Wednesday, March 11, 2015

In the middle

The portal behind illuminated the dimly lit summoning chambers of Felo'melorn Spire revealing three large pillars in the room that surrounded a large, circular pedestal that Selenthiel slowly stepped off of. The shadows from the pillars danced around the room caused by the portal's luminescence putting her on edge. She stopped and listened for a brief moment expecting to see any familiar faces or servants appear but she remembered her visit back to Silvermoon was unannounced and no one was expecting her arrival. She took a few more steps from the center of the room towards two large wooden doors that closed the room off from the rest of the Spire, behind her the portal began to dissipate but just as she was about to open the doors leading out of the chamber they slowly began to open themselves. Selenthiel stopped in place in surprise, seeing her sister Tyavel emerge from around the doors. Breathing a sigh of relief, she smiled at Tyavel whom was now stationed in the archway of the doors grinning back at her. "Well it is about time." she said as she walked up to her with open arms. Tyavel was dressed in a light azure colored silken gown, her blond hair was as always tucked neatly into a bun. The two sisters briefly embraced and departed the chambers, "How were you aware of my arrival?" Selenthiel asked with great curiosity, "I created a ward inside the chamber that activates when there is a unexpected arrival. My own work of course..." she said with pride as her voice trailed off. The two continued down a long stretch of hallway leading further into the spire, two House guardians stood in silence on opposite ends of a large elegant wooden door and upon seeing Tyavel and Selenthiel they quickly bowed. "I have some matters I am clearing up with  House Sunhaven at the moment but I wanted to make sure you were greeted once I was aware you had arrived." Tyavel said softly as she smiled. Selenthiel cocked her left eye brow at her sister, "This is rather odd to see you acting so-". but Tyavel interjected "As a proper Magistrix should? You will find much has changed since you were last home." Selenthiel simple smiled, not wanting to insult her any further if she had done so. "Than I will let you be, Magistrix of House Felo'melorn." she said attempting to humor herself. Tyavel rolled her eyes and smiled and quickly turned to the House guards where she nodded slightly at them, giving them silent instructions to open the door for her but before she disappeared into the room she quickly turned back to Selenthiel, "Oh, I almost forgot. Since you are back, perhaps you could speak to Andithiel? He still mopes through out the spire with heart ache over what happened with Kyliska, perhaps you could say something to encourage him?".  Selenthiel nodded at her sisters request and watched her disappear into the room as the guards closed the door behind her.

Selenthiel had spent the better half of her afternoon searching the spire for her brother and greeting House servants that welcome her back but after countless hours of searching, he could not be found. A few servants had reported seeing him leave the spire in direction of The Bazaar but their guess was as good as any one's if he had ventured into the city as to his exact where about. Selenthiel decided to take advantage of the situation by venturing out into the streets of Silvermoon in hopes of finding something that she may wish to take home with her. She ventured to her chambers inside the spire and immediately began to browse through her collection of dresses. After choosing a golden hue dress made out of mageweave, she quickly slipped the dress on, straightened her hair and departed her chambers towards the main entrance of the spire. The hallway leading to the main chamber was busy as countless servants were seen carrying platters of food and drink, no doubt at the request of her sister. As the last of the servants passed her by, Selenthiel offered a smile and nodded at them and continued on her way but was stopped by a familiar voice, a voice she recalled right away and cared for very little , "Well well well, look who finally decided to return home." Selenthiel turned to see Denissia leaning against the wall behind her dressed in a black dress with red trimming on it. In her left hand she carried a small vine of grapes that she had been eating and plucked another grape from the vine and into her mouth. Selenthiel smiled at her and it pained her to do so, for this woman held a great lack of respect to her House and herself but, Tyavel saw the need to have a skilled warlock represent the 'best' interest of House Felo'melorn. "Denissia..." Selenthiel said acknowledging her before turning her back to her. "Not even a 'Hello'?" Denissia said with an ill-mannered tone in her voice. "If I wanted to lower myself to the bowls of the darkest corners of the spire I would come to you to say hello however, there are places in this world that even light doesn't penetrate Denissia..." she shot back at her as she continued to walk away.

