[pnpgm] Game Update #17a - File #51 - Z'leyra's IBT part 1
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HT Aliaver/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma
--.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe
R3.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma
R1.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma
R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
R1 John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma
R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell
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[Augado 11th - Sepes 24th, 1634TH]
[Location: Marentia (Maren)]
[Augado 11]
Z'leyra returns to Sivas with the others after a long and
grueling campaign. She takes a long moment to reflect on
the past and the future. She has seen comrades - almost
friends - die like Shu, Zhou and a few others. But on the
other hand she has saved just as many. She looks to Arawn
and realizes that with his healing mist her talents may not
be as needed as in the past. But in the end direct one on
one healing is her greatest talent. She reflects on the
other party members who have joined since last time here.
Kiet the acrobat is very talented but she doesn't know if
he will last in great future battles without stepping in.
This Malic person is new and almost seems to arrive just
in the nick of time. She will have to watch him as the
group has been infiltrated in the past like on Clima.
The others seem adept in their own ways. She has
noticed some changes in Ben'dar and Farseeker. A new
degree of social interaction. As if both have done
their share of this adventure stuff and need time to just
relax now. Both have their own destiny and she wishes them
well in their lives if they do not continue on with the
party.
Then there is Will who almost died as well as Raban
who she was shocked to see could be killed - or at least
almost killed. If the giant could be killed then anyone
in this group could be killed in a blink of a eye. Maybe
Fremea will see that and go home to avoid this danger
stuff.
Z'leyra remounts up on her horse and heads toward her
manor. She tells the others she will get to Cholan's
tavern tonight but she has a few hours to do some business.
There after 3 months home she rides up to the manor. It
seems to be still standing. No one has burnt it to the
ground yet. But it looks empty and depressing. Maybe now
that she is home she will bring life back to it.
The manor's land is 1000 square feet and she notices that
the weather has not been good. Patches of brown and light
green not the greens of spring. Possible less rains this
past summer. She dismounts and goes to the house.
As she approaches one guard opens the door and enters the
front porch. He places hand on sword and then Z'leyra sees
another guard rounding the left corner of the house. She
smiles that they are still here and working. The guard on
the porch recognizes her and then steps down off the porch
to take her bag. He explains the butler is at the market
getting some house supplies. He tells the other guard to
run to fetch the cook, maid and stableboy. All three are
not there as the house has not been too active. The maid
comes in twice a week and the cook every 2 days to feed
the guards and butler. The stableboy only has shown up
once a week to tidy things and clean if needed. But now
that she is back after a few months they are good to come
back.
Soon the house is alive with the staff and the butler
returns. For the next hour he goes over the various
boring - very boring to Z'leyra - details of the last few
months. Occasional visits from this and that, tax collections,
business proposals and all that. Mostly the same things any
land owner tends to get these days.
The butler does remind her that the expenses have not been
paid in 6 months since Marqi. The tax collector and other
merchants are eager for payment. Z'leyra shakes her head
and realizes this will cost her around 73 gold for 6 months
of this place. An hour later she pays the butler and then
issues 4 of her guards to go to town to deposit any funds
for payment. Most will go to the staff but others like taxes
will need to be paid. This leaves her only 6 gold and she
realizes she will need to make things to sell for gold. The
woes of land ownership. She wonders how Ben'dar can have
a ranch much larger than her place. But she knows his
turn around for selling horse is good. Now at least she
is paid up through end of Sepes next month.
For her teaching and healing the butler hires a scribe to do
up ads to post around the city like markets and shops. He then
hires four criers for each side of town to spread the word. The
scribe does 100 parchments which will take a day to complete.
Then the butler has the stableboy go around various places to
post the ads if vendors are willing. Butler then hires the
criers to spread the word for at least a few weeks. With the
rest of the coins given to him by Z'leyra he hires some boys to
help the stableboy to spread the ads. The butler does give
his view on this that it would increase security issues at
the manor. On days of bad weather there would be people
who were strangers inside. Z'leyra could teach outside in
the shade of some trees but it isn't exactly a clean place.
then getting wounded to leave the city and walk a couple
miles to some country estate seems unusual. But the butler
does not voice his opinion fully as he is paid to do a few
jobs and not an advisor.
For the rest of the afternoon the butler is also sent out
to find books to use for her instruction. At least a dozen
books. Kaylle helps with this by suggesting a few good
book stores. Then once this is done the butler goes to
buy some basic supplies to teach with like bandages and
herbs.
Z'leyra notices that Kaylle is staring at her at times
but when she looks straight at him he looks away. At
one point Z'leyra also notices that in his tunic a slight
glow is seen very subtle. She is not sure what the glow
is but it may be just some magic item. Kaylle runs to
attend to a noble looking for royal tax codes and never
gets to ask the Scholar about it.
Later when things settle down Z'leyra casts a few spells
in her master bedroom. She casts Orient Self to enter into
a trance then cast Knowledge and a cure age spell.
Then once these spells are done she picks up her magical
staff and goes about the manor, workshop and stables to
cast Akasha to tap the past. Some might say she doesn't
trust her own staff if they knew. But one might never
know when a bug snuck into the master bedroom and ate
some nice silk dress. She has 10 rooms in the manor and
2 in workshop and 1 for the barn for a total of 13 places
to cast the triple spells. She will plan to cast the
routine of 3 spells to tap the past in each area. She
will switch to the next place each day in hopes to find
some problem or issue. Though a good wizard or thief could
just use something like invisibility to avoid detection.
She first casts Divination, Purification and Akasha in each
room or area. For the first area in her master bedroom the
three spells work and she detects nothing of value.
But in the end at least nothing major happened in the manor.
Maybe some spilt food or occasional bugs but the place was
quiet and boring to watch. Of course that spell only allows
her to see a couple weeks and not the other 10 or so weeks
before that since she has been gone.
That evening Z'leyra attends the meeting at Cholan's
tavern. There she watches the group dance, sing and
otherwise celebrate their victory. Even she dances a bit
with Farseeker, Ben'dar and the handsome Raban. Then
the gifts are passed out. The Ticasi ticket is a great
thing to have. Most scholars would need 30 or 40 years
of scholar work and be well respected to even have such
an access to the inner library. She will have to place
that in her own private vault.
Oddly the only one that needs healing was Raban. The
others do not seem to use her services.
She asks Chion to allow her to go back to the Dark Lands.
She misses Corona and hopes he is safe.
