Fantasy RPG Forum - Standing Trials

Timestamp:56th of Ymiden
Location:All over the bloody place in Scalvoris proper.

Thirty trills, if that. It might have been less. She had been out of her room for thirty trills before Katie pounced on her. To be fair, it was something of a record, that. Her house was nearing the finishing stages of being built, but she was still staying in Faith's crowded house for a few more trials while they finished the roof and made sure it wouldn't leak, and that meant she was still vulnerable to attacks from the glitter monster. She had, however, stopped the kissing, more or less by flat out telling Katie to knock it off.

For once, however, she was actually looking for Katie. "Hey, Faith's about done with her shift at the restaurant. We're goin' to meet her there, do some wedding planning without the boys." she said, pulling on her boots before glancing at Phelan, who currently seeing how much of the floor he could take up. "You behave." she said. The wolf huffed at her and started taking up less floor. Once Katie was ready, the two women left the house.

On the way into to town, however, Kura looked at Katie, once again noticing the movements that didn't quite fit with her persona. "Been meanin' to ask, Katie, but what do you do for a living?" she said, her tone curious. "Some of the ways you move and the way you act don't quite sync up, and it's been buggin' me a bit." Kura gave a wry smile. She doubted Katie meant any harm to anyone in Padraith's house, otherwise she'd have acted already, but she had been meaning to ask since she had first met the woman.

Compared to Katie, Kura looked a bit of a mess. Black shirt, black pants, black boots, and she looked like she'd taken half a minute to comb her hair. Granted, Kura never wore make-up and usually looked at least a bit like she'd just woken up, so this was fairly standard for her. The womans answer to question about what she did for a living caused Kura to raise an eyebrow, but her retort got a laugh from the Mortalborn. "I'm well rebuked. I wasn't tryin' to take a shot at you, though." she said, grinning slightly. "That being said, Katie, if the house gets attacked, I'm glad you're there to help keep everyone safe." she said, before talk turned to the wedding.

Kura grinned happily as Katie spoke to Cally, then reached over her shoulder and pointed with a finger. "Assumin' she keeps the same habits that she did in life, and from what Faith says she does, then my finger should be right at the tip of her nose." she said, grinning. Cally, who had turned to grin at Katie now turned back to Kura and found that if she was corporeal, Kura would be booping her right on the nose, causing a surprised exclamation that neither woman could hear.

"Thank you, for talkin' to her." Kura said, her smile warm and genuine. Katie was a handful, but there was a genuinely sweet woman underneath all the glitter. Then Kura grinned slightly as Katie started talking about Cyrus. "I can tell he's happy, but only by the reactions of the people around him. I mean, I like Cyrus, but he reminds me of a general I knew when I was but a wee lass. His happy face is almost identical to his pissed off face and he gives off the impression he could chew raw steel and spit out perfectly formed nails. Granted, that means there's a big teddy bear under there somewhere, but I can't see it." she said, grinning before a thought occurred to her.

"Oh, they are adorable. Faith's just about the perfect amount of short for Padraig, isn't she?" she said, grinning before she made a decision. "Katie, I need your help with somethin'. Faith has a birthday, and she knows what it is now, thanks to those black nails of hers. She's never had a birthday before, and knowin' her, she's likely to spend it either workin' and helpin' people, or throwin' a party for someone else. She needs a proper celebration, don't you think?

Kura returned Katie's grin, her own more feral than she usually wore and showing her fangs quiet clearly. "Oh, I know. And it's rather magnificent." she said, her tone good natured despite her grin, though she relaxed into a more normal expression. "Most people are more than they seem. For me, it's always the more that I find to be most intriguin'." she said, laughing a bit. Kura found Katie an interesting study, to be sure. All glitter and kisses and smiles on the surface, but she didn't doubt for a moment that the woman would wade to the hips in blood to keep her loved ones safe. She'd have made a good Imperial.