Outside of the spire, Selenthiel found herself walking through the streets of Silvermoon taking in the smells, sights and sounds of home that she had truly missed. The streets were busy with commoners, servants and nobles all going about their business, but no sign of Andithiel. She did not expect to run into him but still made an effort to keep an eye open for him. She approached a vendor whom had small array of dresses hanging from a magical floating harness hold them up so they could be properly displayed to the public. One dress caught her eye, a forest green dress that seemed to be made of silk. The dress consisted of two pieces, clearly not meant for an everyday since it was very 'open' but Selenthiel still found herself liking the dress. "That dress is meant for one lucky man, that is if you buy it." a voice said off to her side. Selenthiel turned to see Kyliska chuckling to herself over her greeting. Selenthiel smiled and laughed, Kyliska wore a luxurious silken dress, her ivory hair settled just below her shoulders and was neatly groomed, behind her, a pair of patient servant girls held boxes and bags. "Kyliska, it has been far too long. How have you been?" Selenthiel asked with sincerity in her voice. The Blood Knight smiled in response and nodded, "I have been well, busy, but well." her voice trailed off as she gestured to her dress. "Biara?" Selenthiel simply asked.  Kyliska nodded once more, "You could say that. Under the circumstances I thought it best that I purchase some new dresses to better fit my new role as Scion." Kyliska said as she began to admire the dress that Selenthiel had previously been looking at. "What of you? I understand you have been away in Draenor?" Kyliska asked. "It is not as bad as I had thought previously before I departed Silvermoon." Selenthiel said as she walked over to a nearby cart casing a number of jeweled earrings and hair pins, "However I will not deny the fact I missed home terribly and it is good to be back." Kyliska followed suit and she too began to rummage through the selection of earrings before her and began to laugh, "I cannot believe I am actually shopping for this stuff." Selenthiel looked over her shoulder and smiled, "I must admit I would have never have imagined seeing you about wearing a dress, let alone to be shopping for these items." Selenthiel said teasingly. Kyliska picked up a set of large red gaudy earrings that she held up to her ears causing Selenthiel to chuckle, "No." Kyliska laughed, "I detest this! I cannot believe people actually 'do' this!" she said as she returned the earrings to the cart. Selenthiel picked up a small set of green, gold lined earrings and pulled out a few golden coins from her coin purse and handed them to the merchant in which he offered a nod and thanked her for the purchase. Selenthiel turned and handed the earrings to Kyliska, "You can never go wrong with green. Here." she said as she extended the gift to Kyliska. "Sel, you did not have to purchase those for me, I have more than eno-" but before she could finish what she was saying Selenthiel interjected, "They are a gift. Please, accept them. Besides...they will go well with that green runecloth dress..." Selenthiel said teasingly as she pointed at a bag that was being carried by one of the servants that she had observed earlier. Kyliska rolled her eyes and smiled. "Just profess that you are shopping to impress a man at home." Selenthiel blurted before realizing what she had said. Kyliska's cheery smile faded and the scene quickly became awkward for the two with Kyliska looking over her shoulder unable to look Selenthiel in the eye. "I-I am sorry, I did not mean to say that." Kyliska forced a smile, "How is he?" she said softly. There was silence for a moment between the two as they both paused. "To be honest, I have not spoken with him in some time. I was actually told he had left the spire and had that was my reason for being here." Selenthiel said. Kyliska quickly became on edge and began to scan her surroundings in response to her words. "I know this is not an easy time for neither of you Kyliska, but...perhaps you could make an appearance this evening before you retire to your estate this evening to see him? I think it would both do you some good." Selenthiel said with a glimmer of hope and placed her right hand gently on Kyliska's right shoulder. Kyliska stood there in silence, clearly contemplating if it was indeed a good idea or not. Never before had Selenthiel seen Kyliska so nervous, a 10 ton gronn could run at her at full speed and Kyliska would not flinch but the very thought of talking to her ex-lover caused her to freeze in place. The idea was possibly not the best one considering the events that lead to Kyliska and her brother's break-up and Selenthiel's siblings were not known to be rational when it came to their emotions. "You are right." Kyliska said with a new determination. "There are things that likely need to be said on both our parts. I will make an appearance after I have tended to a few things. First thing is first, I need to get out of this sun forsaken dress!" Selenthiel laughed at her words, "Than I look forward to seeing you this evening, Lady Sunfire." Selenthiel curtsied causing Kyliska to roll her eyes once more, "Lady Felo'melorn." Kyliska and Selenthiel smiled at each other and both departed ways from the bustling market place.

