S'mores! And a Request

[hearthwarming]

Sender: Oriphi
To: All
Subject: S'mores! And a Request

Hello, everyone!

Since there are so many new dreamwalkers who've just arrived, I thought it might be nice to encourage everyone to get together and meet! There is a communal firepit in a clearing just outside of the residential area where I've got a fire going, and I have plenty of supplies to make "s'mores," which I only just learned about recently. (Thank you, Miss Tifa!) If you haven't had this before, please come and try it, it's delicious!

Additionally, I have a request for everyone to please keep an eye out for a few individuals... I realize that this may be in vain since their names did not appear in the directory, but just in case...

Colin
He is a tall, half-elven man with long, dark hair. He is very charismatic and funny and likely to be found busking with his lute somewhere or telling stories!

Aerie
Also tall, but fully an elf, very pretty and intelligent, also with dark hair (but not related to Colin!). She usually has three wolves with her. Extremely competent hunter!

Mellon
Also tall, also fully an elf, he usually does not wear a shirt. He loves to drink and might try to clear out any supply of alcohol... Please do not get into a tavern brawl with him.

Dae
Also tall, and also fully an elf, with white hair and red eyes. He is very good at magic and possibly would want to spar with you! Would likely have an owl familiar with him.

Cibark
Even taller and very very strong! He is a half-orc with green skin and usually wears armor and wields large weapons. He has a very dashing and heroic aura about him!

Sian
Not tall! They usually wear a cloak and a mask. Usually quiet but very sassy. They might be flying around, but they also don't usually remember that they can do that.

[ Ori why are you always surrounded by tall people ]

If at any point in the future you come across anybody who seems to fit these descriptions, please let me know!

(( ooc: Naturally open to these moving into or starting as an action thread! Come get s'mores! Or not. I can't tell you what to do. ))

Comments

[hearthwarming]

[ Ori watches Beatrix grapple with the words she'd spoken to her with an expression that conveys all of the empathy she feels for what she thinks Beatrix's sense of self must be like. Although the other woman is certainly far more steadfast and strong than Ori might ever be, she shares in that feeling of being less than what she truly is. Of not being more. Of not being enough.

She is learning to undo those ways of thinking, thanks to certain people she has met here— and she's more than a little relieved to learn that Beatrix is having a similar experience. ]

You know, I feel the same way sometimes, too. Like I couldn't understand what people could possibly see in me... but my friends - the ones I wrote about - and the people I've met here, they all see something more, and... they make me want to believe in that. In myself.

[ With a tilt of her head, she smiles warmly at Beatrix. ]

Maybe we can learn to do that together.

[roseofmay]

[For Beatrix, it's not... She would love to argue. To say that there's no way Oriphi could understand. That there's no way for anyone else to understand. If that's true, then it's because she's never given anyone else that opportunity. She doesn't seem inclined to change that. Not voluntarily, anyway.

If people knew the truth of things. If they knew what Beatrix was really capable of, they wouldn't think anything kind of her then. Maybe she should be warding everyone else off with that.

Instead of saying anything, she simply listens.]

I would be disinclined to believe you were anything less than what I think you to be. I suppose it would be convenient for one's perception of self to vary greatly from what others do in contrast.

[However—]

Let us simply rest with the knowledge that such kindnesses are more befitting of you, Oriphi. I trust should you hear these oft enough, you will come to adapt to them.

wrapping! 🎀

[hearthwarming]

[ The tiefling senses some measure of unease coming from Beatrix, and already she's prepared to offer apologies for overstepping or misunderstanding the other woman, but in the end she simply lets Beatrix say her piece. Her lips draw into a thin line, an understanding look on her face, and she ultimately decides that it's probably best to leave that talk where it is, for now. This is their first time meeting, after all, and Ori would hate to anger the other woman. She'll still offer a simple apology, at least. ]

All right... I apologize if I've spoken out of turn, Beatrix. I do hope I get to know you more, though, as you— not the princess' knight.

[ And so she'll attempt to facilitate a more lighthearted conversation, one that would likely be considered smalltalk, but at least she doesn't accidentally press any more buttons. At some point, more newcomers arrive, and Ori excuses herself from Beatrix's company in order to welcome the new dreamwalkers properly. She'll continue to glance over to the other woman now and then throughout the rest of her time out in the clearing for gathering just to make sure she's all right, though. ]