Day 18 mid morning
NRPG - this is just after Jeneve and Breezy's conversation about the lack of riders, 

[snip from Nicole]

She had always had an earth sense, and that allowed
her to find and use the best soil for her herbs but it
was only a sense.  Something that told her the soil
was good or told her that her herbs would not grow.

Nothing more.

But this, this was completely different.  She actually
felt pain here.  Pain so acute it made her cry out.
What had happened here that had left that kind of
impression in the earth??  Did this have to do with
why her "welcome" was really an interrogatory?

She wouldn't know anything until her story was
verified and she was really welcomed into the warren.
She was sure the guard would not give her any
information.  She would just have to wait.
[end snip]

"Are you alright?" 

The voice filtered into Chime's consciousness. She looked up to see a tall, slim, blonde young woman, with a caring expression on her face. 

"Have you hurt your hands?" the young woman asked.

Chime had still been staring at the dirt in her hands, a distraught expression on her face.

"Oh! Umm, not really..." she stammered, hoping that she wouldn't be pressed for an explanation, especially when she was so uncertain herself of what had happened. And also when she was uncertain as to whether she was around friends...

"That's good," smiled the other woman. "But you do look a bit pale," she led Chime away from the guards, saying, "I'm sorry if the guards seem a bit brusque, but they've, um, been under a lot of stress recently. Working long hours."

Chime nodded, noting that one of the guards had broken away from the others and was following them at a discreet distance.

"So," said the blonde, "Why don't you come to my office and have some coffee? I've got some cookies too, if you like. Then you can tell me all about yourself."

"Sure," said Chime, softly, sounding anything but 'sure'.

"What's your name?" the other woman enquired.

"Chime,"

"What a nice name!" she replied, brightly, "I'm Jeneve,"

As they reached her office, Jeneve took a large key from her pocket and opened the door. Pushing it open, she stepped inside and waited for Chime to come in too. As the guard made to follow them, Jeneve shook her head, and he nodded sharply, taking up a position outside the door.

As Jeneve shut the door, she rolled her eyes towards the ceiling. "They mean well," she said, with a rueful grin, "but it can get awfully claustrophobic with all those guards around." 

"So!" she said, picking up a steaming flask. "How do you like your coffee?"

<tag Nicole>

NRPG: I thought it might be fun if Jeneve threw protocol (not to mention caution) to the winds and just invited nice, friendly looking Chime in for coffee, before Breezy and the guards have had a chance to 'check her over'. 

Respectfully submitted
Carina Norris
carina@norris25.freeserve.co.uk

aka Warrenlady Jeneve <& Malani>







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