A promotion in the tower.
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:30 am
POV Margeret
Major Characters. Margeret and Sarinda
Meeeting Place.
Den of the Red Ajah
This room reflects the cool nature of the Red Ajah, the furnishings just as
severe as the rest of the room. A gilded chair rests near the center of the
room, accompanied by an equally elaborate dark wooden desk. Chairs have
been drawn up to the tall, arched windows, which look over the western side
of Tar Valon, the western bank of the Erinin and Dragonmount beyond,
serving as a constant reminder of the purpose of the Red Ajah.
[ obvious exits: E ]
Zone: White Tower Upper Floors
Door east: door
A chair made of red oak rests next to the table. [2]
A large desk made of fine, thick wood stands across the room from here.
Lady Sarinda din Rovan is standing here.
A silver-haired Aes Sedai sits here, reading.
A Red Sister stares down here nose here.
Galina Casban completely ignores you.
21:12 Sarinda says 'Margeret.'
21:12 Sarinda says 'If it pleases the Light, fetch
some plates of food for both of us, and meet me in
the Red Ajah's den.'
21:12 Sarinda says 'One should suffice for me.'
21:12 A young Tower Guard says 'And a mug of ale if
you please.'
21:12 You say 'Yes Aes Sedai'
21:16 You say 'I didnt know if you wanted, wine,
punch or tea, so i brought all three'
21:17 Sarinda says 'Excellent, child. Finally a
novice who knows how to follow directions, and to go
beyond them without being told.'
21:18 You say 'Ah I have mint and cloudberry or
honeyed tea. But i will remember the tremalking for
sure Sarinda Sedai. '
21:19 You say 'Also was not sure how many were going
to be here, so i brought four plates. '
21:20 Sarinda says 'It has been approximately a week
and a half since I inducted you into the White Tower,
child. Tell me, what have you been learning since
your time here?'
21:21 You say 'I went over histories, the war of the
second dragon with Chloro Sedai, the lessons from the
sisters in the wings, lots and lots of dishes and
plates of food for the barrel in the courtyard, all
the tasks that Sheriam Sedai asked me to do, some of
them multiple times. The three oaths, putting books
away in the library. '
21:23 You say 'then the one power, I will have to
reprac, i made a pretty impractical choice because I
was curious and well... maybe we shouldn't talk about
that just yet. '
21:24 Sarinda says 'Many new novices find that when
they first study with Sheriam, there is a temptation
to study the most complicated weaves, a desperate
desire to learn and demonstrate that knowledge. But
you must learn how to crawl before you can walk, and
to walk before you can run, if it pleases the Light.'
21:25 Sarinda says 'For now, I recommend the basics.
The Armor weave will help you avoid being hit. An
offensive weave to kill ravens and crows, or defend
yourself from threats if need be. Basics in Healing
are incredibly useful even to visitors passing
through the city.'
21:26 You say 'To be honest, I already reprac'd once.
I had alot of the basic weaves, but i wanted to try
some of the more complex, which not being allowed off
the island makes that impractical for now. especially
since a misport could put me in illian. '
21:26 Sarinda says 'Ah. Another one trying to Travel.'
21:26 Sarinda says 'Illian? That sounds like a rather
specific example when worded that way, child.'
21:28 You say 'I never 'left' the island, well not
intentionally. I haven't told any other Aes Sedai, I
was worried about whether they would believe me. '
21:28 You say 'I grabbed horse and came straight back.
' 21:28 Sarinda says 'You Traveled to Illian? And rode
back here?'
21:29 You say 'Yes Aes Sedai, but i wasn't my
intention, I was trying to travel from the novice
quarters to the courtyard, I had the earthcode from
locate life and locating another novice. BUT.. it did
not work. '
21:30 Sarinda says 'Tell me, why did you Travel to
the wrong location?'
21:30 Sarinda says 'Or, in other words, what was your
specific error that allowed this to happen?'
21:31 You say 'because my low skill, getting the
power of the elements, I didnt have enough practices
to become proficient with the weaves, locate life,
locate object, travel or gate. '
21:31 Sarinda says 'What percent training do you have
in the Locate Object, Locate Life, and Travel weaves?'
