08/22/2000

Basements, White Tower, Tar Valon

A labarynth of dark grey stone, branching off into various directions with
no markers to indicate where they might be going. Dust is prevalent here,
floating lazily through the air in an attempt to provoke sneezes and
choking coughs. It is so thick that one can see footprints, indicating
where traffic may be routinely going, and where it is largely absent.

At the very end of the hall two men in white and gold livery guard a barred
door. This is the entrance to the dungeons. No murmur of sound exudes from
there out into this hallway, for important information not intended for the
ears of all may at this very moment be spilling from a prisoner's lips. A
locked yet grand looking door of arched redwood is seen at the end of a
hall to the right. To the left a series of storerooms can be found, most
locked or forgotten.


Okay, picture this. Big basement, lots of rooms. The basements are a mess
right now due to... um.. 'construction project' taking on by um...
'students' cause...they got 'punished' by a certain Gray Ajah member before
that Gray ajah member got um... 'apprehended'. There, I think I squeaked by
the mess. But a big mess.. shelves in the hallways and several rooms open
with boxes set neatly in piles. Around one of the corners out of view of
those students working out their punishment, the smell of smoke comes
filtering through the basements followed by a dark thick black cloud. One
might guess Christabel or Wyntere would have been practicing fire weaves
with that much smoke, but alas.. One is in the dungeon and christabel is...
somewhere taking care of general stuff.

Espiria glances over to Neel, smiling as she shrugs. "I'm not sure exactly
neel. I think she's allergic to something that's around her. It could be
the hay in her cell. I'm going to try to fix that though so she at least
feels a bit better. I'm glad your going with me. I know she loves seeing
you drop by too." She sighs, pausing on the steps for a moment, "I know
it's hard, neel, but we help her every time we drop by so she can see
hopefilled eyes and happy smiles." She continues down the stairs, sighing
softly before her head jerks around. What in Light's name is that smell?
"Neel..there's something very wrong here.."

Heading down into the Basements, a place he's become /all/ to familar with
lately, Neelkan catches the first wiff of the smoke just when he was
rounding one of the many boxes with that certain Accepted who shares the
"punishment". They weren't heading down here to work more on the boxes this
time though, instead they are visiting that 'certain Gray'. He is reluctent
to visit her, mainly because he barely held back the urge to give the Aes
Sedai guards black eyes and broken noses last time, and he was only there
for a few minutes. But Espi can be quite convincing, and the words of
encouragement as they head down are more then enough to keep him going. But
if two Aes Sedai come out with black eyes in a few minutes... But luckily,
the smell of smoke pretty much keeps that from becoming a possibility.
"What the--?" He glances at Espi, and then speaks softly, "Somethin's
wrong? Well, ye'h, I kinda noticed 'at too." Go get help... or
investigate...? This is Neel we're talking about here. He pulls Espi's arm
a little, trying to get her to stay back, then moves to look for what that
is. Besides the obvious smokey smell.

Some trainee had the presence of mind to run upstairs when he smelled
smoke...and happened to run right into the Amyrlin and her Gaidin. So it is
a frowning Mother who comes quickly down the stairs, seeming to glide even
as she hurries, embracing the source reflexively.

Since it's the trainee's shift to work on the basements and they can't doo
much, cause.. well. water isn't readily availible down here. One of their
heads jerks up at the smell of smoke and heads around to investigate it.
"Hey, Johi! Go get help we have a fire in room #6. That's the one with all
the wooden desks. The door is closed, but with that smoke... it might be
for long. Hurry! There's two Aes Sedai in the dungeons with Wyntere. Some
one go get them! Not like Wyntere's gonna hurt anyone!" With that Jim,
starts glances for any sign of water or something to help put out the fire.
And yes, what do you know.. trainees have brains and think before another
tells them to get people.

Raeth comes down the stairs right behind the Amyrlin. What in the light?
Quickly making sure no one is hurt, Raeth squints against the heavy smoke
and begins to head towards the closed door where all the smoke seems to be
comming out. "Everyone out of here now!" That door doesn't seem like it
going to hold for long, he pulls back. He figures an Aes Sedai and some
water can handle this.

