08/02/2000
Wyntere's Room, White Tower, Tar Valon

Despite the tinkerish nature of this Sedai, her room is rather tame. One
might notice that everything has a place and the overall view of the room
is one of neatness. The walls are a soft greyish blue color. Against the
far wall in front of the door, a four-post bed stands covered with a
beautiful burgandy, forest and midnight quilt. Two chests rest at the foot
of the bed with a throw blanket upon each. There are two bay windows that
over look the courtyard. The grand stone fireplace stands between the
windows. In front of the firplace, there is a low walnut coffee table
surrounded by an antique couch and two arm chairs. Her desk in along the
wall by the door.

To set this Sedai apart from others. She has a glass display case by her
desk. Inside are all kinds of trinkets and figures. Some are figurines made
of marble, jade, quartz, or alabaster. Others are made from wood or
leather. Each one telling it's own story and a different part of her
life.In the evenings and towards night, this room becomes a magnificent
sight to behold. Tiny twinkling stars seem to apppear from the stone walls,
moving ever slowly as the night sky. A telescope is pointed out one window
to give proof of only one of Wyntere's hobbies.


After having a huge outburst down in the Common Lounge, Neelkan decided to
go ahead and visit Espi, then he would be able to go and get some sleep.
Because he wouldn't be able to get sleep until afterwards. He was able to
convince someone he had permission to go to Wyntere's Quarters, and since
he just came back from being captured, people for some reason are actually
being halfway nice to him, despite his usual prickly nature. He got
directions and a Novice escourt up to the room, then was able to shoo off
the girl before working up the courage to knock on it. He's been here a
couple hours now. Enough time to bathe, change clothes, eat, report to
Kaomi and have some talks with a couple people. The only thing left of his
original attire is his red sash, which is dirty, and in need of a wash, and
stained in a few places (on one end with blood). His knuckles are also
scraped up and bruised pretty decently. Like he tried to bash a wall. Which
he did.

Espi is curled up into a neat little package on Wynt's couch. She's been
sleeping off and on since she woke up this morning, but she's still
exhausted. The weave placed on her before she fell asleep again this
morning has definately been doing a good job though. Her face is no longer
as pale as it was and she does rest peacefully. Well, nearly. Her stomach
makes a fitful grumbling noise which wakes her up. She hasn't noticed you
as yet, still being groggy from waking as she moves slowly to sit up. She
chuckles softly, rubbing her stomach a bit. "Well....I see you're feeling
better. I'll put food in you soon, but right now..I still don't feel strong
enough to be doing any walking." She grins, closing her eyes again as she
feels her legs. Yup..still there and still shaky as far as she can tell.

Pushing the door open, Neelkan peeks his head inside, looking around the
room until he sees you in there with your eyes closed and looking about as
tired as he feels. Oh, he looks tired. In fact he looks downright
exhausted. But that doesn't mean anything. He steps inside fully, as
silently as he possibly can while you're out of notice and closes the door,
again silently. Then he leans against it and smirks before announcing his
presense loudly, "'ey 'ere. I 'ear I owe ya a 'anks f'r helpin' t' get m'
out, 'eh?" For now he lets the grumpy emotions depart, just glad to see his
friend, even if she looks all tired.

Espiria smiles, thinking that she should ask Wynt if it's okay if she tries
to go downstairs.. but then Wynt did say she was to stay put. Her eyes go
wide and she beams a happy smile over to you, tossing off the blankets and
jumping to her feet to run over to you. Well, at least that's what she was
hoping to do. As soon as she stands, her legs give out and she starts to
fall face first to the ground. Whoops..forgot about those legs.

Ack. Well, that isn't good. Neelkan blinks as you fall flat on your face
and he pushes off of the closed door and starts over quickly to offer an
arm to help you up. "'ey, dontcha go 'n hurt yerself, Espi." He waits until
he can get you at least sitting up and maybe even back on the bed if you
allow him, adding, "Wouldn't b' able t' f'rgive m'self if ya got hurt
'cause of m'. ... So yer a'right, right?" Don't be hurt. He's already
beating himself up enough as it is... Wyn did say you were exhausted though
from the animal distraction. So maybe that's all this is.