The evening hours had begun to set in and Selenthiel had found herself just walking up the main entryway of House Felo'melorn. The two guards stationed outside the main entrance bowed to her and opened the doors. Upon entering chamber, Selenthiel set her eyes upon a courier who had a number of numerous packages lying around him with her sister investigating the contents of each package. "Excellent timing." Selenthiel said as she approached the young man who simply stood in place without saying a word. After meeting Kyliska, Selenthiel had managed to purchase a 'few' necessities that she had clearly lacked from being on Draenor and decided to relish in the moment and hire a courier to recover her purchases she had made and deliver them to the spire since she had not brought a servant earlier. "Oh my." Tyavel said as she retrieved a verdant colored dress that revealed it's many openings to show off the wearers skin and body. "I was told you went looking for our brother but perhaps you found a suitor instead?" Tyavel said with a devious grin. Selenthiel shook her head and dismissed the courier, "Lacking sophistication as always, dear sister." Selenthiel shot over to her sister whom was still holding the dress in her hands. "You know I only tease. Though you do need a good man in your life...". Tyavel said as she snapped her fingers summoning servants to take her sisters packages to her chambers. Selenthiel sighed and walked up to her sister, "Has Andithiel returned?" Tyavel simply nodded. "I did not speak with him directly but I saw Seishou prowling the spire gardens not long ago." she said with an agitated tone. Selenthiel turned to head in the direction of the gardens but did not get far before Tyavel asked a question of her causing her to stop, "I assume your unannounced visit is in regards to my letter?" Selenthiel had not forgotten that her sole purpose of her visit was to get in touch with the Death Knight that called herself Malfecta in regards to her investigation but for now that would have to wait. She turned and nodded, "I had assumed by the way you worded your letter you requested I take charge of it so I thought it best I return vs. correspond via letter from Draenor." Tyavel slowly walked up to her and nodded, "I would prefer not to involve myself any further. I consider this matter an issue that should be dealt solely by House Sunfire and our involvement has already exceeded my desired amount." Selenthiel cocked an eye brow at her, "They are our strongest and most supportive ally, surely you are aware that that the concord between our two Houses required us to assist?" Tyavel nodded and crossed her arms, "The sole reason we involved ourselves was due to House Dawnsea's assault, lucky for House Sunfire that we acted upon it. I will never forgive nor forget the harm that Biara had allowed to grow and fester that harmed my family. If the roles had been reversed I can guarantee you Biara would be demanding reconciliations from our House for a lifetime, much as what she did with the incident involving that ridiculous barge of her's that is now at the bottom of the sea." Selenthiel sighed and rolled her eyes at her sisters words. Selenthiel could see where it looked like her own House had been victim to an un-beneficial alliance with House Sunfire but there would be a time that they too would be called upon to make a sacrifice. "It is not perfect, sister but the benefits of this alliance will surface in time, I can assure you, however now is not the time for this discussion." Tyavel looked at her clearly unsatisfied with her words and nodded. Selenthiel continued on her way towards the gardens.