Z'leyra notices Kaylle seem to occasionally stare at her for
some reason. But when she approaches the scholar he just
turns away and starts a new conversation.
That night she casts Watchful sleep though safe in Sivas
and back home.
[Augado 12]
Z'leyra teleports back to the Dark Lands thanks to Chion
with the others. She immediately goes to hunt for Corona
but does not find him. Oby Wan explains he is often elsewhere
in the morning but tends to come by mid afternoon.
Z'leyra then gathers up any equipment she left behind before
her trip to Katai.
While at the Citadel tavern Z'leyra casts Watchful sleep
though the citadel is very secure.
[Augado 13]
The next day Z'leyra meets up with Chion to return
home. She is surprised to find Zhou alive and well. She
realizes then that Chion had a trick up his sleeve.
Back in Sivas she spends time with Corona. She
shape changes into a eagle and both fly high above
the city enjoying the breeze from the lake.
[Augado 13]
Z'leyra decides to spend a few hours in the hills to
meditation. She reflects on the past and gives honor
to the spirits. Sometimes Z'leyra covers many hats - wizard,
artist, healer, shaman, craftsman, armorer and land owner.
She knows that her shaman hat hasn't been used that much.
So she spends time in nature and the open spaces that is
west of the city. In order to help herself get in the
mind set she casts Orient Self to get into the trance.
Back at the manor she does some household duties and then
settles in for the night. She casts her Divination, Purification
and Akasha spell again in another area to find nothing new. She
then casts watchful sleep when it is time for bed.
[Augado 14]
Today Z'leyra wakes up to start teaching. It takes a couple
hours and then finally one young man comes. He and Will wait
for others but no one else shows up. She figures it would be
the first day and news has to spread. So she teaches the
young man and Will the healing arts. No one needs healing
so she only teaches basics for this day.
After the tutoring is done she walks around the property and
casts mana sensing in order to check for possible problems. She
has to do this at least 15 times around the property. Out of the
15 spells 3 fail course she would not really know it failed unless
she was in an area she knew magic was around.
Z'leyra then goes back around to check her wards she left on
the property and items. There are 8 wards in total. She
casts Orient Self twice and then 8 Perception spells. One
of the perception spells fail so she has to repeat it on one
of the entrance wards. But in all the wards seem to be
in good standing.
Z'leyra then casts her Akasha spell routine in another
location. Then casts watchful sleep at the end.
[Augado 15]
This day Z'leyra meditates on the purification spell and the
various techniques.
Then she casts Divination, Purification and Akasha again in
another new location. She ends the day with another watchful
sleep spell.
[Augado 16]
Z'leyra spends the morning working in her workshop to repair
Unali's magical dagger. She knows it will not be as perfect
as when it was brand new. No repairs are ever perfect repairs.
But it will be good enough to last an adventure or two.
The sorceress then goes through her personal gear and manor
loot even from Climan. She tries to find any unidentified items
to cast perception on them but finds nothing.
Later before dinner she recasts her special shamanic purified
area to improve the new effectiveness since she has grown in
skill. She casts Orient Self, Divination and ensorcellment into
the ground after casting Purification. The she casts perception
to ensure the magic is better.
Then toward the late evening she recasts another akasha set
of spells (divination, purification, akasha) in another location
in the manor. Then when ready to sleep casts watchful sleep again.
[Augado 17]
Z'leyra finishes the day up with the final repair to the
magical dagger for Unali. She then gets into her shamanic
trance casting Orient Self, divination and then starts to
reenchant the dagger. She improves the effectiveness of
the dagger's strength, hit chance and damage. The second
fails but she repeats it to enchant the hit chance. She
then casts perception on the item to ensure all is proper.
Even though its not perfect due to the repairs the dagger
is much better than most normal weapons out there.
Z'leyra then recasts another set of her spells to tap the
akasha record around her property. Then casts another
watchful sleep.
[Augado 18]
Today Z'leyra finds she has 8 students besides Will. She
teaches the basics of healing techniques and uses them on
one man who has a few bad cuts from working hard at a furniture
store.
That late afternoon she and Corona go flying around the city
and this time checking out the lake boats and other craft from
the sky.
Just before sunset she decides it is time to add another
purification spot near her permanent Shamanic purified area.
This one she will do it for Balance aligned spells. She
casts divination, ensorcellment, purification, Orient self
and then perception to test the area's properties. The
purified ground is made but the Shamanic ground is far more
powerful. She realizes she will have to practice her balance
permanent magics better.
As usual she checks her property for another location for
any one who may be watching or tinkering with her place. She
casts the Akasha series again. Then watchful sleep again.
[Augado 19]
Z'leyra wakes up early around 2:30am and decides it is too
hot to sleep. She alerts the guard on duty she will be working
in her workshop. For the last few days she has paid for and
treated 3 large animal skins for making leather purses. Now is
the day she will make 3 purses and sell at least one of them.
Each will be a highly artistic bag that will be enchanted.
So it will take at least 6 hours per purse to make. So it
will be a complete full day's of work.
The first set of leather has to be discarded and divided
up as the tanning skill failed. But with the spare leather
left over she finishes all three purses.
For one purse she casts enchantments to make the purse tougher
and place a ward pact sending spell to alert any owner about any
attempts to rob the contents. The process requires Orient self,
divination, enchantments and the spells placed onto the purses.
Then she casts perception on the three items to ensure they were
enchanted correctly.
Over the next week or so she visits the markets to try to
sell the purse. Since Kell is off in Ba'ru she has to do
it herself. It takes four visits to get it sold. Most simply
do not buy such high quality items. But one dealer sells to
higher nobles. He is impressed by the magic on it and though
she knows it could sell for as much as 80 gold to a very rich
noble she sells it for 40 gold. She originally wanted only
28 gold for it but is pleased with the profit. Though she
knows it might not happen again. She saves the other 2
pouches for later use.
Z'leyra then casts her routine akasha spell and watchful
sleep after a long day of work.
[Augado 20]
After sleeping late a bit Z'leyra wakes up to start working
on her magical chainmail. She will repair any damage or
blotches it needs. She had considered reenchanting the
armor to make it tougher. But her recent perceptions have
told her she has not reached the next degree of skill for it.
She will have to do it later.
That afternoon Z'leyra notices a guard and the stable
boy looking north to a farm about a mile away. They
are watching 3 men who seem to be fighting with a farmer.
