[Rp Log] A new assistant... Err... Wisdom Apprentice: Part 3 ---&RPaward

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[Rp Log] A new assistant... Err... Wisdom Apprentice: Part 3 ---&RPaward

Post by Racquel » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:09 am

Ely edit 18 Feb 2022:

1-6 qps, depending on length and quality.

Rplizer +1 qps : x
Extra meticulous edit +1 qps : o
Length bonus +1-2 qps : o

Summary: +1 qps : o

Total: 2 qps, Vhalerie also awarded

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Vhalerie was so close to clanning, but there was an issue to sort out first - And it was going to be a problem. Unfortunately, sometimes it's best to just deal with them and move on.

Main Participants:
Racquel (Point of view)
Vhalerie

Vhalerie,

Apologies for the delay - I have been a little busy recently. We will need to meet again, I'm afraid. We have a matter to discuss.

I will keep a look out for you.

R.
In the Private Quarters
This is a very tidy room, lined with neatly made bunks and sparkling clean.
Jurien the Innkeeper must clean this area constantly. The floor is scrubbed
clean and the wood shines with a glowing patina from years of travel and
care. A few pieces of furniture stand in the center of the room to be used
by Wisdoms and students alike.

A crumpled note lies on the floor.
[ obvious exits: N E S ]
A lantern has been left here.
A small, somewhat rickety table wobbles on unsteady legs.
A chair made of red oak rests next to the table. [2]
Jurien the Innkeeper stands here inspecting the quarters.

You tell vhalerie If you are able, you best come to Whitebridge so we can get this matter over with.

Vhalerie tells you 'yes Wisdom, i am on my way'


Someone knocks on the Woodendoor from the other side.

Racquel says 'invite Vhalerie

Jurien the Innkeeper nods.

Jurien the Innkeeper opens the door.

Vhalerie enters the chambers.

Racquel says 'Hello again, girl.

Vhalerie walks in bashfully, unsure of what she has done wrong.

Racquel gestures to the chair.

Vhalerie says 'hello Wisdom Racquel, pleasure to see you this evening'

Racquel says 'Sit.

Racquel says 'Or stand, if you must.

Racquel says 'I don't much mind.

Vhalerie sits timidly at the edge of the seat.

Racquel crosses her arms across her chest.

Racquel purses her lips.

Racquel says 'I understand you've been busy.

Vhalerie says 'i have been working hard, trying to live up to expectations.'

Racquel runs her tongue along the inside of her cheek.

Racquel says flatly 'Is that right.'

Racquel says 'And what expectations might those be, then?

Vhalerie says 'it is Wisdom Racquel, I would not lie to you. both the expectations that you have for your apprentice, those from my village that want me to learn and come back to them, and the extremely high expectations that i hold for myself'

frown
What's bothering you?

Vhalerie blushes.

Racquel says 'Well, my expectations of you have been clear from the outset.

Racquel pauses.

Racquel says 'But the question remains...

Racquel trails off.

Racquel says 'How do they marry up with the expectations you have of yourself?

Racquel narrows her eyes.

Vhalerie ponders this before answering.

Racquel murmurs 'The things I've been hearing would suggest a problem.'

Vhalerie says 'i think I have shortcomings, I am not sure what they all are, or how to go about fixing them, but I am happy to work to overcome them'

Vhalerie says 'whatever the problem is please let me now so I can focus my energies on that area'

frown
What's bothering you?

Racquel says 'I am surprised you don't already seem to know.

Racquel says 'What do you perceive your short comings to be, exactly?

Vhalerie says 'i have always supposed that I know more than I really do. and now am working on recognizing that I am not all that i had cracked myself up to be'

arch
You arch an eyebrow.

Racquel says 'And yet, you clearly don't seem to know what you have done.

Racquel says 'An odd short-coming that. To know you know not enough as your once thought you might be being unable to know much at all.

Vhalerie says 'i dont, I was hoping that as my mentor you would be willing to point out these things and show me how to improve'

Racquel narrows her eyes.

Vhalerie thinks hard.

Racquel says 'Your short comings are my fault then?

Vhalerie says 'no of course not'

Racquel gestures to herself.

Vhalerie says 'my short comings are my own fault, I know i have them, and am not sure what they all are'

Racquel says 'Remember girl. I took you in. I gave you tasks to perform and I took an interest in you.

Racquel continues on at speed.

Racquel says 'And then, I hear...

Racquel says '... of all things...

Vhalerie stops talking and listens.

Racquel raises her voice a little.

Racquel says 'That you have told a young man at the Winespring Inn that you might just be the most attractive woman in Whitebridge?!

glare vhalerie
You glare icily at her.

Racquel says 'And to think I gave you the task of choosing the color of my nails.

Racquel smoothes her skirts.

