirt and trousers from the night before.
Finally she managed to find her, it had turned out to be a girl, "I need you to fix this before tonight if you would?" she asked, attempting to be polite but failing epically since she was tired, the bags under her eyes if not the smell could probably make it obvious she was a Wherhandler, if the girl didn't know her as one already.
It wasn't so much that she minded being found, but the abruptness of it that startled Eliaza into sticking herself in the finger again. "Ow! Sh--" She stopped herself before the rest of the oath slipped out again.
She glared at her finger, all but daring it to well with blood, but it didn't this time. The stab hadn't been as deep or her finger was just plain tired of giving it up because of her clumsiness. Whatever the case, she didn't suck her finger into her mouth, but instead looked up at Erie. "Sorry, missed the stitch." She considered the jerkin in her hands, then looked up again, nodding. "I can do that, I think. Fix it before tonight, I mean. It's just this one last tear here..."
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:58 am
Erie almost smiled when the girl stifled a curse, then she frowned, sighed and flopped into a nearby chair, clapping her hand to her mouth she yawned widely "Sharding Wher" she muttered, the jerkin loosely held in her hand, she held it out towards the girl and yawned again, "You think you can? i need it before my shift starts again tonight" replied Erie, slightly irritated, she was very tired but she also had things to do before she slept again. Yawnin yet again she sighed, "I'll get some Klah, have you eaten yet?" she asked, she was headed towards the kitchen for some herself so she might as well grab some for the girl too, maybe even stay up a while, she needed to wash and hang out the jerkin later anyway after taking a short bath.
"I mean, I will," Eliaza amended, and nodded to back herself up, giving the wherhandler a smile. "I'll finish before you need it." She took it from Erie's outstretched hand and turned it to inspect the damage. "Your wher must have been in a mood."
The mention of food and klah made Eliaza's stomach rumble in protest and her cheeks reddened a bit as she clapped a hand over the complaint. "No," she confessed, though the answer was clear enough without, wasn't it? "I haven't eaten anything yet."
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:37 am
Erie nodded "She was in a 'playful' mood" she replied yawning again before getting up, carefully she studied the other, a slight smile appeared at the very corner of Erie's mouth as she saw the other redden and her stomach grumble "I'll get something hot, these nights can be cool" she said, and strode out of the room.
A short while later Erie reappeared with a tray of Klah and hot meatrolls "Here" she said, handing the other a cup of hot Klah, putting the tray down she stretched "mmm, do you know where Erisk's Kennel is?" she asked, sipping her Klah "if you dont, give the jerkin to someone that does, i'll get going soon, and leave you to it"
"Playful seems like a dangerous mood, when it comes to whers," Eliaza offered. She'd seen whers, certainly, and mostly avoided them. No point in being on the wrong end of those claws.
She set aside what she'd been working on and rummaged through the basket of supplies by her feet to find thread that would work for mending the torn jerkin. She looked up only when Erie came back, and the look of gratitude in her eyes was clear. "You're wonderful," she exhaled as a smile curved her lips. "Thank you so much. You didn't have to bring so much." Or anything for that matter.
She shook her head in answer. "I don't know, but I'll ask. No reason to keep you waiting here. I'll bring it as soon as I've finished."
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:29 am
"You're wonderful,"
Erie flashed a strange look, "i'm not wonderful, just sensible, a hungry hand is shaky and you can't mend with shaky hands, at least, you cant without pricking yourself all the time" she said grabbing a meatroll for herself and sitting down for the moment.
"Oh, i'll be here for the time being, as long as it's fixed in time to wash it and set it out to dry before the sun sets" she said with a shrug, stuffing her mouth full with another meatroll, her stomach grumbling "Shardit, Erisk is hungry, guess i'm going to have to get going" she grumped geting up and drinking down her cup of Klah.
She was almost out of the room when she turned a little "Thanks" she said "I'm Erie if you hadn't already heard my name around" striding out of the room.
So she was straightforward. And not interested in taking compliments. Eliaza knew better now. She also ducked her head to hide most of a smile, a little embarrassed, a little amused. "That's true too," she allowed.
The other woman moved so fast, changed her mind so often, that Eliaza felt a little dizzy. "I. All right. Erie. I'll find Erisk's kennel," she promised again. And then she was gone, leaving Eliaza to call, "It's Eliaza! My name's Eliaza!" after her.
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