The four girls had been blessed with a peaceful night of rest. The bed might not have been the highest quality, but it was still an actual bed.
The four girls still weren't being too carefree. They had each taken a turn staying awake through a quarter of the night. Qheria had taken the first shift, feeling restless. Mhyl had gone second, quietly minding to her own thoughts. Lwyn had gone next, ensuring that their supplies was tended to. Thanrie had gone last, and thus was the first one awake.
"I'm certain the ladies would appreciate a bit of gentlemanly service first thing in the morning, so lets see. Huh, the door is locked. No matter, a bit of this and a touch of that and.." Zyuixqs got the door open, balancing a tray of breakfast with three sets of flowers. As the door opened, Thanrie's sword slammed the ground through the parting doorway, with Zyuixqs backing off post-haste. Zyuixqs held up the food tray in his own defense, afraid the sword would come down on him next.
Thanrie poked her nose out of the door. "Oh, it's you again." She already knew it was him, but she didn't know he brought anything. "Oh come on, breakfast and flowers? Is that the best you could do? Wow, your style is weak." Regardless, she took the tray and closed the door on him, locking it again. Zyuixqs decided to leave them alone for now, and maybe come back later.
The other three had woken up together during the commotion. Lwyn wasn't impressed. "Come on, do you HAVE to be this loud so early in the morning?" She yawned, which became contagious around the room. Thanrie set down the tray in the middle of the room. "Someone was offering to provide us some breakfast, was about to bring it in here personally. By the way, it seems that locking the doors here doesn't do anything." Lwyn decided that now would be a good time to get properly dressed, instead of waiting until she finished fully waking up. Thanrie had noticed.
"Flowers? Then again, getting flowers out here might be hard. Three of them huh?" Qheria was observing the offering that was provided. Thanrie shrugged. "Lots of wasted effort from that one." Mhyl went to check the three flowers for herself. "Flowers?" Lwyn then gasped, noticing that everyone had been speaking Izhaethyx so far all morning, Mhyl was falling behind on what was going on. However, Mhyl herself had also spoken in Izhaethyx. Lwyn made sure to clarify. "Yes, Flowers." She then switched to Elaethyx. "Flowers." Thanrie let the two of them keep the flowers, seems it might not have been a complete waste after all.
A little while later, there was a soft knock on the door, followed by silence. Thanrie got up to answer, but Lwyn stopped her and went instead. Opening the door, she found Chyurae on the other side, waiting patiently. "Yes, can I help you?" "I.. I was just wondering if everyone was done getting up and stuff. There really aren't many people I can talk to around here, so... it was feeling quiet." Mhyl rushed to check the door too, hearing Chyurae. He was carrying a few documents. "Hello Chyurae, welcome. Yes, we were just finishing up here, I'll be out pretty quick. What is it you have there anyway?" Chyurae fumbled with the documents nervously. "Oh, this was just some notes I swiped from the Bandits yesterday. Since you helped me bring them, I thought I could share it with you and your friends. I... I can't exactly read them." That probably meant they were written in Izhaethyx.
"I'm guessing we're wrapping things up here." Qheria inquired upon Lwyn after she closed the door. Lwyn nodded. "It seems we might have a few interesting things to look at." The four of them finished up breakfast and got everything together, then went to look for Chyurae.
Chyurae was waiting for them at a large table, his papers scattered across it. Lwyn handled the explanation. "These are some documents the bandits were keeping around, Chyurae can't read them, so they are probably in Izhaethyx." Qheria picked up a page inquisitively, and quickly skimmed it. "And... that's not good. It's a letter from.. someone.. telling the bandits to stand watch for people passing through. Most especially, people leaving. Something about silencing people who didn't have the right paperwork. They didn't want the wrong people... leaving?"
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Vitae Memorandum
AdventureFirst Book of the Mind - Celesi Veil Trilogy A Remembrance of one's Life, or a Life of one's Remembrance, four girls from different corners of a fantasy world's upper society are suddenly faced with memories of earth. A story of another world, these...