Continuing Their Research [Lykos]
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:51 am
64 Glade, Year 123
[Closed - Lykos]
They had had a busy couple of days, and that was just how Hilana liked it. It was easier to stay busy than to sit with and digest her feelings about what had happened and what she had learned over the last four days, and while she knew that that wasn’t healthy and she needed to do it, she was still coming to terms with some of it. She had taken Æros to see his family and get as much as possible worked out there before getting back in time for dinner. While the servii had gotten started, Hilana had needed to finish it off and apply her own touches: Lykos had a definite preference for food she had made over those that the slaves did, and the Vastiana figured that was also a trust issue rather than just her cooking. And then yesterday, Lykos showed them that he was also a wolf Rathari by transforming in his sleep. That had shocked everyone, but it was to the relief of the sisters and the servii that the Lord of Frost was back to his normal form by the end of the day, especially since they had plans to do some more testing on the demigod and figure out more about his Runes.
Three down, three to go. So far, he had proven himself to have Nyx, Elementalism, and Semblance. More books from the Featherlight Satchel could be produced, and aptitude tested on the next handful of Runes. This might have been a bit more challenging; because now they were going to be investigating Runes that neither sister actually had. They knew about Negation, Hilana had something of an understanding on Kinetics thanks to Raithen and Daemon, she had heard enough about Mesmer from Æros, Arvaelyn, and Finn. Athalia had a better grasp than she did thanks to her years of private school before the Void.
The servii helped her bring out the trays of food to the outside table that they had been working at a few days prior. Today’s lunch consisted of different cuts of roasted lamb, from chops to leg and shoulder, and a dressed salad with multiple vegetables; onion and tomato and cucumbers and chickpeas, different herbs, and crumbly feta cheese. Pita breads were toasted on the side. Those had their own dips, from yogurt to a thicker whipped cheese, and he could surely smell the honey in it - Hilana was trying something different with dates, honey, and walnuts folded into the whipped cheese dip. She knew Lykos was enjoying his sweets, and so she thought that might make a nice change from the usual savoury dips that accompanied the meal. There was also chunks of grilled cheese that surprisingly didn’t melt - saganaki, the sisters had called it - that were lightly dusted with a hint of spice. Baskets of fruit rounded the meal off, and more iced tea - though this one seemed to lack the hibiscus, and had chunks of lemon and fruit in the pitcher instead.
Lia, her dark hair threaded with ribbons, was already settled in her chair and looking over Hilana’s scrivening book with Lykos when her little sister and the welcome sight of lunch appeared. “We’ll continue this later,” she smiled at him, setting the book aside, and let the servus pour the drinks this time. They still had extra sugar chunks, but Hilana had made this particular pitcher sweeter to see how it suited the wolf. “Dig in, hmm? And then we will start seeing if we can figure out the next Rune that you possess.”
[Closed - Lykos]
They had had a busy couple of days, and that was just how Hilana liked it. It was easier to stay busy than to sit with and digest her feelings about what had happened and what she had learned over the last four days, and while she knew that that wasn’t healthy and she needed to do it, she was still coming to terms with some of it. She had taken Æros to see his family and get as much as possible worked out there before getting back in time for dinner. While the servii had gotten started, Hilana had needed to finish it off and apply her own touches: Lykos had a definite preference for food she had made over those that the slaves did, and the Vastiana figured that was also a trust issue rather than just her cooking. And then yesterday, Lykos showed them that he was also a wolf Rathari by transforming in his sleep. That had shocked everyone, but it was to the relief of the sisters and the servii that the Lord of Frost was back to his normal form by the end of the day, especially since they had plans to do some more testing on the demigod and figure out more about his Runes.
Three down, three to go. So far, he had proven himself to have Nyx, Elementalism, and Semblance. More books from the Featherlight Satchel could be produced, and aptitude tested on the next handful of Runes. This might have been a bit more challenging; because now they were going to be investigating Runes that neither sister actually had. They knew about Negation, Hilana had something of an understanding on Kinetics thanks to Raithen and Daemon, she had heard enough about Mesmer from Æros, Arvaelyn, and Finn. Athalia had a better grasp than she did thanks to her years of private school before the Void.
The servii helped her bring out the trays of food to the outside table that they had been working at a few days prior. Today’s lunch consisted of different cuts of roasted lamb, from chops to leg and shoulder, and a dressed salad with multiple vegetables; onion and tomato and cucumbers and chickpeas, different herbs, and crumbly feta cheese. Pita breads were toasted on the side. Those had their own dips, from yogurt to a thicker whipped cheese, and he could surely smell the honey in it - Hilana was trying something different with dates, honey, and walnuts folded into the whipped cheese dip. She knew Lykos was enjoying his sweets, and so she thought that might make a nice change from the usual savoury dips that accompanied the meal. There was also chunks of grilled cheese that surprisingly didn’t melt - saganaki, the sisters had called it - that were lightly dusted with a hint of spice. Baskets of fruit rounded the meal off, and more iced tea - though this one seemed to lack the hibiscus, and had chunks of lemon and fruit in the pitcher instead.
Lia, her dark hair threaded with ribbons, was already settled in her chair and looking over Hilana’s scrivening book with Lykos when her little sister and the welcome sight of lunch appeared. “We’ll continue this later,” she smiled at him, setting the book aside, and let the servus pour the drinks this time. They still had extra sugar chunks, but Hilana had made this particular pitcher sweeter to see how it suited the wolf. “Dig in, hmm? And then we will start seeing if we can figure out the next Rune that you possess.”