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Syveris watches a storm in the Courtyard, and is joined by a Yasi.

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Ghosts Stories Under a Stormy Sky

Postby Syveris on November 17th, 2013, 12:48 pm

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13th of Fall, 513 AV

Syveris watched the Stained Glass Gallery ceiling with interest. She loved it with all her heart, how the beautiful patterns seemed to send an ethereal glow to the place. However, now she was there to study said patterns, instead of just admiring them. Virat had asked her to look over the glasswork on the city, not only to admire, but to learn from the work of other Avora. So Syveris had spent her day walking around, focusing on the beautiful glass pieces that were around the city. Her last stop had been the Gallery, simply because she loved it the most, and didn't want to miss the opportunity to spend more time on it.

The Avora laid on the floor, not really caring if anyone entered and saw her like this, and stared intensely to the patterns. They were beautiful, multicolored glass forming abstract forms in the panels, placed in a swirl, and send coloring light on the ground. Syveris also enjoyed looking at the beautiful arts in the collumns, but she focused on the glass panels. They were made crackling glass and adjusting the pieces into the patterns the glasswork wished, but that was about everything she knew about Stained Glass. Virat had told her she wasn't ready yet to make one.

Her musings were interrupted by a group of Yasi that entered the place, talking loudly. Syveris sent them a look, before returning her gaze to the ceiling. They were probably only talking about things like their bendi, or gossiping about some fellow Yasi. She wasn't interested in that kind of talk, but the loud voices were difficult to ignore.

"Did you see the sky? It's becoming completely dark! I bet it will be a big storm!" Syveris almost jumped to her feet when she heard that, controlling herself only enough to get up and quickly leave the Stained Glass Gallery. She could hear the chuckles behind her, and a voice asking her some ironic question she couldn't care less about, and was sure the group was having some fun on her behaviour. But she didn't care. Let them laugh away at her as much as they wanted.

A storm. It had surely picked up her interest.The girl sounded like it would be a bad one, and Syveris was curious to see how the sky would look like. She enjoyed glassworks, of course, but she had stared at them the whole day, and welcomed the change of events with open arms, mostly because she was supposed to figure out how they were made, and although Syveris had done that with the others, she couldn't know much about Stained Glass without learning the art first, so her homework from Virat was already finished, anyway. She quickly got to the Courtyard of the Sky, not actually entering the place, but looking at the open sky both above and in front of her.

Syveris sighed, a little disappointed. Yes, it was a storm, as the dark clouds were slowly covering the sky, and she could hear the thunders far away. But it wasn't nearly as bad as the girl had made it sound. Most of the current darkness was due to the fact that it was already evening, not to the clouds. Well, she had already got there, she might as well watch anyway. The bright side was that this storm wouldn't be a problem to Wind Reach, so she wouldn't have to worry too much about it.


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Ghosts Stories Under a Stormy Sky

Postby Syveris on November 17th, 2013, 1:19 pm

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The Avora sat down, laying against a column, and kept her eyes glued in the dark clouds, that approached each time faster, until they covered the portions of the sky she could see. Syveris could see the flashes of the lightnings between the clouds, and she watched, fascinated. A loud thunder sounded, and wind began to gush over, not too strong, but enough that made her wish she had brought her katinu with her. It was getting cold.

Somehow, the dark sky and strong wind made her remember her Yasihood, when she would climb the Edge of the World, wishing to feel the wind all around her. She still did it, and still felt the thrill of climbing, but yet, before, she felt powerless when she did it. Now, she felt powerful, complete, as the wind blew strongly, and made her hair fly around her. Cold, but beautiful, and she was glad that she hadn't passed the chance to see it.

"Miss?" a voice called her, and Syveris turned, facing one of the young girl that had entered the Gallery with the other Inarta. She was small, and her hair was dark enough to make Syveris think she had brown hair, but a lightning cleared the Courtyard for a second, and she saw the red strikes in the Yasi's hair. "Miss, what are you doing?"

"Watching the storm." she said, simply, adjusting herself in the place she was sitted. Her mind was calm, watching the small chaos that unfolded in the sky.

"Hmm... Miss?" the Yasi tried again, and Syveris sighed, looking at her. "I... My friends... And I... Well..." the Yasi send a nervous glance to her, and Syveris frowned. What was wrong with this girl? She wasn't scary! "They said I'm not brave enough to watch a storm so can I see it with you?" the girl blurted out, twisting her hands nervously. Oh, so that was the problem. She was uneasy because of the storm.

Nodding, Syveris returned her glance to the sky, watching as there was another loud thunder, and then the rain began to fall, heavy and loud. The Avora sensed the Yasi sitting besides her, and coming as close as she could. The girl was afraid of the storm. Weird. Syveris had always enjoyed them, except for the really bad ones. But this was a harmless storm, she was sure of it.

"Miss..."

"Syveris. My name is Syveris." she interrupted the Yasi, a little annoyed at being called 'miss' all the time. It didn't seem right.