Espiria winces just a bit, coughing as she tries to sit up. She holds her
head a bit, grinning. "I..I guess I shouldn't have tried that just yet."
She winces alittle as she moves to try to get back onto the couch, but your
arm holding her helps a great deal and soon she is sitting back where she
should be. Her hands reach for the spilled blankets, tugging them back
about her before she heaves a sigh. "They said I need alot of rest. Pushed
myself just a bit too hard it seems." She chuckles weakly, lifting a
shoulder. "I couldn't do otherwise though. Not with friends lives on the
line. I really thought you were going to squash that mouse..." She glances
over to you and giggles gently as she leans back to rest again.

Laughing, Neelkan sits on the edge of the bed now that you're in it again
and just pats your hand lightly. "Sorry. I wasn't really gonna squish it,
was just gonna scare it 'way a lil'. 'at's all." He shrugs and looks off
around the room, finding something to hold his attention. Mainely the
telescope near the window. Still looking off at it he takes his bruised and
scabbed hand back and runs it over his hair, commenting a little, "'n...
'anks. F'r helpin'. I... guess I owe ya."

Espiria chuckles weakly, shaking her head. "Nah...Neel. I did it because I
knew how to. I came up with the idea when I heard about both you and
Denn...in that horrible place. I just couldn't sit back and let you go
thru...what you might have had to go thru." She pats the hand back, "I
couldn't let my friends suffer that...and it turns out the memory was right
this time." She giggles, shaking her head a bit. "I..didn't think I could
actually do it, but Keay Sedai helped."

"The... memory?" Neelkan asks, glancing over towards you. He seems to have
slipped back into the grumpy mood for a brief moment, but then his smile is
forced back on. He'll be happy, because that's probably what you want him
to be right now. "Well, I'm glad ya were able t' help. I think Sunan was
real upset 'cause he couldn't." He shrugs, then the smile moves into that
mischivous smirk he sometimes gets, "I still owe ya though. I guess I'll
just have t' pay ya back some how." And he is kinda upset that you and
Verbena ended up saving him. He's the /guy/. He's supposed to do the
saving, Light blind it.

Espiria chuckles and drops any more mentioning of 'memories' since she did
catch that flicker of grumpiness. Nope..can't have that. She nods gently,
lifting a shoulder. "We all do what we have to in service of the Light,
Neel. It..was something I could do at that time..that noone else could have
and I was more than happy to." She heaves a sigh, shaking her head as it
drops back against the couch. "I'm sure you'll get your chance soon. I
mean..you're training is going, right? You'll be a Warder soon and then
you'll get to do all the hero things that you feel you should be doing."
She giggles, glancing over to the pitcher on the table. "Neel? Could you
get me a glass of that water?"

Pushing himself up, Neelkan looks around to find where water is, then heads
over towards the low coffee table where there's a pitcher and a glass. He
pours the glass, then heads over back to the bed and holds it out to you,
"Well, guess I can start with a glass of water at least." He says with a
small wink, then adds, "'n I think I did some 'hero things' the last couple
of days." Least until he failed to make sure Verbena got out safely as
well. Even though everyone so far has told him not to beat himself up over
it. He sits himself back down on the edge of the bed once you have the
glass and adds, "'n ya did real good with the animals. The mice 'ere cute."
Him saying the mice were /cute/ might just sound odd to you...

Espiria giggles and nods, "You should have seen Sunan as he tried to help
me catch the mice." She shakes her head, taking a long drink of the water
before she comments. "Good and cold..." She grins and goes back to her
telling. "He was chasing this one mouse amd oh...did he get in trouble."
She giggles, blushing brightly over something. "He chased one of the mice
right under a Novice's skirt!"