The men are using clubs to destroy the wagon and dump
barrels of the wagon he riding in. Z'leyra turns to
yell for another guard but the stableboy says there are
others going. It looks like a set of young men probably
farm hands or the farmer's family running toward the
bandits. The bandits see they are slowly up against a
bigger fight and mount their horses and ride off.
Z'leyra rides with 2 guards to help out the farmer but
he is not seriously wounded beyond some cuts and bruises.
Seems the bandits were just drunk and wanted to cause
havoc. The farmer does say that the area is getting
worse with bandits each year.
That evening she recasts her akasha group of spells and
watchful sleep.
[Augado 21]
This is another teaching day of the healing arts by Z'leyra.
Aside from Will only 4 show up today to learn.
That night Z'leyra is doing her rounds and checking the
property. She is in the stable inspecting her horse after
he had some breathing issues earlier. The issue seems to
be fixed. As she is moving back to the large barn door
she feels a bit odd.
Suddenly a creature leaps from one of the stalls up to the
ledge and leaps at Z'leyra. It happens so fast that she can
barely reach up her hand to block. The creature leaps and
slams into her chest and is bounced off. When the creature
falls to the ground, Z'leyra immediately recognizes it as
a terrestial demon. She has seen those red eyes before
and encountered them. She smiles as her necklace protected
her from being possessed.
But then 3 more demons leap from the ground and being
to snarl and move toward her.
Z'leyra bends her staff into a diagonal attack stance
and readies. She could yell for her two guards who should
be on patrol but they are weak and with no items like her
necklace to repel possession they would be easy targets. She
steps forward and targets the first demon. The staff slams
into the right shoulder of the demon doing 9 points of
damage.
From the loft Corona fires a set of fire bolts at the
middle of the 3 demons below. The magical bolt from his
eyes is as good as a fire dart and does 9 points of damage
to the demon.
The wounded first demon leaps to his feet and claws at
Z'leyra but she dodges and weaves forcing the creature
to miss her. Two of the other demons charge while a 3rd
tries to leap at her to possess her again but the creature
is knocked backwards by the magical necklace. The other
two who charge use claws and try to scratch. One fails
badly but the other scratches her left arm doing 6 points
of damage. She is only wearing her light leather armor
and not her chainmail so finds the damage to be deep.
Z'leyra swings and hits the first demon that tried to
possess her and kills it with a blow to his chest.
Corona seeing the demons surround Z'leyra knows he can't
try his magic again so dives with talons drawn out. The
quick dive causes the eagle to grab hold of the middle
demon he just wounded with his magic and killing him as
the talons shred demon flesh.
The other 2 demons react to the sudden loss in numbers.
One turns and runs toward Z'leyra's horse. The other
stands his ground and tries to run around Z'leyra for
a good back attack. The demon charges and leaps at
Gust and disappears inside the horse. Z'leyra can not
see Gust and can't warn him. The other demon tries ot
leap onto Z'leyra's back but she leaps to the right
and forces the demon to fly just past her in the leap.
Z'leyra uses this new position to swing at the demon
as it passes her shoulder but she misses.
Corona is confused by the sudden loss of the other demon
and tries to scan the dark barn. There is a lantern here
but the shows might reveal the demon.
The demon turns around and charges Z'leyra again. This
time though it slips on the blood of the first demon
corpse and forces his leap to go low and tackles right
into the shaman's belt with no affect on his claw attack.
He was trying for her neck but the fumble forced the
missed opportunity.
Z'leyra swings at the demon hitting him in the left ribs
doing 5 points of damage.
Gust begins to snort a bit and shake his head. Corona
notices this but does not understand the situation.
The demon claws at Z'leyra's legs but fails to hit the
healer.
Z'leyra then hits the demon again in the left shoulder
doing 6 more points.
The demon dazed turns and begins to fly toward the
barn door to escape.
Just as it reaches the door Corona lifts off and flies
after the demon. Both leave the light of the lantern
and fade from sight. Z'leyra turns to look for the
other demon but does not see him. She runs to the door
but as she gets there finds Corona dump the body of the
demon onto the barn door by his talons.
Several long moments pass and Z'leyra discovers the
horse, her friend Gust has been possessed. A peasant
might just kill the horse. But she has some experience
in these things.
Z'leyra figures the demon is just hiding from the day
by taking Gust. This will help her to get him out of
the horse. Z'leyra asks Corona to watch the horse in
case the demon flees. Then returns to the manor to get
her chainmail, helmet and great sword. Best to be
prepared just in case. She then summons two guards to
stand nearby but not to enter. She alerts Will and
Kiet of what she intends to do and asks them stay in
the manor for now.
Some exorcisms can take hours and she prepares by
bringing some water and other supplies. If she had Arawn
she could ask him but she knows the spell though she does
not know the full rites and ceremonies that a priest does.
Now prepared she begins the ceremony and process. After
almost ten minutes calling for the spirits to guide and
help her she starts to cast the exorcism spell. She casts
the spell and then the horse jerks a bit. The terrestial
demon then leaps out of the horse. This is when Z'leyra
lunges and tries to stab it with her great sword. She
hits him in the chest doing 13 points of damage.
The demon shrieks in pain and lunges for Z'leyra. But
the scholar uses her own dancing skill to dodge out of the
way and he misses to hit her.
Z'leyra thrusts and hits the demon in the left side doing
the final damage to kill the demon.
Z'leyra checks out Gust to see if he is good and finds him
to be healthy. A bit confused and unnerved but good for now.
She tells the guards to get rid of the bodies.
Normally she would do her Akasha routine in the manor house
but tonight she decides to do it on the barn to see when they
came in and who might have helped them. But it seems that
they came in only shortly before she did and with no help..
Then the healer goes to bed after casting watchful sleep again.
[Augado 22]
Z'leyra spends the day repairing her dragon helm. She
can do most of the metal work. Lucky for her when on Clima
in the final battle with the storm dragon she took enough
dragon hide to make 2-3 helmets. So she repairs the hide by
taking some of that hide.
During mid afternoon Z'leyra notices the butler and a
guard outside looking at the road from the workshop. She
exits and notices a group of 10 or 11 people walking down
the road. They seem to be all in tan robes and carrying
various religious items. The butler notices Z'leyra and
turns around. He explains he just talked to one and seems
the pilgrims are moving from one camp to another. They wish
to lose their current leader and elect another. Seems they
had some falling out with their current leader. The pilgrims
seem harmless so Z'leyra goes back to work in the workshop.
Z'leyra then casts another Knowledge spell. The first one
fails so she has to recast it. She then casts her Akasha
routine and watchful sleep spell at bedtime.
