Tales of the Ice Harpy from Glacia

The meeting took place after dark. For all that the Hall was filled with dark power that had seeped into its very stones, it was still easier for the demon-dead to arrive after the sun had set. Several bottles of yarbarah were already warming--this might be a war council, but Mrs. Beale would never allow Mephis, Prothvar, and Andulvar to go without refreshment.

( All war councils need tea and cookies )

[Establishy, unless them that are there wish to talk to people! NFB.]

It had been a long day, even though she'd slept through half of it. Karla was exhausted, both physically and emotionally, and wanted little more than to just curl up and fall asleep again. Though that 'little more' encompassed a lot. She wanted to go home to Fandom and curl up with Warren--at least, if he wasn't too angry or upset with her. How soon until the portal arrived? Karla needed some time away.
( Warren wasn't angry. )

[Part one of two. Alphabet soup goes here.]

"Drink," Karla said, holding out the cup to Saetan, the wound on her wrist already Healing.

Saetan didn't even look up from his packing. Yes, he intended to vanish everything, but unlike certain blonde witches, he didn't see that as a reason to not bother packing everything away neatly. "Karla, we discussed this. I'm fine."

"You're going to be skipping your nap just so you can answer questions from some female who doesn't even believe in Craft and probably thinks you're crazy," Karla grumped. "A little bit of blood will make it so you don't spend the majority of the conversation in blinding agony. Stop being so cursed stubborn and just drink this. Or I'll kick you and tell Jaenelle why."

Why did everyone always feel the need to argue with their Healer. Was it because they thought she wouldn't throttle them? Because that was most certainly not true.

"Not just the young female," Saetan reminded her. "You said I'd be able to meet more of your friends if I didn't fuss this weekend. I didn't--I left all the fussing to you." He sighed. "I'll get no peace from you until I do?" Of course, the question if he'd get peace from her afterwards was also highly in doubt. So rather than argue more, he simply floated the cup over and drank. There were only a few swallows in the glass--enough for him to feel immediately better, but not enough to cause him to fuss at how much she'd given. "There, witchling. Satisfied?"

Karla peered at him, nodding as a bit more color suffused his complexion. "Yes." She gave him a hug and pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Thank you for taking care of yourself, Uncle Saetan. I'm very pleased with you. I can write Jaenelle again and tell you you probably aren't going through your second childhood again." She dodged his half-hearted swat and laughed. "I think that was the door," she said, skipping to answer the knock.

[Open for anyone who might have handwavily been invited, by either Karla or Saetan.]

Karla followed Draca down the halls of the Keep towards the library; Draca had assured Karla that Jaenelle had been ensconced in the library since she'd arrived, waiting for word of the Council's decision. Karla's reaction to Draca was just another sign of how much she'd changed since becoming friends with Jaenelle. She still remembered her only trip to the Keep before this one, back when she was a little girl of only four or five. She'd seen Draca--a human figure with unmistakable reptilian ancestry--and screamed. She'd had nightmares for a week after that trip. Now, however,she'd had so much time conversing with people who were either non-human or not fully-human, Draca's alien features hardly merited a second glance.

( From the amused smiled Draca occasionally slanted her way when she thought Karla wasn't looking, it was likely she was also thinking of Karla's last visit. )

[And it's done! Like I'd really let Karla stay in Kaeleer. Second (or like sixth, really) verse same as the first. NFI, NFB, OOC is great. Some text and dialogue taken from Chapter Eight of Anne Bishop's Heir to the Shadows. I'll still be spamming your f-list today, but it'll all be for Fandom stuff.]