Neelkan snickers, raising his hand again to finger at his hair as it
half-obscures one of his eyes. "So he had a hand in gettin' us out too,
'eh? Though honestly I didn't need the lock pick. A'ready had somethin' 'at
would've worked." But... Maybe he shouldn't have said that? Oh yes he
should've. Shows he was fully capable of handling the situation! He'd even
made himself a weapon. "'n I hope Sunan didn't scare the poor girl too
much. He needs t' learn some manners sometimes." Though at least he means
well.

Espiria giggles and nods, taking another long drink from the glass.
"Yes..He does. He got caught when he did that too. The Novice ran right
over to Wyntere Sedai and told her about it." She grimaces slightly, "I'm
not sure what she had him do..if anything, but it was interesting to watch
her try to teach him why it was wrong to do it." She shakes her head, "He
really needs to learn a bit about being around others. He's even become a
pest to Thain..the Ogier that's in town."

"I've never seen an Ogier 'fore." Neelkan admits with a shrug. Not a big
deal. They can't be too weird looking... right? Aw well, he'll see one one
of these days probably. "Well, I dunno what's up with Sunan, but... well...
I'm tryin' m' best t' tolerate 'im. I mean he's got his... good qualities
too. He just needs t'... ya know." Not do... all those things he does all
the time. "I don't 'ink he got punished too bad. He looked a'right 'en I
saw 'em. F'r a minute 'ere I thought he was gonna hug m'!" As he says that
he kinda gives a small 'ick' face.

Espiria beams a happy smile, "Well, I'm sure you'll meet him soon enough.
He's been by a few times already." She finishes off the water, leaning her
head back to rest it for a moment before she sighs, "Me missed you, Neel.
If you could have seen what Raeth had to do just to get him to quiet
down... It was something. He started yelling at the top of his lungs if the
Tower was going to do anything about it. Demanding to know even. Gaidin
Raeth had to tell him several times to calm down..and then ended up having
to order him into the Practice Yard because Sunan just wouldn't. He was
horribly upset about what happened..." She chuckles, smirking a bit.
"You're his good friend, Neel... It probably would have been impulsive
relief to see you are alright if he had. Nothing more. You know as well as
I do that Sunan is far to..ummm..logical a thinker to even think of
expressing that kind of thing."

Taking the glass as you finish it, Neelkan moves to put it back on the
table then pauses at all the talk about Sunan. He did all that? Then he
hears the last bit and he starts to shake his head quickly, "I wasn't
suggestin' anything like 'at! I know he's just m' friend!" Grump. He puts
the cup down and heads back, his grin fully in place, though he only lost
it for a second as he responded to what he /hopes/ was a joke. "I.. I'm
sorry he got so upset 'en. I... I 'ear ya were pretty upset yerself?"

Espiria giggles softly, sighing as she pulls the blankets closer and
shivers for a moment. "Yeah..I was. To think of you...in
that.../place/...." She widens her eyes turning her gaze toward the door
quickly and beams a happy smile, "TreeBrother! It's good to see you..
But...what brings you here?" She's obviously alittle shocked that Thain
would come all the way from the nice surroundings of the Grove and upstairs
on top of it...even even more shocking, into Wynt's room? Could it be he
was looking for Wynt? "Umm..If you are looking for Wyntere Sedai, she had
to step out for awhile. I'm sure she'll be back soon."

Neelkan is the young man the wildy fluffy red hair that oddly has a bunch
of white streaks thoroughout it. A boy who doesn't look more then seventeen
with white streaks in his hair? Mmmhmm. He is standing near the bed, one
hand reached up and fingering at that hair of his that falls in front of
his face and partly obscures his eyes. He glances over at the shout from
Espi, looking towards the door and... what in the...? He just blinks and
blinks and blinks somemore. Obviously someone who has never seen a Ogier
before. He doesn't look afraid though, more... surprised then anything.