21:32 You say 'I can't say specific percentages
unless i visit Sheriam agian, but poor, poor, poor
and bad. '
21:32 Sarinda says 'In this case, the exact
percentages may matter.'
21:33 Sarinda says 'Well? What do you see?'
21:34 You say 'LL 38, LO 40%, Travel 28%, Gate 11%
and Hammer of Air 44% and that is all the weaves i
currently know. BUT I have 7 earth, 4 air, 2 fire, 5
water and 4 sprit.'
21:35 Sarinda says 'So you are strong in the elements,
especially Earth and Spirit, but still requiring
more training in some key basic weaves.'
21:35 Sarinda says 'You are at a time in your
training that even a little worldly experience
(level) will afford you a great number of practice
sessions with Sheriam.'
21:35 You say 'I recently learned how useful blind,
refresh and healing weaves are. When i reprac I plan
to diversify. '
21:43 Sarinda says 'Ah, there. It seems the daily
ripple in the Pattern came early.'
21:44 You say 'They daily ripple, that is very good
way of explaining it. '
21:45 Sarinda says 'The Father of Storms sometimes
touches the world and causes it to...ripple. An
unpleasant experience that distorts time and
awareness.'
21:45 Sarinda says 'A reminder of the times of why
the White Tower and our Aes Sedai are needed.'
21:46 Sarinda says 'So, going back to your comments
about Travel. Why do you think you specifically mis-
Traveled? Do you understand the nuances of it?'
21:46 Sarinda says 'You hinted at a part of a truth
that relates to the answer.'
21:48 You say 'i am pretty sure I had the earthcode
correct, but the % of the weaves determines accuracy
of that code, I think, and the travel weave itself
being not all the proficient has the potential to be
off, most of the time, recently I have just been
trying the even lower percent gate wave to tell me
earth codes and when it is successful, trying the
gate to them and examining it. '
21:48 You say 'oh and range of the travel or gate
weave. '
21:50 You say 'and the locate life, object weaves, I
believe I read in the library you want you locates
weaves lower then your travel or gate weave, that way
you do not locate something out of range. '
21:50 Sarinda says 'I hope I have misheard you, child.
If not, there is something dire I must impress upon
you now.'
21:51 Sarinda says 'Sheriam Sedai will allow you to
study the Travel weave, though to be honest, I
strongly advise against it until you are a full
Accepted. You have little reason to use it, as you
cannot leave the island. It has led to far too many
girls ending in a dangerous situation. You could have
just as easily ended in the Blight rather than Illian.
'21:52 Sarinda says 'But by the Tower Handbook and
decree of the Hall, you must never attempt to use the
Gate weave. The proper study of that weave is limited
to Aes Sedai alone.'
21:53 Sarinda says 'The Travel and Gate weaves are
similar enough, true, that you will find some modest
residual training in Gate even though Sheriam will
not let you study the Gate weave. But weaving Gate
can be incredibly dangerous.'
21:54 You say 'I completely understand, and thats why
i have not tried the travel weave since, and well, i
did get the residual training in the gate weave,
thats why its so low.'
21:54 Sheriam the Mistress of Novices says 'You're
not able to learn that weave at this time, Margeret.'
21:54 Sarinda says 'Most importantly, if you remain
embracing the Source while keeping a gateway open, or
even if you release the Source but then embrace again
within the hour (tick), every person moving through
that gate will sap your energy in saidar. There is a
possibility that it could burn you out of the ability
to weave the One Power, permanently.'
21:55 Sarinda says 'Now, be honest with me to make
sure I am understanding. Did you, or did you not,
intentionally attempt to use the Gate weave? Not
Travel, but the actual Gate weave?'
21:57 You say 'I might have exaggerated, i tried
travel the once and never again, and the gate weave,
I did try it, but have only been successful once and
it said that I could not learn the earthcode. Thats
why i said i need to reprac sadly. '
21:57 Sarinda says 'What is the First Oath, Margeret?'
21:57 Sarinda says 'Word for word.'
21:58 You say 'To speak no word that is not true.'
21:58 Sarinda says 'Well spoken.'