Vhalerie ponders life, the universe, and everything.

Vhalerie says 'well i only said might to lead him on. I thought that was why you had me study the Aes Sedai'

Vhalerie says 'or one of the reasons'

arch
You arch an eyebrow.

Vhalerie says 'i might be the dark one in disguise too'

Vhalerie says 'but i am not'

Racquel says 'The Dark One would know not to say such a silly thing.

Vhalerie says 'proof that i am not'

Racquel says 'The Father of Lies would not spread a lie so blatantly known to be correctable.

Vhalerie says 'but to lead a young man to do my bidding, as Wisdom Annalyn had suggested'

Racquel runs her hands down the front of her dress.

Vhalerie says 'i could insinuate that I was, even if I cant compare to someone like you'

mutter
You mutter in disgust.

Racquel says 'Annalyn always was someone for leading the men on.

Vhalerie says 'I can see the allure behind it'

Racquel says 'How so?

Racquel tilts her head.

Vhalerie says 'luckily the poor sot was blind or I'd never have gotten away with it.'

Vhalerie gestures at her rotund physique.

Vhalerie says 'well you can tell a person what they need to do all day long, and at the end of the day the work never gets done'

Racquel says 'Some would say that rotund is another term for cuddly.

Racquel says 'Some men like cuddly.

Vhalerie says 'but if you make them think they want to, then the work always gets done much faster'

nod vhalerie
You nod at her.

Racquel says 'A true and useful life lesson.

Racquel says 'But, I suppose we still do have the matter of what to do with you to attend to.

Racquel purses her lips.

Racquel says 'You've met some of my sisters, I understand.

Racquel says 'What do you have to say of them?

Vhalerie says 'some of them yes, the ones I have met have all been delight to interact with'

Vhalerie says 'strong personalities all of them'

arch
You arch an eyebrow.

Racquel mutters 'A delight... Doubtful...'

Racquel says 'You will need to learn to lie better, girl.

Racquel says 'Another of your short comings, I suppose.

Racquel says 'That is starting to become quite the unfortunate list.

sigh
You sigh.

Racquel says 'Come with me.

beckon vhalerie
You beckon Vhalerie to follow you.

Racquel says 'We need to sort this out.

Vhalerie grins evilly.

Vhalerie says 'perhaps I have a masochistic streak in me, but i find the strong personalities delightful regardless'

Vhalerie starts following you.

A Spotless Storeroom
This room is as clean as the rest of the rooms in this house. Not a speck
of dust touches any of its sparse furnishings. A threadbare but clean rug
covers most of the floor here and the only other piece of any interest is
the chest along one wall.

A tattered piece of paper is pinned to the wall.
[ obvious exits: W ]
Staring down her nose a scribe performs her duties here.
A wiry old Quartermistress tends the stores here, her fists on her hips.
The Wisdoms' Bookkeeper is here going through the ledgers.
Vhalerie has arrived from the west.

Racquel pauses only briefly.

Racquel says 'Sister add Vhalerie to the Sisterhood

The Wisdom Bookkeeper says 'I have clanned vhalerie.'

Vhalerie gasps in astonishment.

The Wisdom Bookkeeper gives you a dark grey travelling cloak with silver lining.
The Wisdom Bookkeeper says 'For our newest Wisdom.'

give cloak vhalerie
You give a dark grey travelling cloak with silver lining to Vhalerie.

Vhalerie says 'THANK YOU so much!'

In the Private Quarters
This is a very tidy room, lined with neatly made bunks and sparkling clean.
Jurien the Innkeeper must clean this area constantly. The floor is scrubbed
clean and the wood shines with a glowing patina from years of travel and
care. A few pieces of furniture stand in the center of the room to be used
by Wisdoms and students alike.

A crumpled note lies on the floor.
[ obvious exits: N E S ]
A lantern has been left here.
A small, somewhat rickety table wobbles on unsteady legs.
A chair made of red oak rests next to the table. [2]
Jurien the Innkeeper stands here inspecting the quarters.
Vhalerie has arrived from the east.
Vhalerie stops using a dark, hooded cloak.

Vhalerie wears a dark grey travelling cloak with silver lining about her body.

Racquel says 'Of course.

Vhalerie says 'I did not expect it to be this quick!'

Racquel says 'Well. If we wait too long for your list of short comings to grow, we might have a true problem.

giggle
You giggle.

Vhalerie falls down laughing.

Racquel says 'You are still my Apprentice, of course.

Vhalerie smiles happily.

Racquel says 'At least, for now.

Racquel says 'My apprentices never usually need to remain apprentices for long.

Racquel purses her lips.

Vhalerie smiles happily.

Racquel says 'But we shall see.

Racquel says 'Now, some things to tell you...

(And if you want to know what those things are, join the Wisdoms and find out!)