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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on Apr 7, 2011 13:44:38 GMT -5
It was surprising how little I had seen my sister as of late, truly. One would think that being in teh same House would mean we would be able to see each other more, and though we saw each other more than we would have in separate Houses, lessons and patrons took up a good deal of time that meant spending less and less time with those you chose to keep company with. And really, she was the only family I had, true family. I did not think of my Gentian family as blood, even though they were a family of sorts. It just... wasn't the same. There were things that only she would understand about me, and I believed it would be the same the other way as well. I knew that she had not debuted yet, but I wondered how the pending event made her feel. i remember my debut - though it was not with Gentian. My first time left me very nervous, truly, though I had enjoyed it, and enjoyed many patrons since. And there was still that sisterly part of me that worried, too, that she might get hurt somehow, though I knew she was more commonsensical than that, not as whimsical as some of the adepts I had met, going and falling in love with patrons so willy nilly as if their hearts were something that they could give away again and again without leaving a mark.
I knew where her rooms were, and so with all this upon my mind, I went by, wondering if she would be there today, or if she wouldbe off in lessons, or running errands or doing chores. I knocked on her door and waited, smiling softly though I tried not to get my hopes up that she would be there in case she wasn't. But I had a good feeling that I would get to see her today, and we would be able to spend some time together.
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on Apr 8, 2011 13:20:18 GMT -5
There were only a few people who would have stopped by to visit me, so when a knock on my door drew my attention from the stack of stones I was arranging it was a little bit of a surprise. I'd seen Camille not that long ago so she probably wasn't going to be able to come again so soon and the other Gentian students were busy with their lessons, and didn't have time to chat much besides that. I didn't mind though. There was plenty of time left for me to wonder about things or watch what was happening here and in other places.
Rising gracefully to keep from knocking over the stones I'd piled onto one another on my desk I went to my door and opened it, my expression probably one of mild curiosity. If I could have seen my own face at the moment I'd have guessed it to be that anyway. "Good afternoon Felicja," I said with a slight but nevertheless happy smile as I saw my sister. She was a good deal older than I was and already debuted but she seemed to enjoy that lifestyle. I probably would too, but it was too early to know for sure, especially since peeking into the circumstances of my own debut seemed like cheating somehow. "Were you going anywhere? I feel like I might find a gown today."
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on Apr 8, 2011 13:27:24 GMT -5
I heard the click and saw the turn of the door handle before it opened and my sister stoode behind it, smiling once she saw me. I smiled back, a little wider. Others might have been taken aback by her words, or confused by them, how he went from hello to the next topic so quickly, so fluidly, but I was used to it, and I nodded.
"That would be a good idea, actually. I've been meaning to spend time with you before your debut, and you will need a gown for it," I added. My eyes went past her a moment to her room, noticing the stones piled on her desk. I smiled, but said nothing. "Will you need some time to get ready? Or are you fine to go now?" I asked. I was already dressed for the day in a light, flowing gown the colour of a cloudy sky, the type that threatens with rain and keeps that promise. It was a dark grey, and flowed from an empire waist.
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on Apr 8, 2011 14:50:29 GMT -5
My sister was far more sentimental than most people gave her credit for, but that was only because she didn't see many people who deserved her thought or care once they were out of her sight. She was allowed to think that too, just as much as anyone else was allowed to think what they did, even if I didn't agree with any of it. They were all too tied to thinking one way, but at least my sister was willing to let me think the way I wanted as well and didn't try to convince me she was right the way others did. It was especially annoying when they couldn't understand how anyone could ever think they were wrong.
"Oh good, I'd like to spend some time with you as well," I replied as I looked myself over absently. The gown I was wearing was green, breezy enough for spring and short-sleeved but with lines of ribbon across the bodice that trailed over the skirt. "I think I look good enough to go out, is there something else I should wear?" I asked curiously when Felicja questioned whether or not I was ready and I slipped my feet into some shoes that were a green close enough to the gown's color not to stand out. "Because I thought I was ready."
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on Apr 8, 2011 14:55:10 GMT -5
I shook my head as I watched her slip into her slippers, my locks, left loose and wavy - unruly I had heard from other adepts, but I did not care.
"No not at all. It is a pretty gown," I added, "I was just unsure. the colour suits you nicely." I looked about us cursorily. The hallways were rather quiet, but it did not affect me really either way. If it were to have been bustling, I would have paid little attention to the others anyways.
