A slightly lost visitor

[Devon]

"Not lately," Xavier replied with a shake of his head. "The most exciting thing was probably when the citizens formed a mob outside of Thelon's home. That was nearly two years ago though."

[acadia]

Saber gave a little gasp of surprise. "They did? What happened to lead to that?"

It didn't seem like the usually quiet Mind types to form mobs. Whatever it was had to be not only after his time, but also extremely important. There hadn't been an uprising that he knew of when the Minds had needed to move away from their communties to a city far from other society's, so what could draw that kind of reaction?

[Devon]

Xavier sighed and shook his head while he recalled the event. "Thelon made a policy choice that the people didn't agree with. For as much as they hated it, the policy did what Thelon had intended it to do."

[acadia]

"It's balanced out in the end, right?" He shakes his head slightly. "Sorry to keep dragging up unpleasant topics like this. Anyway, anything you want to know that I could probably tell you or should I get out of your hair and start the business of looking for somewhere to stay while I'm here?"

While not in a hurry to end the meeting, it wasn't easy to keep talking after having twice dragged someone into topics that bothered them.

[Devon]

"Why don't you stay here for tonight?" Xavier smiled at his friend, having him around was no trouble at all to him. "I'm sure you're hungry, Luna and I will be preparing dinner soon, you should join us."

[acadia]

"Thanks, that sounds great. Dinner would be-" There's a pause during which Saber's stomach growls and he looks away for a half second in embarressment. "-welcome. Long distance teleporting seems to be one of the fastest ways to work up an appitite that I've found so far. Need a hand with it? I don't burn or mess up food too badly, unless you don't like spicy things."

[Kender Bard]

Luna entered the room, her eyes a bit droopy with grogginess. The woman had been dozing and just awoken. "Xavier who- Oh!" She blinked a bit more awake and smiled. "Saber! It's good to see you."

[Devon]

Xavier stood up and greeted his wife with a warm hug and a quick kiss. "I'm sorry Luna I should have told you we had company. Saber will be joining us for dinner, is that okay with you?"

[Kender Bard]

"Perfectly fine with me," Luna remarked, smiling brightly. "I always said I wanted a quiet house but I do find myself missing the background noise of the children. It'll be nice to have someone else present, if only for dinner."

[Devon]

Xavier nodded and quickly added, "Oh and I said he could stay here the night if he needed to. Hope that isn't a problem."

[acadia]

"Good to see you, too, Luna," Saber pipes up. "Don't worry about it, I'll clean up after myself and I don't eat so much to cause trouble."

[Kender Bard]

"We're hardly lacking," Luna replied wryly. "Just give me a little time to whip something up. You'll have to tell me about all the interesting things you've seen while gone."

[acadia]

"I didn't mean it like that!" There's a slight pause, then Saber shakes his head slightly and smiles. "Anyway... Where should I start? At the beginning or what's the most unusual?"

[Kender Bard]

"The beginning is always a good place to start," Luna teased as she walked towards the kitchen. Over her shoulder, she added, "But if it'd be easier, the most unusual will be fine."

[acadia]

"Hm... now that I think about it," Saber begins as he follows. "The two might be one and the same, really. I had just started back on my Force quest and I was heading generally southward when I met a woman named Vitality. I agreed to walk with her toward Ilyamen and we talked about why I was on a quest for Efil; after a little bit, she said she'd be fine from where we were and took hold of my hand before vanishing. Right afterwards, I saw a new Mind sign on that hand and I started to think that Vitality was really Efil because of that... I feel a little bad knowing I talked to a Force like they were just some random person, but I think it's okay in the end."

He pauses his storytelling enough to let that sink in or for any questions to be asked. It was already clear that this was going to be a rather rambly story.

(OOC: Hope I remembered that right enough to be ok. I can't find that exact thread right now.)