A Song of Chaos[Kuragari]

[Firehead]

"Yes, they are apparently more common north of the wall, but that area's supposed to be home to many kinds of things that are much worse." She nods, "Yes, you probably saw him with the tracking party, but I take it you didn't have time for introductions."

She walks up to the young man. "Robb, this is Kayin Dreemurr, the woman your father brought back. Kayin, this is Robbert Stark first born-son and heir to the Lord of Winterfell." He kneels down to pick up the pup before offering you his hand. The gesture is practiced and formal which makes sense given his age and station. "A pleasure, Kayin."

[Kuragari]

"There was time, but I guess like me everyone wanted to hurry home." Kayin suggested with a soft chuckle... then frowning briefly as she thought of the lands north of the wall. The Others were going to be a problem in time. She'd need to warn someone about that... she'd need to use some magic a bit first though to give folks the idea knowing of such a thing, perhaps via 'future seeing' or some such could be a thing she could do.

Kayin takes Roberts hand and gives it a firm shake as she smiles to him and inclines her head. "A pleasure, milord." She glanced to the direwolf, and her smile brightened a bit more as she asked, "Give them a name yet?"

[Firehead]

He seems a bit surprised by the firmness of your shake but recovers quickly to return it. He looks to the dog as you ask about its name. "I haven't decided yet. I'm sure something will come to me in the next few days, so he won't be without a name for long." He gives you a curious look. "You said something about magic back there. Were you serious?" The girl seems a bit curious about the mention of magic as well.

"So what kinds of things can you do with it?" The wolf pup struggles a little within his grip, and Robb let's it back down where it begins running around like a little bundle of energy.

[Kuragari]

She nodded, glancing to the little bundle or energy once it was set back down and was free to run about. Deciding to draw on what she had always figured for her persona, Kayin said, "It can do lots of things, constrained only by how much energy I have and how much focus I can bring to casting it. Though sometimes it has a mind of its own and will react... chaotically." She smirks as she decides to do something simple for the moment and conjuring a bit of flame in one hand, or over a finger.

"Like say, instead of teleporting me to the next town, teleporting me to another land."

[Firehead]

He nods, "Right, you said that's how you ended up here." The girl seems curious but drops it. "Well, we should get back to the tour and out of your hair." The lordling nods, "Yes, I do have to get in some sword training this afternoon." The two of you part ways as he walks over to a building with several wooden dummies in the yard. "That's the training yard, and the barracks is right next to it." She thinks for a moment. "I feel like that makes a good start unless there's something you can think of you want to know the location of." She looks to you. "If you can't think of anything, I believe I could take you with me to meet Sansa. We're going out to pick some flowers."

[Kuragari]

Disspelling the small bit of fire, and somewhat surprised they didn't seem as amazed by magic as she'd have expected, she reminds herself the North has more people willing to believe in such then the South. Plus it wasn't as exciting as say throwing a fireball or shooting lightning. But well, she wasn't wanting to at the moment risk her magic damaging something. Technically, she hadn't even had a bite to eat yet, so guests rights wasnt in force.

In fact... "I could use a bite to eat, actually. I skipped breakfast, so eager to test my spell I was. After that though, I'd be happy to meet this Sansa and come along."

[Firehead]

She nods, "Alright, there's a small mess hall near the kitchen I can show you to." She leads you back to the kitchens where you're able to get some boar meat as well as some bread. The kitchen lady offers you water to drink, but the girl you're with is able to convince her to get the two of you a mug half filled with mead to split between you.

Leading you to the mess hall, you can see a handful of guards getting their own late lunches probably having had to work their various duties through lunch time which explained why there was still food available for you. "So, what do you think so far?" She waves to one of the guards, a slightly younger guy looking a little uncomfortable in his armor.

[Kuragari]

Kayin almost asks for the water instead as she begins nibbling at the bread and meat, but decides since she's never had mead she can give it a try. It tastes pretty good to her surprise, but she's careful to nurse it. She'd always been a lightweight when it came to alcohol back home. No reason to assume that was different here. She thanks the staff in the kitchen before offering smiles and nods to any others her eyes cross paths with as she sits down.

"Its a lovely castle. Rather homey feeling." She remarks with a hum. "Fewer people than I'd imagine for its size though."

[Firehead]

You both still received your water in addition to the small offering of alcohol, so you are able to get something to drink alongside the mead. The girl nods as you mention the number of people. "Well, we've been at peace since before I can even remember. Even Robb was born maybe a month or two before the last major war in the Seven Kingdoms came to an end. With us all generally at peace, and no made king on the Iron Throne, there's not much reason to keep a full garrison which means we don't need as much of other staff either. Consider it a blessing that we don't need to fill the castle."

[Kuragari]

"True, I can see it like that." Kayin replied with a nod as she finished her drink and the last bit of meat and bread, pretty much having turned it into an impromptu sandwich. She still couldn't help but feel the castle seemed like it was under-populated even for peacetime. But then again, this was the North. The North wasn't as heavily settled as the South, and having more people would have meant they'd need to worry about more food.

"Well, I'm ready when you are." She says as she stands. "Oh, by the way," She offers her hand. "Kayin Dreemurr. What's your name?"

[Firehead]

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

Just looked it up, Sansa's about 12 right now, do you want me to age up for this, or to keep her out of the way of any lewd stuff?