"Syveris..." the girl began again, clenching the Avora's bryda when a loud thunder was heard again. "How are you not afraid? Are you Endal?"

The Avora laughed, and shook her head. "No, no. I'm Avora. But I guess after a ghost, everything seems normal." she was joking, of course, but the girl's eyes widened in panic, and she clenched even harder the fabric, before leaning forward and asking, in a whisper.

"Have you seen a ghost?" Syveris could hear the curiosity in the others voice, and an idea began to form into her head. Just a harmless story wouldn't be bad.

"Yes, I have been possessed by one." she whispered back, in a tone of cofidentiality, and smiled when the Yasi put her hands in her mouth, eyes opening in surprise. "Do you want to hear about it?"


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Ghosts Stories Under a Stormy Sky

Postby Syveris on November 17th, 2013, 1:57 pm

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The Yasi nodded, furiously, and Syveris chuckled to herself. The expectations on her eyes mixed with fear, and the girl seemed to have totally forgotten about the storm. Leaning even closer to her, she whispered.

"There is a rumor, you know, about a room in the Darnivas Commonrooms, that is haunted by a ghost, a ghost of a woman who seeks revenge on her husband, for leaving her for another woman." she began. Syveris wasn't telling the truth, nor would she describe the ghost as being Phaedra. She wasn't sure the woman would enjoy to have her story being told by some Yasi she didn't know. So Syveris would just take the terrible feeling she experienced at being possessed and craft some weird story with that. The Yasi would be happy, and it wasn't lying. She was telling a tale. "The tale goes like this:"

Long ago, there was a beautiful Vantha woman, whose voice and songs enchanted all those who heard her sing. Her name was Narith. She had many after her, enchanted by her songs and by her beauty, but she did not love any of them.

This was before she met an Endal named Vaarit. He was responsible for the trades rotes between Avanthal and Wind Reach, and once he heard of Narith, he searched for her, and just like all others, became enchanted by her exotic looks and silk voice. They talked, and soon Narith fell in love with this polite and romantic Endal, and would wait eagerly each time for him to go to Avanthal. In the end, she couldn't take the distance anymore, and asked him to stay with her. But Vaarit was an Endal, and he had a compromise with both Wind Reach and his Eagle. Narith accepted to move to Wind Reach, if he promised her she would be the only one he would love. The promise was made, and they returned to this city together.

However, Narith was a woman of the cold and snowy climate of Avanthal, and the only season she felt at home was the Winter. Little by little, Narith became withdrawn, with no more desire to sing, and Vaarit soon lost interest in her, going after other beautiful women.

When Narith confronted him about it, he was drunk. In an access of wrath, he took her with him for an Eagle ride, and dropped her from the sky, in the direction of the rocks of Mt. Skyinarta. She died before even touching the rocks, swearing he would pay for making her suffer and betraying her.

After that, Vaarit would be assaulted by all sorts of misfortune: he would miss easy hunts, would fall in smooth floors, and become sick from a wide range of diseases. In the end, his Eagle contracted a fatal parasite and couldn't recover. He was demoted to the Avora caste, as he still knew how to hunt, but his life was filled with misery, even after he had a child.


The Yasi was looking at her with a look of disbelief, as if the story hadn't convinced her. Syveris didn't blame the girl. She wasn't very good relating tales, and the names had sure been picked up on the spot. She even mixed her mentor's name with Vaaron's, the annoying Yasi she had met when she was younger.

"This is just a stupid story. Is not true, right?" there was doubt in the girl's voice, and Syveris smiled to herself. Maybe she could still try.

"That's what I thought too. But then, I met Narith."


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Ghosts Stories Under a Stormy Sky

Postby Syveris on November 17th, 2013, 2:34 pm

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I was coming back from the Glass Reverie, where I work, and as I was walking past a room that I thought it was empty, I heard a low lament, much similar to the wind howling. Of course, there isn't winds on the Commonrooms, so I knocked on the door, to see if the person inside, whomever he or she was, was alright. There was no answer, and the low howling kept going and going, until I got really worried and forced the door open.

At first, I saw nothing. The room was dark and empty, and cold. Oh, it was really cold, but not a normal cold. No, it was a chilling that crawled into my bones and refused to go out, as if it wished to possess my body. Later, I would find out that was exactly what it wished.

But then, something glowed in the dark, and I saw her. Face all dark with blood, clothes ripped in several places, allowing me to see her arms, arms that were in impossible angles, like the legs of a spider. Her hair was drenched in water, and covered half of her face, casting shadows on it.

But what was most frightening were her blue eyes. They shone with an unnatural light, fixed on me, as cold as ice. Before I could even react, she let out a high pitched screetch, and disappeared, only to reappear right in front of me, her eyes wide open, and her face still dark. All I could see was the eyes.

She raised her hands, pressing them against my head, and I felt my self control leaving. Suddenly, I was not in the dark room anymore, but in the back of an Eagle, riding over a storm. And then, I was falling and falling, until I reached the ground and everything went black.

