orientation ♔ others have excuses | i have my reasons why

[silvermaid]

♬ Reasons Why - Nickel Creek

WHO || Anastacia O'Keefe, Lissa Dragomir, open if people want to bang into them, just threadjack wherever.
WHAT || Anastacia meets with her squire
WHERE || Knight's HQ, Lissa's room
WHEN || July 15th, morning
HOW || Actionspam

[ A few weeks after settling in, Lissa gets a pleasant rapping on her door at a decent hour of the morning. It's that time. ]

Comments

[silvermaid]

Anastacia O'Keefe. The pleasure's all mine, dear. [ she leads the way down the expansive hall, keeping friendly pace beside her ] Welcome to the castle, by the way. I'm still getting the hang of it myself.

[lastdragomir]

Oh? Have you not been here long?

[silvermaid]

I worked out of the Ireland branch until a few months ago. I'd only been here twice before - to meet Wynn and be Knighted.

[lastdragomir]

I didn't realize there were... other branches. Then again, I didn't really do much research before joining.

[silvermaid]

Most of them are very small: there were only about 18 of us there. But it's good to have a more permanent presence in locations around the world, for emergencies, and diplomatic relations.

[lastdragomir]

That makes sense. I am still getting used to such a thing actually existing, knights and all. I guess because I think Knights and imagine... Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty. Just stories.

[silvermaid]

I don't think there's much of anything that's just a story.

[lastdragomir]

Like dragons. [She makes a wry smile.] Definitely something to get used to.

[silvermaid]

But it does make the world feel as if anything is possible.

[lastdragomir]

Which can be both a good thing and a bad one.

[silvermaid]

Precisely why we're here.

[lastdragomir]

Do we protect people from "monsters"? [The air quotes there are pretty verbal.] Or the other way around? Or both?

[silvermaid]

Both, I guess you could say. Sometimes it's the 'monsters' who need protecting.

[lastdragomir]

[She nods. That is good. After her experiences with Strigoi and Moroi and Dhampirs... Monsters are relative. She doesn't want to be part of something that thinks someone or something can't be saved.]

[silvermaid]

I suppose you could say we work to make the transition between worlds as smooth as possible. For both sides.

[lastdragomir]

Is it usually successful?

[silvermaid]

We have a pretty good success rate, yes. Not all issues are so simple to resolve, but we usually do more good than harm.

[lastdragomir]

I imagine that's the most anyone can hope for.

[silvermaid]

[ oh hey look it's the dining room! people are scattered about the tables here and there, and many look up and acknowledge anastacia with a smile. ]

Have you met many others yet?

[lastdragomir]

Not many. A few at my squiring and then a few at the briefing. [A pause, like she is struggling with whether to ask something, but she does, lowering her voice.] Is Sir Solace always so...reticent?

[silvermaid]

Solace is a cleric of Ilmater, god of willing suffering. His clergy looks to take other's pain onto themselves to alleviate the burden from others, and a long life of doing that will leave its mark on any man or woman.

[lastdragomir]

Oh my... oh. [Lissa wants to take other people's pain away and the effects of her healing aren't always that good for her, but she can't imagine... Solace has just shot up a billion points in her opinion and she suddenly wants to trade "dates" with Sydney.] I didn't know.

[silvermaid]

He certainly doesn't advertise it. That's part of their whole martyrdom dogma - they'll drop everything when there's a person in need in their path, but they're remarkably modest about it.

Younger Ilmatari have a harder time masking their pain, but he's been at it for some time. It's probably all left him very... cynical on the outside.

[lastdragomir]

To be fair, I don't think his reserve was entirely unwarranted. [Their mission group... is silly.]

[silvermaid]

Oh? [ DEETS GIRL as anastacia steers her into the kitchen ]