[Augado 23]
Ben'dar and Pasha has setup a visit to Sivas from Maren to
do some horse trading. But both wish to have a pre-wedding
dance at Cholan's. So Z'leyra rides in her good clothes to
the tavern for the dance this afternoon. Once there she
notices some are still missing like Kell, Arawn and Farseeker.
The others are here. But she does notice Malic is gone as well.
Cholan explains that he has not seen him for a week or so.
Raban and Z'leyra dance the most together and as a show
of their own skills. A good mid-day feast is given and
enjoyed by all. Cholan does report that word has come from
Farseeker and Kell that they are doing well but still in
Ba'ru and near the Bhamotin border respectively. Word is
that Arawn is still in the dark lands doing this and that
which Alfars seem to do.
Z'leyra asks the others if they could suggest ways to
improve one's dexterity and agility. Raban suggests
wrestling and some good hand to hand training. If only
Arawn was here he could give pointers on martial arts.
Unali suggests using a good old dagger to twirl and throw.
Practicing back and forth with a dagger and the hands can
help in both areas.
Once the dance is over and Ben'dar has to leave to sell
a dozen horses Z'leyra visits the market for a few items
then heads back to her manor.
Once back home that evening she intends to create a new
purification area this time dealing with Sidh aligned magic.
She casts Orient Self, Divination, Ensorcellment and purification.
Then casts perception to ensure the ground is in good standing.
Later that evening she recasts her Akasha routine on another
location of the 13 areas and watchful sleep at bedtime.
[Augado 24]
Z'leyra goes back to the city and follows up on the tips
and suggestions on improving her dexterity and agility. She
spends a few hours with Kaylle and Fremea in the library on
possible books. Kaylle recommends some martial arts and
stretching exercises. Unali has returned to the palace for
some event there but Unali recommends a good person who can
give tips on using the dagger to hone her hands. For Raban's
part he suggests talking to a bricklayer of all things. Those
guys can carry bricks up ladders on their shoulders and do
it with ease. So if one can learn to balance such things
then it can help. For Kiet's part he shows her some acrobatic
moves that can help her to balance and twist.
Cholan recommends using simple rope to jump and do tricks.
Sailors do it all the time on ships to stay fit and to maintain
their balance on a moving ship. If they can balance and remain
standing while jumping rope then they are seaworthy.
All these and much more are given and Z'leyra takes notes
and tries to memorize as much as she can. The last stop of the
day is a martial arts studio where a master is teaching classes.
The teacher of course recommends learning with the class but
she does not have that extended time here. So the master loans
her a set of scrolls with picture so basic movements. She
should scribe them and learn them. Maybe later on she can come
in for tips but the master strongly suggests not doing advanced
moves because it can harm the body.
Back at the manor she casts her Akasha spell routine and at
bedtime watchful sleep again.
[Augado 25]
Z'leyra spends the day teaching more students. She knows that
the rate she charges, 18 Copper per day, for learning first aid
and healing may be a bit steep. For peasants for sure. For the
upper class they could afford it but they would not come to some
country estate to learn at erratic times. So she has noticed that
only upper middle class people attend the learning. Because the
charge may be a factor she has not had many students. But today
she is glad to see 14 show up more than all three previous teaching
days combined. Maybe she is finally getting word out. Two of
the people also need to be treated with some basic first aid so
Z'leyra uses this to help demonstrate what the others have learned.
Z'leyra knows that even with her teaching and books it would take
20 days of teaching to learn first aid. Another 20 days to learn
the advanced healing techniques. So far all seem to be able to
read Marentian except Will who is using a Katai book which oddly
Z'leyra does not read or write Katai.
After a long day of tutoring Z'leyra casts her Akasha routine
again in a new location then watchful sleep again.
[Augado 26]
Today the blacksmith instructor arrives at the manor. She
hired him after the dance to help give some instruction. She
is not a professional blacksmith yet but could use some tips.
She asks him to show how to make hinges for the manor and shed
doors.
Z'leyra then pulls out her magical ring mail she made in
the past. Her ring mail is much better so decides to enchant
it a bit and sell it. She will offer the party first dibs
before she sells it. She casts Orient Self and divination.
She then casts 5 enchantment spells. To make the armor higher
value, weight less, adjustable fitting, rust immunity and to
make them comfortable. Then casts perception to test the full
suit of armor's quality. She hopes to sell it for at least 80
gold but Marentia is full of such items so may be a bit hard
to get in this area.
Z'leyra then settles down for the night casting another
set of Akasha related spells and watchful sleep at bedtime.
[Augado 27]
The blacksmith returns today to help make latches for the
manor and shed doors.
That evening Z'leyra cleans up her magical buckler so she
can sell it. She re-enchants it for better sell value. She
casts Orient Self, Divination, 2 Enchantments and Perception
on the shield. She readjusts the shield armor value and
weight to be sold with her new skill level. She hopes to sell
it for 90 gold but knows that might be hard. The enchantments
will reduce the shield weight and enhance the armor value.
The new buckler is half the weight and twice as strong as a
normal buckler.
Z'leyra then casts her usual Akasha set of spells and
watchful sleep at night.
[Augado 28]
Z'leyra does another teaching of the healing arts. Today
she has only 10 students which is 4 less than last time. It
is a nice day so most of the teaching is done outside. No
one needs healing so it is all instructions and book learning.
As Z'leyra is teaching a guard is seen watching the perimeter
of the property. Kiet goes to ask about what he is looking at
and he explains 6 men that have been walking around the property.
This is not so unusual in the area as many farmers and peasants
do it all the time. But the guard points to their clothing which
is heavy leather. Kiet can then see they are obviously hiding
weapons. Both look at the students and figure they could be
at risk if they are bandits. Both the guard and Kiet watch
the 6 men mill about as if just chatting then huddle. After
another 5 minutes of this huddle the men decide to move on
and move further east. The guard suspects they are bandits.
Probably looking for a chance but with 5 guards, Will, Kiet
and Z'leyra the bandits would be a easy match. So they if they
were bandits decide to move on.
Later that late afternoon around 4pm a group of 11 entertainers
are walking about distracting the students. Suddenly the group
turns onto the property and Z'leyra goes to get the guards to
move them along. But then the butler and cook come out carrying
a covered platter. As they near the entertainers sing, play
instruments and dance. The butler stops Z'leyra and she turns
to see the cook reveal a cake. The butler explains that they
missed her birthday last month so wishes to honor her. The
butler explains he hired the entertainers to come and visit
and have a party. For the first time for years Z'leyra is
surprised. The people who live at the manor and the ten students
enjoy the party. Z'leyra also gets some ideas from a few of
the entertainers. Especially the juggler. She asks him to show
her how to quickly juggle and thus improve her dexterity and
agility. The Juggler shows her some of the basics that she can
practice.