She gasps as you introduce yourself before asking her name. "Oh, where are my manners." She takes your hand giving it a soft shake. "Hello Kayin, I am Ashlynn Zelinn. Sansa should have horse riding practice around this time, so we'll find her by the stables."

You arrive at the stables to find a girl who very much resembles Lady Catlyen riding about on a horse. Around the beast's hooves, another wolf pup runs around looking up at the girl. Walking up, Ashlynn gives Sansa a curtsey. "Lady Sansa, I hope you don't mind me inviting a guest to pick flowers with us." She gestures to you. "I present to you Kayin Dremurr." The girl hops of the horse as the puppy begins circling her legs rather than the horse's.

[Kuragari]

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

*hums* yeah we can go with her being aged up to at least 18. Same for a few others around Sansa's age but those beneath Sansa's age can just be kept away from lewd stuff but still aged up a bit so their aren't big gaps. Think that'd mean that the ones beneath her, Arya and Bran, would both be in their mid/early teens.

"A pleasure." Kayin says with a smile, nodding and following after Ashlynn. When she spots Sansa, she blinks just a bit. The girl was more a young lady, looking like she'd only just recently passed into adulthood. Kayin quickly works to shake such surprise from her face as Sansa hops off the horse. She dips her head and curtsy's as well.

"A delight to meet you, Lady Sansa. I hope my presence won't be an intrusion."

[Firehead]

She shakes her head. "Charmed, and no, that won't be a problem. It might even be interesting to have you about." Once the pleasantries are done, she leads you toward the gate. Upon arriving there, she nods to one of the guards. "I suppose we'll be needing a guard." The guard nods. "Yes, your mother and the captain insisted, milady." Another guard pulls up with a small carriage. The door is held open for the three of you before the two guards take the driver's seat, and you're off.

[Kuragari]

A small part of Kayin's mind can't help but wonder what threat there'd be for a short little jaunt like this. Especially when she has magic, but well, they don't know the full extent of what she can do. For that matter, neither does she. Still as she settles into the carriage, Kayin again can't help but find herself looking over Sansa and noting how much older she was... and of course how beautiful she was. Now that she thought about it... all the children in the group had seemed a bit older... which made her wonder a great many things, leading her attention to be focused on the future and how she was going to navigate it, being here as she was.

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

figuring Kayin gets lucky and is just seen as being distracted and lost in thought, or nearly viewed/seen as possibly oggling Lady Sansa here lol xD

[Firehead]

As your thoughts draw you on, Ashlynn seems to notice your distraction. "Kayin? What's got you distracted, girl?" Before the girl can pry further into what is on your mind, Sansa quickly moves in. "Leave the poor girl alone, Ash. I couldn't help but notice a certain guy is part of our escort." Ashlynn immediately turns beet red when she mentions that. "I don't know what you're talking about, Lady Sansa." The young lady smirks. "Come now, everyone knows you've got eyes for Broderic, and there he is so very close at hand. You can't tell me this wouldn't be the best chance to make some kind of move." The lady turns to you. "Isn't that right? With just the five of us, she'd only need a minor distraction."

[Kuragari]

Blinking and caught a bit of guard, Kayin starts just a bit but quickly catches in on the topic of conversation. She hums, having really only spared the guard a brief glance. But she smirked as she said, "Mhm, might not even need that. I doubt there'd be much to be worried about and need of a guard... and just looking after us girls while some of us pick flowers could be awfully boring. I'm sure this Broderic would be delighted for a chance to do something more... entertaining if that's what the miss would like~"

[Firehead]

Ashlynn blushes while Sansa smirks as you catch on to what she was getting at. "Well, of course I don't think she needed any help convincing him. The only problem is we have two guards, and I doubt he would appreciate keeping an eye on the two of us alone and distrubing any private moments." She gives an elbow to the girl next to her. "What we need is to come up with something to distract him so the pair of them can sneak off unnoticed." Ash looks between the two of you. "Lady Sansa, Kayin, you really don't have to do this honest."

[Kuragari]

"Ah yes, the other guard..." Kayin hums a bit, smirking as she considers such. She glances to Ashlynn though as she asks, "If the Lady Sansa has the right of it, it is something you desire. We would just be helping you to get it." Her eyes turn to Sansa as she considers the girl. "What sort of distractions do you have in mind? I can think of a few ways beautiful ladies such as ourselves could distract the other guard. Though some could be... improper."

Of course, Kayin herself might have a bit more leeway. Being a stranger from some far off land, who might have strange ways and customs...

[Firehead]

She shivers as you mention helping her get what she wanted, but her resistance crumbles. "Ju-just don't do anything too wild, you two." Sansa turns to you smirking in a playful manner at your mention of improper. "Are you implying a young lady such as myself might do something improper?" She moves in a little closer to you whispering. "Ash should really focus more on how she'll use the opportunity we provide than how we'll provide it, so let's keep it down so as not to distract her. So...what are some of the ways you're thinking of?"

[Kuragari]

"We can endeavor to keep it tame." Kayin assures them both after a moment, though she hums as she glances to Sansa as the young lady leans in close. "Well, after we pick some flowers, we could each links arms with the other guard, and ask him a bit about himself. Flirt with him a bit perhaps and sort of wander off a bit of a ways. If that's not distracting enough... we could let our hands, and or mouths, do a bit of wandering instead~"

Since Lady Sansa wasn't raising much of a fuss, she didn't see any reason to keep from letting the implications hang in the air.