21:59 Sarinda says 'Now, you are not Aes Sedai and
have never spoken on the Oath Road, a ter'angreal
that makes the Oaths supernaturally binding. But as a
novice you are expected to live by the Three Oaths as
if you had already sworn them.'
22:01 You say 'and I have not, when asked instead of
dancing around it, as I could have. I came right out.
I understand at times that Aes Sedai, might dance
around it a little such as saying to "You can call me
such and such name." instead of "My name is."'
22:01 Sarinda says 'Well spoken, child.'
22:03 Sarinda says 'Come with me. I have something to
show you.'
22:06 Sarinda says 'Here we go. This is the
transcript from a lesson taught by Penzei, Accepted
at the time but now Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah.
This lesson is on the use of the Locate Life and
Locate Object weaves, and their intersection with and
utility for the Travel weave.'
22:07 You say 'I will definitely study that. '
22:10 You say 'Sarinda Sedai, I might not reprac, I
know I will struggle a little until i gain more
knowledge(levels) so that I can actually learn and
use weaves. '
22:10 Sarinda says 'What you study is your choice,
and at Sheriam's discretion, child.'
22:10 Sarinda says 'It is how you -use- those weaves
that is the purview of not only the Aes Sedai of the
White Tower, but especially the Red Ajah, given our
role in protecting the world from another Breaking
due to misuse of the One Power.'
22:11 Sarinda says 'Let us return to the Red Ajah
quarters and finish our discussion.'
22:13 You say 'My lesson with Chloro Sedai was quite
informative, I had the book on the war of the second
dragon to put away and that became part of our lesson,
then we spoke of the ajahs and their purposes. In
general, and in war. I was surprised when she said
the Red Ajah was not just to protect from men, but
all channelers. '
22:14 Sarinda says 'Obviously, the Ajah formed around
the time of the Breaking and with the critical goal
then of preventing future harm to the world by
finding and gentling the remaining male Aes Sedai who
were jeopardizing the safety of the world, of the
very Pattern itself, due to the taint they received
when Lews Therin Telamon led his sortie against the
Father of Storms at the Bore.'
22:16 Sarinda says 'But over the past two millennia,
our purpose has expanded to include the safeguard of
humanity against any channeler who might wield the
Power indiscriminately or dangerously, abusing it.
Those with the ability to weave the One Power are
perhaps the most dangerous of all people in this
world.'
22:17 Sarinda says 'If it pleases the Light, Margeret,
why do you believe you are ready for advancement?'
22:21 You say 'Well Sarinda Sedai, I have been
studying. I have been working, and very hard. I
understand I won't be joining you as a sister Aes
Sedai for quite sometime. But I am trying very hard,
the limitations of the island feel stifling, before
coming here I would travel the world on a whim. I am
not sure I went over the whole apprentice gleeman to
my uncle with your or Chloro. I sold my cloak and am
commited fully.'
22:22 Sarinda says 'You discussed it with Chloro at
more length than you did with me.'
22:22 You say 'pardon, Chloro Sedai. '
22:22 Sarinda says 'The restrictions on traveling to
remain on the island of Tar Valon are for your safety,
child, and to also ensure that only those initiates
who are truly dedicated to our cause and ready to
represent the White Tower abroad are able to earn
that rank.'
22:23 Sarinda says 'You will find that if you rush
into the banded dress that you could burn out, in
more way than one, ending your career with us early.'
22:24 Sarinda says 'What do you think it means to
even be a 'wearied novice', child? How do you think
your life might change, if I promote you?'
22:24 You say 'and I do understand that as well
Sarinda Sedai. I was following another, she was
helping me with a few things and panicked when we
went through one of the gates, not across the bridges,
we were still on the island. '
22:25 Sarinda says 'Yes, you can pass east and
southeast from the city into the small village and
woods outside the city. That is still the island.'
22:25 You say 'Honestly, Sarinda Sedai, being
promoted to weary novice will not change anything,
unless there are some fledglings that I can help, but
i would and do do that anyways. The only thing that
will change is it is a step in the right direction. '
22:25 Sarinda says 'It sounds like these "close
calls" have done their job at impressing upon you the
potential dangers that are all around you. You swim
with a school of silverpike beneath you, but at least
now it seems that you are more aware of the risks.'
