The Lords Decree|Sensatiamens, Sensatia

[adris]

Another long day of compiling, each day was just as tedious as the last. She had to find some time for herself but there weren't enough people around to fill her position. A historian was needed, especially in the information hungry mind communities. She decided to do some window shopping at one of the only places displaying something in it's windows.

"Hmm... perhaps it is time I did a little something for myself for once, I heard there was a masseuse around here."

She smiled as she saw some of the wares, a smile on her face. For being a mind her head ached an awful lot, especially now that she was working on the twenty years before the Earths congregated to Humontis. All record of them seems to... vanish about twenty five years before then then suddenly reappear.

[Darastrix]

Darrtan wandered down the street, greeting the few people he met on his walk. For the social Mind, living in such a large and now largely empty city was making him bored out of his, well, mind.

He perked up, though, when he noticed a young woman he'd yet to meet looking in a shop window. Brushing his long bangs out of his blue eyes, he approched and bowed, which caused his bangs to promptly fall back into his eyes.

"Greetings," he said, smiling. "I don't believe I've seen you here before, and I'm sure I would remember such a lovely face."

[adris]

She peeked up and looked around her like there was no way that this man could possibly have been speaking to her. She has always been modest about her looks. To have the man approach her like he did is odd.

"Ummm... thats proabably because I'm hiding away at the study all the time. Although it is odd when Sensatia is about as large as an extended family that we have yet to meet."

She laughed at herself, knowing she wasn't cleaver or anything like that. It was more or less to loosen her up after her days of forced seriousness. It wasn't working but she thought it would be polite to try.

[Darastrix]

"Well, then, now that we've finally met, I should probably introduce myself," he replied with a smile. "My name is Darrtan, otherwise known as Dart. Sensory specialist and resident tailor, though my services aren't in particularly high demand at the moment. And you are....?"

[adris]

She smiled, now she is certain that she has met everyone around here. And a tailor at that, he might be a boon for a friend if she ever gets invited to one of the town socials. But another friend is another friend, and to tell the truth she is still looking for a confidant too. Her job may be exciting, but it can get lonely at time, especially in the sparsely populated mind community.

"It is good to meet you Dart. My name is Kristiana, friends call me Kris. I am the archivist, I make sure our library is in order and compile histories... you may or may not have seen some of my stuff depending on what you like to read."

She extended her hand for a handshake, it was usual for her to greet people like this. She still had her sweet smile from the beginning and her voice has become more relaxed then her initial hesitation stages.

[Darastrix]

Dart took her hand in his own and bent down to kiss the back gently. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Kris. I'm afraid I haven't read any of your histories; I don't read very much. I'm more interested in meeting and talking with people than reading about them. Which would probably explain why I've taken to wandering the streets," he added as an afterthought.

[adris]

Kris giggled and after a quick glance over decided that she had nothing that important to do elsewhere. Besides, she was here to not work anyway, and what better way then to amuse herself with this man.

"I don't take offense to that at all, I simply compile them, I don't even believe they are great works of literature or anything. Well, would it be rude of me then to take you off the streets? I do believe one of the minds in this new community set up a sort of restaurant and I have been meaning to look at it."

Even if she wasn't right it would be a stroll through the town. Seeing the sights, she was amazed at how little she has acclimated to this place. It just seems so out of the ordinary compared to the small group at her old community.

[Darastrix]

"Rude? Not at all," Dart replies with a smile. "I can think of no better way to spend an afternoon than chatting and dining with a new friend. Which way is this restaurant? I know I should know my way around a bit more than I do, but I've not been paying much attention to the sights and buildings."

While walking and talking never gave him much trouble, the Mind never did take as much notice of his surroundings as the people in them. But then, with teleporting, getting lost was never too much of a problem.

[adris]

Kristiana walked a few steps, always staying a pace ahead of Dart for some reason. She seemed to prefer leading when the chance arrives, that and Dart does need direction in order to get where they were going. Luckily the town was still small so finding things was never as harder then looking down the street.

"Here we are," she said softly before giving a polite knock.

While it may be a buisiness she is guessing it is a family run one and didn't want to intrude when they weren't ready for customers. The dynamics of tiny little Sensatia were different from the rest of the world, but there is quite a bit of camaraderie between the residents.

[Darastrix]

Dart didn't seem to mind being outpaced a bit by his new companion. If a lady wished to take the lead, he was content to follow, and it wasn't as though they were wandering a dangerous area. As much as he thought the city's defences were a bit of overkill, he had to admit Sensatia was probably the safest city to be. And one of the lonliest.

"So, Kris," Dart said, brushing his bangs back out of his eyes as they waited for a response to her knock, "what do you do after a day in the archives? For fun, I mean."

[adris]

She hummed a little earthen hymn while rocking on her feet waiting for the door to open. She was listening to Dart, just was afraid to miss her chance when the proprietor. She did make small nods as he was speaking so he knew she wasn't ignoring him.

"Well, that's the thing really. I don't get much time to myself, when I'm not nose deep in work I am unwinding from it. That is why I know so few people even in this small town."

She made sure to keep facing the door now to hide the blush that was forming on her face. She wasn't particularly proud of being a shut in within a world of shut ins.

[Darastrix]

If the other Mind noticed her blush, he didn't let on. Dart just smiled and said "Well, then. If you're going to be so kind as to rescue me from my aimless meandering on the streets, the least I can do is steal you away from your work for a bit in return sometime."

"Tuoth knows knowledge can be a valuable thing, but I think it should enrich one's life, not dominate it completely. And a lovely flower," he said as he reached out to gently turn her head towards him- though giving her ample opportunity to avoid his hand if she wished, "should get to turn her face to the sun as often as she would like."

[adris]

His talking did relax her, and she went back to swaying. Finally a voice could be heard behind the door, the propriator was about ready to open up. There could also be swearing about how they would soon lose a customer by this level of tardiness, followed by some heavy clanking. She couldn't help but giggle until Dart's hand reached out. She knew she could pull back, but for reasons she couldn't explain she didn't. Maybe it was his words, maybe she just really wanted to but her head turned with his hand and met his smile with one of her own. A soft and kind one, it almost surprised her that she wasn't turning blood red again.

"Thank you Dart, that is kind of---"

She was about to bashfully accept his compliment like she didn't deserve it, but was interrupted when the door finally opened and the two were beckoned inside. The man was slender, hard to believe he was nearly a professional level self-learned chef.

"I'm sorry for the wait, I know that is a terrible way to treat customers. Please come in, look over the menu and tell me what you want when you are ready."

[Darastrix]

Dart calmly brought his hand back down to his side--he didn't want to fluster Kris by acting as though they'd been caught doing something they oughtn't, especially since they weren't-- and turned to the man.

"No worries, we weren't waiting terribly long," he said. Actually, he almost wished the wait had been just a little longer, but oh well.

"After you," he said to Kris.

[adris]

Kris walked in happily and took her seat at the table. She picked up one of the menus and looked it over for a few moments, pondering her options. After a while she put down her menu and smiled at Dart.

"You know what? I trust you sir Dart, pick something for me. It will help keep me out from settling into ruts with my eating."

The menu contained all sorts of products, the highlighted section was pasta served with various sauces alongside a favorite choice of meat. The chef specialized in sauces, for both basting and topping foods.