Apprentice (Open)

[Kender Bard]

"Don't be," Aida said. "It's not that obvious. Much of what we teach here is subtle. You will learn to read between the lines if you find that this is the life that suits you best. Now, come, let us go outside the walls." Brushing the sign on her forehead, Aida teleported away.

[Devon]

Touching his sign he teleported after Aida to the outside walls of Sensatia.

[Kender Bard]

Aida pointed off at the distant horizon towards the northwest, "We do have places we can go however. Hidden places. To know of them is to promise secrecy." She lowered her arm. "There are precious, precious books in these places. They cannot be read by the ignorant or else there could be dire consequences. I will explain more later. Would you like me to take you or would you like to go yourself?"

[Devon]

Sage stares off into the horizon, contemplating what he was just told by Aida. "Do you mind coming with me Aida? I'd like to go right away, if you think its better I check it on my own I will though."

[Kender Bard]

"No, I'd be glad to come with you," she says, and holds out her hand. "Let us go the fast way then. Someday you should learn how to get there by land, but there is much I must teach you."

[Devon]

Sage nods and takes hold of her hand. "Okay, well I'll have plenty of time to learn the way now won't I?" Sage asked with a smile on his face.

[Kender Bard]

"I sure hope so," Aida remarked cryptically before teleporting away with him, re-appearing in a domed room. There were no windows in this room, but sconces on the wall provided adequate illumination. And everywhere you looked...

Books. Scrolls. Even a large board of slate with writing scribbled over nearly every inch. Near the board a few youths were bent over their own parchment, writing down things. They looked up at Aida's arrival, but otherwise didn't comment.

"This is what we refer to as one of the depositories," Aida said, voice hushed. She released his hand. "It is where we store all our prophecies."

[Devon]

Sage looked around the room in quiet amazement. "Wow all of the prophecies. Where in the world can I start reading?"

[Kender Bard]

"I suggest the board," Aida said, guiding him to the table, where materials were already laid out. "These prophecies need to be recorded for study, and you can try to reflect on their meaning as you scribe."

[Devon]

Sage nodded and took a seat at the table in front of him. Adjusting the chair he glanced at all the materials that lay out in front of him. "all right Aida, I'll give this a try." Clearing his throat for some reason, he began to flip through the materials and scribe the prophecies as he read them.

[Kender Bard]

Aida looked over to see what prophecy in particular he was scribing.

Less than a century, and more than a year
Ash memory rekindled, renewal of fear.
The shackles of defeat will be thrown away
And shunned ones will rise up at the dawn of day.

She frowned, deeply. "I would value your insight on this one."

[Devon]

Sage gulped, he actually had a strong idea about what this one could mean. "Well after reading this I can only think of one thing and its the Clears." Sage stopped scribing for a moment to turn around and face Aida. "I stay in Reave with friends of mine and we've seen the Clears ourself they really want to get passed what happened and move on to more peaceful times. I even know the new leader of Reave and he just wants the name of the Clears to not be so feared. This prophecy is scary to me. It could go down a positive road, or tilt towards something wrong and I just don't think the Clears of Reave would try and start trouble again."

[Kender Bard]

Aida sat next to Sage, lacing her fingers. "You've hit upon a key problem in prophecy; it generally branches out, one possibility leading to many others. This dual-ending prophecy is common, and we call it a Forked probability. Now, if you were a full fledged priest, and you had this vision, what would you do?"

[Devon]

"I'd consult with Trevor," Sage murmured. "I'd let him know what the basic prophecy said and to be careful of anybody in Reave who seemed overzealous. Or just to watch out for rogue Clears who may want to start some kind of trouble for Reave." Sage looked down at the parchment he was writing on, "I really don't want to see the bad end of this prophecy. Everyone in Reave is really trying hard, it'd be a shame for their progress to be stopped."

[Kender Bard]

"And here I must tell you that you are wrong," Aida said firmly. "For though the prophecy seems ominous, and it does sound like it's about the Clears, how can you ever know?" She gave him a knowing look. "And even if you were right, how can you know that you wouldn't be causing more harm than good by trying to alter the course of the future?"