Thain blinks and looks a bit bashful. He replies in his casual tone," I was
out walking around yesterday and happened to hear a few things." He
chuckles and twitches his ears for demostration before continueing," I
heard that you were injured in some way and was brought here. I came to see
if you were alright." He chuckles and looks down at his shuffling feet.

Espiria smiles brightly, nodding. He came to see me? She blushes brightly
at that, never having thought and Ogier would leave the loveliness of the
trees to enter a stone place just to see someone. She giggles, lifting a
shoulder before she motions over to Neel, "Thain...this is Neelkan. He's
one of the people that I helped...and a good friend of mine." Her hand
reaches out to pat his arm before glancing over to Thain. "The reason I am
like this..is a long tale indeed. I'd love to tell it sometime, when you
have the time to listen." She grins, knowing Ogier's findness for stories
and she's already writing it out in her head so he can have the most
enjoyment from it.

This /huge/ creature is acting all shy and bashful and shuffling his feet!?
Neelkan just can't really understand this right away. Give him a few
moments. His hands come down to finger at the sash at his waist which is
kind of dirty and stained when compared to the rest of his attire. Then
Espi makes the introduction and he snaps himself out of staring shock.
"Uh... Nice t' meet ya.." He feels so small with the Ogier around... He
doesn't really sound nervous, but he's going to need a few moments to get
over this 'I just saw my first Ogier' shock.

Thain looks up at Neel and realizes that it might be important to act
offical again. After a quick cough he states in his booming voice," I am
Thain, son of Damaun, son of Serran of the Setedding Shangtai." He grins
and bows before going on in a quieter but still formal manner," And I am
most pleased to meet you as well." He smiles at Espi and nods," I would
love to hear that tale." He says in his gentle voice, which seems to be
reserved for her.

Espiria smiles and blushes, noting the tone change. She shifts a bit on the
couch, wincing alittle as she sighs. "Oh..I wish I would hurry up and mend.
I hate all this sitting. I just don't think my legs will carry me far." She
giggles, glancing over to Neel and the face first plunge that she took when
she tried the last time. Her eyes glance back over to Thain, beaming a
happy smile. "Umm..Well if you have time, I could start it now. I'm sure
Neel would like to hear it also?" She glances over to Neel, patting his arm
gently with questions in her eyes.

At the full introduction from the Ogier, Neelkan kind of glances towards
Espi, then... shrugs a little, and looks back at Thain, "Well, m' real name
is Shun'u il'Sharil, but e'eryone calls m' Neelkan, 'r Neel, so ya can just
call m' Neel 'n I'll call ya Thain." He grins at Espi, even though this is
probably the first time she's got to hear his real name, then nods and
says, "A'right, I wouldn't mind hearin'." And in preperation to hear the
story of exactly how he was 'rescued' he moves to sit on the end of the bed
again.

Thain smiles and nods at Neel." Very well then, Neel." He tries in a more
casul tone. He looks around a moment to find something to sit on and shys
away from the antique couch and small chairs. He sighs and hunkers down on
the floor, removing his knife and a piece of wood in preperation for
storytime.

Espiria drops her head back against the couch again, taking a deep breath
before she looks back up to the both of you. "Once..opon a time that is not
that long ago and not that far away, a battle waged. It was filled with
braves souls on the side of Light and not so brave souls on the side of
Dark. The dark souls sought to destroy the Light because they feared it.
They wanted Dark to win..because of their hunger for power...for glory or
for any other of the vanities that men come up with. The battle waged on
and on, until one day when new faces emerged on the side of Light." She
takes a breath, reaching again for her glass as she smiles at Neel. "These
new faces were young. Some old though and wise. They decided that enough
was enough and struck out for the land of Coremanda who had reciently
become filled with all manner of Dark minions. The Light took the fight to
them...and as the war waged it was sure that it would never end. Or if it
would, it would end in the defeat of one side or the other."

