Like a coat from the cold.

[Joe]

"Twist. That's a name I hear dropped quite a bit around here. I never had the chance to meet him though. In the years since I've been in Titan, he has yet to show up. Ebon Ashe is still around from time to time, though I try to steer clear of her crowd. As for Carn, you might want to ask Jadewik about her, if you can catch Jade around here that is." As he was finishing his sentence the barmaid came back with the juice. "In these glasses will be fine." Joe said, holding up the wine glasses he had grabbed earlier.

[Courtesan Lemac]

:Lemac smiled as the now full glass of juice was offered.:

"For Twist that is almost mornal, but I supose that the tavern keeper is glad that he nolonger has to keep replaceing burnt wood planks in the floor. I will have to keep my eyes open for Ms. Ashe, and Jadewik then."

:Lemac looked to Joe, her face a bit more serious this time.:

"Do you know of any events coming up, if only to give me a reason to stay longer."

[Joe]

"Hmm, well, Titan's not a small country, I'm sure if you do stick around there'll be plenty of adventures that pop up. Though I'm not sure if that's what you mean by that. I don't know of anything like a royal ball or things like that. I have been gone for some time though."

((OOC, I have been trying to work on developing some new rp storylines if you do plan on sticking around some more. unfortunately they have been slow going with my busy schedule right now. if you are interested in helping set up or just joining in an rp, just let me know, as long as there's interest I'll try to pull something together.))

[Milton]

((OOC: *Bonks Joe repeatedly for a good reason. Stops. Waves Hi.*))

When the tavern door opened, Milton looked away from the pretty lady to see Joe turning from him. It almost made the healer laugh to have directed the other man's eyes. Joe was so quick to try to please and or welcome the lady. Now That, did make Milton snicker lightly.

But before he would let out that whisper of laughs, he would rest his chin on his left arm, looking ahead. Listening, he noted the woman's name, and got bored of their conversation.

An interesting thing did happen then though, James entered! But the wolf was too busy with this lady too to notice Milton. Harrumphing silently, the healer wished harder that he had a drink.

Oh, then Joe started talking about zipcat. Of course Milton would listen closely to this. It concerned James, but the healer learned a lot with Joe's words. Even if he already knew that James turned human at the moon. What kind of wolf was a vegetarian though?

Peeking back over his shoulder, and listening still, Milton's dark in spirit eyes followed James to the corner. He would get up, and move to sit beside the wolf. If James didn't fight it, Milton would stroke and scratch his head as he had since he first met the lad.

However he would still listen to Joe and the pretty lady, hearing names he never had before. Watching the floor at his feet, he thought of his own waiting tasks. Soon, the healer would need to locate Blythe. Maybe James could help with that.

[Courtesan Lemac]

:Lemac looked from Joe back to where the wolf laid down and noticed someone she has not seen before. She turned back to Joe.:

"Joe who is the fellow petting the wolf. I don't think that I have seen him before."

[Lady Carrianna]

A woman walked in, golden of skin and hair, eyes blue of the sky, draped in a feathered cloak; her features were sharp, like a bird's.

Unlike others, she did not remove her cloak upon entering and moved toward a corner table, only to pause upon sighting the courtesean. Eyes widened in recognition, then confusion as though trying to bring forth a memory.

Much of the Faery Queen's experiances and memories were lost when she died, yet those with the strongest emotions attached had remained when her ravaged land gave birth to this new protector. So it was she stood and stared, not caring if it was impolite or strange. Her mouth worked as she struggled for a name and one hand reached out to steady herself against a table as she was suddenly asulted with a flood of memories.

Closing her eyes for a moment, she took a few deep breaths and looked again. Now she knew and a single tear slide from shining blue eyes.

"Lemac..." she breathed in almost a whisper.

[Courtesan Lemac]

:Lemac looked to the new face. For a moment she pondered if she new this person. Something about her said she should, something said this was just a new face. Lemac held her gaze for a moment, then looked her over only once and returned to her eyes. There was something there, something familiar. The way she held herself, the way she looked at Lemac. There was something, magical. Lemac gently rose and approached the female, never looking away. She stopped a few feet away and looked deeper into her eyes, gently reaching out and pressing into her mind, nothing. Lemac looked again to the new but familiar face, and pressed a bit harder. In a flash Lemac saw what happened to Carrie to cause such a change to her physical appearance, but Lemac was unsure if any of the memories where there of the time they shared, the emotions that Lemac didn't hide. Lemac reached out suddenly and grasped from something to balance herself on, not caring if is was a chair, table, or person. The shock and rush of images she saw with her mind's eye nearly caused her to faint. But what ever she found seemed to be holding her up for the time. Her free hand grasped stomach, something stirred, excitedly. Still a bit weak in the knees Lemac did her best to hold her own weight, but not letting go of her support.:

"Carrie, my dear sweet Carrie is that really you."

[Joe]

Just before Joe answered he noticed Lemac suddenly seemed distracted. He closed his mouth again and waited for her to turn back to him, but instead, she stood and walked to a table across the room where a newcomer had entered. Not wanting to be rude, Joe simply waited and sipped his juice while the old friends caught up.

[Lady Carrianna]

One hand raised to gently stoke Lemac's cheek. So long it had been, so much had changed, but this had not. Lemac, her best friend, her partner in crime, her love was here.... really here!

"I know you, I remember you."

A trembling smile lit her face. "Indeed it is I."

[Courtesan Lemac]

:Lemac looked to Carrie, her heart nearly jumping out of her chest. and her voice filled with delight.:

"Carrie, how long has it been sence we last walked on a crossing path. My taking the detour to be with you for the plesure of you company. Far to long, but I must admit that I am suprised by your new look. It's a good one though. How much do you remeber of day gone past, but for that we can wait untill later to look back on our lives."

