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Snowgate Keep, At the Gates
Hasday, the Twelfth Day of Tiger


Bekkah

As the others took their leave, Bekkah did too, ending up alone just inside the Keep gates. It was an obvious spot to pause. Not that that, in itself, was strange. She had spent most of her life alone. Except that having spent the last months with her sister and companions, being alone, right now, was actually very lonely — especially when they were in Dawnview, in an Allaine Keep and things were peaceful.

Perhaps it was why she left the Vale in the first place.

But she was home, or at the least in her home manor; home was actually a few days down the road.

It did leave her with a quandary, one that Eleni had hinted at. This was an odd place for a Priestess of Attera to be. For the first time in years, she was faced with a vexing decision.

What to do? The Hospice here was well under care, there was no plague or sickness and there was something very morbid and wrong about walking the Keep streets waiting for someone to get hurt.

So what to do?

For just herself?

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Bekkah

She felt suddenly alone, but it wasn't something that bothered her. She often spent many days alone and she relished the peace, at least in smaller doses. She often used the time to share her thoughts with her Lady. Here in the keep, speaking to her Goddess might be frowned upon. Well maybe not frowned upon, but it could make some nervous. She entered the keep and began to walk around to see if she could help in some way. She was not good at doing things for herself. She was made to serve. She knew nothing else. She never had.

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Bekkah and Tomomi

** hop **

And suddenly there was a Mouse!

Tomomi looked around. It wasn't a surprise that she came here; it was, after all, a place she had been before. What was a surprise was Tomomi's wide eyes.

"Where did everyone go? I mean I peeked into the big room, but Lyric and the fancy lady were talking and I didn't want to disturb them, so I immediately hopped back out to here.

"Did you know that they have a hard path and the homes there are all filled with market things? It's like Marketday every day. I wish I had more coin. But I traded some lace for brushes for Keiko at a very fancy shop.

"I need to get back before Miss Slink realizes I have hopped back."

Before she vanished away, she tilted her head.

"Why don't you get something for your best friend? Lady always says Market is more fun when it's for someone else.

"You do have a best friend, ja?"

And then she was gone again.

** hop **

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Bekkah

The day moved quietly for the Atteran Priestess, in her lonesome. Eventually, the Sun rose high in the sky. It was almost time for Court. That was an official happening, somewhere a Priestess would always be welcome, as she was the local Imperial.

That left her with a choice...

Stay where she was, by herself. Join the Court, for an afternoon of formality. Or take up Tomomi's offer to join her in the market.




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Bekkah

She knew she'd be 'Welcome' at Court, but it wasn't her thing, she certainly never went for all that stuff. Bekkah Yurisdotter was simply a healer. A very much humble servant of her Lady. She only used her title and station when absolutely necessary. She simply preferred to use her abilities to spread comfort and joy to those around her, which she hoped was all she'd need as far as influence.

So she made her way to the market. When she spotted Tomomi, she waved and moved to her side.

"Good morning friend. Are you enjoying the day thus far?"

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Bekkah and Tomomi

"Hoi... best news of the Day beneath Her light..."

Bekkah's arrival was met by bright words, a long and relaxed stretching, and a yawn, arms going straight in two different directions.

"I present you with one Miss Mouse and her entourage."

The one who spoke first wasn't Bekkah's traveling companion, but the ragamuffin Dayalan who had been assigned as her escort. And it seemed that Tomomi had indeed gained some manner of an entourage, which made the traveler from Home blush. A handful of paces away, three children were peeking around the corner of a building, one little head atop the other, looking at this very new type of person in their keep-town.

"Because it is almost Court..."

This was true — the sun had almost made it to its zenith.

"... and if I am late, the Captain might get mad and assign me to something, like, well, actual work."

With that, the youngest of the Khorall's guards waved, took her leave, and began to trot back up the winding road to Snowgate's highest ring. The three watchers' eyes went even wider now. Not only was there a pretty Mouse with whiskers and cute ears but an equally rare Priestess of Attera too. Tomomi could not help but duck her head, those tell-tale ears now so pink.

"Oh, Lady Bekkah, I am so glad you decided to come to Market! Look at all these stone homes, each one of them filled with, with wonders! And it is so, so odd. I have never been out without my hood up, Lady teaches us well that it would make folks feel bad. And yes, they look at me. But it's not like Waverider's Watch when if the wind knocks your hood down and the Merchants look at you like you weren't supposed to be, it's very different. It's like Lady Eleni is walking next to me somehow, saying that everything is all right."

Tomomi hugged herself tight.