Espiria shakes her head and pulls Neel along with her instead of letting
him stop her way down the stairs, "Neel...Comeone. We've got to help stop
this fire." She nearly runs over the trianee who hesitates since a fire in
such close quarters will end up making people pass out before anyone gets
help. "Stand aside trainees let me see if I can douce this fire before it
gets too bad." She widens her eyes though at the amount of smoke pouring
thru and she is nearly blinded by it. She coughs a bit, rubbing at her eyes
and steps back. She hears Raeth and glances over to the Dungeon doors,
"What about the Aes Sedai in there..and Wyntere Sedai. They will get choked
by all this smoke if we don't get them out too."

Aes Sedai? Oh yeah.. two Aes Sedai coming running in from the dungeons
leaving their posts of shielding Wyntere. In unison, they both seem to yell
out, "Those who can't help get out!" And yep, they are still embraced.
Seeing the Mother, they hardly nods to her.. this is an emergency. "We can
help with water weaves. That's no problem." Yes, they might get in trouble
for leaving their posts, but... One is a Yellow and the other's a Red. They
come from McDonald's. Opps.. wrong world there.

Neelkan growls as Espi insists on going further in and grumbles something
about foolish women, but he doesn't try to stop her again, and stays right
behind her, looking around through the smoke and trying his best not to
start coughing. Fire never much bothered him before. In fact, he used to
set a lot when he was younger. Burned down a nieghbors barn by 'accident'
once even... But that isn't important! If this were a lake he was wading
into, he might be more afraid or cautious, but this is just fire. Feh. No
big deal here. But then he hears what Espi has to say he almost breaks into
a run towards the Dungeon, but stops as the Aes Sedai come out and starts
sproting orders like a tree sprouts leaves. He isn't going anywhere,
thankyouverymuch. He squints around as best he can, trying to remember how
they put out all the fires he used to set. Besides the obvious. He'd rather
avoid water if there's an alternative. And all this time he keeps a hand
glasped on Espi's sleeve. Nope. Not going anywhere.

Raeth begins to urge everyone else out, there isn't much he _can_ do. No
water, no nothing to quench the fire. He begins to cough, eyes watering at
the smoke. "Where are those...." There the are. Hurry up Sedai. Raeth turns
towards his ward, keeping an eye on her at all times.

Kaomi has a plan for the smoke. Air surrounds it, trapping it against the
ceiling, taking care of that small problem. She remains perfectly calm,
completely unworried about events, though curious about them.

Yes, there is one room on fire! And it's burrning... you can see small
flames come out from under the door now. Did someone bring Marshmellows and
Graham crackers? And never forget the chocolate. And yes, this poses will
get worse unless someone takes action. OH nO!! the Tower's on fire!!!

Espiria glances at the two AS who just left the dungeon and blinks
slightly. Wait. Wasn't there just a White and a Brown down here? She
glances over to Neel, blinking to try to clear the smoke from her eyes and
she looks back again. A Yellow? She widens her eyes just a bit, taking off
to run toward the dungeons herself. Yup, she's worried now. She whispers to
Neel as she heads that way, hoping Mother saw that. If not, Espi will just
have to tell her later. She glances over to the room with the fire, eyes
narrowing as something crosses her mind. Not good. Not good at all. She
doesn't like how this looks. How could a fire start when noone was
channeling fire? There were only trainees around here. Wait. She grabs a
trainee running by, "Were all of you just in here? Or have you been here
for awhile...." She glances over to Neel frowning badly, "Neel..can you
take care of asking him this? I need to deal with that fire..or at least
help if I can. And check on Wyntere Sedai..." She hurries away from him and
gets as close as she can, embracing as she does. Well, here does. She makes
a very wide weave of water, mesh thick and nearly making the air drip as it
moves. She frowns, angling it so that it will slip under the opening at the
bottom of the door and hopes...Light make it so...that it will put it put
before the door blows off the hinges.

Ok. When he used to set things on fire they'd throw water or dirt on it. Or
if it was bad enough, they'd just let it burn itself out and do their best
to keep it from spreding. With the smoke secured on the ceiling, it's a lot
easier for Neelkan to see, so he looks around, taking in what he has to
work with here. He growls at Espi as she goes and tosses the trainees at
him. He wants to help, damnit! He grabs onto the trainee and gives his arm
a good shake, "Now what in the bloody Light happened t' set 'at, 'n did ya
see anyone go in 'ere 'r out?" He glances over at Espi. While he can't see
the weaves, he can see the effect. Ew. Water. "Why dontcha just cut off the
air in the room 'r somethin'?" That's what they'd always yell when they'd
try to smother it with dirt and blankets and stuff. But he doesn't really
know how channeling works yet, but if they can cut someone off from the
power, why can't they cut off a room from air? And no. He is not getting
out of the area. Even if he is in the way.

