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Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 25, 2015 5:01:48 GMT
"Perhaps at a later time, when your foot is better again." The redhead relented as they made their way back to the entertainers training grounds, and directed Max to sit on one of the closest benches before also sitting down next to the blond girl. Of course not the same bench where that first fat (and now dead) man had been - one far, far away that had no hint of it in sight.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
The girl smiled a little, happy at that answer. When Edel gestured for her to sit down, she did, however she was confused about why they stopped here instead of at the theater.
“Is something wrong?” Max asked. She glanced around the area, not noticing much other than for how quiet it was compared to the normal busyness of the day.
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 25, 2015 6:30:18 GMT
"Not really." She responded with an awkward chuckle, making a calming hand motion. "I just remembered something rather relevant here: I don't know where you live. Is it the dorms, or you have a house? No worth in carrying you to the theater, you can't continue practicing well like that and would just have to wobble on your own or have help from someone else to get home. My bad. "
Well she did warn Max beforehand to be careful to not get pricked by those needles, but too late now.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
The jumbled question was only answered with a shrug at first. “I wanted to go to the theater to get my clothes.” She wanted to end her explanation there, but she felt it would be rude not to answer the question. Lying about it was out of the question, so after a moment of silence she continued.
“I don’t exactly ‘live’ anywhere. You don’t have to worry about taking me home.”
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 25, 2015 22:07:36 GMT
"......." She took a second to let that answer sink into her own head before replying to Max. "....I hope you do realize that makes me worry more."
Sigh. What worth being in a guild if it didn't help her have a place to sleep?
"To the Theater first to fetch your belongings, and then to the dorms it is then. They should have a vacant room, we just have to register you there first."
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
“Dorms?” What dorms? Nobody had told her about any dorms.
She didn’t move a muscle as she looked at the red head, whole-hearted confusion that she didn’t even bother to mask coating her face. Was she about to say that Max hadn’t needed to sleep on the streets since she joined the guild, oh, eight or nine months ago? She wasn’t upset by it, no, but she was thrown for a loop by this revelation.
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 26, 2015 2:55:50 GMT
In all fairness, the redhead had mentioned the dorms when asked if Max was staying there or if she actually had a house somewhere else. She had thought everyone knew of those... apparently Max didn't. "Yes, the dorms. You're a CAEsAL worker still, you have access to it. I don't know if they'll hand you a single room or if you'll get a roommate, but either way it's better than sleeping on the street."
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
“Nobody told me the job came with a place to stay.” Would have been nice to know that last winter. With it, you know, being so cold and all.
Sighing, she stood up then, well as much as she could stand up with a numb foot. Might as well hobble over to the theater sooner rather than later since she actually had a place she could sleep in, if only for a night.
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 26, 2015 4:50:15 GMT
How? How didn't Max know about the dorms? She was supposed to have been told about them by the one in charge at the day she passed the initiation trial and joined CAEsAL. Max joined them around an infant's gestation time prior. 9 months. Edelweiss had been absent at the time. Who was the one overseeing Max.......
"................Stephen is grounded. Oh so grounded. So grounded he'll grow roots in the soil. He won't be petting Stephannie for a month. " The redhead grumbled while helping Max walk towards the theater.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Hobbling along as best as she could, Max couldn’t help but feel a little bad for Stephen. It sounded like he was suddenly in a lot of trouble. “You mean Triune?” she asked, opting to use his codename. “I don’t think it’s his fault,” she said quietly. Maybe he hadn’t known about the dorms either, or maybe he didn’t know that anyone could live in them. Either way, the blond felt bad for the second in command enough to try and lessen his punishment.
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 26, 2015 5:13:31 GMT
"It's not only about the dorms. I don't believe it was on purpose, but he had been skipping pieces of the newer trials until I talked to him about not doing that too, so if it happened because he didn't know better it still at least comfirms he has a lot of 'homework' to learn about CAEsAL. He isn't stupid, and I trust him, but that's all the most reason for a second-in-comand to know about the guild he's helping lead." And that's why Edelweiss is intending to sit him through some intensive 'CAEsAL history and geography' lessons and he's not going to pet the fluffball that is her cat until he learns it all. Time to test how much he enjoys reading.
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
“Oh…” She hadn’t realized that he hadn’t been doing thing right around the guild. It wasn’t her place to say anything further, however, so she remained quiet until they made it to the theater, contemplating just what it meant to be a leader in this guild.
Once Max retrieved her relatively few possessions (which consisted of a shirt, pants, and the trusty cloak) she turned to Edel. “How far away are the dorms?” Hopefully it wouldn’t be much farther than the theater had been from where the bodies now rested.
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 26, 2015 18:41:24 GMT
It's not that Edelweiss wanted to ever switch her second-in-command. Stephen was pretty good, and she knew he cared for CAEsAL and the people in it, he just... seemed to be lacking a portion of important information on details about the guild workings - what things were there, why they were there, how they worked, etc. And it couldn't stay that way, because a 2IC is in that post supposed to take over the Leader duties and role if anything happens so that the actual Leader cannot.
It wasn't a sad thought, the redhead found natural that no one lives forever and therefore neither herself would. But still, although she's not intending to leave nor die anytime, no one knows what tomorrow will bring. And she still felt she should at least make sure Stephen can be a leader as good - or better - than she is. For that end, better starting earlier than later, therefore now.
Hence why he's still grounded.
"Some squares away. We'll have to walk some still, but not an unbearable amount."
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
Hobbling forward again, the young blond nodded. She was getting tired of how difficult this walking was and wanted to just flop over in a street and sleep it off. But Edel had promised a bed, so she will limp onwards, questing for the aforementioned bed.
"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -Lord Byron
Post by Edelweiss Fjäril on Jul 27, 2015 0:04:02 GMT
"Depending on the room, they can be normal beds or bunk types. They all have decent mattresses and a pillow though. And blankets." She replied to the questioning about the dorm beds.
Edelweiss couldn't help but notice how ehxausted Max was looking. Yes, the redhead was good at reading expressions, but even if she was terrible at it that would have been hard to miss. "Do you need another piggyback ride?"
"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - John Dalberg-Acton
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