"I traded some of my coin for a thread that's called snowsilk. It's so fine and bright, it should make the most wonderful lace. I walked past a glassmaker's shop, and they were working on a glass of crimson, grinding it and polishing it, that was so very very brightly red. I asked for the flakes that they were tosing away. They looked at me strangely until I said it would make a wonderful ink for my Forever Friend, one that is all sparkles."

"And then there's here..."

Bekkah had caught up with Tomomi in front of a seamstress' shop. Every now and then, as she spoke, she peeked into the shop. Inside were examples of Dawnview's finest, what set Dawnview apart. Kierkegaard was known for the pragmatism of their clothes, in Talantal you could find nice but austere, simple clothing. Fancy trim was set aside for those of Noble rank. But Dawnview Vale, it was famous for elegance, finery. It was said that even the most common tunic from Dawnview was fit for Imperial halls. Well, that was not quite true, but looking into this shop, one could see how such tales got their start.

"I was thinking how pretty Lady would be. I was thinking, also, of Girl. She must be very lost and scared, just this side of Homesick, and wondering when the ax will chop and end all the niceness of Home. She probably doesn't have anything nice of her own. But would something like this make her feel good or feel bad?

"Maybe, maybe I should just get her a pretty crockery cup from across the way, painted with a rising sun and a black line for the mountains and a pretty blue one for the sky, something she'd use every day and know that even on the other side of the world, someone thought of her.

"What do you think, Lady Bekkah?"

The mouse girl paused, paused and suddenly flounce down, sitting in the entrance to the shop, drawing her knees up and hugging them tightly.

"What.

"Do.

"You.

"Think?"

She looked up at the wise Atteran Priestess.

"That's what I want to know. I have never felt this way before. No. It's not true. I have felt this way before.

"When I'm sitting in the Big Room of Home.

"I am walking around with my hood down.

"And I feel.

"Welcome."

She managed an od smile.

"Fine, I feel like when I accidentally spill a pot of paint all over myself and everyone is looking at me. And giggling.

"But I feel welcome here.

"What does that mean?

"What do you think?"

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Bekkah

She was glad that she decided to join her friends in the market.

She looked down at Tomomi with a serious look and at the same time a knowing smile.

"You are welcome here. I will not tell you that it will be that way everywhere, but here it will always be that way."

"As far as a gift of finery, I think she'd definitely love it. Everyone loves to dress in style and grace at times. I think you'll find it brings tears of joy. On the rare occasions when I wear something other than my robe of white, I love to dress like a Princess."

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Tomomi wrinkled her nose a bit, long whiskers twitching.

"I'm just worried it will remind her of the keep. Lady never talks about the Keep. It's like a cut to her heart that no amount of healing can make go away. I think she needs Home more than any of us do. She can't hold anyone close, not even Mister Renyard and he's also a Fox because it hurts too much, so she takes all her love and gives it away to each and every one of us.

"Without Home, she would just be broken and lonely.

"Maybe its why she never got Homesick. Because she just can't look back."

Tomomi offered the Kind One a smile.

"Maybe that's why Mister Renyard says she's the biggest Hero of all."

The little mouse girl hugged herself, looking between the two shops.

"But who am I to say? I'm just a Mouse. And we Mice aren't known to be very smart."

In the end, Tomoni carefully laid out coins not for one, but for both — the fine Dawnview gown and the simple cup with the rising sun and sky. She carried her bundles close to her chest.

"I am farther from Home than any of us have been, except for Mister Renyard. Do you think, now, more of us will travel from place to place?

"I have never thought I could be happy in a place that was not Home.

"Is it wrong to think that I might?

"Is it wrong that I like how cool and crisp the air is? How pretty the mountains are, when all I had known is Forest?"

"Is it wrong that feeling welcome makes me smile?"

Her head tilted.

"Where is home, truly?" the Mouse asked the Priestess who never spent more than a handful of days in the same place.

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Bekkah

She smiled down at her small friend.

"I suppose the answer to many of your questions is going to be different to many people. Dawnview Castle is home for me because I grew up here. But I also feel at home in any temple of my Lady. And I can honestly, say that I've felt at home in a thousand different homes. I think you have much of this figured out, being welcomed someplace makes it a home in a way. At least that's what I've felt when I've been welcomed to someone's table and slept under their roof."

"And of course, each morning when her light strikes my face, I feel my Lady's embrace and a welcome to another day."

"It is never wrong to be happy. Well as long as it is not at another's expense. Joy can and should be found all around you every day."

"So, I suppose in a way, the answer to your question is that Home is in your heart."

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"Then..."

Tomomi considered Bekkah's words for a long time.

"I guess that means I will never lose Home. Not that I can't visit whenever I wish. It's very odd, wanting to be there and yet wanting to be somewhere else. Home is always so full. It was nice, actually, waking up to find another Mouse has shared your niche or falling asleep after mousing Broke.