The spire gardens were quiet with the exception of the central fountain spurting out water out of it's top. Selenthiel walked slowly on the stone path that seemed to cut through shrubs, trees and flowers, her whole surrounding was serene and she was relaxed. Kyliska would be showing up soon , she could only hope Andithiel still was in the gardens like her sister said he was but still there was no sign of him nor Seishou. As she continued her walk through the gardens, a large marble statue of Biara Dayfire appeared just as she came around the corner of a hedge bush and it was there she found Andithiel. Selenthiel had commissioned the statue in honor of Biara not long ago but she never had taken the time to inspect it until now. As Selenthiel approached him, she could see he was aiming his bow at an apple that he must have placed on top of the statue, the scene made her chuckle for if Biara had seen this it would likely cause a incident. Andithiel turned around to see her and he lowered his bow, Sieshou came out of a small bush and approached Selenthiel purring. "I had heard you were back." he said to her with a straight face as he once again raised his bow to the statue. Selenthiel bent over and slowly rubbed her hands through Seishou's fur coat causing the large Springpaw to lay down on it's side. "Earlier today, yes." she said still rubbing her hands through the cats coat. Andithiel let loose his bow and his arrow launched towards his target, hitting the apple with near precision. "How long will you stay?" he asked as he leaned over to grab an apple out of a small bag next to him. "Not long, I have some matters that Tyavel asked me to handle involving a Death Knight from the Ebon Hold." Andithiel walked over the statue and placed another apple on top of the status Biara's head, than returned and again leaned over to retrieve an arrow from his bag. She watched him raise his bow and aim for the apple once more, " We do have a range Andithiel, with targets painted on them." Selentheil said just as he released his arrow towards the apple again, hitting the apple with precision. "I enjoy the quiet of the gardens..no one comes here except on occasion Tyavel and even than she will leave when she finds Seishou here." he says as he looks down at the cat and smiles. Selenthiel took a deep breath as she prepared to tell him Kyliska would be over shortly, "Andithiel, I saw Kyliska today." Her brother just stood in silence and said nothing. He again leaned over and grabbed another arrow from his bag and aimed up his shot...this time with no apple. "I invited her over....I think it is important that you two talk." He sighed at her words and turned to look at her, his face red with anger, "I do not wish to see her. You should have consulted with me before just inviting her here." He lowered his bow and grabbed his bag and called for Seishou as he was preparing to leave, "You are just going to walk away even though I have told you she is coming here to speak with you?". Selenthiel grew angry, she had hoped her brother would have been more open to the thought but clearly he wasn't. He took a few more steps before turning back to her, he face still red with anger, "You can be the one to tell her that I do not wish to see her." Selenthiel ran her fingers threw her hair in frustration. Sin'dorei politics were simpler than dealing with her own family. Before she could say anything in return, a woman behind her cleared her throat, Selenthiel turned around to see one of the House servants and Kyliska standing behind her. "My apologies Lady Selenthiel, but the Scion of House Sunfire has arrived and she asked me to bring her to you." Kyliska stood before Selenthiel once again, this time she was no longer in a dress but back in her battle armor. Kyliska looked pass Selenthiel and over to Andithiel, whom still had his back turned to them. Kyliska's face was filled with sandess, she took quick glimpse at Selenthel and walked passed her. Selenthiel was afraid to turn around in fear the two would come to blows but she looked over her shoulder anyway. "After all the years we have spent together, regardless of the outcome you do not have a single thing to say to me?" Kyliska said. Andithiel still stood with his back to them in silence. Selenthiel turned in direction of Kyliska only to see her head was hung low, a single tear fell from her face and onto the ground. "I will admit when I have made a mistake and for that I apologized. I even pleaded with you to forgive me, even after the fact you attempted to take my life out of your own rage but, now....now you cannot even apologize for a mistake that 'you' did...and let alone to my face?" The Blood Knight's tears were streaming down her face now, Selenthiel could not help but feel heartache for the two but there was nothing she could do. This was not what she had hoped for let alone intended but it was happening. "You have made your choice Kyliska." was all that escaped Andithiel's lips. Kyliska stood there, in silence, her face growing red with anger. She looked back at Selenthiel one last time before turning her back to Andithiel, "As we all have, Andithiel. Lady Felo'melorn, I am sorry to have wasted your time but I am afraid I must return to my estate in Eversong, there are things between our two Houses that I need to think over and today has shown me much and as Scion of my House I must look to the future for what is best for my myself and my sister." Kyliska nodded and and left in the direction of the garden exit with the servant behind her. Once she left, Selenthiel flashed her eyes angrily over at Andithiel but it was too late, he too had already had began to walk away leaving Selenthiel alone to her own thoughts.




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