Grinning at the beginning of the story, Neelkan is tempted to bring his
feet up onto the bed, but he stops himself because he has his boots on and
that would he a little dirty and he doesn't want to get thrown out for
getting dirt on Wyn's bed or something! He's lucky he got let up here
/alone/ with a student anyway. Of course he's not alone anymore... but
that's beside the point.

Thain begins to carve the wood with his knife while listening intently to
Espi's story. His ears twitch as he listens to what she has to say.

Glancing at the carving for just a moment, Espi picks up where she left
off. "Now this group faced overwhelming odds and it was certain that the
battle would be lost, but the forces of Light raged against the Dark.
Pushing as hard as they could. They were not said to have lost, but they
could not be said to have won either. It was a draw. Several people were
taken captive though on that sad day. 3 valiant souls whose lives were on
the edge of oblivion and whose lives were now taken by The Fort." She takes
a sip of the drink, "They were locked into damk and cold cells. Treated
with barely enough curtsey to give them bread and water in the hopes they
would break. But these souls of the Light would not break. Back at the
Tower, Mother pondered all sorts of ideas as to how to rescue the valiant
band. Lives were in the balance and one mis-step and those lives would be
lost."

A rather humble sounding rapping comes from the door.

Neelkan is sitting on the end of Wyntere's bed, his legs dangling off the
edge and listening to Espi's story as his eyes stay focused on the
telescope near the window. Since returning to the Tower he's gotten a
change of clothes (everything but his boots which were just quickly
cleaned, and his sash which is in dire need of cleaning, but he didn't want
to hand it over just yet) a quick bath and a few conversations. And he's
smirking lightly at the story, though he looks completely exhausted, which
he no doubt is. But he's hiding it a little bit. He even has to snicker a
little at Espi's version. It was a little different having actually been
there, but he won't correct her. It's rude. He blinks and glances towards
the door at the rapping and instantly jumps up, knowing that Espi can not
(she faceplanted on the floor when she tried to with him) and moves over to
the door and opens it. Waaaah! Speak Valiant Souls and another one appears.

Espiria smiles and glances over to the door as Neel rises. It's never good
to interupt a telling, but then..she is in someone else's room so she has
to be polite. Her head tips to one side, pulling up the blankets a bit as
she gets another shiver. "Denn? Hello... It's good to see you." She glances
over to Thain, smiling. "Thain...this is Denn'ryiel. She one of the ones in
the story I'm telling." She looks still rather weak if Denn were to look at
her directly.

Denn'ryiel has had enough time for a quick bath, a checkup in the
infirmary, and a brief meeting with the Amyrlin. Other than no longer
looking filthy, she looks pretty ragged, but her spirits are up a bit.
"Forgive my intrusion, Neelkan, friend Ogier," She curtseys to Thain upon
saying that. "I was just told I could find Espiria here. I wanted to thank
you for everything you did, in helping Neelkan, Verbena Sedai and I out of
the prison."

After a long day in the office, Guess who walks in?? Low and behold, it's
the person who actually lives here! Opening the door, Wyntere walks in and
is surprised to see all these people here. There is a soft cough from the
door and smokey blue eyes are looking right at Espiria. Though, of course,
for those who know her best. She looks all but upset.

Standing at the door, having just let in Denn, Neelkan smiles tiredly at
her, then glances away towards the wall for a long moment. Oh, there must
be something on the wall of interest. He looks kind of sad because Denn
mentioned Verbena though. No matter what Kaomi and Sunan have told him so
far he's still going to beat himself up over that for a while. It's just
who he is. Then he puts his smile back on and nods towards Denn, "Espi was
just tellin' Thain 'n m' how she helped us 'n stuff. I'm sure 'ey won't
mind if ya sit in and listen." He looks surprised at the entrance of Wyn
and then smirks. It's her own room, she has every right to come in if she
feels like it. He doesn't bow though. How rude. He just nods his head a
little and goes to lean tiredly against the wall. The poor young man looks
exhausted.