That night she recasts Akasha in the workshop and then watchful
sleep at bed time.
[Augado 29]
With arrangements already made a carpenter shows up to teach
Z'leyra some builder style carpentry. She has him show how
to install the hinges and latches she made.
Once installed she enchants 2 hinges and 1 latch to improve
their toughness. She casts Orient Self, Divination, enchantment
for toughness and Perception. The second perception does fail
so she has to repeat it.
Z'leyra then does her routine of Akasha spells and watchful
sleep at bedtime.
[Augado 30]
From her belated birthday party she hires a flute player to
come and give her instructions. Sadly she could not find
a scroll in time to learn from so it will be him only. She
enjoys showing the musician the Vong coral flute and he finds
it a bit scary looking.
That evening she enchants 2 more hinges and 1 more latch to
improve their toughness. Doing Orient Self, Divination, Enchantment
and Perception 3 times each spell. The first perception fails
but it is repeated.
Then she casts Akasha and watchful sleep as usual.
[Augado 31]
Z'leyra learns more flute playing from the entertainer. She
isn't skilled yet so wants to play with others like Raban
The butler returns to the manor with a cheap reversible
robe with cowl. It is brown and green but she takes the
robe even though the butler is curious he doesn't ask. The
ways of wizards.
Later Z'leyra enchants two of her pre-made hinges and 1 latch
for the manor. She casts Orient Self, Divination, Enchantment
to boost the toughness and perception each for each item. The
first perception fails badly. In fact suddenly Z'leyra hears
a voice in her head "Did you put out the fire?" It bothers
Z'leyra for a bit then she realizes it is an effect for abysmal
failure. In fact this voice occurs for the next 16 days. Lucky
it is a voice only she hears in her head. But it does affect her
spell casting for that period as well with slight lower chance of
success. The voice tends to chance once a day. The next it
might be "Sure don't nee dot use the outhouse?" "Why do eagles
have small beaks?" "Did you know green is the best color."
"They say if you can count the stars in the sky you can do
anything." "Go for it - Kiet must be a good kisser." It
continues like this for the next 16 days.
Z'leyra knows there is little chance to get rid of the voice.
She has to hope it just goes away like when Jordi had that
voice that was booming for a day or two. She hopes it
doesn't make her a bit crazy.
That night with the voice in her head nagging her she casts
her Akasha spell routine and watchful sleep.
[Sepes 1]
Z'leyra spends another day learning flute from the entertainer
all the while hearing the voice - "I think those blowing in
jugs make the best music" - distracts her.
Z'leyra heads to town to get the language necklace from
Cholan's tavern. She takes it out back to re-enchant
it better. She casts Orient Self, Divination, Enchantment
for adding boosts to will power and empathy and finally
Perception to test the new necklace attributes.
Later that late afternoon Z'leyra and Corona go flying
around the area for a bit. Though this is a quiet time
between pals - between Shaman and Tonah - Z'leyra notices
a flock of other eagles flying behind. There must be 5
of them. Three females and 2 young males. At times Corona
dips back to join the flock and at times the group just
flies directly behind Z'leyra. In one way it seems odd not
to share this time with just Corona but in another way it
feels good to see more of her Tonah following her. If they
are following her or just Corona.
Later that night Z'leyra recasts her Akasha spell set and
watchful sleep at night.
[Sepes 2]
Today Z'leyra does more teaching of her healing arts. She
gets 13 students today not including Will. One person does
come in a local farmer from a farm not far away to get treated
for a nasty infection. So Z'leyra uses this as a chance to
show the students how to treat infections.
Later that night another set of Akasha spell procedure and
watchful sleep is done at bedtime.
[Sepes 3]
Z'leyra spends time relaxing learning Flute playing from
the entertainer.
Z'leyra casts another Knowledge spell in the afternoon.
Then casts Akasha and watchful sleep at night.
[Sepes 4]
Z'leyra spends time relaxing learning Flute playing from
the entertainer. She is getting anxious to play with Raban
against his pan pipe.
Paranoia continues as Z'leyra casts Akasha again and Watchful
sleep at bedtime.
[Sepes 5]
Z'leyra gets another dozen students today to teach her healing
arts. But no wounded people arrive for practice.
Yet another Akasha series and Watchful sleep is cast again.
[Sepes 6]
Today the entertainer who was teaching the Healer the flute
sends another friend. He is at a gig at a tavern and can't
come so his friend will continue her lessons.
That night Z'leyra is checking the stable on her nightly
patrol after dinner. She notices Corona on his perch on
the roof to the manor house. But this time there is a large
female sitting with him. She wonders if he is getting out
while she is doing her duties. She is not sure if she should
get into the bird's business or not. It might offend the
rare eagle. The relationship is tenuous at best at times.
Maybe when they are flying again she can ask him.
The Anvil room of the workshop is tapped for the Akashic
record finding nothing interesting except a moth that liked
to sit on the anvil for a hour or two. Z'leyra casts another
watchful sleep at bedtime.
[Sepes 7]
Suddenly Z'leyra hears, "your underwear is on fire!" Z'leyra
is awaken by the voice in her head. She groans and notices it
is still dark. She tries to go back to sleep but the voice
keeps reminding her to check her underwear. She gets up and
when sunrise comes she gets with the butler on setting up
a area for a herb garden. She will use the back away slightly
away from the outhouse. Z'leyra gets to work to trim the
area and make plans for the spring planting.
That afternoon Corona and Z'leyra in eagle form fly this
time as far south as they can. If only they had time they
could fly deep south to see Farseeker.
That night before dinner the butler gets Z'leyra. A man is
here to see her. When Z'leyra leave the manor to the front
yard she notices a man in chainmail, sword in hand and a
few well defined scars on his face. He introduces himself
as a guard who lost his job when his patron died from a
gambling fiasco. He asks if she is hiring for more guards.
He is skilled as a property guard more than a personal guard.
He has worked in the warehouse district for 12 years and
caught 35 criminals and never had his patron's property
robbed once. Z'leyra is impressed but knows the 5 guards
already are sufficient. She will have to ask about the
man later and see if he is worthy. She takes his info
and will get back to him. The guard bows and accepts that.
