The Gig, Sunday

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Firekeeper and Blind Seer arrived at The Gig as usual, and spent the morning grooming the horses. Well, Firekeeper did anyway. Blind Seer just lounged on a bale of hay, lacking opposable thumbs as he did.

Once the grooming was done, they headed out to the paddock for some exercise. Here Blind Seer could help, at least, giving chase to the horses in their usual game.

As she watched, Firekeeper found herself missing Derian- and home- even more than usual. In fact, she found herself wondering not only how he was doing, but how Elise was faring with her attempt to join Hawk Haven's (Bright Haven? She could never remember which name she was supposed to use now) embassy in Liglim now that a near full turning of the seasons had passed.

[ooc: open, but with warnings of extreeeeme SP as I'm afk for huge chunks of the day.]

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And it was out in the paddock that Tahiri found them, bringing her usual bone for Blind Seer and, today, a couple of oranges each for herself and Firekeeper.

This was actually the first time since Thursday that she'd left her room for a reason other than classes or food.

"You look like you have something on your mind," she noted as she stretched out in the grass.

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Firekeeper nodded. "I think a little of- the world I am from. I always thinked that 'home' meant with Blind Seer, but..." she trailed off. "I miss Derian. Elise too."

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"Yeah." Tahiri tossed an orange at her and started scoring the peel of her own orange with the blade on her multitool. She wondered how Han and Leia were, most of all, but . . . there were a lot of people. Besides the obvious. "Me too, and they're scattered all over the place."

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"Derian is in Liglim. Last I know, Elise was going there too. For 'embassy', so Hawk Haven can be talking to Liglim." She didn't really understand politics, as might be obvious.

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"Oh. Fun." Tahiri didn't care all that much about politics, but her dry tone suggested that she had enough of an idea of what ambassadorial work entailed that she didn't envy Derian and Elise. "And you haven't heard from them?"

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Elise liked that sort of thing. To the point where she'd convinced her father to adopt one of her younger cousins to serve as his heir so she'd be free to go ahead with it (well, her feelings for Doc possibly played a part in that as well, but shh).

"Not since that weekend when many had visitors," she shook her head. "Derian comed." She frowned a little, remembering how she'd tried and failed to follow him back through the forest.

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"Are they too busy to get messages through?" Tahiri started stacking bits of orange peel in the grass beside her. "Can they even get messages through at all, do you know?"

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"No messages," Firekeeper shrugged. "Not that I could be reading them if they was sent. But Derian know there is people here who could read for me. No messengers from beasts either."

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"That doesn't sound good," Tahiri said, frowning. No news was never good news in her experience. "And you can't get back? Not that I want you to leave."

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"I not wish to leave and stay gone," Firekeeper admitted. She was far too attached to this place now. "But being trapped is not good either."

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"No, it's not." Tahiri would have to admit that. "There's got to be a way we can get you back there, we just haven't found it yet."

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"Cannot take cars or space ships like others can," Firekeeper said. "So I not see how, aside from... portal... that let me through nine moonspans ago."

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"And your last portal experience wasn't great," Tahiri added sheepishly.

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"Was no your doing," Firekeeper said. "Was portal-making place."

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"At least I got my credits back." Tahiri rolled her eyes. "We have got to go back to that place for the fries, though. Just without the detour."

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Firekeeper grinned. "Yes! Those was best I ever have." She'd only had fries like twice before, but details.

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"Mind if we bring Ben along next time?" Tahiri asked.

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"Why would I be minding?"

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"Hey, I have to check these things," Tahiri said, Force-flicking a piece of orange peel at her.

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Firekeeper wrinkled her nose and brought up one hand in an effort to block the orange peel. "Well, I no mind. Ben can come if he wish."

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Tahiri watched the orange peel bounce off Firekeeper's hand and get lost in a patch of tall grass. "I might've already invited him."

She was a brat that way.

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Firekeeper laughed. "Then is good thing I no mind. I still owe him fishing lesson, too," she realized.

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Tahiri grinned at her. "I still want to watch that."

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Oz was continuing his exploration of the town, and came to check out the stables. For not particular reason than that it smelled interesting.

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"Hello," Firekeeper greeted the newcomer. There was something... Strange, about his scent. Something not quite human. Blind Seer, whose nose was much better than her own, noticed it as well.

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A wolf. He wondered if that was the interesting scent. Or maybe it was just the scent of wolf and human in close proximity.

"Hey."

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"You come for riding?" she gestured at the horses. Who for all their acceptance of Firekeeper and Blind Seer, seemed to be wary of this newcomer.

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"Just exploring actually."