Pieces
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:22 pm
Pieces
Searing 54th, 122nd Year, A.o.S.
Life in Kalzasi never seemed to slow down to the wolf, after having arrived at the High Hopes tavern a little earlier than noon. It felt so god awfully strange being back in town, especially after having been exiled prior to his last visit here. Whether this would be his final? Well, that was hard to say now, because Rickter realized the world of impossible choices he'd created. When Rickter walked in through the doorway of the tavern, he arrived in a simple white cotton shirt, the sleeves cut short to reveal the runes on his biceps in the lower lighting.
The tavern felt a touch warmer than the cool air felt outside, the lobby already filled with a good number of the local natives. It still felt weird to Rickter to be coming back here, but considering the terms, he was technically pardoned by Aoren as of now. No matter what the wolf would not waste his time spent here, he'd make damn well sure he prepared for the difficult journey ahead. The wolf didn't walk too far within the main lobby, seeing his fair of people to rather divert toward the wall instead. He took a chair at a table instead, and quietly sat at an angle to rest against the wall.
He questioned being here now. But Telion would be here soon anyway, as she was helping Hannah put down the twins for their nap time. The wolf intended to pay her a few hours of his time for a while, since they hadn't really had the chance to catch up on events that happened in Gel'Grandal. He had so much to do, and though he wanted to be there to at least help Aoren, Rickter knew he'd only get further in the Kathar's way if he did so. Besides the wolf had a much more urgent task at hand now, and for the first time, he wasn't going to keep his pack mates at a safe distance.
The thought terrified him. But he also had to be brave. If he recalled his time spent around that damn Hobgoblin in Zaichaer, then he had example enough of what to follow. It relied on the wolf's own faith in his pack from here on, he just had to resynchronize with them before he would be ready. "Well hi you!" A familiar dainty voice called to him as the barmaid Margo stepped up, her curly red hair highlighted by the sunrays that beamed from the windows. "Haven't seen you in a while!"
"It certainly has been a while. And how is Margo today?" The wolf addressed with a raise of a brow, and the waitress scoffed with a grin as she pointed out the obvious stains on her apron.
"What about you?" She asked with a fold of her arms, likely curious as to what shenanigans the wolf had gotten into. She no doubt knew he'd been exiled, and word had already spread about how Aoren had given him Absolution also. That probably explained a few of the stares the wolf noticed when he glanced past Margo, before he faintly grinned with a hefty sigh through the nostrils. "That bad, huh?"
"It's been a year." He remarked with a soft chuckle, his stare genuine when he actually looked into her green eyes. "But you know what might help?" The barmaid raised an eyebrow at him expectantly. "Some of that delicious chicken and pork I smell cooking back there."
Margo laughed a bit before she pulled out her tablet and pen. "What'll it be?"
"I'm actually waiting for my plus one, y'know the one." Immediately Margo grinned as she clearly knew who Rickter referred, the wolf could only surmise she hadn't seen the healer for just as long. "So, uh, we'll actually order when she gets here."
"So... a drink then?" She suggested with a wry smile, which led Rickter to look up in thought before he agreed to the idea.
"Too early for whiskey in the day for me, I think I'll have a proper ale." He requested from the barmaid, as she briefly curtsied before sauntering off back to the bar. Patrick would've certainly loved her, if he hadn't already, which was another point the wolf had to focus on now. Gods this just grew harder for him more than he realized, and for a moment the wolf looked out the window in thought of his actions.
The tavern felt a touch warmer than the cool air felt outside, the lobby already filled with a good number of the local natives. It still felt weird to Rickter to be coming back here, but considering the terms, he was technically pardoned by Aoren as of now. No matter what the wolf would not waste his time spent here, he'd make damn well sure he prepared for the difficult journey ahead. The wolf didn't walk too far within the main lobby, seeing his fair of people to rather divert toward the wall instead. He took a chair at a table instead, and quietly sat at an angle to rest against the wall.
He questioned being here now. But Telion would be here soon anyway, as she was helping Hannah put down the twins for their nap time. The wolf intended to pay her a few hours of his time for a while, since they hadn't really had the chance to catch up on events that happened in Gel'Grandal. He had so much to do, and though he wanted to be there to at least help Aoren, Rickter knew he'd only get further in the Kathar's way if he did so. Besides the wolf had a much more urgent task at hand now, and for the first time, he wasn't going to keep his pack mates at a safe distance.
The thought terrified him. But he also had to be brave. If he recalled his time spent around that damn Hobgoblin in Zaichaer, then he had example enough of what to follow. It relied on the wolf's own faith in his pack from here on, he just had to resynchronize with them before he would be ready. "Well hi you!" A familiar dainty voice called to him as the barmaid Margo stepped up, her curly red hair highlighted by the sunrays that beamed from the windows. "Haven't seen you in a while!"
"It certainly has been a while. And how is Margo today?" The wolf addressed with a raise of a brow, and the waitress scoffed with a grin as she pointed out the obvious stains on her apron.
"What about you?" She asked with a fold of her arms, likely curious as to what shenanigans the wolf had gotten into. She no doubt knew he'd been exiled, and word had already spread about how Aoren had given him Absolution also. That probably explained a few of the stares the wolf noticed when he glanced past Margo, before he faintly grinned with a hefty sigh through the nostrils. "That bad, huh?"
"It's been a year." He remarked with a soft chuckle, his stare genuine when he actually looked into her green eyes. "But you know what might help?" The barmaid raised an eyebrow at him expectantly. "Some of that delicious chicken and pork I smell cooking back there."
Margo laughed a bit before she pulled out her tablet and pen. "What'll it be?"
"I'm actually waiting for my plus one, y'know the one." Immediately Margo grinned as she clearly knew who Rickter referred, the wolf could only surmise she hadn't seen the healer for just as long. "So, uh, we'll actually order when she gets here."
"So... a drink then?" She suggested with a wry smile, which led Rickter to look up in thought before he agreed to the idea.
"Too early for whiskey in the day for me, I think I'll have a proper ale." He requested from the barmaid, as she briefly curtsied before sauntering off back to the bar. Patrick would've certainly loved her, if he hadn't already, which was another point the wolf had to focus on now. Gods this just grew harder for him more than he realized, and for a moment the wolf looked out the window in thought of his actions.
"Common" "Synskrit" "Norvaegan"
"Rickter" "Telion"
"Rickter" "Telion"
"Every side attacks you when you don't pick sides."