22:26 Sarinda says 'Sister, let us recognise novice
Margeret.'
22:26 Galina Casban says 'It is done.'
22:27 Sarinda says 'It is done, child. I bestow the
title of a wearied novice upon you.'
22:27 Sarinda says 'Narrowly.'
22:27 Sarinda says 'Although you have exhibited some
significant errors in judgement, you have also shown
growth in how you have approached them, and a
readiness and deep desire to improve yourself.'
22:28 You say 'Thank you Aes Sedai. It means a lot
coming from you. '
22:29 Sarinda says 'By the next time we meet for a
lesson, child, I expect you to have read the Tower
Handbook as well as that lesson by Penzei Sedai.'
22:30 You say 'It will be done Sarinda Sedai. '
22:30 Sarinda says 'And at your convenience, I would
like you to write a brief summary of the lesson and
give me a report on at least three things you have
learned from it. Send a (forum) mail to me with your
findings. It will be shared with other Aes Sedai, so
make sure it reflects on your skills and knowledge
well.'
22:31 Sarinda says 'It does not need to be lengthy,
but make sure it is accurate.'
22:31 Sarinda says 'If it pleases the Light, do you
have any questions for me at this time?'
22:33 You say '(I was logging into the forums) I do
not Sarinda Sedai. I will continue to work hard and
make sure that I also have more then enough qps to
advance when the time comes. '
22:34 Sarinda says 'Just remember that merits are
only one imperfect way of measuring your ability to
grow and learn. They are necessary, but not
sufficient, to allow you to be promoted further.'
22:34 Sarinda says 'Before you are ready for the
Arches, I will need to see that you have a better
understanding of Tower laws and customs, a more
diverse weave setup, and at least some basic
knowledge of how to defend yourself, both your life
as well as your ideas.'
22:35 You say 'yes Aes Sedai, I will, I promise that.
22:35 Sarinda says 'You are dismissed, child.'
22:35 Sarinda says 'May the Light illumine you, and
see you safe to your journey's end.'
22:35 Sarinda says 'And congratulations.'
22:35 You say 'The light favor you Sarinda Sedai.'
Major Characters. Margeret and Sarinda
Meeeting Place.
Den of the Red Ajah
This room reflects the cool nature of the Red Ajah, the furnishings just as
severe as the rest of the room. A gilded chair rests near the center of the
room, accompanied by an equally elaborate dark wooden desk. Chairs have
been drawn up to the tall, arched windows, which look over the western side
of Tar Valon, the western bank of the Erinin and Dragonmount beyond,
serving as a constant reminder of the purpose of the Red Ajah.
[ obvious exits: E ]
Zone: White Tower Upper Floors
Door east: door
A chair made of red oak rests next to the table. [2]
A large desk made of fine, thick wood stands across the room from here.
Lady Sarinda din Rovan is standing here.
A silver-haired Aes Sedai sits here, reading.
A Red Sister stares down here nose here.
Galina Casban completely ignores you.
21:12 Sarinda says 'Margeret.'
21:12 Sarinda says 'If it pleases the Light, fetch
some plates of food for both of us, and meet me in
the Red Ajah's den.'
21:12 Sarinda says 'One should suffice for me.'
21:12 A young Tower Guard says 'And a mug of ale if
you please.'
21:12 You say 'Yes Aes Sedai'
21:16 You say 'I didnt know if you wanted, wine,
punch or tea, so i brought all three'
21:17 Sarinda says 'Excellent, child. Finally a
novice who knows how to follow directions, and to go
beyond them without being told.'
21:18 You say 'Ah I have mint and cloudberry or
honeyed tea. But i will remember the tremalking for
sure Sarinda Sedai. '
21:19 You say 'Also was not sure how many were going
to be here, so i brought four plates. '
21:20 Sarinda says 'It has been approximately a week
and a half since I inducted you into the White Tower,
child. Tell me, what have you been learning since
your time here?'
