Ronduin Vacation?|Rivenway, Ronduin

[Kender Bard]

"His name is Emanual," Legeia replied, skipping along and trying not to outpace the other two too much. "He's a nice enough fellow. Does lovely work for individuals wishing to be amused or whatnot. That's the thing about Ronduin; with no real nobility it's not like there are people reserved for only the rich and best. It makes things more fair that way. I make it even more fair for me by not paying at all." She tittered quietly.

Wisdom smiled and listened to her chatter. He found that often it was the Curious who were the most talkative and so her loquacious nature didn't surprise or bother him. As she continued to go on and on about how much she was advancing in her skills, he moved to walk closer to Jackie. "Was your daughter this chatty when she was younger?"

[Darastrix]

"Only when she wanted to know something," she said with a light laugh. "Sonia was never one for simple conversation, and her curiosity tended more toward the whys of things than people. She can interrogate with the best of the Curious, but I think she enjoys figuring things out more. She was always fond of those tedious puzzles that might take hours to sit and unravel." Her smile turned wry. "She and Imobel have never gotten along, partly because Imo's solution to those puzzles was to take a hammer to them."

[Kender Bard]

Wisdom's smile dimmed a little at mention of Imobel. He made a game effort of trying to seem nonchalant. "Yes, well, Imobel sure does have a... direct way of sorting out any problem, doesn't she?"

[Darastrix]

"Well, that's the Wrathful for you," Jackie said. "Shard is much the same, though she likes her knives better and has a more sadistic streak. I'm not sure, though, that Imo really knows how to handle a problem she can't just smash through."

[Kender Bard]

"Forgive me if this seems a bit forward, but didn't you try to show her alternatives?" Wisdom asked. "I know many of the Wrathful resort to violence as a first option, but when that fails, they don't all struggle to find a different means to their ends. I've known one or two that make surprisingly good conversationalists when they're not trying to break your nose."

[Darastrix]

Jackie shrugged. "It depends on how personal it is. She doesn't like having deep, serious conversations about her own concerns. ...actually, that's probably another reason she and Sonia clash so much."

[Kender Bard]

Wisdom nodded slightly and walked along in silence for a good while, absorbed in his own thoughts. Legeia attempted to talk to him, but when she noticed he wasn't responded, she resorted to simply prattling on in a one-sided conversation.

At some point during the chatter, Wisdom glanced at Jackie and asked, "It would have never really worked out between Imobel and me, would it?"

[Darastrix]

"I don't know, Wisdom," Jackie said, then sighed. "That's not the kind of thing she ever talked to me about. But if you don't think you could handle her, then I guess not."

[Kender Bard]

"It's a pity she's not more like you," he murmured, blushing just slightly.

"Here we are!" Legeia announced, knocking loudly at the door of a tall residence. A well dressed man looked out, then scowled at her, but Legeia ignored his stormy countenance. "Hello! I'd like to address Emanual."

The man turned and tugged at a string, off to the side, then shut the door.

"That was odd," Wisdom noted.

"He lives on one of the upper levels," Legeia explained. "The door-man just rang a bell, so Emanual knows someone's here to see him. So now we wait a moment while he comes down the stairs.

Wisdom shook his head, nose wrinkled. "I wouldn't want to have to do so much climbing up and down flights of stairs everyday."

[Darastrix]

"Aye, it'd be a good way to either keep me in my room or just stay out all day," Jackie agreed, looking up at the tall building. "I'm too old for that sort of nonsense."

[Kender Bard]

"Oh, you're not that old," Wisdom protested gently.

"Are you two sweet on each other or something?" Legeia snorted. Wisdom just blushed.

The great water-worker opened the door, looking scraggly and unkempt and half asleep.

"You keep weird hours," Legeia complained. "Hello!"

"You," Emanual grunted, almost moaned. "What do you want?"

"Would you please come with us to the water and put on a small show?" the acolyte begged. "Please? Please? Please? Otherwise I'll pass the time with the things I know."

"Fine," Emanual replied quickly. "Little wretch!" He glared at Wisdom and Jackie for good measure and then started to walk towards the docks.

[Darastrix]

"I'm sorry if you've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed," Jackie said to Emanual as she began to follow. "But since you're being so generous as to put on a little show for us, afterward, I can help you back into bed for a while and see if I can't get you up into a better mood."

[Kender Bard]

Emanual gave her a strange look and quickened her pace.

"I take it there's not many roaming Lustful here?" Wisdom ventured.

Legeia shook her head. "Not as such," she admitted. "The Lustful we do have are content to stay at home and be pampered really."

[Darastrix]

"That's a shame," Jackie remarked, "in a way. This whole island full of people and hardly a soul gets offered a mark or two in the hands of Soahc's Lustful? Though getting to lie around and be pampered sounds wonderful as well. And with all of your Generous, I'll bet they're well-pampered, too."

[Kender Bard]

"Very," Legeia agreed. "I really do think Ronduin should exploit their services more. They'd like it. Ah well."

They reached the shore in short order, it not being a far walk. Legeia clapped her hands happily and sat down right on the sand. Wisdom tried to brush clean a flat stone for Jackie to sit on while he took a sand seat as well. The performer glanced back with a disdainful look, muttered something, and shook his hands out. "What do you want to see sculpted?" he asked them.