Water!! The fire seems to subside only for a moment before the door blows
making the fire get only worse. Now, yes.. an ordinary wood fire would be
put out with water.. But, who said this fire was ordinary? And so the
flames continue on and stronger than before. Burning more of those old, dry
desks in there. Quick, think.. what are the three things that start a fire?
And that poor trainee looks to Neelkan. "Um... I've been here... there are
lots of people that come down here... but I've been to busy to notice who."
And no one looking suspicious neither.

Kaomi flings up a shield of Air against the inevitable door shrapnel,
around herself, Raeth, and anyone close. A big piece of timber bounces off
an area right next to her nose and falls off. She frowns darkly. "What kind
of fire is that?" she asks, not really expecting an answer. "Smother it is
right, Espiria."

Raeth suddenly spins around almost about to pull the Amyrlin down just as
the piece of timber bounces off. He freezes and turns around and gives the
Amyrlin a quick look. That's it. "Fire needs air. Is it possible to seal
off that room so that no air can come into it? The fire will die out on
it's on." He yells over the noise.

Espiria shivers a bit, feelng that the water didn't work and now she's
starting to sweat from the heat that the door is giving off. She glances
over to Neel, nodding and to Mother since they have another idea. Okay,
take all the air out of the room. She takes a deep breath, starting slowly
at first as she pulls the air from the room after first sealing the door in
what would have to be called a bubble. She tips her head to one side,
carefully pulling the air from the room from a small section that seems to
only works one way. Slowly but surely she's getting all of the air out of
the room, but it takes time. She takes another deep breath and pulls the
rest of it out. Good thing the bubble that seals off the door is tied off
because Espi looks about done in. Air isn't her specialty.

Around the corner in the basements, several are standing around basement
room #6 that has burning old desks in it. Espiria has put an air bubble
around the door to the room and is now trying to suck air out. For some
reason, the fire through the air bubble still seems to grow. Alright, we
tried water and that blew the door open. And now the sucking the air out
still seems to make the fire grow? At least it hasn't spread to another
room. Thank you stonewalls! Or has it? And little oh me, the firestarter,
is seeing back with smores watching the havoc. Oh.. another thing, the
basement is a mess due to a punishment given by a certain MoNster before
she was put in jail.

Denn'ryiel enters the room right before Espiria's weave seals the door. She
looks around a little bewildered, expecting to find a crisis but not
knowing what it was going to be. A hand comes to her mouth as the smoke is
likely drawn to the bubble as well as the air.

Letting go of the Trainee had had grabbed, Neelkan makes it clear that he's
going to want to talk to him later in a soft growled voice, then heads back
over towards Espi who isn't looking to good. He puts a hand on her
shoulder, offering her support and letting her know he's right behind her
again if she has to go and fall back. Scared of a little fire? Nope. Not
this young man. He just squints at it evilly, wondering how on earth it
started and what it's doing. So sealing it off isn't working? He'd suggest
knocking the ceiling down on it to smother it, but he's not sure if they'll
like him suggesting knocking parts of the Tower down...

In a dramatic attept to enter the room before it is sealed, Keay dives
through the door behind Denn'ryiel. She lands sprawled on teh ground but
quickly stands up looks around and does a very Brown assesment of the
probleming anything, quite yet.

The Mother stares at the fire, for once at a loss for what to do. "That's
like no fire I have ever encountered," she says flatly. She smooths her
stole. Its under control for now so she is hardly panicking.

Raeth glances around and figure no one heard him about sealing off the
room. Either it was a bad idea or it can't be done. Hmmm, stone walls. It
might...." Is there a way to cause an explosion in there. It'll blow the
fire out. I'm just not to sure if the walls will hold." They are hard stone
walls after all. Raeth is quickly running out of ideas. He spins around.
Great more guests. Do you have a death wish?

Espiria glances around for a moment for any other idea, but she does see
Keay and Denn now in attendance. Her ears catch Raeth's suggestion and she
nods, "I can't do it though. Either of you want to try something?" She
directs this to Keay and Denn. She glances back to the bubble to make sure
it's still holding, but she's not sure for how long that will be the case.
She leans on Neel a bit, coughing a bit more as the smoke and heat start
getting to her a bit more. She /is/ fairly close to the door from her last
attempt.