21:21 You say 'I went over histories, the war of the
second dragon with Chloro Sedai, the lessons from the
sisters in the wings, lots and lots of dishes and
plates of food for the barrel in the courtyard, all
the tasks that Sheriam Sedai asked me to do, some of
them multiple times. The three oaths, putting books
away in the library. '
21:23 You say 'then the one power, I will have to
reprac, i made a pretty impractical choice because I
was curious and well... maybe we shouldn't talk about
that just yet. '
21:24 Sarinda says 'Many new novices find that when
they first study with Sheriam, there is a temptation
to study the most complicated weaves, a desperate
desire to learn and demonstrate that knowledge. But
you must learn how to crawl before you can walk, and
to walk before you can run, if it pleases the Light.'
21:25 Sarinda says 'For now, I recommend the basics.
The Armor weave will help you avoid being hit. An
offensive weave to kill ravens and crows, or defend
yourself from threats if need be. Basics in Healing
are incredibly useful even to visitors passing
through the city.'
21:26 You say 'To be honest, I already reprac'd once.
I had alot of the basic weaves, but i wanted to try
some of the more complex, which not being allowed off
the island makes that impractical for now. especially
since a misport could put me in illian. '
21:26 Sarinda says 'Ah. Another one trying to Travel.'
21:26 Sarinda says 'Illian? That sounds like a rather
specific example when worded that way, child.'
21:28 You say 'I never 'left' the island, well not
intentionally. I haven't told any other Aes Sedai, I
was worried about whether they would believe me. '
21:28 You say 'I grabbed horse and came straight back.
' 21:28 Sarinda says 'You Traveled to Illian? And rode
back here?'
21:29 You say 'Yes Aes Sedai, but i wasn't my
intention, I was trying to travel from the novice
quarters to the courtyard, I had the earthcode from
locate life and locating another novice. BUT.. it did
not work. '
21:30 Sarinda says 'Tell me, why did you Travel to
the wrong location?'
21:30 Sarinda says 'Or, in other words, what was your
specific error that allowed this to happen?'
21:31 You say 'because my low skill, getting the
power of the elements, I didnt have enough practices
to become proficient with the weaves, locate life,
locate object, travel or gate. '
21:31 Sarinda says 'What percent training do you have
in the Locate Object, Locate Life, and Travel weaves?'
21:32 You say 'I can't say specific percentages
unless i visit Sheriam agian, but poor, poor, poor
and bad. '
21:32 Sarinda says 'In this case, the exact
percentages may matter.'
21:33 Sarinda says 'Well? What do you see?'
21:34 You say 'LL 38, LO 40%, Travel 28%, Gate 11%
and Hammer of Air 44% and that is all the weaves i
currently know. BUT I have 7 earth, 4 air, 2 fire, 5
water and 4 sprit.'
21:35 Sarinda says 'So you are strong in the elements,
especially Earth and Spirit, but still requiring
more training in some key basic weaves.'
21:35 Sarinda says 'You are at a time in your
training that even a little worldly experience
(level) will afford you a great number of practice
sessions with Sheriam.'
21:35 You say 'I recently learned how useful blind,
refresh and healing weaves are. When i reprac I plan
to diversify. '
21:43 Sarinda says 'Ah, there. It seems the daily
ripple in the Pattern came early.'
21:44 You say 'They daily ripple, that is very good
way of explaining it. '
21:45 Sarinda says 'The Father of Storms sometimes
touches the world and causes it to...ripple. An
unpleasant experience that distorts time and
awareness.'
21:45 Sarinda says 'A reminder of the times of why
the White Tower and our Aes Sedai are needed.'
21:46 Sarinda says 'So, going back to your comments
about Travel. Why do you think you specifically mis-
Traveled? Do you understand the nuances of it?'
21:46 Sarinda says 'You hinted at a part of a truth
that relates to the answer.'
21:48 You say 'i am pretty sure I had the earthcode
correct, but the % of the weaves determines accuracy
of that code, I think, and the travel weave itself
being not all the proficient has the potential to be
off, most of the time, recently I have just been
trying the even lower percent gate wave to tell me
earth codes and when it is successful, trying the
gate to them and examining it. '
21:48 You say 'oh and range of the travel or gate
weave. '
21:50 You say 'and the locate life, object weaves, I
believe I read in the library you want you locates
weaves lower then your travel or gate weave, that way
you do not locate something out of range. '
21:50 Sarinda says 'I hope I have misheard you, child.