"And then you get homesick."

The Mouse's whiskers drooped.

"Maybe we need this too. You can get lost in everyone else. I guess that in order to be part of a family you need to believe in yourself first. It is just a lot easier to do that when you have someone who believes in you in return.

"Keiko taught me that. I wonder if I will be able to find her caravan, wherever it is."

Perking up a bit, she looked at Bekkah.

"Do you have anyone like that? Or do you just wish you do?"

Holding her bought wares close to her chest, the Mouse walked along the market street.

"I don't think I am going to find a god or goddess as you have. Is that wrong? I figure if that were to be, it would have been like The Lockpick or Soft or Broke. I'm just happy to be me.

"And to be able to go to Market with my hood down.

"Miss Eleni gave me a wondrous gift. The people here, also.

"How, Miss Bekkah, can I pay them back? What... what can I, should I, do in return?"

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Bekkah

She listened without saying a word until the little mouse was finished.

"Such deep thoughts little one. Patience. Give yourself time. The answers come in time. Will a Goddess adopt you like mine has, that is not for me to say. The Gods do not operate on our time. They do things on their own schedule. I've given much credit for things, but all I've done is spoken with love to my Goddess and she chose to listen."

"Family, friends, people to help, all these come in time. Don't look for all the answers today."

"As far as a best friend or such for me? Well Dazi of course. Yes, we're sisters, but we're friends. Before I left, we were close, but the age difference made me more big sister than friends, but we wrote letters throughout the years and the sharing of our lives, even though apart, made us closer. We'll always be sisters, but we'll also be best friends as well. I know I could ask anything of her and she'd drop anything for me. And she knows she could do the same for me."

"As far as paying people back. Just be you. You'll find moments big and small that you can pay everyone back. Again, it just takes patience."

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The Mouse girl considered the Priestess' words.

"Not today?"

Tomomi wrinkled her nose, twitched her whiskers and followed that statement to an obvious conclusion.

"Tomorrow? Next Marketday? Every other Ramesday? Do you have to make an appointment like when Mister Renyard is home, and everyone wants to ask him questions? Do they pounce on you like when we mouse Miss Broke? Do they hold court like a Khorall? Do they hide under the covers like a missing sock when its cold? Or do they pop out of nowhere like Miss Emmi does when she is looking for you and only you?"

The little one then looked up at Bekkah, her eyes bright.

"Of course, I'm being silly. That's because we Mice are simple folks and deep thoughts aren't things we really have. But when you have lived all your life not a person at all, things that are simple to everyone else, like what it means to have a home, are really complicated to us."

She paused, tilting her head.

"And sometimes the simplest things are the most wonderful.

"Like Miss Emerald.

"I remember being scared, before Miss Broke and Mister Wrath and Wuff-Wuff and the Lockpick rescued me. We were all scared, knowing what would happen when Miss Emerald hopped to us.

"Now?

"Now when she does that, everyone smiles.

"Even Miss Emerald."

She stopped dead in her tracks. Tomomi tilted her head, first one way, then another.

"Miss Emerald had a harder life than me. She had a harder life than most of us. And yet, and yet she looked so happy when Miss Broke covered my ears. I bet the Young Master said 'mouse,' didn't he? Because it needed to be a special mouse, just one, so she knew she was special, that he was hers, and did you see how she smiled?

"She actually looked very silly, didn't she?"

Tomomi hugged her gifts closer to her chest.

"And I could not help to think, that maybe, maybe one day I'll smile like that. Because after all the hurt she has lived through, it was all to get to that one place, that one moment, that one smile.

"If she could end up there, then, maybe, just maybe, just maybe I can too."

Tomomi took a breath before continuing.

"Is it the same for you? Oh, maybe not Miss Emerald, of course, but somewhere that you want to be that's just over the horizon, waiting for you?

"Each step I take is getting me closer to there.

"Or are you just blowing from place to place like a dandelion seed on the wind?"

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Bekkah

"There is no formula for finding true happiness. It's different for everyone. All I can say is that if you keep looking and don't give up, you'll have the best chance of finding it."

"I suppose, I'm a dandelion seed. I just don't see that future where I stop traveling. I'd love to have children of my own, but I suspect that's not in my future. I pledged myself to my Lady and I've never regretted that decision and I know I never will. I've received a lifetme's worth of blessing and love already. To lament for more would be greedy."

"So if moving from town to town where the wind and the light takes me is my lot in life, then so be it. It just gives me more people I can meet and share my Lady's love with."

"But that's not your life. It's not my sister's life. We're all different and we all have different paths to follow. I know not where yours may lead. But keep your heart full of joy and your eyes open and you'll be able to follow your path."

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