Thain stops his carving, as the story has taken a short pause. He looks
behind him to spot Wynt and the other person. He nods politely to both
before turning back to his carving and listening.

Espiria opens her mouth and snaps it shut again as Wynt walks in. Her eyes
widen a bit, smiling gently. "Umm..They just dropped by to see how I
was..." She bites her lower lip, glancing at her friend the Ogier before
she chuckles. "Umm..I think the rest of the story may have to wait. I..I
think Wyntere Sedai would like her room back now." She smiles, and shifts a
bit so that her feet are touching the ground. Well, here goes. Inwardly she
crosses her fingers that she can stand and walk out if she needs to. She
glances to everyone including Wynt and chuckles as she wiggles her toes.
Yup..at least she has feeling again. She glances over to Wynt to see which
she would rather it be.. Story..or she leave to give Wynt her room back.

Denn'ryiel blushes slightly as Wyntere enters, but she gives her a small
bow of the head and a smile. Her mood seems to have improved, if not to the
level it was previously. "My apologies, I just dropped by for a moment."
Not wishing to disturb the Sedai further, she heads for the door.

Wyntere glances around the room nodding to everyone. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...Hmm...
"You must be very popular, Espiria." The Gray knows she can kick everyone
out, but she just shrugs. "Go ahead and tell the story. I'll put tea on if
anyone wants any." With that she moves towards her desk to set done some
paperwork from the office. Following that she goes to put the teapot on. "I
think I have enough teacups, if not, I'll send for some. Please, everyone
make themselves comfortable." Seeing Denn start heading out, Wyntere calls,
"Please stay Denn, if you have the chance. All are welcome. Just a surprise
to come back to my sick accepted and find the room full." She glances over
to espiria when mentioning sick. Yep, she's going back to her own room
tonight.

Apparently, it's Check-On-Espi night in the Tower. There's another knock on
the door and Kirra pokes her head in. She glances around the room, taking
in all the inhabitants, then lights upon Espi. "My, you've very popular
tonight."

Leaning against the wall, Neelkan lifts a hand to tug on his long bangs,
and ends up using the gesture to hide a yawn. He can feel the fact that
he's about to drop right here on the floor and he doesn't want to do that.
It's embarassing. He used to do it often enough when he was amoung his
bandits. He moves over to the bed and reaches down to give Espi a small pat
on the shoulder, "I'll 'ear yer story later I'm sure. Some gleeman'll
prolly b' tellin' it in a few months." He winks his eye at her them nods
towards the Ogier, and Wyn, and... the newly arrived Kirra Sedai before
moving over to grab Denn's arm gently, "Ya go 'head 'n stay. I should go..
d' some things." Like sleep. Unless Wyn wants a trainee guest for the
night, he better go now.

Espiria turns to smile at Wynt, face brightening that she's able to
continue her tale and happy that all the people..or nearly all of
them..that she has come to care deeply for are around her. Yes..that may be
in another person's room, but at least they are here. If three others were
to show up though..the other three that she cares about..then Thain might
have to get this side of the building restructured from the weight in one
room. She blinks, glancing over to Kirra with a bright smile. "All my
friends were wanting to know how I was doing." She blushes brightly,
feeling more loved at this moment than any single person has the right to
and it..just floors her. She sighs softly, "I was about to work on telling
the story." If Wynt doesn't mind, she will include Kirra in the telling.
She tips her eyes over to Neel, smiling. "I understand, Neel. I'll see you
soon..when we both are rested again." She chuckles softly, wishing him a
good sleep.

Denn'ryiel smiles and looks around for something to sit upon that the Sedai
wouldn't get mad at her for. She eventually settles for sitting crosslegged
on the floor. "Take care, Neelkan," she says, with a little more smiling
than she should use.

Thain looks up and grins at Neel." Have a good rest Neel. See you soon, I
believe."