Vacation Time|Sensatiamens, Sensatia

[Devon]

Darin and his family arrived outside of the walls of Sensatia after traveling all the way from Ronduin. During the trip, Darin had made sure to teach Seth more about the use of his sign so that the boy wouldn't have any accidents with fire. Other than that the twins both received teachings on survival in the wild and safely using weapons. Of course Pandora wouldn't allow them to have anything really sharp, so Darin had gotten the twins blunt knives to practice with.

Now that they reached Sensatia he could focus on the reason he and his family were there, to get some training he couldn't help his son with. Darin banged the bell outside of the walls to get the attention of whoever operated it. He'd only been to Sensatia once before and he hoped he remembered this small process correctly.

[Kender Bard]

Pandora winced, as she did before, and the boys did too.

"They have got to find a better method," Pandora growled.

Once the ringing had stopped, Seth tried to look underneath the bell.

The wall guards brushed against all their minds. ~State your business for this visit~ one told Darin.

[Devon]

"My son is a Mind, he has been complaining of headaches and I can't help him. We're bringing him here to get some training with his sign," Darin answered aloud to his mental question.

[Kender Bard]

~Enter~ the guard bid, then he and another came down and teleported the family inside the walls. With a bored salute, the guards went back to the walls and left the family to look around on their own.

Seth gawked a bit. "The houses are small!" he exclaimed.

[Devon]

Sawyer looked around Sensatia wide-eyed. "It's kind of quiet here," he remarked.

Darin didn't have a good idea as to where to find a trainer for his son, so as he would usually do when he was gathering information, he led his family towards a tavern. Stopping at the entrance he turned to face his sons and knelt down in front of them. "all right listen up, when we get in here, don't go running around and don't try and drink anything someone hands you. We can get something to eat in here too, I just want to find out something first."

With that Darin stood up again and opened the door. Looking out for a table nearby he found one and ushered the boys inside. "Pandora you mind sitting with them while I see if anyone knows a reliable trainer here?"

[Kender Bard]

"It's good that you're seeking innocent information," Pandora murmured to him as she lingered in the doorway a moment. "Were we hunting quarry, nobody would talk to a family man... a tavern." She shook her head and gathered her sons to a table, keeping a strict eye on them.

Seth sat down in a chair and looked around, absorbed enough that he didn't feel like causing trouble.

[Devon]

Sawyer sat down beside his brother and earnestly looked around the tavern. He was busy absorbing the sights and sounds around him. "Mommy, what are the grown-ups drinking?" he asked his mother.

Darin went up to the bar and looked to the attendant behind it. "I was wondering if you knew any teachers around here, I need one for my son so he can learn to use his sign."

[Kender Bard]

Pandora shot Darin's back a sour look at Sawyer's question. "Alcohol," she answered.

"What's that?" Seth inquired.

"A bitter, foul-tasting brew that does strange things to the mind," she said.

The bartender blinked at Darin in surprise. "Well have you taken your son to one of the school houses?"

[Devon]

"I'm not from here," Darin answered. "And the guards that let us in were less than helpful," the man told the bartender. He shuddered slightly, getting the feeling he probably shouldn't turn around just yet.

"So it's like a poison," Sawyer said. "Like the kind Ven has when he bites his food or Daddy."

[Kender Bard]

"Yes and no," Pandora sighed. "It's not good for you. But it won't kill you."

"Odd," was Seth's final conclusion on the matter.

The bartender decided not to tell Darin that he guessed as much. He instead just gave him directions to the nearest schoolhouse for Minds. "They're a lot bigger than what you're probably used to seeing for schoolhouses. The largest one has housing for the students and is actually for older children. The one I told you how to reach should serve your son well."

[Devon]

Darin thanked the bartender with a small tip and headed back to Pandora and the boys. "I found a place to take Sawyer," Darin said to Pandora.

"Daddy do you drink the poison too?" Sawyer asked.

"We'll talk when you're older Sawyer," Darin replied quickly.

[Kender Bard]

"A tavern," Pandora growled at him and took her boys by the arm, ushering them out of the place. "Honestly..."

"Where are we going now?" Seth asked Darin.

[Devon]

"To a school house for Sawyer's sign training," Darin told Seth. He'd have to spend the rest of his time smoothing things over with Pandora.

"I don't want to go to school," Sawyer whined.

[Kender Bard]

"If you don't, your head will explode," Seth taunted.

"No it won't," Pandora sighed. "But you will get ill and do things you don't mean to. It's harmless, Sawyer. You might even have fun."

[Devon]

Sawyer glared at his brother quickly and then looked to his mother and father. "School doesn't sound fun," he murmured.

Darin put his hand on Sawyer's head and ruffled his hair. "You can't be strong if you don't know how to control your sign. It's the same for both of you, you with your Fire sign Seth and you with your Mind sign."

Sawyer nodded slowly and decided he wouldn't protest anymore. "If I learn how to pick something up with my mind can I throw it at Seth sometimes?"