"Though I think you might want something more... eye-catching for your debut, don't you?" I asked as I stepped back from her door, allowing her space to exit.
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on Apr 13, 2011 15:35:34 GMT -5
It was always nice how my sister was so concerned about me, though sometimes it was more so she had something to think about besides the pictures in her mind than because she really thought something was wrong. If that's what made her happy I wasn't going to say anything against it though, especially since it didn't do me any harm. "Thank you for saying so, I think it's very nice myself," I said absently of the gown as I stepped out into the hall and quietly closed the door behind me. I had my runes in a pouch at my side, mostly because it felt strange to go anywhere without them, and from the quiet in the halls everyone else was busy too. That was nice then.
When she mentioned my debut I cocked my head slightly and thought, the different ideas of gowns coming to me here and there as I walked in silence. Others said I looked a bit odd when I was so deeply in my thoughts but since I didn't trip over anything and was generally graceful I didn't get punished for my oddness. "Yes, something nicer would probably be good, though I don't suppose I would want to really be flashy," I told my sister matter-of-factly. "Maybe just an interesting gown that no one expects. Where can we go to get that?"
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on Apr 14, 2011 14:30:31 GMT -5
"I agree," I said as we walked on our way down the hall, "nothing too terribly extravagant, but still dfferent, out of teh ordinary perhaps, like you," I said, smiling warmly. I did not have to worry that she might take what I said the wrong way. I appreciated in her the things that other adepts might call oddities. We were both a little on the different side. "I bet we would find something in the Artisan's District. Maybe Porte Etrange? I think that is what it is called. I am sure they'd have something different."
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on Apr 27, 2011 15:47:34 GMT -5
"Yes, I think that sounds very nice," I said in a clear tone with a smile as I focused just a bit more on my sister. She always did know how to talk to me, though that was probably because I knew how to talk to her as well. "Though I'm sure if they really wanted the auction to be about Namaah's gifts they probably wouldn't require any dressing at all, would they? Then the bidders could see all of the merchandise." I knew from having said that to a few of the teachers and the other students that many considered this a bad idea, but somehow I thought my sister would find it at least amusing even if she didn't understand all of what I meant. After all, most of the bidders didn't care overly much about the future we saw, did they? Instead they wanted the mystery of sleeping with a person who could see what they couldn't.
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on Apr 27, 2011 16:04:09 GMT -5
A smile curved my lips as I snorted a short laugh. "True though I think that clothes have a bit of artistic sensuality to them, plus the idea that the patron has to get you out of them. I've not reallyr thought of that before. A naked debut. That would certainly raise a few eyebrows,". I looked upon my sister and wondered if she would want to do such a thing. I had not heardofit being done at least not in our House and it would certainly be intriguing. Hell if. Was already thinking on it this much imagine how patrons or future patrons would react.
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on Apr 27, 2011 18:07:55 GMT -5
"Oh, I'm not thinking that I want to do that," I replied, noticing my sister's glance and wondering if she wanted to use that idea at another time. "I'd really rather they didn't pick me for my body, though I know there are some who would rather be chosen that way because their skills are poorer. It's best that they use whatever strengths they have, isn't it?" I knew that my sister was probably more skilled than I was and really that was for the best, but we were so different in our talents that it was hard to compare anyway. "I don't quite remember what you wore but I'm sure it was just as interesting. Do you think there will be any unnerving people at my debut?"
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on May 3, 2011 10:53:56 GMT -5
She laid my suspicion to rest, though I did smile, i twould have been an interesting way for her to have her debut, but the words that followed also sounded like my sister, wanting to be chosen for her abilities and because people wanted her strengths and not just because she had a young, pliant body, though truly, one could not escape that aspect of the jdugment that is passed.
"Well, there are always unnerving people... especially when it comes to gfts like ours. Sometimes there are people there who just wish for answers, and nothing else, or others who may get angry and enraged should they not get the answers they think they ought to be receiving. There are often people who are depressed, sad, having lost a loved one and wondering if you as an adept might be able to foresee something for them, or provide a link to the dead," I said, my eyes flashing towards her, "but on the whole, people are generally nice, understanding, and playful. Besides, unless it is in your contract, you wouldn't find someone who woul dbe abusive to you lest they fall into disfavour. And really, that is the only sort of hurt one should fear. Then again," I said, looking full on her now, "I think you will do fine. You seem to understand the more... eccentric people better than most adepts."
