Proper Gentlemen|Rivenway, Ronduin

[Devon]

Lucid fussed with the shirt he was currently wearing it was better than what he had worn before finding out who is mother was and starting to live with her. He was glad to be with her and his father, but some parts of the change in his life took getting used to.

He had plenty of tutors now which didn't bother him too much since he liked learning new things, but the lessons in etiquette were boring and the instructor was stuffy. He had managed to convince Kalian that he should get a combat instructor as well, those lessons were slower than his other lessons since he was still young and no one wanted to push him too hard in case he was injured.

He hadn't had much time to run through Ronduin like he used to and Kalian was never sure if it was such a good idea for Lucid to carry on with his old routine since people now knew whose son he was. Lucid had wanted to visit the Beastlands with Cascata but she and Kalian refused because it might be too dangerous for him, so instead for today he took to walking around the market square.

[Northen Light36]

Bas was holding Letha's hand as the sisters wandered through the market together. Mat had brought all five of the children here in the hopes that a change of scenery and the thrill of seeing somewhere new would distract them from worrying about Acqua.

Looking at her little sister, Bas didn't think anything in the world would cheer Letha up until their muma was home. But she was still going to try, for Daddy's sake. Forcing a smile she tugged on Letha's hand gently and annouced loudly, "Come on Letha, Daddy gave me money to buy you a treat. What do you want?"

"Muma," Letha replied with a whimper that rapidly turned into sniffles then full out crying. Bas winced at the sound.

[Devon]

Lucid had just received a small bundle of candy from a kind shop owner. Happily munching on a piece of chocolate, he stopped in his tracks when he saw the girl crying. Walking over he knelt down in front of her and offered her some. "Would you like a piece of candy?"

[Northen Light36]

Startled by the offer, Letha's screaming died back down to sniffles as she looked first at Lucid, then at the candy, then questioningly at Bas.

"Yes, it's all right," Bas answered her sister's unspoken question. "You can have some, as long as you stop crying and thank the nice boy." She gave Lucid a bright, thankful smile as Letha wiped her tears away and tried to stop her sniffling.

"Thank you," she said quietly, taking the candy and sticking it into her mouth.

"Yes, thank you," Bas agreed. "I wasn't sure how I was going to stop her crying. You can't take her into a shop when she's screaming like that. Oh! I'm Bas and this is my little sister, Letha." Bas braced herself, waiting for the usual questions about how a dark skinned, green eyed Beast type could be the sister of a fair skinned, blue eyed Water like Letha.

[Devon]

Lucid smiled at Letha and stood up, brushing his knees off. Looking between Bas and Letha he smiled once more. "You're welcome, your sister didn't hurt herself did she?" he asked. He had met Beasts before when he was a few years younger and they'd always been pretty interesting to him.

[Northen Light36]

"No, no," Bas replies. "Letha just misses Muma. Our Mum's a mercenary and she got hired for a really important job, so she's going to be away for awhile. But Muma hasn't taken a big job like this since before Letha and her twin, Robin, were born, and Letha's not used to it."

"Miss muma," Letha says quietly.

"Don't start crying again," Bas warns her sister quickly.

[Devon]

"Oh," Lucid said simply. He could only imagine how dangerous of a job it was to be a mercenary, so it must have been tough on them to have their mother doing such a thing. Looking to Letha he sympathized, "I miss my mom too. She had to go to the Beastlands and I couldn't go with her."

[Northen Light36]

"Why?" Letha asks curiously.

"What's your name anyway?" Bas adds. "You didn't tell us."

[Devon]

"Oh, sorry!" Lucid said quickly. That had been one of his first lessons, introducing himself properly. "My name is Lucid Aquious," he said to the siblings. "And my mom went there for a meeting with some people."

[Northen Light36]

"Do you live here?" Bas asks curiously. Not knowing anything about Ronduin, Lucid's last name doesn't mean anything to her. "Daddy brought us and our brothers here so we could have a little advanture, kinda like Muma's having. We've never been to Ronduin before, so I don't know where the good places to play are."

"Wanna see the water," Letha cuts in suddenly, having remembered her original goal from before reaching the markets. "And candy." She looks up at her sister. "You promise."

"I promised some candy," Bas replied. "But I don't know about the water, Letha. It might not be safe for you to play in it..." She looks questioningly at Lucid.

[Devon]

Lucid nodded, "Yup I live here in Ronduin," he replied. "I know where the water is safe around here, its a small area they have for kids to swim around in away from all the boats."

[Northen Light36]

"Please?" Letha begged, looking up at her big sister.

Bas visibly melted under her sister's gaze. It was clear that she adored her little sister and probably never denied the little girl anything. "Well... All right, but only for a little bit and we have to wait until we've told Daddy where we're going. SMUDGE!"

A few seconds after her shout, the black and ginger cat comes running up to Bas, who pats her pet while getting directions from Lucid as to where the swimming spot is. "Can you tell Daddy that, please Smudge? And see if the boys want to come?"

Smudge nods and races off. "Now we can go," Bas tells her sister, smiling as Letha claps her hands in joy. "Thanks for telling us how to get there," she adds to Lucid. "Want to come swimming with us?"

[Devon]

Lucid blinked at the random appearance of the cat, amazed at how the cat understood what Bas wanted to say to it. "Well I was thinking of going for a swim later, so sure I'll come with you."

[Northen Light36]

"Great," Bas replies. "I'll introduce you to my brothers, if they come." Taking Letha's hand again, Bas cheerfully followed Lucid to the swimming spot. At the water's edge she hesitated, then let go of Letha's hand. "Don't go in deep," she warned her sister, after taking off the little girl's shoes and socks. "You know the rule."

Letha nodded, fidgeting until Bas gave her permission to go, then dashed gleefully into the water. Bas however was a little less comfortable then her sister. Already barefoot - since she perfered it to wearing shoes unless it was very cold - touched a toe to the water and shivered. "Cold," she commented to Lucid.

[Devon]

Lucid snickered at Bas as he removed his shirt, he at least didn't want to get that wet when he swam. "Its always cold at first, but then it warms up," he told Bas. Touching his water sign he playfully splashed Bas with water he had created in his hand before running into the shallows.