Friendly Visit|Talen'sul

[Devon]

Marion marches up to the bookstore that belonged to his newest friend Zira. At this time of day Zira should have just opened up his shop, so there would be no need for Marion to knock and wait around. Pushing open the shop's door Marion walked right in and called out. "Zira? Are you busy?"

[Darastrix]

"Not particularly," came the reply, as Zira looked over from the shelf he was straightening. "Hello, Marion," he said with a slight smile. "How are you?"

[Devon]

"Good, you aren't busy," Marion said as he stepped inside completely. "I'm doing good actually. How are you doing these days? I hope you haven't been too busy."

[Darastrix]

"Not very busy. Business is decent, though not overly taxing, so it gives me good opportunity to work on using my Mind sign," Zira said, dusting his hands off.

[Devon]

"Oh how has your training been going with your mind sign?" Marion asked. Leaning against Zira's counter Marion glanced around. "I think you got a few more books since I was last here Zira."

[Darastrix]

"Yes, I recently received a new lot of books," Zira said. "Mind training is going fairly well, though I'm still not as strong as a Mind that was born with his sign," Zira said with a faint frown. "I'm trying, though. I want to use this somehow to find Zack again. What we did...what I did was so foolish in retrospect. I want to talk to him, set things right."

[Devon]

Marion smiles and gives his friend a cheerful pat on the shoulder. "You're a smart guy Zira. You'll be as good as those other Minds in no time." Removing his hand he sighed and added, "And about Zack I'm sure you'll run into him again. Maybe I can help, I was thinking about going to Maelstrom soon. While I'm there I'll keep my eyes opened for him."

[Darastrix]

"Maelstrom? Whatever for?" Zira asked curiously.

[Devon]

"I've been on this side of the mountain for a while and a really silly thing is. I've never gone to the other side of the mountain." Marion sits up straight while talking to Zira. "I've been kind of restless too, I think I need to stretch my wings so to speak. I wanted to let you know, I think I'll only be gone for a month."

[Darastrix]

"Well, I appreciate you coming to tell me," Zira said. He didn't reply to Marion's offer to keep an eye out for Zack; Naruta was such a big place, and what were the chances of the other bard finding him, really? He really didn't want to get his hopes up too much.

"When were you planning on leaving?"

[Devon]

"In a day or so," Marion mutters. Resting his chin in his hand he looked at the bookseller for a few moments without speaking. "Hey Zira?" he started, standing up excitedly. "Why don't you come with me?"

[Darastrix]

Zira blinked at the other man and shook his head. "Marion, I can't do that. I have a store to run, and I can't very well travel through the mountains."

[Devon]

"Oh sure you can. You have that nifty Mind sign now, you could teleport over there after I made it there." Marion steps back to make a big show out of convincing Zira to come with him. Throwing his arms out wide to represent the lands, "With your teleporting you can turn a trip this big into," he paused and drastically shortened the distance between his hands. "Into this," he finished. Shaking a finger at Zira he added, "Besides you could come to Maelstrom for a day or two and immediately teleport back home to run the shop. It would only have to be closed for a few days at most."

[Darastrix]

"Marion, I've had this sign for only a couple of months. I can't teleport that far yet. Even if I did manage to make it that far, I'd probably spend a day or so just recovering from the effort." Zira didn't bother adding that he wouldn't really be able to find out when Marion arrived, either. He just didn't have that kind of range for telepathy yet.

[Devon]

Marion sighs and nods his head understandingly. "I was hoping you'd come with me. I thought it would do you a little good to see some place outside of Talen'sul for once in a while. I'd ask if you wanted to travel by foot with me, but I know the sun doesn't agree with you."