I felt like I was dead. But then, a voice was screaming promises of revenge and blood. And then I realized it was my own voice, that I wasn't dead. Opening my eyes, I watched as the face of other Inartans looked at me in confusion and panic. I left, feeling embarrassed, not sure about what had happened, and when I passed through the her room, I heard nothing. But now, every time there is a storm, I hear her crying. Can you hear her now?


The Yasi was looking at her with wide eyes, and the wind howled again, as if on cue to what Syveris had said. The girl screamed, and pressed her face against the Avora's arms, her whole body trembling.

Syveris felt a little guilty, and embraced the Yasi, patting her head. "Calm down, calm down. It's just a stupid story. It isn't real, alright?" the Yasi nodded, but didn't raised her head. The trembling had subdued, but Syveris was under the impression that the girl was still afraid.

"Are you a glassworker, miss?" her voice was shaky, and Syveris sighed, noticing that the girl just wanted to change the subject.

"Yes. I work on the Glass Reverie as a glassworker."

"That's nice!" the girl stopped sniffing, and raised her face at least. There was a weak smile on her face. "I want to be a glassworker too! Do you think I can? I'm too afraid of heights to become an Endal, so I thought..." that girl was sure afraid of a lot of things. Ghosts, storms, heights... Well, as long as she could face her fears if needed, Syveris didn't had a problem with it.

"Of course you can. I bet some very nice Avora will take you as an apprentice, once you are a little older."

"I want you, miss." when Syveris looked at her, confused, the girl hurried to explain. "I want you as a mentor. You're nice."

"Oh." the Avora exclaimed, a little surprise by the request. Her heart beat a little faster at the prospect of getting an apprentice, but she couldn't let the girl nurture this hope. "I don't know about that. I'm still an apprentice myself."

"I can wait!" she was way too happy for her own good, and Syveris shook her head, her face hard, a final no. Maybe, in the future, she would get an apprentice. But definitely not now. However, the girl didn't seem to take no for an answer, as she keep talking happily about it.

"Look." Syveris interrupted, a little too harsh. "I cannot and I won't do it. Do you understand that?" the girl only smiled, got up, and began to walk away. Syveris sighed. Were all Yasi that weird?

"Miss?" the Avora turned, and saw the girl eyeing the dark Inner Warrens with apprehention. "Can you take me to the Yasi Quarter? Please?" so the girl was afraid, after all. Sighing, Syveris got up, taking the girl's hand and guiding her. It was her fault she was scared, so she could at least fulfill this request.


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Ghosts Stories Under a Stormy Sky

Postby Syveris on November 27th, 2013, 10:12 pm

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When Syveris reached the Yasi Quarters, she was overwhelmed by the memories this place brought. The memories weren't enjoyable, though. Mostly, they were about fights she got in, about others annoying her simply because she didn't want to play with them... After she had become an Avora, she had contact with a few nice Yasi, like the girl she was holding hands with, which helped her anger with the caste in general subdue. However, the Quarters still weren't nice place to her.

"I need to go now." Syveris whispered to the girl, kneeling yo face her. The Avora put both of her hands in the shoulder of the small girl, and smiled to her. "No ghosts will disturb you here."

The girl nodded, and seemed to think for a while. "My name is Larys."

Syveris smiled. "It's a beautiful name." the girl seemed happy. She nodded again, before running away, probably going to hide in her room. The Avora chuckled, and decided if she should go back. The storm was still going on, and she might be able to appreciate it a little more.

She returned to the spot she had been before, feeling the wind throw water drops in her face. The Avora didn't mind. In fact, it was very, very relaxing. She thought about the young girl, and smiled at her strange enthusiasm. Hopefully, it wouldn't be longer before Syveris saw her in the Reverie, when Larys would become an apprentice. It was unfortunate that she couldn't be the one to mentor the girl, but the Avora knew she still wasn't prepared, and she hoped Larys would be made an apprentice before.

Looking at the sky, Syveris felt herself relaxing each time more, the thunders actually comforting instead of frightening. Little by little, sleep came, and Syveris let herself be claimed by it.


The morning came, and the Avora awoke, startled by the direct heat of the sun. The sky was clear, and she noticed she had slept on the Courtyard. Sneezing, Syveris cursed herself by such foolishness. Well, hopefully she wouldn't become sick.

Getting up, the Avora grumbled at the uncomfortable feeling of having sleep in a bad way. Syveris yawned, and quickly run to the Kitchens. If she was lucky, she wouldn't have to miss breakfast before her work in the Reverie.


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Ghosts Stories Under a Stormy Sky

Postby Harrier on December 11th, 2013, 6:29 pm

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Skills Amount
Observation 2
Storytelling 5
Rhetoric 2
Leadership 1

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The patterns in the glass
Watching a storm roll in
The Tale of Narith and Vaarit
Larys: Afraid of heights, the dark, and ghosts


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Additional Comments: Loved the embelished story of Syv's experience with Phaedra! Great little tale :)


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