That night another Akasha set is cast along with the usual
watchful sleep.
[Sepes 8]
Z'leyra spends the day in the workshop at the forge. She
makes a healer's knife. But for the grip she goes to her
personal stores and uses her unicorn horn. She has 7 ounces
left of it. Before she destroys the very rare material she
gives honor to the slain unicorn. She figures that Arawn
must be rubbing off on her. But as a Shaman she knows that
giving honor to such things is only beneficial. She then
uses the material to make a pinkish grip for the knife. She
has to add a bit of leather at the top but gets a good grip
done. If anything it will be a very unique healer's knife.
With her new healer's knife made she sets to make some
magic placed on it. She casts Orient Self, Divination, Enchants
the knife to improve her healer's skill, Ensorcells the knife
to cast healing magically, places rust protection on it,
Enchants it to improve fatigue, Ensorcells a cure Disease
spell onto the knife and finally casts Perception to test
the attributes of the knife.
Then after a long day's of magic she casts her Akasha
routine and watchful sleep.
[Sepes 9]
Z'leyra does another day of teaching with ten students.
She uses her new healer's knife. Three peasants arrive
for some simple first aid and a broken toe. But she tries
to use her knife at least once.
After a long day of teaching Z'leyra is doing her nightly
patrol of the property. She moves to the stable to cast
her Akasha spells. She opens the large door and enters while
making the lantern brighter. The stableboy did a nice job
today of cleaning. Z'leyra turns around to close the stable
door when she sees a wolf standing there. At dusk many wolves
may be seen. But at 10pm they must be on the prowl. Then
she notices the deep red eyes. This is no ordinary wolf. She
has heard of were-wolves and figures this is either one or
a demon. Before she reacts the were-creature lunges. It
snips at her arm but she moves just in time to jerk the
arm back.
She is not wearing armor and only has her magical staff.
But she is not a simple peasant either. She swings and
hits the wolf in the left side ribs doing 10 points of
damage to him.
The wolf leaps upwards toward her neck but Z'leyra ducks
just in time and the wolf leaps over her.
Z'leyra bashes downward hitting the wolf for another 12
points of damage on the center of his back forcing the
wolf to the ground.
The dazed wolf gets to his feet and charges. He clamps
down onto her left leg doing 3 points of damage to her
lower leg.
Z'leyra bashes downward but the agile wolf slips away
just in time and the shaman misses. She thinks of what
Cetric would think attacking a wolf since that is his Tonah.
The wolf lunges forward trying to bite her left arm but
the large mouth misses entirely.
Z'leyra notices a form moving outside but hits the wolf
in the right side ribs doing 8 damage. The wolf falls
to the ground.
Then Z'leyra notices one of her guards enter the stable
with sword drawn. Z'leyra raises an eyebrow and then
bashes the unconscious wolf twice to ensure it is dead.
She checks leg wound and finds it light. But she hopes
that it will not curse her.
After getting rid of the dead wolf Z'leyra casts Akasha
and watchful sleep again.
[Sepes 10]
Z'leyra wakes up in the morning and rushes to town to
get to meet Kaylle at the library to research. After two
hours looking up books it seems Z'leyra is safe. Based on
the evidence and the body this one likely will not curse
her. But just in case she looks up the next moon phase
and plans for a possible event. For that night she can
get herself tied up and a priest can try to cure her. But
the chances are low anything will happen.
Back at the manor Z'leyra decides to go flying with Corona.
She shape changes into a eagle and decides to fly toward the
highest hill in the area. It was once called Tormol during
a ancient battle where some side charges the defenders on
the hill. As one would expect it was full of death and the
vibes of the dead. Some pilgrims still visit the hill to
commune with the dead and give respect. But this day none
are seen in the area. After flying with Corona for almost
two hours they both land. The hill is about 350 feet off
the level ground below. But the mountains are far to the
south so this is just a shadow of a geological event in
the ancient past. The top is devoid of trees and is about
200 feet by 200 feet on mostly a flat surface. Though the
hill is low the views are very nice. One can see at least
10 maybe 15 years on a clear day. Today the haze from the
ocean heat and the wind only gives about 5-6 miles.
Naked and back in human form Z'leyra sits on the hill and
meditates. She gives honor and tries to commune with the spirits.
The story is that the hill was covered before the battle by a
group of 50-75 eagles. The defenders killed most of them for
food and to get rid of them. The invaders up the hill also
lost many horses climbing the hill. So of all the place
the once home of the eagles - her tonah - gives a great place
to give respect.
It may that Z'leyra has been around Arawn too much and learned
his Druid and Priestly ways. But she gives prayers quietly and
with voice to the blowing wind. Though the temperature is in the
low 70s the wind brings it down to low 60s. Yet the sun seems
to keep her nude form warm.
An hour into the meditation Z'leyra can see eagles in ghostly
shapes moving about. She is not sure if this is a illusion in
her mind - hope to see it - or something else. It can't be
a Shamanic trance since she does not have her drum. The only
thing that she can figure out is that this place is full of
the spirit in this area as a record of the past. Soon even
more of these ghost like forms seem to dance or fly or walk
around her. She asks Corona if he can see them but he says no.
This has to be a Shamanic thing. Then three hours later the
forms seems to just stop. After waiting almost another half
hour they do not come back. Both decide to fly back to the
manor.
Z'leyra feels honored to be in the right place at the right
time. But she has no clue it would happen again. Maybe she
was in the right mindset. Not worried about people hunting
her down like Climan spies or worried about future adventures.
The Shaman's mind was clear and ran on pure instinct.
That evening Z'leyra goes to the stable to check on Gust
after the horse was possessed by the demon recently. Last
couple times in the barn she was attacked by the demons and
the were wolf. So she opens the door with staff in hand. To
find nothing. She checks on the horse and he is doing well.
As Z'leyra moves back to the stable door a noise is heard
in another stall. She opens the half-stall door and finds
a cat leap up and off a railing. The brown cat looks to be
a domesticated cat but it could be a wild cat. Looks like
one of the cat's ears and leg is hurt with scratches and
bruises. She smoothes the cat and picks it up. She fetches
her supplies and tends to the cat even though her training
is humans not animals. Raban or Ben'dar are better animal
husbanders than her. The cat is very cute and would be a
nice familiar but there are too many birds around. Corona
brings other birds around knowing the place is safe. It would
not be good to allow the male cat to chase and kill birds.
She feeds the cat some and keeps him locked up in the workshop.