Denn'ryiel tries to peer through the flames, squinting to see what is
burning. Her mouth opens to suggest water, but closes before she can give
it voice. It's too obvious a suggestion not to have been tried already.
"What is burning?" she asks instead, trying to see through the flames. "It
looks like desks. If we can break those apart, and spread out the pieces,
the fire might die down." Might. But then, who heard of a fire that could
burn in a vacuum?

Hmm.. someone is onto something. Fires don't burn in vacuums. So, if the
air being pulled out has made the fire get bigger... Am I just being plain
mean? Um... don't answer that.

Supporting Espiria as best he can, Neelkan just holds onto both her
shoulders and lets her lean back against his chest. He isn't about to let
her collapse an hurt herself after all. He narrows his eyes, watching the
fire, then notices something. It takes him a moment or two to say anything,
because he's perhaps making sure it isn't a smoke illusion, then he lifts
one hand and points forward, "'ere's a hole 'r somethin' in the back of the
room, near the top. Like a vent 'r somethin'." Bigger ones he'd probably
crawled through one or two times during his thieving days... "Is 'at why
the air thin' didn't work?" He doesn't have a scientific mind, but he's
trying to think here. He glances over and looks at the others. well? He's
not going to ask Espi to do anything more though. He offers a small smile
as he notices Denn, but can't say much more.

Keay thinks then blurts out, "All right. This fire isn't following natural
laws. COuld we try to use nature in reverse?it could be dangerous though.
if we feed it more air it could explode on us. ."

Denn'ryiel nods her head to the Keeper. "Perhaps... but has anyone
attempted to shield this fellow, or strike at the fire with Spirit? Maybe
it hasn't gone out because it's Saidin-fed."

Espiria glances over to Keay and Denn, nodding several times. "Maybe if one
of you can block that hole back there." She points, tipping her head to one
side to see which direction the hole goes. "Then the other one can take the
air from the room? Wokring together we should be able to get that fire out
now that we see the hole." The bubble still rests over the opening, keeping
most of the heat back, but she looks. "I'm not sure how much longer that
bubble will hold out, But if someone can pull the air out while I keep the
bubble going, I can drop it for a moment for the other one to shield that
hole. I can throw the bibble back up and the 3d one pull the air out." She
glances over to Denn and Keay hoping they decide between them who will do
what. "I'm not sure how much longer it's going to hold as it is now
though..so let's do this quick."

Keay smiles, claps her hands together, grabs the POwer and looks to
Denn'ryiel. "I'll suck you block?"

Oh yeah.. forgot about the McDonald's Aes Sedai. (One Yellow and one Red)
The tow of them are seeing to the trainees. We got one that got so scared
and he's a little fellow, so.. he sort of.. made a mess down the front of
his pants. Poor Yellow is dealing with that. And the Red is still trying to
hold back the crowd trying to watch the Aes Sedai at work.

Moveing his hands back to Espi's shoulders, ready to catch her if she
starts to fall, Neelkan nods his head and just watches for now. Even though
he can't really see what the women are doing. Sometimes he wishes they
created glasses so that men could see the weaves the silly women are doing.
That would be so cool. A lot better then standing around staring blankly
like a silly person. And he just /looks/ at Keay. He... Will... Not...
Laugh.

Denn'ryiel looks at the hole warily, as she listens to the Accepted's plan.
"Very well," she says, swallowing and trying to look Sedaish. She switches
her focus from Spirit to Water, and her eyes loock upon the hole. There's
no way she has the strength to block it with air, but ice is another
matter.

Keay forms a funnel out of air, always one to be artsy even in times of
crisis and gets ready to form a ciphon. "Ready when you girls are

Kaomi notes that the Aes Sedai have everything under control and releases
the Air shield around herself and her warder. She slips quietly down the
stairs, taking advantage of the confusion to make sure Wyntere is alright.

Espiria nods, taking a deep breath as she gets the bubble ready to pull
back. They won't have much time for the fire to try to get out of the room
so it all has to be rather quick. She glances over to the other two,
counting aloud, "1...2..3..Now!" before the bubble comes off, but she has a
stronger bubble ready as soon as she touches her old on..ready to drop back
into place.

Neelkan holds onto Espi and tries to look like he knows what's going on. He
really needs to get himself one of those glasses. Or maybe a book titled
'Channeling for Idiots'.

