Maybe somewhere else|Ronduin

[aivea]

Ballad squeeks in surprise at the sight of the waves. There doesn't seem to be a way across aside from teleporting. Clutching her ruined bag, she asks, "Where to now? I've never seen waves like this and I don't think we can cross."

[Darastrix]

Leif lets out a whistle at the sight of the waves. "Wow.... It looks like even a Water would have trouble crossing that. Um...hmmm. Didn't the Minds build a city somewhere north of Ilyamen?"

[aivea]

"I heard that story to. We can try to check it out if you want. Minds are an interesting group," replies Ballad who jumps slightly when she hears someone else coming.

"Hm? Minds?" asks the newcomer who self-consciously pushes his long hair away from his eyes which reveals the two Mind signs on his forehead. He leads his horse a little closer before adding, "Didn't mean to overhear but I couldn't help it."

[Darastrix]

"No worries," replies Leif good-naturedly, taking the stem of his pipe out of his mouth. "It wasn't anything secret. We were heading to Ronduin, but...." He gestures out at the violent waves. "I heard the Minds built a city somewhere, so it sounded like a good alternative. And I've never met a Mind before. Well, until now, anyway," he finishes with a grin.

[aivea]

"Oh? I don't know where it is, though I wouldn't mind trying to let you in if you find it and I'm with you." Realising he's a bit ahead of himself, the empath adds with a little bow, "My name is Astoreth and I'm an empath by training."

"I'm Ballad," answers the paranoid bard.

[Darastrix]

"And I would be Leif," the tall redhead replies with a bow of his own. "The two of us are bards from Ilyamen's Bardic College. Where do you hail from?"

[aivea]

"I'm originally from Solumens but I left years ago on a journey. The problem is I forgot to tell anyone where I was going, so I'm not sure if any of them still think I'm alive."

During the answer, he looks down and kicks at the ground with one foot.

[Darastrix]

"Well," Leif says, "maybe the people you knew there are in this new city. The three of us could go together to find it. What do you both think?"

[aivea]

"Hm, maybe..." Astor brightens up a bit then answers, "That's fine with me."

Ballad looks a bit unsure. "I guess so... But how to we know he's not going to sell us to ghosts?"

The Mind shakes his head then says, "I don't believe there's ghosts anywhere outside of Satich. The other reports of ghosts come from people misinterpretting what they see or projecting their emotions."

His comment earned a stunned silence from Ballad.

[Darastrix]

"Well, I doubt he'd try to sell anything to something he doesn't believe in, and we're not going to Satich," Leif says, sticking his pipe back in his mouth. "Besides, the horse would eat them anyway, right Ballad?"

[aivea]

Ballad grins and nods, noticing the horse for the first time then. She gives the animal a pat on the side and says, "Aye, animals are so kind in their getting rid of ghosts. I guess you aren't too bad since your animal seems happy."

"It's decided then," Astor says with a smile. "We're going to the city of the Minds! Hm... If I were the one in charge, I'd put the city near Ilyamen for trade so that we could have plenty of things for our homes and also near there so we could go to Ilyamen if we ever wanted to vacation. I like that city, but I've seen some unsettling things there that I'm trying to forget. Let's go see if the people of Ilyamen's heard anything first. It'll be tasking, but I can teleport us both before going back for the horse. The search would be faster if we split up once there."

"And I have an errand to run..."

[Darastrix]

Leif chuckles a bit. "Looks like we'll be heading back to where we started, then. Ballad and I came from Ilyamen," he explains.

[aivea]

Astor smiles slightly. "Oh good... Then you'll know some good places to look. Which one of you wants to teleport first? It would be easier for me to teleport one than the other, instead of both at once."

[Darastrix]

Leif turns to his companion, fairly certain she'd have some reason for going in whatever order. "Up to you," he says, adjusting his headband. "I don't have any preference myself."

[aivea]

Ballad looks thoughtful for a moment before deciding, "You can be first, and I'll be second."

Astor touches his signs, and holds out his hand toward Lief. "I'll try to have all of us arrive within seeing distance of each other, and I have a pretty good mental image of Ilyamen. Ready?"