She smiled warmly as Katie spoke of Cally. "It means a lot to us too, especially Cally." She said, smiling over her shoulder at the ghost. When Katie talked about how she saw Cyrus, she laughed however. "I don't see it myself, but I know what you mean. My mother has the same issue. Everyone sees her as this eternally calm and rather aloof hunter. Me, I see what the rest don't, a woman who values family above all else and has an inherent respect for life." she said, her voice getting that inflection that showed when someone was recalling a fond memory.

"1st of Saun." Kura said as talk turned to Faith's birthday. When Katie said that Faith had planned a party for Padraig, Kura let out a sound that sounded like a sigh mixed with a laugh. "She's utterly selfless, you know? It's adorable, but a little exasperatin' at times. But yes, a proper celebration for the pair of them. I'm likely to be busy trying to set up a foreign alliance for a while, so if you'll plan it, I'll fund it." she said, before giving Katie an amused look. "No orchestras though. I doubt either of them would go in for that." she said, giving a teasing grin. She had overheard some of the suggestions Katie had given Faith for the wedding.

When the pair arrived at Cally's and were led to their table, Kura took her seat and looked at Faith with an expression of utmost seriousness. "Faith, you will be pleased to know that Katie and I have reached a decision." she said, her tone utterly serious as she paused for a moment. "You are just the right amount of short for Padraig." she said, before breaking out into a grin and looking around the restaurant. "The place is beautiful, lass." she said. Cally had offered a surprisingly brief greeting, then run off in high spirits to explore the restaurant. "And I don't believe we've met, lass. I'm Kura Mareth, a friend of Faith and Katie's." Kura said, turning her gaze to Tina.

Kura shook her head when Katie asked if they should let Faith and Padraig in on their plans. "No. We'll hold it at my house, tell them I need their help with something on the 15th." she said, thinking about what she could use for that. A few ideas sprang to mind, one she knew she could likely get both of them out there with. As for the wedding being simple and elegant, Kura grinned. "Simple and elegant is good for them. It fits. But if I could see about getting the council to let you organize council run celebrations, if you want." she said, her tone showing that she was being completely sincere in her offer. Of course, her offer had a hidden agenda. If Katie was planning festivals, she wasn't suggesting things like a flight of enormowls trailing pure white banners for Padraith's wedding.

She grinned as Faith agreed about the perfectness of her height, then fell silent and listened to Faith explain her plans for the wedding. At the mention that it'd likely be snowing around the time of the wedding, Kura nodded. "Snow is good. Ziell rules the Winter, and among his domains is peace. A marriage in snow is a good omen for many a peaceful arc to come." she said quietly, her tone thoughtful.

She was quiet during most of the ceremony, though when tradition of inviting a stranger came up, Kura gained a thoughtful look, though she didn't speak. She did laugh slightly at the thought of Faith doing the catering for the wedding, though. "Lass, if you're caterin' you're own weddin', it'll be a disaster. There is nobody more blissfully oblivious than a new bride and groom." she said, grinning slightly, before waving as Katie went to pester the kitchen staff.

Then she turned to Faith as she spoke of the Immortals to call on during the wedding and nodded. "Moseke, to bind the body and let your marriage grow, Qylios to bind the mind and create a bond that can't broken, Famula to bind the soul for an eternity to come, and Vri to seal the binds and nurture your love." Kura said, her tone calm. "A strong invocation, lass, and made stronger by your connection each. One that could be made stronger yet if you wish it." she said, before grinning slightly. "Aye, lass, I can script it, don't worry your pretty head." she said, her tone reassuring with that slight tease to it.

Then she looked over at where Katie was to make sure she couldn't overhear, then leaned forward and spoke low. "Speakin' of Immortals, come the 15th, I'll be needin' help from you and Padraig both. Mortalborns have our own domains to attend, and we cannot do it on our own." she said, grimacing slightly. "Now, for the weddin', you'll want to pick the color scheme carefully. The whole arraignment should make your dress and Padraig's suit stand out more. The two of you should be the focus of the color scheme, it should all compliment your outfits." she said, her tone utterly serious, as if she were discussing the very fate of the island itself.