Ice quickly forms over the vent, reducing the opening to half its size,
then half again. It continues to diminish to the size of a pinpoint before
disappearing completely. A small satisfied smile crosses Denn'ryiel's face.

Keay slips the end of the funnel into the room and pulls the air out. It
comes slowly at first but the steadily onward. S

Once the room is sealed and the air starts to funnel out... The fire soon
dies down. Now what caused that silly thing.

Espiria frowns deeply, shaking her head as she fire finally goes out. She
drops her bubble, glancing at the others as she carefully steps toward what
is left of the room. She sighs softly, glancing at everything very
carefully as she steps over the pieces of desk that are left intact. She
too wants to know what caused the fire. It just wasn't normal.

Seeing that the danger is gone, keay slowly makes her way towards the door,
a Keeper still has paper work on top of emergancies after all. SHe does
flash Espiria a look of "I expect a full report on your findings" before
leaving though.

Moving over to Denn now, leaving Espi now that it seems she won't fall over
Neelkan offers a smile and nods, "'ey. Good thing ya showed up 'en ya did."
Then he glances over at Espi again, "If ya can't find anythin' in 'ere,
I'll give the Trainees at were down 'ere a good talkin' t'. 'ey'll wanna
tell m' if anyone important came in 'ere 'en I'm done." No. He won't be too
mean or evil. But he's going to make it sound like he will. May be a
trainee lingering in hearing distance.

Denn'ryiel looks a little tired now that the channelling is said and done,
but her face lights up as Neelkan approaches. "I didn't do much, Espiria
did all of the hard work." She turns an approving smile to the Accepted,
but is unable to keep her eyes from Neelkan for long. "Are you injured? You
weren't burnt or anything, were you?" she asks somewhat nervously.

Scene pose: Around a charred room stands a few people (namely the ones
listed in the room). They are looking at the room trying to figure out how
a fire got down here.

Espiria pokes around thru the rubble of what used to be a room full of
furniture. Right now thought it probably looks more like someone had a
cookout and forgot to dig the firepit. Espi eyes are keenly set on the
things that were left behind. Searching to see if anything unusual was left
behind. She stops for a moment, turning a few chunks over. Hmm..no nothing
there. Here? Nope. She gets back up again and keeps going. Everyone else is
forgotten at the moment as she tries to figure out what's happened.

Neelkan glances over at Denn for a moment, then shakes his head, "Nawh. I
didn't get 'at close t' it. Just a lil' smoke in the eyes. Nothin' t' fret
o'er." He offers a warm smile, then glances back towards the room, moving a
little further in and glancing around to try to see what caused the whole
room to go up in smoke (literally). He didn't set it. But someone obviously
did. And Espi said she didn't feel anyone channeling. Why would they set it
though...? ...

Corain sniffs the air and follows the smell of burning down into the
basements. Is there food down here? No... it doesn't look like it. The new
trainee stops at the bottom of the steps and looks around, brows furrowed
at the sight. Neelkan is the only one Corain recognizes, though that is
tucked down under a mask of curiousity until it can be all but forgotten.
"Wh-" ahem. "What happened down here?"

Denn'ryiel doesn't answer Corain's question immediately, as she assumes an
Aes Sedai face and begins investigating as soon as Neelkan assures her that
he is alright. "Fire." She finally says, before turning her head slightly
to Espiria. "Remember the lessons where we said that you shouldn't try to
tie off a Fire weave?" she asks.

Espiria glances over to Neel and Denn only then noticing the new face,
"Trainee? Would you come over here and give me a hand? I need to check this
thing.." She motions to the desk that is charred. And it's Corain she was
speaking to. "It seems we had..a fire." She smirks gently, being all
business but also having time to quit a joke or two. "If you could give me
a hand here I would like to see if the fire started here."

Glancing over at the voice, Neelkan suddenly tenses all over. Blood and
ASHES!!! Not he--uh--him? ... Grrrrr. He glares and grumbles for all he's
worth (the tension in him is even higher then it usually is when another
Trainee named Varcel walks in...), then moves over to help Espi out as
well. The other trainee is not here. If he ignores, maybe the trainee will
vanish! Yeah... maybe that'll work... Poof. Go byebye. He's tense all over
even if he's trying to ignore it. What? Do him and the trainee have a past
disagreement of somekind...?

