light the fuse

REXANNA for a time it seemed to me, that we were starlight-touched... failing to realize that we were starcrossed, She hadn’t expected to hear such a friendly voice, walking into the Loreseekers Guild. But she couldn’t complain in the slightest as a pale woman, dressed with the same rags she had seen her in previously, breezed by with a smile and hurried toward her and Deimos. She glanced to her companion for a moment before looking to Maea and offering a wide, bright smile of her own. “It is a surprise!” She acknowledged with a quiet hum of a laugh, but Deimos introduced himself to Maea and her friend began to show them to a place where they could talk. Rexanna followed diligently, and took a seat beside Deimos – the man not quite getting comfortable just yet, but Rexanna had no qualms with it. She sunk into the cushions, crossing one leg over the other. And her sapphire gaze slipped toward Maea curiously as she began to speak of others learning more information more recently than the pale woman had. But she acknowledged it, and was happy to listen to fill in any blanks. When Maea offered to help fill in the blanks, her head shifted toward Deimos before a voice began from the depths of the books, an almost sorrowful song based off the lyrics, but she found her gaze traveling toward the sound as well only to find Amalia. She stepped forward, apologized, and questioned Maea which caused Rexanna to glance toward the rags that Maea wore before looking back toward Amalia with a gentle smile. “It’s good to see you again Amalia.” She offered, no longer harboring any of the flirtatious tones she had previously encountered Amalia with. But Deimos had already laid out the information that he knew, and as he glanced to Rexanna, she straightened and looked between all of them. “We want to get an idea of what it’s keeping in. And perhaps what it might be preventing from getting in if there’s any information or news on that. We aren't sure where to start, really.” She tilted her head with the question burning in her eyes. But she hadn’t met with Remi just yet, had yet to learn that it was to keep the Ascended in. And now, she was filled with a grim curiosity to try and begin to expect the unexpected. the stars were never on our side.