Kura considered Katie's point about Cyrus hating surprises, then nodded slowly. "You may be right. I think Faith doesn't have an issue with surprises, but I don't know for sure with Padraig." she said. She did give Katie a slightly amused look as she said that Cyrus could see people without preconceptions. No one could do that, Kura knew from experience, but it was pretty clear that Katie loved Cyrus enough that she overlooked even the most mundane faults. It was sweet to see, for all that she found it a little amusing.

Kura laughed when Katie said she didn't want to organize a political event. "Fair enough. I'll admit we're a bossy, picky bunch, to be sure. Could be worse though. Try organizing a city festival sometime. So many little bloody details to be messin' up." she said, snarling slightly. She did laugh at the orchestra comment, though. "Personally, I agree. If it were up to me, given both their importance and their unbelievable capacity for findin' trouble, there'd be a full military squad in attendance, plus the orchestra and a wolf choir. But they want somethin' simple, so that's the rule we'll play by." she said, shrugging in resignation.

At the restaurant she nodded firmly at Faith's question about catering her own wedding be a bad idea. "Yes, lass, it will. When I was about your age, the Empress's head chef was getting married. She was an amazin' cook, and she said she was goin' to work on her weddin' day, on account of it was just another day." she said, before grimacing. "For breakfast, she burnt the eggs, tried to make bacon out of a turkey, used salt in place of sugar for the hotcake batter, and we never did figure what she made the sausage out of, but it wasn't meat. Sent me, the princess, three generals, and a teacher to the medics with food poisonin'. Caterin' your own weddin' is a bad idea, lass." she said, her tone firm, but kind. She knew that Faith didn't like to be waited on, but she'd have to acquiesce this time.

When Faith asked how to make the bond stronger, Kura thought for a moment. "There's been all sorts of legends about how to make invokin' the Immortals stronger, but one that actually works is using their domains in the invocation. So, when making the bindin's for the ceremony, use a bit from each Immortals domains in process. A bit of blood from both you and Padraig for Famula, use natural materials for the bindin' for Moseke, make them together the whole way for Qylios. Vri is a little tricky, since his domains are purely unseen, but the love between the pair of you should take care of that, though dust from a grave has been known to work in the past." she said, her tone thoughtful as she spoke.

When Faith clarified what she meant about the script, Kura nodded. "That would work fine." she said before looking up at Katie as she returned. Cally finally returned as well, grinning happily at Faith as talk turned towards colors and clothes for the wedding.

"You've got biiiiig ovens back there I was able to fit all of myself into one of them watchin' meat cook isn't very appetizin' though so I came back I'll need to see about finding out how to change my clothes at will though cuz all black doesn't fit with that color scheme at all and you'll want to tell Kura what to wear cuz she wears a lot of black too and while people can't see me she'll be all visible and stuff and I wonder if having a Mortalborn read the invocation for the Immortals will make it stronger maybe they'll all show up and a wolf chorus really would sound nice you know..."

Kura had nodded at the vaguely warm spot behind her shoulder she now associated with Cally, but when Faith got that look that said that Cally was motormouthing again, she reached over her shoulder and poked at where Cally's nose should be. "Slow down, Cally. Don't overwhelm her, let her process the sentence and then move on to the next thought." she said, her tone calming.

Cally, meanwhile, was staring cross-eyed at Kura's finger, which actually was touching the tip of her nose. After a moment she turned to Faith. "Sorry. But how does she do that? She can't see me, can't hear me, but she always seems to know right where I am when I'm near her." she said, looking stunned.

Kura, meanwhile, had been pondering the color choice. "Red and cream contrast well, it should like nice. Speaking of colors, what color would you prefer I wear, lass? Really dark shades may not look good with cream and red, after all." she said, her tone curious.