:Lemac removed her hand the back of the chair that help up and sliped a hand into Carrie's elbow, her other hand caressing her sotmac. She gently lead Carrie back over to the table she recently left. She offered the chair next to her to Carrie and sat down again. She waited for Carrie to sit as well.:

"Carrie, this is Joe he has been helpful in doing his best to get me upto date as the events here in the halls of Clan Titan. So far it seems that our watch dogs are not about, so we don't have to worry about any burning backsides from Mr. Twist. and his magic. A relief because I am sure that my unborn daughter would hold a grudge, and Xerxes has insured me that she will beable to defend her self and family once she gets older."

:Lemac let hang the thought of her being with child on Carrie's ears, she didn't want to over do her with this and other news of her home. There would be time for that later. She Gently rested a hand on the arm rest of her chair that was closest to Carrie.:

[Lady Carrianna]

Her own face shone with pleasure and she placed a hand over Lemac's squeezing gently. "Long it has been indeed!" The smile slipped a little and she looked down at herself momentarily. "This is who I am now, neither what I was nor fully what I will become." With an effort she banished troubled thoughts and allowed herself to be led to the table.

She smiled to Joe as she sat, remembering him from her visits, yet not really knowing him. What began as a greating ended in a gurgle of surprise when Lemac laid her bombshell. Shock, than delighted wonder crossed her face and she leaned forward to give her friend a quick hug.

"A daughter! Oh Lemac! I know how much you wanted this! I have so many questions!" Another memory arose at Xerxes name, this one of a stern-faced man bringing a woman, Midway, home for the final time. That memory stunned her with the feeling of loss and she actually shook her head to chase it away. The man stayed though and she laughed, banishing the shadows in her eyes. "Imagine, Xerxes babysitting!"

[Joe]

Joe was about to respond again when the newcomer turned back to Lemac suddenly at her news. Ah well, he was a patient man. He motioned for the barmaid to come back over to order Carrie something to drink.

[Courtesan Lemac]

:Lemac let out a heart felt chuckle:

"Yes I also have trouble keeping a stright face when I picture my Swordmaster Xerxes tending to childern. Tought he seems hard and cold most of the time. There is a small bit of huminaty inside that old desert rat. Yes I have always wanted to have at least one child, but a daughter was more then I could have asked for. Pending is also a bit excited about it, she seems to have a very strong feline mothering nature. At odd times of the day and night she brings me food to eat, most of it things a cat would feed to a kitten. I can only smile and thank her. I am dreading what I will find in my little ones crib after she is born. But enough of that I feel a need to stretch my legs a bit."

:Lemac looked back to Joe and smiled.:

"Master Joe, woudl you by chance care to give two ladies a tour of the grounds. I am interested to see how things have changed sence my last visit."

[jadewik]

(OOC: Forgive me for not posting sooner. My activity here is fleeting. Lately, I'm hitting the books again. Took a break this last week to start drawing a Titan/Dragon Court comic. If you're interested, yay!... If not.. Ah, well. Carrie & Lemac, I'd love it if you could both be in the comic-- new image or old does not matter.

Also, I've decided to just RP post with one name as my different characters. I will eventually have a sig that shows them all. Jadewik is sorta in the works. I may or may not develop her to RP as a character. Otherwise, I'll be posting as my different characters-- which might actually condense banter a bit... only make it look like I'm talking more to m'self... but we all know I'm a little crazy anyway. Heh. =)

So yeah... Jadewik = carn & Ebon-Ashe in RP posts... so without further ado...)

Carnelianfire and Ebon-Ashe enter the tavern deep in conversation. Carn's brow was furrowed and she was speaking with her hands, waiving them wildly about as if it would give her words more meaning.

"Why, Ebon? Why won't you let me ride Argile? I'm good with horses. I've taken care of Argile before too. He knows me!"

"Carn, my dear, he'd have to actually LIKE you in order to let you ride him," Ebon smirked in response as she pushed past carn and made her way to the bar. Ebon tossed a couple marks on the bar and ordered a cup of hot cocoa for carn. One would think that this was a friendly maneuver-- Ebon did it to get carn to stop talking.

When the drink came, Ebon deftly slipped a small amount of sedative into the drink and shoved it into the hands of the still yapping elf, "Here drink this you twit. May the heavens forbid you remember to breathe while drinking, though I wouldn't regret if you'd drown."

The comment stung and carn pursed her lips as she scowled at Ebon.

"You're mean!"

Turning quickly, carn huffed over to the nearest empty table to brood in her cocoa. She grumbled to herself and took a sip of the drink. It warmed her instantly. That's why she loved cocoa so much... it was her comfort beverage. Non-alcoholic and full of chocolate. Who wouldn't like it?

About half through her mug of cocoa, carn's eyes began to droop. She rubbed her eyes and set her head on the table.

From across the room, Ebon smiled. "Thank Hades she finally shut up."

Turning back to the bar to procure a drink of her own, Ebon-Ashe noticed a familiar face-- Courtesan Lemac. She was with another woman with features of a bird who looked vaguely familiar, but she couldn't quite place the woman's face to a name. The women looked ready to leave the tavern and Ebon wanted to learn some more about the other woman before approaching her.

[Joe]

"A walk with two beautiful would be wonderful, though I'm not sure of how much of a tour I can provide. As I said before, I've been gone myself for sometime, on something of a sabatacle. Perhaps we can all explore together what has changed around here though." Joe pushed his chair back and stood up, offering his hand to Lemac to help her stand as well.