If not, there is something dire I must impress upon
you now.'
21:51 Sarinda says 'Sheriam Sedai will allow you to
study the Travel weave, though to be honest, I
strongly advise against it until you are a full
Accepted. You have little reason to use it, as you
cannot leave the island. It has led to far too many
girls ending in a dangerous situation. You could have
just as easily ended in the Blight rather than Illian.
'21:52 Sarinda says 'But by the Tower Handbook and
decree of the Hall, you must never attempt to use the
Gate weave. The proper study of that weave is limited
to Aes Sedai alone.'
21:53 Sarinda says 'The Travel and Gate weaves are
similar enough, true, that you will find some modest
residual training in Gate even though Sheriam will
not let you study the Gate weave. But weaving Gate
can be incredibly dangerous.'
21:54 You say 'I completely understand, and thats why
i have not tried the travel weave since, and well, i
did get the residual training in the gate weave,
thats why its so low.'
21:54 Sheriam the Mistress of Novices says 'You're
not able to learn that weave at this time, Margeret.'
21:54 Sarinda says 'Most importantly, if you remain
embracing the Source while keeping a gateway open, or
even if you release the Source but then embrace again
within the hour (tick), every person moving through
that gate will sap your energy in saidar. There is a
possibility that it could burn you out of the ability
to weave the One Power, permanently.'
21:55 Sarinda says 'Now, be honest with me to make
sure I am understanding. Did you, or did you not,
intentionally attempt to use the Gate weave? Not
Travel, but the actual Gate weave?'
21:57 You say 'I might have exaggerated, i tried
travel the once and never again, and the gate weave,
I did try it, but have only been successful once and
it said that I could not learn the earthcode. Thats
why i said i need to reprac sadly. '
21:57 Sarinda says 'What is the First Oath, Margeret?'
21:57 Sarinda says 'Word for word.'
21:58 You say 'To speak no word that is not true.'
21:58 Sarinda says 'Well spoken.'
21:59 Sarinda says 'Now, you are not Aes Sedai and
have never spoken on the Oath Road, a ter'angreal
that makes the Oaths supernaturally binding. But as a
novice you are expected to live by the Three Oaths as
if you had already sworn them.'
22:01 You say 'and I have not, when asked instead of
dancing around it, as I could have. I came right out.
I understand at times that Aes Sedai, might dance
around it a little such as saying to "You can call me
such and such name." instead of "My name is."'
22:01 Sarinda says 'Well spoken, child.'
22:03 Sarinda says 'Come with me. I have something to
show you.'
22:06 Sarinda says 'Here we go. This is the
transcript from a lesson taught by Penzei, Accepted
at the time but now Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah.
This lesson is on the use of the Locate Life and
Locate Object weaves, and their intersection with and
utility for the Travel weave.'
22:07 You say 'I will definitely study that. '
22:10 You say 'Sarinda Sedai, I might not reprac, I
know I will struggle a little until i gain more
knowledge(levels) so that I can actually learn and
use weaves. '
22:10 Sarinda says 'What you study is your choice,
and at Sheriam's discretion, child.'
22:10 Sarinda says 'It is how you -use- those weaves
that is the purview of not only the Aes Sedai of the
White Tower, but especially the Red Ajah, given our
role in protecting the world from another Breaking
due to misuse of the One Power.'
22:11 Sarinda says 'Let us return to the Red Ajah
quarters and finish our discussion.'
22:13 You say 'My lesson with Chloro Sedai was quite
informative, I had the book on the war of the second
dragon to put away and that became part of our lesson,
then we spoke of the ajahs and their purposes. In
general, and in war. I was surprised when she said
the Red Ajah was not just to protect from men, but
all channelers. '
22:14 Sarinda says 'Obviously, the Ajah formed around
the time of the Breaking and with the critical goal
then of preventing future harm to the world by
finding and gentling the remaining male Aes Sedai who
were jeopardizing the safety of the world, of the
very Pattern itself, due to the taint they received
when Lews Therin Telamon led his sortie against the
Father of Storms at the Bore.'
22:16 Sarinda says 'But over the past two millennia,
our purpose has expanded to include the safeguard of
humanity against any channeler who might wield the
Power indiscriminately or dangerously, abusing it.