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on May 3, 2011 11:46:20 GMT -5
"It's alright, you can say 'strange people'. I don't mind," I told my sister sincerely, giving her a look of complete sympathy. It didn't really bother me that people didn't quite know what to make of my habits and nature so there was no reason not to talk about it. It wasn't as though being embarrassed about who I was would change anything even if I'd wanted to, which I really didn't. Maybe it would be a little harder for me to appeal to everyone, but the ones who did like me were probably those who needed adepts like us the most.
I knew she meant well though and giving her a bright smile I rested my hand on Felicja's arm as we walked, the adept's wing disappearing behind us as we headed for the door that would take us out of Gentian for the afternoon. "Thank you for telling me about the patrons though, that makes things easier. I don't suppose I'd want to be hurt any more than necessary but I'm trying not to hope for too much either. In the end I'll get exactly the patron I'm supposed to and learn what I can from the experience, and that should make Namaah happy."
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on May 4, 2011 11:14:06 GMT -5
Her hand was gentle upon my arm, and I smiled more brightly, nodding.
"Tis not a worry, Kasia," I said, "though I hope that you also get what will make you happy. Then again, I do not think the fates would deal with you harshly. I am sure Naamah will bless your debut, and you," and it was true, as I spoke it, I felt the rightness in it, felt that my words were not off-kilter in any way, and that made me smile more warmly, settling me. We exited Gentian and walked down its steps. The day was a warm one, but witha mild breeze, and not a rain cloud in sight. "Even the skies smile upon our endeavours today," I said cheerily as I looked up, bringing my free hand up to cover my eyes from teh sun.
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on May 9, 2011 9:29:37 GMT -5
No matter how different we were in thought and action I knew that Felicja cared about me as a sister, and that was a comforting thing. I didn't know any other members of my family and no one else inside the House was close enough to call them anything like that, but then I didn't need them to be either. Some other friends would have been nice though, but maybe after my debut that would happen.
As we stepped outside the scent of the fresh air struck me very nicely and I smiled in a distracted way, the sunlight bringing out the brighter colors in everything we passed. The light didn't bother me over-much but I let my sister shy away from it while I brushed my hand on a nearby plant. "Do you think you could do my hair for when I have my debut? I don't know when it will be but I really don't care much how it ends up so it's probably best someone else care a little bit. Otherwise the Dowayne may be angry with the outcome."
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on May 18, 2011 10:10:47 GMT -5
I laughed softly, lowering my hand from my brow, letting teh sun's rays fall upon my shoulders as I looked ot my sister who idly caressed a plant as we walked. I took a deep breath, taking in the scent and falvour of the day, feeling it move within me. It would be a good day.
"Of course I will," I said smiling, "I would love to help any way I can. And I am sure the Dowayne knows you care, in your own sort of way," I said with a nod as we continued to walk. "How do you think you might like it, up or down?"
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on May 19, 2011 12:39:33 GMT -5
Felicja didn't have to be as nice to me as she was, I knew that, and I appreciated her help even more for that fact. Too much time at Gentian was wasted on competition when the truth always was that you either made it or you didn't, and you didn't get a choice on how easy anything would be. "Thank you, I know I'll look lovely then. I'm not sure yet," I told Felix honestly on the matter of my hair, a small smile coming to my face as I pulled my hand away from the plant and started down the path again. "That will depend a bit on the dress, won't it? But I shouldn't like anything too severe or smooth, it would make my head look like an odd lump of clay."
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Post by Felicja nó Gentian on May 19, 2011 12:49:08 GMT -5
I laughed softly, shaking my head, my smile spreading as we moved on. "Indeed. Our hair is rather fine, and with it being so light, its best not to smooth it down too much for fear of looking nigh bald," I teased. "And you are right, the dress does help determine it. Perhaps when you find the dress, you'll be able to think of the hair you want, and we could even pick up some little accessories and pins to match."
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Post by Kasia nó Gentian on Jun 10, 2011 13:28:03 GMT -5
"You can pick if you like, since you know more than I do," I offered serenely, a peaceful smile on my face. Felicja understood what I meant when other people didn't and I trusted her to be honest in a nice way and to explain things when there were many ways they could be interpreted. "Maybe I should only wear a few things. Too many will be heavy and mean taking them off later and I don't know that I'll end up with someone very patient."
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