Solo First days

[Arcia]

The Scholars Demise
2nd of Summer, 514 AV - Night

After the evening, Arcia rushed over to the Scholars Demise. She opened the door, automatically hearing clapping from the door from a busker with a small violin walk off from the small area for the musicians with a small smile on his face. “Arcia!” A shout came from the bar, Aleah waving his hand, motioning for her to come here. “Nice to see you. I’ll be here to help you for today if you need help, alright?” Arcia nodded.

A man came up to the bar, sitting on a chair. After a nervous glance at Aleah, who simply shrugged and made a small motion of “just go to him”, she went up. “Hey.” She said, forcing her voice to sound natural, the man’s blue eyes looking at her, staring… which felt awkward. Her eye colors were probably moving insanely right now, which might be why he was staring at her, but how did she know? She couldn’t read minds, after all.

“I’ll have a Riesling. “ The man’s voice was quiet compared to the rest of the other men’s voices in the tavern, clapping and shouting. She tilted her head, as she asked, “Glass or bottle?” He shrugged, then replied, “Glass.” She nodded, taking a glass, and looking for the bottle that read ‘Riesling’, and took the bottle, and poured it in the glass, making a small spill on the table, taking a quick glance at Aleah again, and wiped the wine stain way with her hands, sighing mentally at the stain- she’d wash her hands later.

“Tell me a story.” The man said, taking a sip. Arcia frowned. Vanthas might’ve been renowned for their storytelling and carving, but really, she wasn’t much of one. “I can’t really tell one well..” She said honestly, and the man frowned, and said, “Of course you can! You’re a vantha! Everyone knows that they can tell great stories.” Her eyes narrowed at him, eyes changing color to a vivid yellow. “Oh, really?” Didn’t this man know not to generalize every single race? She stopped herself from saying a sarcastic comment with a hiss, and the man replied with a small sigh, “Just humor me.” With a roll of her eyes, she sighed, trying to think of a way to get out of this. She didn’t want to make one for him, really.

“Well.. “ She said, keeping her voice hesitant, and launching a small nudge in his head along the lines of “well, maybe she really isn’t good at it..” as she said it after, making her face a bit more hesitant too, and the man finally sighed and replied, “Fine.” She smiled a bit, though it was indeed hard to not smile much much bigger when she realized that yes, she managed to convince him that she couldn’t tell a good story.

[Arcia]

Aleah suddenly made a small gesture for her to come to her, and with a quick “Be right back,” She went off into her direction, and she asked, “How are things going?” She shrugged. “Okay, I suppose.” She didn’t really know if using hypnotism was okay on your first day, but at least she didn’t hurt someone, right? “You think you’re fine on your own?” She nodded, and Aleah grinned. “You get the hang of this quickly. Alright, go off then.” She came back, hoping to avoid the man and see someone else as an excuse to not talk to him. She found him.. weird, and she hoped she didn’t have to talk to her again, with the stare to the generalized opinion.

A man- or rather, Ethaefal sat at the bar, a few chairs away from the other man. Quickly, she scampered off to him. “Sorry for the wait! What do ya want?” She asked, staring at the man, his horns curled like a bull’s, along with his oh so perfect.. everything. It seemed odd to serve him, and his eyebrow raised. “Thank you. I’ll have a glass o’ merlot, please.” She nodded after awhile, taking the bottle along with the glass, and poured. Oh, petch. She needed to get the kina, didn’t she? She couldn’t just give them it for free, yeah? “One kina, please.” The Ethaefal dropped the miza into her hand, and she ran off, looking at the man she had served earlier.

The only remains that showed the man was there, and thank the gods that there was 3 kina there as well. She didn’t want to pay for him, afterall. She went back to the Eth, pocketing the kinas in her pocket before going back. She stood around the bar, not really knowing what to say to the Ethaefal. Her mind couldn’t wrap around how beautiful he looked, like he had came from the heavens.. “So, how’s it going?” He asked, taking small sips from the glass. She shrugged, smiling nervously. “Nervous, I guess.” He smiled, looking a bit amused, and he answered, “It’s natural to. Another?” He was already finished? Wow.

Then again, she didn’t really know how much glasses she could manage. Heck, she actually never drank, but after seeing all these other people drink, she didn’t really want to. She grabbed the bottle and poured it, and closed the cap as he drank again. He put the glass down with a bit more force than he needed to, she noticed, and she asked again, “Kina?” He fumbled around a bit more than he needed to, and gave the kinas, but one gold more. “Oh, you gave an extra…” She moved to him, leaning over the counter, and he moved a bit out of the way, and leaned a bit towards her, kissing her gently on the cheek.

[Arcia]

She pulled back quickly, dropping the kina. Drunks did crazy things, after all. The Eth smirked a bit, and drank the last of it, moving out of the chair. Whatwhatwhat? Her mind was still in a mess as he kept going, and taking a quick glance behind him, taking a quick wave. She realized the room was quiet, with no people in there. Thank the gods no one saw that. She didn’t really want to be hearing stories of it.

A small tap was on her shoulder as she was about to clean up the bar, and she turned, with Roric with a wicked smile that showed he had saw everything. “Get used to it, darling. You have quite the looks, and drunks.. can be quite.. y’know. “ A massive blush was burning at her cheeks, and she was pretty sure it was obvious. “It’ll be okay, honestly. That doesn’t happen everyday.” She raised her eyebrow, and cleaned the table, saying nothing, her mind musing over the fact that yes, she’d been kissed. She was surprised that she wasn’t actually freaking out over it, and surprisingly calm, now that she’d thought about it. Hopefully damn Roric wouldn’t say anything.

“See you tomorrow!” She said, closing the door, brushing her hand over the place where he hand kissed her, as she moved back home to the Solar Wind.

OOC: Gahh, this is hard. Must keep trying. >:l I'm sorry to the grader that's trying to grade this if it's bad, and will accept anyway to make these longer / sound smoother. :3 Arigato! ( pls i'm only 12 don't scare me )

[Brandon Blackwing]

XP Award! Name: Arcia XP Award: Persuasion +1 Socialization +2 Observation +2 Lore: The Scholar’s Demise Persuasion: Using Body Language A Kiss on the Cheek Always Ask People To Pay For Their Expenses Notes: Okay, so there wasn’t really much for me to award, but I guess you had figured that out already. So, there was one thing I was a bit confused about. In your second post, you mentioned the use of Hypnotism, however, I failed to detect anything that I could award Hypnotism xp for. What I guess I did see, was an attempt to write about your pc using hypnotism, which I was more non-verbal persuasion to me. Remember that when using magic you should always write about djed, since that’s the foundation of all magic. For example, write that Arcia channels the djed through her eyes when she intensely stares into those of her target, trying to do whatever she’d do. Or write that –when using verbal suggestions- she channels it through her tongue or vocal chords and laces it through her words. Things like that. Otherwise, it was a short and fun thread to read Please edit or delete your post in the grade request thread. Questions, concerns or comments regarding your grade? Don’t be scared to send me a pm, I promise not to bite