When he passed by another bookseller in Snowcloak and paused to peruse their wares. Just for a moment. Just to skim a few titles and perhaps trade some fresh apples he'd saved from his Portal toll for a tome or two. And of course, once he’d bought the books he had to crack them open, to see what might be hidden within their pages. Last time he’d learned a children’s tale of mage glass. Who knew what it would be today? As he slipped his Spectacles into place he hoped for some more information about the mountains beyond the Fangs, but one could never tell what these old treasure troves of information would contain.
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the Sage
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02-26-2020, 05:18 PM
He was taking more time to himself these days, spending more hours at the farm with Rory and learning who he wanted to become, in between tragedies and events of great import. He still didn’t go out to explore as much as he would have liked, not least because the portals still made his skin crawl and he wasn't sure how he was supposed to feel about being a Guardian that used them, but he had made a promise to come visit his friend Loren in the Palace Infirmary more often, and he was on his way to do just that… When he passed by another bookseller in Snowcloak and paused to peruse their wares. Just for a moment. Just to skim a few titles and perhaps trade some fresh apples he'd saved from his Portal toll for a tome or two. And of course, once he’d bought the books he had to crack them open, to see what might be hidden within their pages. Last time he’d learned a children’s tale of mage glass. Who knew what it would be today? As he slipped his Spectacles into place he hoped for some more information about the mountains beyond the Fangs, but one could never tell what these old treasure troves of information would contain.
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02-26-2020, 06:12 PM
The book had been cute, but the tale was one he already knew the general plot of, and the addition of memory snow was quaint but hardly groundbreaking. With a sigh he started to turn away, only to find an unexpectedly familiar friend at his elbow. Blinking over the top of his scarf, the bard realized ruefully that since Sam didn't mind the cold, this was the perfect place for him to be. "You need to write your stories faster," he teased back with a crinkling of his eyes to show the hidden smile below. "Unless you've published a new tale I haven't gotten to read yet?" Tucking his new book into his pack - he'd add it to the Atheneum when he got back, something nice for the fairy tale section - he gestured for Sam to join him as he headed towards a small tavern he'd found before. It wouldn't be busy at this early hour of the afternoon, and would give them someplace a little warmer to talk. It seemed like much of their time lately revolved around guild business, but they weren't in the guild today and it would be nice to chat for a bit as friends... "Do you have time?" he asked hopefully. "Maybe we could catch up for a bit? I'm on my way to see Loren, but he's not expecting me so he won't mind if I'm a little late," he admitted with a wry chuckle. "How have you been?"
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03-01-2020, 10:39 PM
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03-02-2020, 05:43 PM
"Mmm. I suppose they are always worth the wait," he agreed back, still grinning. "But that means I do need to fill in the empty hours while you work on your next masterpiece." He patted his pack with its new book ruefully. "Even if they're sometimes, hm. Not quite up to the standard of expectations I've become spoiled with, after reading your work." He chuckled, following beside his friend as they headed away through the streets, and Jigano tucked his hands into his pockets to warm them up as they walked. He hadn't expected Sam to mention Loren. They'd both been Loreseekers, but it had been so brief a time, barely a season it seemed like, before Loren had left to pursue his grief and new position in Halo. Beneath his hat and scarf both eyebrows rose at the sudden and utterly unexpected revelation, and the bard was momentarily at a loss for words. "Ah... he's... doing better after Abasi's death, then?" he asked cautiously. The last time he'd seen the summoner, Loren had been driving himself in a vicious downward spiral. "And... you're over what happened with Nate?" He knew Sam tended to fly from one romance to the next, but it had hardly been a few weeks, perhaps half a season? Since the bookmaker had broken that news.
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03-07-2020, 12:56 PM
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03-07-2020, 04:19 PM
"You've been keeping that from me?" Jigano teased, mock-outraged beneath his muffling hat and scarf. "Sam, I thought we were friends!" Indeed, what sort of betrayal was this, to find his fellow bibliophile hadn't been sharing his books? Outrageous! ...If not for the laughing undertone of the Provost's voice and the merry twinkle in his blue (definitely blue) eyes. Humor that faded as Loren was brought up, the summoner a subject of some concern. Sam's explanation raised a brow in surprise, Jigano shocked to hear that his bleeding-heart, romantically-inclined friend was playing the field, so to speak. "Ah... I see...?" He said, mentally off-balance and not sure quite what to say at such a revelation. Hearing how mature his friend was being over his cheating former lover was almost as big a surprise, though a far better one. "I'm still sorry that it happened the way it did," the bard managed, finding his tongue again. "But... I'm glad that you're not blaming yourself for it." He followed Sam up the wall curiously, wondering where they were going. "How far away is it?" he asked, intrigued in spite of the bitter cold that felt so unseasonal in Longheat.
