Fire and festivals? Yeah, no, Elyna wasn’t going to go, since both of those things annoyed her and one of them was one of the fire things that could actually destroy her. Her kind were tough and nearly immortal, but a stray spark might do her in. However, everyone else seemed to be out there, and she’d yet to see a party that didn’t end in disaster, so after her initial internal refusal, she’d relented.
Honestly, the main reason she was going was so she could snoop. She didn’t trust these naturals as far as she could throw them (which, with some of them, was quite far, scrawny as they were) and she couldn’t help the nagging feeling that they either knew more than they were telling or they were responsible for the Northaveners plight. Of course, her investigative technique was to annoy people until they tried to fight or kill her, then follow that lead, so that required her to, you know, talk to people.
So talk to them she would: this shindig was at night, so she would be at full strength and not crippled by the sun. Speeding over there, she’d halt in the shadows, eyes scanning the crowd, easily picking out who was who. Seeing as she had no friends—and no desire to make any—she didn’t have to say hello to anyone. Instead, she picked out likely targets. Wessex and Rory (though she didn’t know their names) might have been useful, since she’d engaged with them before, but that birdbrained former Overseer was with them. The man would no doubt object to her questioning, since he seemed like the type. The self-righteous overly masculine annoying fucker type, that is.
Instead, she’d approach the strange looking women who similarly seemed to be holding themselves apart. Tae and @grusha weren’t known to Elyna—not that it mattered to her, since she wasn’t intimidated by anyone—but hopefully they’d know something. Not bothering to slow down, she ran over to them, appearing before them in a rush. ”Hey. What’s this all about?” As always, Elyna’s voice came out gruffly, but she wasn’t actively being unfriendly. Maybe she could learn.
elyna
Improving upon perfection
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