Comments | riverfell: Day Twenty-one

ashes_like_sand in riverfell

Day Twenty-one - Exploration

Feb 23, 2009 21:25

Who: Ice, Lizzy, Saul
When: Early afternoon
Where: roaming near the lake
Rating: G

Status: Closed, completed
Summary: Ice encounters Lizzy and Saul, and eventually invites them to DM.

( Under the nightgown // over the skin // Turn all the lights out // and let us begin )

~dm: icetenari stormfyre, *day 21, ~dm: lizzy miles, @lake, ~dm: saul miles

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milessquared March 1 2009, 06:34:12 UTC

Lizzy was riding atop Saul's shoulders, getting a view of Riverfell and trying to decide what she wanted to do today. Or who she wanted to torment. She was running out of ideas, and Saul seemed drawn to the lake for some reason she couldn't fathom - it never occurred to her that there might be a certain someone and her large cat picking weeds.

Though if it had, she would have been sure to inform Saul to stay away from the greenhouse. It was hers, after all.

Spotting the woman that she had not seen before, she grew curious. She was quite pretty, and Lizzy didn't think she had seen her before, therefore she was temporarily of interest.

"Hey! Lady!" she called out irritably, her legs swinging and heels bumping against Saul as she inadvertently tried to urge him forward. "Lady, hey! What are you doing?"

Saul scowled faintly, wincing slightly when Lizzy's heels dug into his shoulders. "My apologies," he said as he approached the woman - whom from a distance, he assumed was a new arrival - his voice sounding somewhat strained. " ( ... )

ashes_like_sand March 1 2009, 08:00:22 UTC

"The young ones rarely do," Ice murmured as she turned to face the man, and the girl. She recognized them both, of course, and she studied the girl briefly. "But to answer your question, I am simply exploring my ... new surroundings."

New home didn't really fit the bill; this wouldn't be home. This was simply a temporary residence ... her new surroundings, as it were.

Though she recognized them, neither seemed to recognize her, and that was interesting. Deciding to play off their lack of recognition, she wondered what she might learn from them - if she could learn anything at all.

milessquared March 2 2009, 07:15:40 UTC

"My manners are fine!" Lizzy said, sulking irritably. "I wanted to know what she was doing, and so I asked. I don't see what is so not-mannered about that!"

Saul ignored her.

"Just arrived?" he guessed, trying and failing to get Lizzy off his back. He winced as she kicked him. Clearly, he was a bit too preoccupied to figure out why this... new arrival looked painfully familiar to him.

In fairness, he hadn't heard about the swap. And she did look familiar, in a vague sort of way. He just wasn't putting the puzzle pieces together properly.

"Apologies," he said after a moment. He attempted to shift his weight so he could offer his hand in a shake. "Saul Miles. This," he jerked his thumb upwards. "Is Lizzy. She's..." he trailed off. Then he shrugged, causing Lizzy to grip his hair tightly as she became unbalanced. "For lack of better explanation, she is my daughter."

"I'm not calling you Dad," Lizzy grumbled, irritated that Saul was making friends again.

ashes_like_sand March 2 2009, 07:20:29 UTC

"Just arrived," Ice agreed with a faint smile. "Paige Songseer," she introduced herself. The odds of Pagiey actually showing up to DauphinMare were very, very small, so Ice had few qualms about using her daughter's name.

The only downside would be if he knew Trinity, and Trin had mentioned her sib. But she thought the odds of that were nearly as small as those of Paige showing up. This man didn't strike her as Trin's sort.

She did take his hand, shaking it politely before releasing it. "Have you been here long, Saul?" She followed his lead and more or less ignored the child. It might be a mistake, but she'd cross that bridge if she came to it.

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