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 goes to pull out some bread from the pantry, as she cheerfully volunteers the info lissa is too polite to ask for anyway ]

Are you familiar with aasimars? Some people don't seem to recognize the term from their worlds.

[lastdragomir]

I've heard of them. Andie, she said she is an aasimar, that she's decended from a god in the Shadow World? [The statement lilts up at the end, turning it to a question.]

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia nods, a smile lighting her features again at the link ] That's just what it means.

Two gods, in my case. Goddesses, to be more precise.

[lastdragomir]

[Things Lissa feels like she will never fully understand? Gods and goddesses... existing. She believed in.. well, God. It's a huge thing for her to reconcile with her personal beliefs. She blinks, a little startled, at the idea of divine parentage from both sides, but her expression is mainly curiosity mingled with confusion.]

I... wow.

[silvermaid]

They're the impressive ones, not me. I'm really just like anyone here, and I don't remember my life before this world, even if I've learned a little bit about it now.

[lastdragomir]

[Still.

Even if Anastacia makes good points -- Lissa doesn't know why she is such a big deal besides the fact that she's last of her line -- still. Kind of a big deal.]

To be fair, a lot of the people are pretty impressive.

[silvermaid]

I suppose there is that. But few of them would lord that over anyone either. [ lmao yeah right, s-so optimistic, anastacia-chan ]

[lastdragomir]

[Whateves, Liss is horribly optimitic too and she doesn't have the memories that gave her a pessimistic streak aka Victor Dashkov.]

There's always a few. Isn't that a saying? Every family's balck sheep, so to speak.

[silvermaid]

Well, there are those who'd like to think of themselves that way - but there's someone who cares about everyone here.

[lastdragomir]

Black wool is just as soft as white. [That metaphor got away from her a bit.]

[silvermaid]

A nice way to put it. [ she scoops up her food and nods to the dining hall ] Plus, this group thrives on variety.

[lastdragomir]

Makes sense, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. It would be dangerous if they were all the same. [She patters after Anastacia.]

[silvermaid]

I don't think there's much chance of that happening. [ she finds a seat in the midst of many unusual faces, that only serve to emphasize the point. ] Have you made any friends yet among the Knights?

[lastdragomir]

A few. [Possibly. It's too soon to tell.] There are a couple people here that I know from home. Though neither of them remember me.

[silvermaid]

That can't be easy. When I reunited with my twin sister, she remembered me from when we were children -- but I'd lost all those memories, and never got them back.

[lastdragomir]

It's easier with Dimitri at least, we weren't very close. [But with Rose its just like a piece of herself is missing. And it's horrible. She smiles weakly, trying to make light of how much it pains her.] At least she can't hold grudges at me over things that happened when we were seven.

[silvermaid]

The memories that you can make together in this world shouldn't be discounted. You're both fighting the same battle on the same side. She can't avoid you forever.

[lastdragomir]

So you haven't meet Rose, yet, have you? [She is pretty sure they can professionally avoid each other forever.]

[silvermaid]

I can't say I have. Do you know who she's squired to?

[lastdragomir]

[ Her head shakes, sipping her drink. ] I'm not sure. [ Because she never asked because she is a horrible friend, yay! ]

[silvermaid]

Don't give up on her. She might be resistant at first, but she'll appreciate it if you don't allow that to scare you off.

[lastdragomir]

[Glancing over, Lissa nods, giving Anastacia a small smile. She would probably need more prompting, but it was a start.] Okay.

[silvermaid]

[ as they eat, she returns the smile and reaches over to give her hand a small squeeze. ]

Are there other questions you have, for me?

[lastdragomir]

[Lissa is discovering she is probably super lucky to have this woman as her mentor. Because man did she need that reassurance right then.]

I think so. Mainly, what am I supposed to do here?

[silvermaid]

Well, you're blessed to have access to the resources Wynn has gathered here. There's everything you could ever need to prepare you for every kind of mission... it's up to every Knight to suss out where they may need more help. We have weapons training and magic training... medical practitioners, scholars, experts on every field related to Shadow that exists...