Corain barely looks at Neelkan, and seems perfectly relaxed, if a little
distant. There is a nod to Espiria and a reply, "of course. My name is
Corain by the way." It would hardly do for a certain other trainee to slip
and call this one something else now would it? Cor grips the other side of
the table and between the two of them lifting it up is no big deal. "A
fire, down here?" How it happened would be asked, except that that seems to
be what they're trying to figure out, so the trainee remains quiet on the
subject. Brown eyes throw a glance over towards Neelkan finally and the
look on the trainee's face is slightly amused, as if trying to say 'Geez,
calm down.'

Espiria lifts her brows after the trainee heads over to her. Did someone
say something? OH, that was Denn. She tips her head to one side, blinking
as a shocked look get on her face. "That's it! Denn your a genius!" She
even forgot the Sedai on the end she's so excited. She catches herself
though and chuckles, "I'm sorry...Denn'ryeil Sedai. But that must be it.
Someone tied off fire." She rubs her chin getting soot all over it but not
even noticing. "It..must have been shomehow timed?" She glances over to
Denn, "What do you think. That would certainly explain the reason it
wouldn't go out. It wasn't a natural fire at all. Of course, we pretty much
figured that out." She chuckles softly. Thinking again. But that would mean
they were timed? Timed for what. She darts a glance over to the dungeon
door and a cold dread crosses her. She tips her gaze back to Corain nodding
gently, "Good to meet you, Corain. I'm Espiria. Would you mind turning over
a few more section for me? I will be right back." She turns from him
glancing at Neel for just a moment on her way toward the dungeon doors.

Denn'ryiel purses her lips slightly as she embraces Saidar to enhance her
senses, and confirm her suspicions. She runs a finger across a desk top
charred black. Turning her head, she raises an eyebrow as she sees Neelkan
worked up. Over a trainee, this Corain? What could have caused that, she
wonders to herself. Espiria's answer startles her out of her train of
thought. "Yes... the thing is, since it isn't done much, it isn't practiced
well. Tied off Fire weaves don't dissipate as well as other weaves...
mostly because they aren't worked with nearly as often. I can still sense
some of the Saidar, I'm sure of it."

Don't leave him here alone with the evil one! Well, at least Denn is
staying. Neelkan bends down and helps turn over a few more sections,
letting 'Corain' do some of the wor too. Corain, hmm? He grumbles once,
still rather tense before mumbling, "Like the name 'Cor'." Sense a little
spite there? Maybe a little... He glances over at Denn as she talks about
sensing something and his tension softens, and he even smiles for a minute.
Yes, he knew that Denn was a genius. "Good work, Denn." Sedai? Not from
this young man. Nope. He looks back at the trainee and his mood does a
total turn again. Grrr.

Corain chuckles softly and grins at Neel, the scar crinkling up and
becoming like a sinous worm climbing up the trainee's face, except that
it's partially obscured by spikes of brown bangs cut as if... nah, it
couldn't be that they're there to intentionally cover the face, but they do
seem like they might get in the way. Remembering, Corain bows quite
elegantly to the Sedai, "Aes Sedai," and proceeds to help move some more
debris out of the way. "Thank you." If the young... person notices
Neelkan's grring and glaring it is payed no more attention, though the
relaxed attitude does fade a bit at all the talk of channeling, but the
youth is Essenian after all, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

Denn'ryiel turns away from her investigation while Espiria is away, and her
attention is drawn to the two trainees. Well, obviously if Neelkan is
acting this way, this is an acquaintance of his. Probably a friend he had a
bad conversation with recently, right? She walks over to the new trainee
and looks at him (not over him). "An honor to meet you, Corain," she says
with a slight smile, perhaps encouraged a bit by the bow. "I hope your
fortunes are favored during your stay here."

Espiria heads back out of the dungeon looking much relieved for some
reason. She heads back over to the desks after giving Neel a nod and smile.
Yes, Wynt's okay..for now. She heaves a sigh, nodding to Denn as well with
that relieved look still on her face before she heads up to Corain. "Thank
you for the assistance, Corain. It was greatly appreciated." She goes back
to looking at the desks when something strikes her. Hmm...interesting
thought but it will wait till another time. First thing is first. She
starts poking around the debris again, shaking her head slowly as she falls
into that odd stare again. Yup..her mind is far away right now as she
searches the area again.

