Briar's Home|Humontis

[digifaith]

(This post will probably last until Kura, Faith, & Makoto return from Ilyamen and join in.)

The sun shines down on a small cottage, sturdily built and inviting and surrounded on all sides by ample gardens boasting wide varieties of plantlife. On her knees near the threshold, the keeper of the cottage and yard pushes her long hair back from her face with a relatively clean hand as she tends the row of bright blue forget-me-nots leading up to the front door.

It's been quiet around here lately... As she works, Briar is mildly surprised to realize that she has grown accustomed to the activity that visitors bring to her otherwise quiet home. Sparing a glance in the northern direction, she wonders when her young charges are going to return from the nearby city, and what will occupy her until that occurs.

[Darastrix]

Sarah Darcy approaches Briar's cottage at an easy pace, enjoying the sunlight and warm weather. Being out in the open air is something she misses living in the mountain's tunnels. The copper-haired woman has a somewhat large basket hanging from one arm; a few wrapped bundles of greenery peeking over the rim suggests she's out buying herbs today.

Sarah smiles at Briar as she walks up to the woman. "Excuse me, but do you happen to sell herbs of any sort? I'm refilling my stocks, and the young man I usually purchase from was short on a few items."

[digifaith]

Briar glances up from her flowerbeds, blinking briefly in the sunlight. Ah, a visitor. Smiling for the company rather than the potential business, she stands in proper greeting, brushing the loose earth off her hands. "Yes, I'm an herbalist. If you'd like, you can follow me into my greenhouse and take a look at my stores. Are you looking for any variety in particular?"

[Darastrix]

((I like your icon. ))

"Yes, please," the woman replies, glad to have come across another herbalist. Not that she minds walking around the Fields, of course. "Let's see...." She checks the contents of her basket and thinks a moment. "Black and blue cohosh, chammomile, and shepherd's purse, I think."

[digifaith]

(( Thanks. :D ))

"Ah, yes, I've got all of those." Motioning down a path that leads around to the back of the cottage, Briar leads the way to a small greenhouse crowded with vegetation and worktables.

She pushes the door open and steps inside. "My cohosh and chamomile are both over here"--she motions to a table near the door covered in greenery and wrapped packages of prepared herbs--"and shepherd's purse is on that table in the back corner."

[Darastrix]

"Oh, good," Sarah says, walking over to the table wit her basket to select some packages of the herbs. "I was getting low and didn't want to run out altogether. My name is Sarah, by the way. Sarah Darcy. And you are?"

[digifaith]

"I'm Briar. Nice to meet you." Briar smiles as she watches Sarah choose from the bundles of herbs; it gives her satisfaction to know that others are able to benefit from her craft. "We don't usually get many visitors around these fields. Are you here for any other reason, or just in the area?"

[Darastrix]

"I live in the mountain," Sarah says, picking up a few packages and crossing over to select some shepherd's purse as well. "It's nice enough there, but sometimes I just get the urge to come back into the fresh air and sunlight. I'm from Talen'sul originally. I've been here for a few years now, but I'm still more used to living on a mountain rather than inside of it," she says with a smile.

[digifaith]

"Ah," Briar acknowledges with a smile. "I have friends who live inside the mountain; it is a nice place, but I prefer the good, strong sunlight myself."

Noticing the commonality of Sarah's herb selections, she motions toward the bundles. "All useful herbs for childbirthing. Are you a midwife, by any chance?"

[Darastrix]

Sarah nods. "Yes, I am. My mother was a midwife as well. She taught me everything I know. I always found it interesting, even when I was a young girl."

[digifaith]

"A noble profession, and a much-needed one." In her businesslike manner now, Briar proceeds to total up the price of Sarah's chosen packages.

(( Really don't know how money works here, so I'll follow your prompt. ))

[Darastrix]

"Well, I don't know about noble, but I will agree about the need. Especially here in Humontis. I don't think my mother ever saw as many women in Talen'sul as I do now." Sarah pulls a small handful of coins out of her purse and counts out the correct amount once Briar gives the total.

((Money is one of the things I have a bit of trouble with sometimes, so when in doubt, fudge the amount. ))