by napsii » Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:44 am
"Haha. Okay, I'll see see you around."
Jinedria was quick to turn her head away, rather hung up on Zeph's words as he walked away. Marvelous wasn't the word that came to mind for the Iievyr. At least, not after all these years. The Fayers' clan had shaped her to fit human society like no other, and the blood of the Iievyr seemed only as intriguing as superstition and ancestral lore allowed. It was all unimpressive, maybe. After all, most of her species' magnificence was in the millennia past, or in the depths of the land where developed society had never touched. Iievyr society was not like the kingdoms of the humans or dwarves or whathaveyou, which could fill their history books with new tales of bloody wars and grand riches every thirty years. Nevertheless, she was a little... glad, for Zeph's interest for the Elementals, even if it was a little naive. The Elementals were many and far apart, but Jin knew much of them. Perhaps too much, given their rarity. She rolled her shoulder, running a finger through her silky hair. The caravan would be setting off soon, and she did not want to be blindsided, half-ready.
Again, she counted off her things. Basic supplies, Elemental Salts, some food, coin, herself... all intact and tucked away.
Not wanting to let the monster that was laziness eat her, though, she thought better of lying about and slid off the wagon, smoothing her skirt and stepping up through the labyrinth of carts, wagons, horses, merchants, guards and mules to the front of the procession. By now, the caravan was being divided up so that it might be more organized. Jin knew where she was to be, but it somehow felt wiser to be at the nose of the action when the wheels and hooves hit the dirt.
She leaned up against a wagon, looking down to her palm. With no gesture from her, a vibrant red-orange flame sprang to life there, its flickering orange light licking at her hand and fluttering naturally under the breeze. She felt its warmth, but of course no pain.
She hummed as she twisted the kindling flame about her hand artfully, awaiting the next step.