Nonononononono!! Stay away from Corain, Denn! Neelkan lifts his head and
looks fit to yell at them all to stay away from he--eh--him. Grrr. This is
so unfair. He straightens up and glares over at Cor, then looks helplessly
as Denn starts to make friends. Don't make friends. And his 'old
acquaintance' could probably see that he happens to like the two young
(well, young looking...) women in the room. He grumbles, kicks at the
debris a little.

Corain grins even more at Denn and nods. "I certainly hope so as well. That
is.. the plan anyway." A hand lifts to the hair in the trainee's face, but
instead of brushing it away it runs through it and actually pulls it down a
little more. Maybe Cor just thinks it looks good like that. Actually.. it
kind of does look good like that. "If there's anything else you need," is
offered to be Denn and Espiria since they seem to be in charge. Brown eyes
flick towards Neel again from under the spiked bangs, but the look there is
completely unreadable. Someone's got a good poker face.

Espiria sighs softly, glancing around the room again before she rubs her
chin and gets a bit more soot on her chin. She raises a slim brow to Cor
before she offers a smile, "No..I think that will be all. Thank you,
Corian. You have been most helpful." She glances back to the debris
embracing again for a moment before she widens her eyes, "Aha. I see now."
She falls silent again, shaking her head, "Very ingenius. But foolish as
well." She rises from the floor, biting her lower lip before she glances at
Neel. "I will still need your help, Neel. But Corian? You are free to go
back to your duties now."

Neelkan resists the urge to shoo the other trainee away, and instead
steadies his expression a little, except his eyes are still rather tense.
"What's ingenius?" He asks Espi, glancing down and not seeing whatever it
is she sees. Must be a power thing. "'n what d'ya need m' help f'r?" Is he
going to get to do hard labor...? (Insert sad face here) Then he motions
towards Corain, "He can lift thin's pretty good if 'at's what ya got in
mind." he says with an evil grin. Yeah. Make 'him' do the hard labor.

For a moment brown eyes narrow slightly at Espiria, not in anger though...
more... annoyance. 'He' lets out a breath upwards the lifts the bangs a
little before letting them back down. "Look.. this is a pretty big mess. Do
you really want to clean it up on your own?" Corain will show you how well
'he' can lift things if you aren't careful Neel! ;) They never did get to
have their duel... and if Neelkan thinks he can avoid it now he has another
think coming. Anyway, "so, unless I'm being dismissed," and there is just
the tiniest edge to the trainee's voice at that, "I'd be happy to stay."
The voice returns to normal and the face regains it's rather charming
smile, the head tilting to one side slightly.

Espiria glances over to Cor, lifting a brow slightly. Boy he's got a long
way to go, doesn't he. Her eyes tip back to Neel and she shakes her head,
"I need you're help, Neel. Your..special help for now." She glances over to
Cor smiling though she really doesn't like the boy's attitude. "Not at the
moment, Corian. Please if you will feel free to bring a few of the other
trainees with you to help clean up this mess, for now though you are
dismissed back to your other duties." She turns toward Neel and motions him
over to one side, but glances over to Cor to mkae sure he is on his way up
before she speaks speaking again.

Special help? He glances around as if making sure no Aes Sedai or a certain
Trainee named Varcel are around. No. Not /that/ kind of special help, Neel.
Grump. He moves over and leans in to listen to what this special help is,
lowering his voice so Corain likely won't hear it, "Has t' do with Wyn,
don't it?" Not a total idiot after all. That's why she wanted his 'special
help'. Though he was a little tempted to believe something else entirely
for a minute there...

Corain bows smoothly to Espiria, "Of course, Accepted." 'He' doesn't even
glance at Neelkan this time as short (for a man's) strides carry him back
up the stairs and out of the basement.

Espiria heaves a sigh and nods to Neel after Cor leaves, "Yes. It does.
This was clearly a set fire and only someone who could have channeled could
have set it this way. Look..I need to run and fill Mother in on this. She
needs to know what happened. I'll meet with you back here once I'm done,
alright?"

.... Neelkan glances around at the charred remains of the room and shakes
his head a little, "How 'bout somewhere else. 'is place'll be crawlin' with
people cleanin' it soon prolly. How 'bout the room 'at we were gonna move
the Brown's boxes int'?"

Espiria glances over to that door and nods, "Yes. That works. I'll meet you
in there as soon as I am thru." She smiles, placing a hand on your
shoulder. "We will catch this person. To be sure. She just made a big
mistake." She turns quickly, smiling as she hurries up the stairs.