Declaration of Love|Sensatia

[Darastrix]

A rider approaches the city on horseback, reining in his mount as he reaches the moat. A bit confused, he looks around for a bell or some other way to announce his prescence. Noticing none, he settles for shouting up at the wall.

"Oi! Anyone up there? I've a letter for Lord Thelon!"

[aivea]

A female Mind appears near Reuel, but glomps him by way of greeting and says perkily, "Hi, there. How are you? What's you're name? I'm Shift."

[Darastrix]

Completely nonplussed, Reuel blushes and stammers a bit before finally getting his thoughts back in order. Touching always made him a bit nervous.

"I-I-I just want to have this delivered to Lord Thelon. My name's not really important; I'm not really important," he says softly, wondering if maybe he should have just sent the letter by messenger rather than bringing it himself. He certainly isn't worthy of being in the man's prescence, that's for sure.

[aivea]

"Don't you want to take it to him or atleast to his doorstep yourself? You're cute, and you don't seem to have evil intentions, so there's no need to hide," she asks, letting go slightly and looking puzzled. "Here, why don't I take you inside the city?"

Tilting her head, Shift asks, "What do you mean you're not important? I thought everyone is important at least to someone."

[Darastrix]

Reuel gives a little shrug, stepping back a bit out of the girl's personal space. There's only one person in the world that he wants to be important to, and he doesn't even know he exists.

"I never have been," he murmurs, keeping his eyes downcast. "But I can't just give it to him; I can't face him yet. But I guess I could leave it at his door..."

[aivea]

"So you're ready to write a letter but not ready yet to be seen by him? Don't worry, you're important to someone even if you don't know it yet, or you will be important to someone pretty soon at very least." Shift puts a finger to her lips, and then suggests, "Here, I have an idea. Why don't I take you into the city, and you leave the letter on Lord Thelon's doorstep and I can hide and keep watch to make sure that no one else bothers the letter? Would you like that?"

[Darastrix]

I hope I'll be important to him soon....

"That...does sound agreeable," Reuel said with a slight nod. "What should I do with my horse?"

[aivea]

"Then there's no need to wait, is there? I just need to touch both you and the horse- or at least the reins- to teleport us inside." Shift pauses then answers, "There's some land inside the wall that's not been developed beyond being a field with a fence on one side and a wall on the other. I'm pretty sure no one will mind if you keep him there." Though I'm not sure where to keep him.

She holds out one hand toward Reuel with a smile with the intention of teleporting them in as soon as he's ready.

[Darastrix]

The Water reaches out and touches Shift's offered hand, the prospect of actually getting to see where the man lived quashing his usual hesitance. He's hardly worthy of touching the stones where Lord Thelon's boots tread, but still.... It's an opportunity he can't refuse.

[aivea]

Shift smiles and teleports them inside the city so that they're now standing in the open area she'd mentioned earlier. "Oh! I forgot to ask earlier, but is there anything you need or want to do first? There's a few places to eat if you're hungry, and I'm pretty sure I could find you a room if you're tired or need to work a bit more on your letter."

[Darastrix]

The Water shakes his head slightly, a bit uncomfortable at the attention. "No, that's all right. You don't need to trouble yourself. I'd just to deliver this, please."

Reuel has already spent an agonizingly long time on the letter, going through draft after draft. His hand still aches from all the writing, and considering how much writing he does normally, that's quite an accomplishment.

[aivea]

"Ok," Shift replies. "Thelon's home is right this way. Follow me?"

She sets off in the direction of Thelon's home, and trusts that Reuel will follow. The Mind is pretty sure that if she walks at a normal speed, then she won't have to worry about losing him.

[Darastrix]

Reuel follows the Mind, trembling slightly. He's going to leave a letter for Lord Thelon on the man's doorstep! He prays fervently to Etaf that his letter will be well-received, that the Mind leader will understand.

[aivea]

Shard leads Reuel close to Thelon's doorstep then says, "Here we are. Just put the letter right there and I'll find a good hiding spot until he sees it. You can do whatever you like while you wait, but try not to get lost. There's more buildings here than there are people, so it might be a bit confusing."

[Darastrix]

With an almost reverent manner, Reuel approaches the doorstep and gently lays the sealed envelope upon it. Stepping back, he looks at Shift and says quiety, "I can just go back to my horse and wait there. I wasn't planning to stay here."