In the morning the butler will have to go to nearby farms to
see if he belongs there.
Back at the manor and dressed she has dinner. Then by late
evening casts her Akasha spell back in the manor house to
start the location pattern over again. Then watchful sleep
once more.
[Sepes 11]
Z'leyra rides into town to visit Kaylle's library. She
checks out a bunch of books and scrolls. Then she visits
a few book stores to see about buying others. Kaylle allows
her to borrow the books on extended without fees. But expects
them back in good shape. By late afternoon she has a dozen
scrolls and some 2 dozen books. Her central topic is learning
to improve dexterity and agility. Everything from exercises
to juggling.
Z'leyra goes to Cholan's tavern to get some dinner and watch
an actor give some scenes of a famous Maren play being performed
now. After dinner she exits and rides back to the manor. As
she is on the main road she notices large forms in the dark
shadows of one alley. She could get her amber out to see
in the darkness but decides to investigate. Especially the
building next to the alley is a orphanage. Hate to have some
little kid killed by monsters. She dismounts and draws her
staff forward. As she moves a few feet in the dark alley
a noise breaks the silence - "Mooo!" Z'leyra then realizes
the shapes are cows. There are 3 of them. They are tied
up against a wooden pole. The poor animals look to have
no food but she guesses the owners only left them for a bit.
As she walks back on the second floor a kid says hello to
the Shaman. The kid a boy of about 8 or 9 says the cows
are usually a street over at a barn they rent but the barn
is being repaired due to a storm. Satisfied that the owners
are aware of the animals and at least seems to treat them
well she leaves. She shakes her head and wonders if the
Shaman code even covers roaches. Eagles, Horses, Cats and
now Cows. If she has to help some disgusting roach or a group
of rats she might just quit Shamanism.
That night another set of Akasha spells are cast at the manor
and then watchful sleep at bedtime.
[Sepes 12]
Today Z'leyra teaches more students. She learns from the
butler the cat did live at a farm almost 2 miles away. The
little girl who owned her was glad to get it back. Today
she gets 14 students and 1 wounded man who had a bad crushed
hand. There is little to the bones but she recommends that
after the other parts heal he should see a wizard for magic
to redo the hand. The man is too timid to take magic from
Z'leyra so only takes healing by first aid.
Later an hour before sunset comes a group of 8 men come
to the property. They are all well armed and wearing various
styles of Ring, chainmail or leather armor. The guards on
duty call those who are asleep to help just in case. The
butler talks to them for awhile and advises they are here to
see Z'leyra. Their leader Adol has come for advice on
adventures. The group is on a quest to keep a priest alive
by finding a object that is tied to him. Their quest has
called them to Bhamotin where the thief is believed to be.
They are from Ba'ru and believe their quest to be holy. Of
course Z'leyra gives advice and asks Will and Kiet to also
give pointers. The youngest two adventurers seem to be no
more than 16 and they seem the boldest but even Kiet can
see they are a bit wary and scared. The thief has a wizard
who is helping him when he stole their temple's holy relics.
The experienced adventurers all know they should likely be
better skilled and with more experience. But telling them
to stop their quest would be futile. Kiet does suggest
maybe visiting the Fortress where Farseeker is commanding
and get some tips there as well. Adol and the others
are appreciative. Z'leyra's asks how they know of this place
and them and she is informed some trader named Kall told
them. Kiet smiles that the leader gives the wrong name but
how many traders with that kind of name? He doesn't correct
Adol but nods.
That evening Z'leyra casts Akasha and her usual Watchful
sleep. At least if a dragon attacks the manor she will wake.
The other staff, guards, Will and Kiet can be waken up later.
[Sepes 13]
Z'leyra spends most of the day working on a new sword.
In late afternoon she gets one of her purses/belt pouches
and enchants it so she can sell it. As with the first one
back on Augado 19th she casts Orient Self twice, divination
twice, Enchantment to improve hide to as touch as chainmail,
ensorcells a Sending spell to warn of theft and then casts
two perceptions to test the results.
Z'leyra trusts the butler to sell things but he is not a
good haggler. So Z'leyra keeps the purse until Sepes 18. Then
that day she goes to town to sell it. She goes right to
the merchant who paid 40 gold for the first one. The merchant
is glad to see her and says he made a nice profit on it. But
he does not give the info on how much. The merchant explains
that he has one noble lady that wants one. If she is willing
to sell it through him and give him a commission he'll sell it.
Z'leyra knows the purse can be only 28-30 gold. The first
sold well at 40. But a noble woman can spend gold like a
drunk collects mugs at a bar. Since Kell is not here and
she intended to give him the commission she allows it. A
day later a messenger with her profit comes. She learns
the noble paid 73 gold for it which is twice as much as she
estimated it. She finds 61 gold in the form of a moneylender
note. So the merchant earned 12 gold in selling the purse.
She will send two guards later that day to fetch her gold.
When Z'leyra closes up the workshop she notices the cat
that she found back again. She sighs at the cat that
shows his pouty ears and walks around her legs. She
gets the butler to deliver the cat back to the farm now
that they know the cat's home.
Later that night she recasts her expected Akasha spells.
She is so such predictable that she wonders if a good wizard
could use this against her. But she still uses watchful
sleep at bedtime.
[Sepes 14]
Z'leyra continues her work on the sword she is making.
She spends most of the day doing this.
The Healer then casts Knowledge again.
Then casts Akasha and watchful sleep as normal.
[Sepes 15]
Day three of working on the new sword at Z'leyra's forge.
The heat of the forge and anvil is intense and she is glad
that the temperatures drop a bit to bring in cool air.
Tired after working no the new sword her arm muscles ache.
She is glad when the cook fixes his best turkey roast and
his delicious apple pie. Later that evening she casts her
typical Akasha spells. But at bedtime she actually forgets
to cast watchful sleep tonight.
[Sepes 16]
Z'leyra is eager to teach today after the hard work the
last few days. She gets 8 students though but at least 4
also show up for some first aid - mainly farmers and farm
hands nearby.
Mid afternoon the group of students notice a caravan pass
by on the dirt road. Based on the clothing there must be
8 merchants and a dozen guards. A few helpers like the wagon
teamster is also there. But the caravan stops and the leader
asks if they could get some water as they were attacked
few hours ago and lost their water and food. No one was
hurt or killed but the bandits attacked them just outside
the village they were coming from west of here - about 14-15
or so miles away. Z'leyra agrees and sends buckets of water
to give water to the horses and people. The cook also gives
them leftovers for the people as well. The cook explains that
they would be thrown away regardless so Z'leyra will not
lose supplies. Soon the caravan moves eastward toward Sivas.
