Ashan 4, Arc 721
At the beginning of Ashan, the temperatures had finally begun to rise. It was warm and sunny now – for Viden, at least; in other parts of the world such a kind of weather would still be considered to be quite cold – and people went out and explored. After thirty trials of darkness, they were almost starving for a bit of fresh air and marveling at the first rays of light. The son of Ziell had taken to going for walks and meeting with people outside his home himself, although he did not mind the darkness and the cold as much as most did. Walking through the streets of Viden that were covered with a thin layer of glittering white snow put his mind at ease though, at least temporarily, and calmed him down.
There was something almost meditative about it, in fact, that helped him focus on something other than the impending war, the war that he had been researching since the beginning of the cycle. The war that was so much bigger than he had thought at first would continue to hold most of his attentions until a solution had finally been found, but he realized that he occasionally needed to take a break. Some things only became clearer after you had taken a step back for a break or two, for example, and looked at it with fresh eyes.
That trial, his walk eventually took him to the White Fox Inn where he had decided to meet with Taelis, a fellow chemist who was slowly becoming something almost like a friend in order to work on a project for university, among other things. The cycle before, before he had really known what was happening, he had started to study towards a Charter in Chemistry. His plan was to, ultimately, devise a new categorization system for chemical substances. That project would likely be somewhat delayed due to his activities pertaining to Scalvoris, but he was positive that he would be able to finish the Charter itself in time.
The White Fox Inn was relatively popular among students as well as teachers from the Academy. He could actually see a few familiar faces as he entered. There was Astrid for example, one of his alchemy students, a human woman that wore her blonde hair in a thick braid. She had occasionally assisted him a little with his experiments. Taelis, the man he was looking for, an Eidisi was seated at a corner table and raised a hand when he noticed him. The Mortalborn smiled very lightly and nodded before he walked over to him.
They had decided to meet in the afternoon, before people came to the White Fox Inn for dinner and it would get crowded so that they would actually be able to focus on their studies. Taelis, he could see as he took a seat opposite the other man had already ordered a cup of coffee and was going through his notes. Doran decided to do the same and also ordered a light meal, one of the White Fox Inn’s finer ones, as he had not eaten a lot that trial yet. Once upon a time, he would have been entirely content with a slice of bread and some roast meat, for example; his spark enjoyed variety though, different flavor combinations and interesting textures.
It was a change that he did not mind – a change that he had actually begun to enjoy, in fact.
At the beginning of Ashan, the temperatures had finally begun to rise. It was warm and sunny now – for Viden, at least; in other parts of the world such a kind of weather would still be considered to be quite cold – and people went out and explored. After thirty trials of darkness, they were almost starving for a bit of fresh air and marveling at the first rays of light. The son of Ziell had taken to going for walks and meeting with people outside his home himself, although he did not mind the darkness and the cold as much as most did. Walking through the streets of Viden that were covered with a thin layer of glittering white snow put his mind at ease though, at least temporarily, and calmed him down.
There was something almost meditative about it, in fact, that helped him focus on something other than the impending war, the war that he had been researching since the beginning of the cycle. The war that was so much bigger than he had thought at first would continue to hold most of his attentions until a solution had finally been found, but he realized that he occasionally needed to take a break. Some things only became clearer after you had taken a step back for a break or two, for example, and looked at it with fresh eyes.
That trial, his walk eventually took him to the White Fox Inn where he had decided to meet with Taelis, a fellow chemist who was slowly becoming something almost like a friend in order to work on a project for university, among other things. The cycle before, before he had really known what was happening, he had started to study towards a Charter in Chemistry. His plan was to, ultimately, devise a new categorization system for chemical substances. That project would likely be somewhat delayed due to his activities pertaining to Scalvoris, but he was positive that he would be able to finish the Charter itself in time.
The White Fox Inn was relatively popular among students as well as teachers from the Academy. He could actually see a few familiar faces as he entered. There was Astrid for example, one of his alchemy students, a human woman that wore her blonde hair in a thick braid. She had occasionally assisted him a little with his experiments. Taelis, the man he was looking for, an Eidisi was seated at a corner table and raised a hand when he noticed him. The Mortalborn smiled very lightly and nodded before he walked over to him.
They had decided to meet in the afternoon, before people came to the White Fox Inn for dinner and it would get crowded so that they would actually be able to focus on their studies. Taelis, he could see as he took a seat opposite the other man had already ordered a cup of coffee and was going through his notes. Doran decided to do the same and also ordered a light meal, one of the White Fox Inn’s finer ones, as he had not eaten a lot that trial yet. Once upon a time, he would have been entirely content with a slice of bread and some roast meat, for example; his spark enjoyed variety though, different flavor combinations and interesting textures.
It was a change that he did not mind – a change that he had actually begun to enjoy, in fact.
