74 Frost, Year 122
[Closed - Æros]
Hilana had timed her Semblance initiation in order to take advantage of her day off. She had spent the 71st at home, the windows covered as much as Vasilei could manage with the sheer number of plants that Hilana had everywhere. She largely stayed in her bed aside from a few forays to the bathroom and the kitchen. Risdra, as cats were wont to do, did not care a whit that her human was dealing with threshold sickness. Her bowl was empty, mother, and this was a crime against felinity. A travesty of incalculable tragedy. And oh, how Hilana heard about it as her giant cat, who was largely content to stay with her and Tiaz and keep her company, meowed at the top of her considerable lungs right into Hilana’s ear.
But after the first day, she felt much better. Armed with teas and concoctions, the Vastiana made her way to work. Pitas layered with date jam made for a great breakfast, and while Vasilei watched her like a hawk, Hilana deemed herself back to normal and in need of working. Until she got a headache that persisted for a few hours until she took something for it; but the Vastiana didn't complain. She just took her medicines and got on with it. It didn't stop her from using her new Rune on multiple targets. Plants, Tiaz. Fiya. Vasilei. Patients that came in. While it took a lot of effort to focus and determine details, and it may have been limited in how much she was able to glean from her focal point, Hilana was not discouraged. She just had to keep practising. The more she did it, the better she would get.
It took a lot of effort, and just like it had at the beginning of her Elementalism training, it wore her out. It was such a strange way of sapping and sponging off her excess energy when she did it with enough frequency. She used Tiaz as her main model, working to learn to read and recognize the details of the targeted aura that she knew well. In time, it would be easier to understand them, but for a complete novice that was a few days out of her initiation, she wasn't about to stress about it. She focused mostly on his emotions and physical properties, and as snakes went, Tiaz was incredibly easygoing and relaxed. Nothing seemed to rile or upset him, and even if it did, he tended to just curl up in her rucksack or on her shoulders.
The aromas of cooking food and warming spices filled her apartment. The tagine held the chicken as it worked along, and the big pot of couscous that she was making to go on the side of it that would last for days of meals. That suited Hilana just fine - the side dish was versatile enough that it could go with everything else that she made, really, and it was filling. There was a tray of sweet and spicy carrots roasting in the oven, and the tomato salad was in a dish on the table. She didn't know how hungry Dominus Æros would be, but she'd rather have a nice spread than not. As she worked, Tiaz lounged on his table-top stand in the light of the window, and Fiya was hanging out on Hilana's shoulders, all draped and relaxed.
[Closed - Æros]
Hilana had timed her Semblance initiation in order to take advantage of her day off. She had spent the 71st at home, the windows covered as much as Vasilei could manage with the sheer number of plants that Hilana had everywhere. She largely stayed in her bed aside from a few forays to the bathroom and the kitchen. Risdra, as cats were wont to do, did not care a whit that her human was dealing with threshold sickness. Her bowl was empty, mother, and this was a crime against felinity. A travesty of incalculable tragedy. And oh, how Hilana heard about it as her giant cat, who was largely content to stay with her and Tiaz and keep her company, meowed at the top of her considerable lungs right into Hilana’s ear.
But after the first day, she felt much better. Armed with teas and concoctions, the Vastiana made her way to work. Pitas layered with date jam made for a great breakfast, and while Vasilei watched her like a hawk, Hilana deemed herself back to normal and in need of working. Until she got a headache that persisted for a few hours until she took something for it; but the Vastiana didn't complain. She just took her medicines and got on with it. It didn't stop her from using her new Rune on multiple targets. Plants, Tiaz. Fiya. Vasilei. Patients that came in. While it took a lot of effort to focus and determine details, and it may have been limited in how much she was able to glean from her focal point, Hilana was not discouraged. She just had to keep practising. The more she did it, the better she would get.
It took a lot of effort, and just like it had at the beginning of her Elementalism training, it wore her out. It was such a strange way of sapping and sponging off her excess energy when she did it with enough frequency. She used Tiaz as her main model, working to learn to read and recognize the details of the targeted aura that she knew well. In time, it would be easier to understand them, but for a complete novice that was a few days out of her initiation, she wasn't about to stress about it. She focused mostly on his emotions and physical properties, and as snakes went, Tiaz was incredibly easygoing and relaxed. Nothing seemed to rile or upset him, and even if it did, he tended to just curl up in her rucksack or on her shoulders.
The aromas of cooking food and warming spices filled her apartment. The tagine held the chicken as it worked along, and the big pot of couscous that she was making to go on the side of it that would last for days of meals. That suited Hilana just fine - the side dish was versatile enough that it could go with everything else that she made, really, and it was filling. There was a tray of sweet and spicy carrots roasting in the oven, and the tomato salad was in a dish on the table. She didn't know how hungry Dominus Æros would be, but she'd rather have a nice spread than not. As she worked, Tiaz lounged on his table-top stand in the light of the window, and Fiya was hanging out on Hilana's shoulders, all draped and relaxed.
