Odd Encounters

[Ricia]

Rhea smiled, "Shania is really not that mysterious." She said simply.


"I see every single one of your thoughts and she is still a mystery to me." Roen said with a shrug.


Rhea laughed, "Thats because you just care if they are friendly or not."

 

[InsaneTruth]

Shania laughed and kept walking padding the ground softly. Soki yawned in her lap and rubbed his eyes "Town? Mama?" he asked softly.


"He's getting pretty smart." Zek said and smiled at the little boy.

 

[Ricia]

"He was always smart." Rhea said happily, she gently pet Soki's hair, "Yes we are going to town... what for I am not sure honestly..." Rhea mostly said the last part to herself.


'because your prince needs more than just the bare minimum...' Roen thought.

 

[InsaneTruth]

Zek ruffled "I'm sorry Rhea bu i need a few things if you expect me to be any use to you at all,"


"Mages are such odd people." Shania retorted.

 

[Ricia]

"You're fine Zek, I promise. Roen is just complaining to complain, I was just not entirely sure why we were going. If you need thing that is fine. We can put them in Roen's bags, or mine here." Rhea said, feeling a bit bad for offending Zek.

 

[InsaneTruth]

"I will carry what i need since you like to travel light I am not as puny as I look though my physical prowess is probable less then average my magic more then makes up for it."

 

[Ricia]

Rhea giggled a bit, "Zek, I promise it will be ok. We work together, we can put some stuff in Roens bags, that way you are light too. You might hurt his pride if you refuse, thinking he can't fly well with whatever you're going to buy."


'Now you're just baiting him. But true..' Roen thought. Rhea chuckled a bit, "Roen just agreed with me."


"Now you're the one doing the teasing Rhea.." Roen said.

 

[InsaneTruth]

"Most of what i need is light anyway thank you Roen," Zek replied. "mostly herbs poisons things i need for larger workings."

 

[Ricia]

"What kind of 'larger workings'." Rhea asked.

 

[InsaneTruth]

"Larg protections warding tracking spells, i can do minor ones without such materials but just incase I need to do large works," Zek said

 

[Ricia]

Rhea smiled, "I knew there was more to magic then waving your fingers... but what more to it I am not sure. I guess I should learn some things from you."

 

[InsaneTruth]

"My magic is strong through words of powr but they drain alot out of me... I can turn a man into a tree but because of backlash a tree somewhere would become a man,"

 

[Ricia]

"Ways to avoid said backlash are..?" Rhea asked.

 

[InsaneTruth]

"Not relying souly on magic... and not using words of power those are dangerous for any mage, I gave you very drastic example," Zek said

 

[Ricia]

Rhea made a face that looked like she understood. She nodded once and held Soki to her closer while she thought about the new information.

 

[InsaneTruth]

"you can ask me about mages Rhea I garentee you I'll be able to help you understand I am a high mage," Zek said Soki was snuggling into Rhea and humming softly/

 

[Ricia]

Rhea reached into a bit of her magic and hummed back to Soki, the baby dragon gave her so much joy, she hard knows what she would do without him... "Of course Zek. You can ask me anything too, though I don't think I have near as much to offer, dragon magic I can help with for sure."

 

[InsaneTruth]

Zek smiled and asked her his first question "what does it feel like to be soul bonded?" he asked.


Shania couldn't help but laugh Soki and Rhea's hums tickled her back.

 

[Ricia]

"Well as I told you before, it can be hectic in your head, and eventually things get normal like.. Even in sync. Roen is still Roen.. and I am still me, but well... it feels normal. When I had my soul ripped from Roen's it was very painful.. and it felt.. lonely. I don't remember what it was like to only have one. I was young when we bonded. Like I wouldnt remember meeting Roen if it wasn't for his own shards of the memory."

 

[InsaneTruth]

"Roen did you always bond with children?" Zek asked wondering if there was a reason behind Rhea being a child or if it was how Roen was.

 

[Ricia]

"Rhea was different..." Roen said, "the other two were young adults."


Rhea rocked, "I wonder if Shania remembers the memory, though I bet most of them history and Roen's is fuzzy in her mind by now."


Roen huffed, "I would tell the story.."

 

[InsaneTruth]

"Go ahead," Shania said "not like she didn't wind up in my body anyway," she said she didn't sound angry just a bit timid.


"Why won't you tell?" Zek asked having not heard Shania like Rhea and Roen.

 

[Ricia]

"Sorry Shania. I was just making a joke." Rhea said petting the girl. "Its not really a bad story... We are in town now... perhaps we can tell the story after we get out of town and walking again." Rhea said happily.


Roen shrugged, though he had taken to walking close to Aria.


"Maybe I should get off Shania back while we are in town." Rhea said.

 

[InsaneTruth]

"Why she's just a big fluffly fanged horse," Zek commented and once more avoided Shania's fangs.

 

[Ricia]

Rhea laughed, though she did get off Shania's back and stretched a bit, wanting to walk some anyway.