That evening the Akasha spell reveals that a rat found some
carrots in the stable. Exciting. But this night Z'leyra
casts watchful sleep.
[Sepes 17]
The fourth and last day of sword making is done and she
inspects the new sword.
Z'leyra then sets to enchant the sword further. She casts
Orient Self, Divination, Enchantment three times to improve
hit chance, weapon strength and fatigue factor. She then
enchants to reduce the weight from 2 pounds to 1 pound.
She then creates some rust immunity into the sword. Lastly
she places Clairvoyance into the sword like she did for Unali's
dagger. After this is all completed she casts perception ot
ensure all is in place.
Z'leyra then asks a guard to spar with her. To test the
new sword. But there is little chance. The guard's own
sword is 5 times less effective. Z'leyra twirls the sword
in her hands and smiles. The sword she just made is twice
as good as a great sword and much tougher.
That night Z'leyra casts Watchful sleep but then suddenly
wakes up as she forgot to do her Akasha spells so does them
and then goes to bed.
[Sepes 18]
Today Z'leyra goofs off with Corona. For three hours they
chase rabbits or foxes. They rest and eat lunch after they
hunt for a elusive rabbit that has a nice brown coat. During
lunch which is just some berries for Z'leyra both get to
know each other better. In fact Corona finally tells her of
the female eagle that has been with Corona. It is clear
though they are setting a long term bond. But Corona says
that Lady Varo set him to follow her. He will do so and
honor that bond. But at times he will do eagle family things
as well. Not wanting to be rude he simply explains that
sitting on the roof all day watching her teach is less
exciting than killing demons. Z'leyra understands that
Corona has his own agenda and life. Corona does say that
just few days earlier Will's wolf tried to bite her but he
zapped his rear in with his eyes and seems to stay away now.
Corona and Z'leyra find a large warehouse at the wharf
and watches the ships sail by. Z'leyra uses this time to
meditate and consider her options.
Before bed Z'leyra casts Akasha in her private bedroom for
the second time. It is good that none of the staff including
the maid enters here. Z'leyra then casts her usual sleep
awareness spell.
[Sepes 19]
Due to a bad morning hail storm only 5 students show up
for Z'leyra to teach healing. No one is wounded so it is
basic tutoring.
Z'leyra casts Akasha in the kitchen and learns that the
cook has a farmer's daughter visit that day or recently.
They make out a while when she delivers some fruits. But
seems to be doing nothing wrong otherwise. Z'leyra recasts
watchful sleep yet again.
[Sepes 20]
Z'leyra wakes up and gets to the kitchen. She had ordered
the cook to buy a bulk supply of various foods from meat to
eggs to fruits and all in between. Enough to feed a small
group of people at a feast. Most in the party know of her
cooking prowess as a professional cook. But today the city
and certain individuals will know. For today is cooking
day. For most of the morning the morning she casts 10 foyson
theft spells upon the collected food. Draining their good
material into mound of flour. For the flour she makes
Sidh style cookies. These travel rations she could live on
for 80 days. She has plans for them. For the excess
material she creates non Sidh cookies that are more bland
waybread and cookies. If she sold her precious Sidh cookies
she could make 32 gold. But the excess she won't get much
from it. She estimates the cost of supplies and then the
amount to sell or give away. She hopes to just break even.
Then the cook and butler goes to town to give or sell the
excess material.
She packs the Sidh rations and then stores them for later.
After that she does her Akasha routine and ends the night
with a watchful sleep spell
[Sepes 21]
Z'leyra hires a tailor to meet with her on the edge of town
in his shop to tutor her on the skill of tailoring. She will
spend two days improving her skill. The tailor does not want
to leave town as he has clients coming in all day and would lose
too much money. The tailor loans her a book on clothes making,
design and tailoring to help out.
That evening she enchants her third purse she made recently.
As with the other 2 that sold well she enchants it to improve
the toughness and to prevent theft.
Then as always she casts another set of Akasha spells and
watchful sleep.
[Sepes 22]
Z'leyra spends another day at the tailor shop to improve
her skill. She soon realizes this shop caters to lower
middle class no nobles would be in this place. But it is
help for her skill.
Back at the manor Akasha reveals that a bat flew into
the stable and the stableboy spent an hour trying to get
rid of it. Then watchful sleep is cast on herself again.
[Sepes 23]
Today Z'leyra gives one of her last teaching days. But
today only 2 other students aside form Will show up. Neither
need healing and are regular students though. No wounded
arrive for help.
Mid afternoon a farmer rushes to the estate grounds and
finds Z'leyra. He reports that there are 3 on the road
dying or dead. Z'leyra, Will and the 2 students rush
on horse to find the victims. Apparent victims of a
bandit attack. By the time the group gets there though
1 is dead. The other two are treated and Z'leyra uses
her healer's knife to heal one of the men. Since it
is near the end of the day the 2 students help the
wounded back to town and a guard sends the dead on
a farmer's cart for burial in the city.
That night Akasha is cast again to reveal but the
usual boring aspects of the estate and watchful sleep
again is cast.
[Sepes 24]
Today Z'leyra wakes to do a early morning rounds at the
manor. She spends a bit of time with each guard and staff
to see how they are doing or in terms of Kell making chit
chat. Then Z'leyra calls for Corona and he lands on her
arm. She pets the large almost supernatural bird. The
eagle seems more interested in a rabbit half a mile away
though and soon both part ways.
Z'leyra then enters the private workshop to gather some
supplies. She places her new magical sword in her belt
sheath and places the great sword on the table. She places
armor on her body and then grabs some bags and other supplies
she already had prepared. She ensures the Sidh cookies will
be good for awhile and then grabs gear.
She dons the new cheap robe the butler got previously.
With a brown cowl side out. Then she grabs her staff
and places her backpack in position.
She waits for the arranged time. The butler orders the
guards and stableboy inside the manor for nice tea and
biscuits. The butler asks Will, Kiet and even Corona to
join those inside. The butler is not aware then that
Z'leyra uses this time to simply leave the workshop and
head west away from the manor in hopes not to be seen by
even Corona.
Z'leyra walks a couple miles to a small patch of woods.
There she casts a spell. The spell cast she looks around.
The clouds are different. The sun in a different spot. Looks
like she is back in time back to Augado 11 as planned.
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