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03-09-2020, 05:48 PM
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03-09-2020, 06:18 PM
"Yes, but I've already read all of them," Jigano teased back. "There were those delightful little pocketbooks of poetry in particular that I quite liked..." The bard had helped Sam get the place ready, and had assisted with the sorting. He was familiar with all the titles in there save the newest penned during the most recent season. "Ah... well... as long as you're both happy?" he agreed tentatively, letting it sink in until it seemed like a less alien concept. Could Sam engage in intimacy without emotional connections being forged? Based on how he had spoken of it before it seemed a fairly sharp departure, but he wasn't going to judge if the bookmaker was able to take some solace in a friends-with-benefits sort of arrangement. Gods least fortunate, though, if Remi found out... He didn't want to think of how much more damage the shattered alchemist could take. Admittedly, Jigano had been hoping for a place that was warm and sold mulled cider or hot tea, but he smiled beneath his scarf and nodded at Sam's comment. "Deadly things often are," he observed, rippling a thick coat of white fur beneath his winter clothes to keep himself warm against the wind. "But it is impressive. It remind me of my world... at least in winter," he amended wryly. Given the Longheat sun overhead, the difference in seasons was stark, and Halo's ancient curse was never more apparent.
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03-12-2020, 11:33 AM
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03-12-2020, 03:51 PM
"Oh, they weren't bad at all! Though perhaps you could make a consolidated book of the smaller volumes? An omnibus, of sorts, that you can rebind with your new skills?" A little harder to carry around as easily than the pocket-sized folios, but easier to read them all and not worry about missing one of the collection that way! The news about Loren was still... strange. But the bard was generally quick to catch his mental balance and he nodded in agreement about the summoner's hard times. "Not just recently," he added with a soft sigh. "I hope you can both help each other." Loren wasn't the only one dealing with difficulties lately, after all. Jigano had come across dragons, cannibals, and cultists so far, not to mention rockfalls, frost giants, and the bones of those who had not been so lucky in surviving. Though at least he, too, had avoided the Ursurs. "Mm. Not in a good way or a bad one, I suppose," he mused thoughtfully. "Though... yes, it does make me miss those I left behind. More so now than when I first came through the portal," he admitted with a hint of wistful sadness in his voice. He shivered in spite of his fur and layers, tucking his hands deeper into his pockets. Isuma peeped a soft protest and wriggled out from his hood, blinking owlishly in the bright light reflecting off the snow. "In the winter, from a top of Torch's hill, you could see the plains spread out all around, gleaming white with the smoke rising from the town's chimneys but the roofs all covered in snow. Numeria is a northerly land, so the winters were cold and the snows were often deep..." he trailed off with a sigh, remembering hunting with his mother through the snow, and warming his hands by the fire in his father's forge after trekking back from Khonnir's Temple school in the heart of the small city.
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03-14-2020, 07:55 PM
the Sage
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Change author: Posts: 3,914 | Total: 7,633 MP: 3590 "I'll make sure to nudge you about it regularly," the Provost teased agreeably. "That sounds like an excellent project for the Hall. Something personal and fun to work on in between the Chronicle and personal journals. I know those can often contain records of tragedies and loss," he added, his lighthearted mood dropping somewhat at the reminder of Adam and Coffee's recent deaths. The wistful twist on childhood memories brought the smile back to his lips, though it was still tinged with sadness as he looked out over the snowy land beyond and let it shift in his mind's eye to a different place and time, decades and worlds away. "Oh yes," he agreed. "I don't have siblings, and I was somewhat of a weedy academic even as a child, but after lessons at Brigh's Temple I'd still join the other children sometimes, throwing snowballs or building snowmen. Or mother and I would play hide-and-seek in it in our fox shapes. I get my white coloring from her side of the family," he revealed with a rueful smile. He wanted to ask if Sam had played in it, as well... but he knew enough of his friend's past to know the bookmaker's childhood had been difficult while he lived with his parents, and Deepfrost was often a frenzy of preparations for LongNight. "Have you ever been sledding?" he asked instead, an activity that could be done alone and with minimal tools. A large enough strip of bark would do in a pinch. The offer was met eagerly, the bard nodding as he turned to follow his friend back out of the worst of the wind and back to street level. "Oh that sounds lovely. Rather like the reading room in your shop, it sounds like?"
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