Those with the ability to weave the One Power are
perhaps the most dangerous of all people in this
world.'
22:17 Sarinda says 'If it pleases the Light, Margeret,
why do you believe you are ready for advancement?'
22:21 You say 'Well Sarinda Sedai, I have been
studying. I have been working, and very hard. I
understand I won't be joining you as a sister Aes
Sedai for quite sometime. But I am trying very hard,
the limitations of the island feel stifling, before
coming here I would travel the world on a whim. I am
not sure I went over the whole apprentice gleeman to
my uncle with your or Chloro. I sold my cloak and am
commited fully.'
22:22 Sarinda says 'You discussed it with Chloro at
more length than you did with me.'
22:22 You say 'pardon, Chloro Sedai. '
22:22 Sarinda says 'The restrictions on traveling to
remain on the island of Tar Valon are for your safety,
child, and to also ensure that only those initiates
who are truly dedicated to our cause and ready to
represent the White Tower abroad are able to earn
that rank.'
22:23 Sarinda says 'You will find that if you rush
into the banded dress that you could burn out, in
more way than one, ending your career with us early.'
22:24 Sarinda says 'What do you think it means to
even be a 'wearied novice', child? How do you think
your life might change, if I promote you?'
22:24 You say 'and I do understand that as well
Sarinda Sedai. I was following another, she was
helping me with a few things and panicked when we
went through one of the gates, not across the bridges,
we were still on the island. '
22:25 Sarinda says 'Yes, you can pass east and
southeast from the city into the small village and
woods outside the city. That is still the island.'
22:25 You say 'Honestly, Sarinda Sedai, being
promoted to weary novice will not change anything,
unless there are some fledglings that I can help, but
i would and do do that anyways. The only thing that
will change is it is a step in the right direction. '
22:25 Sarinda says 'It sounds like these "close
calls" have done their job at impressing upon you the
potential dangers that are all around you. You swim
with a school of silverpike beneath you, but at least
now it seems that you are more aware of the risks.'
22:26 Sarinda says 'Sister, let us recognise novice
Margeret.'
22:26 Galina Casban says 'It is done.'
22:27 Sarinda says 'It is done, child. I bestow the
title of a wearied novice upon you.'
22:27 Sarinda says 'Narrowly.'
22:27 Sarinda says 'Although you have exhibited some
significant errors in judgement, you have also shown
growth in how you have approached them, and a
readiness and deep desire to improve yourself.'
22:28 You say 'Thank you Aes Sedai. It means a lot
coming from you. '
22:29 Sarinda says 'By the next time we meet for a
lesson, child, I expect you to have read the Tower
Handbook as well as that lesson by Penzei Sedai.'
22:30 You say 'It will be done Sarinda Sedai. '
22:30 Sarinda says 'And at your convenience, I would
like you to write a brief summary of the lesson and
give me a report on at least three things you have
learned from it. Send a (forum) mail to me with your
findings. It will be shared with other Aes Sedai, so
make sure it reflects on your skills and knowledge
well.'
22:31 Sarinda says 'It does not need to be lengthy,
but make sure it is accurate.'
22:31 Sarinda says 'If it pleases the Light, do you
have any questions for me at this time?'
22:33 You say '(I was logging into the forums) I do
not Sarinda Sedai. I will continue to work hard and
make sure that I also have more then enough qps to
advance when the time comes. '
22:34 Sarinda says 'Just remember that merits are
only one imperfect way of measuring your ability to
grow and learn. They are necessary, but not
sufficient, to allow you to be promoted further.'
22:34 Sarinda says 'Before you are ready for the
Arches, I will need to see that you have a better
understanding of Tower laws and customs, a more
diverse weave setup, and at least some basic
knowledge of how to defend yourself, both your life
as well as your ideas.'
22:35 You say 'yes Aes Sedai, I will, I promise that.
22:35 Sarinda says 'You are dismissed, child.'
22:35 Sarinda says 'May the Light illumine you, and
see you safe to your journey's end.'
22:35 Sarinda says 'And congratulations.'
22:35 You say 'The light favor you Sarinda Sedai.'