#noble mastery

[gentlenekomata]

fateful meeting | Sakura&Laslow

continued from here | w/ @laslow​

When the situation seemed to be even worse, a sudden familiar voice echoed in the alley and as soon as the petite priestess turned, a radiant smile warmed up her heart, while a welcoming arm embraced her and let the two of them split away from those kind of thugs –a lifesaver, indeed!

“Thank you for letting me out from that awkward situation,” she said with a soft tone, just to be sure to not be heard by those unquiet man “I’m definitely alright now that you’re here.” she giggled at last, knowing his presence was far more than a mere coincidence: he happened to be there for a reason, maybe a personal reason, but their destinies in some way collided and made this strange meeting to happen.

“What about you? What bring you here?” she asked with genuine curiosity, but as soon as she began to listen to his motives, she went pale as she realized she was missing something quite important from her hands.

“My bag…” she muttered with a faint voice, hands shaking a little since she really didn’t want to go back to that alley, with those unpleasant figures standing outside the tavern. Yet, she had no choice. She turned her gaze towards Laslow’s, like a deer in headlights. “My herbs and some recipes were inside of that bag… and Mr. Seteth asked me to work something out of these recipes” she was quite uncomfortable, not really knowing what to do and not really wanting to bother the young man once again. But then again, she had no other choice, not safer than this.

“Will you… help me out, again?”

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a meeting from the past | Velouria & Sakura

continuing from here @wolfskintribedaughter​

As the petite priestess attentively listened to the other girl, she soon realized, after a little bit of pondering, that she actually did get to know the father of Valouria, since the two of them meet a long ago, during war in between the two kingdoms: it was a rather strange circumstance, but she clearly remembered those veracious and shimmering eyes of him, of the same hues of her daughter, apparently.

“I might have met your father, speaking the truth” she said, while slowing the dancing movements, “Because I definitely met a member of the wolfskin tribe and those eyes of yours are the same as his own: fierce and curious” she giggled, stopping the dance with one last gesture, actually wanting to take a break from the dancing area. “And since you like collecting things—” she hesitated, not really knowing if it was good to offer an invitation out of the blue like this, “would you mind collecting some food together? I see a nice stall over there!” she pointed out, index finger indicating a small peddler with some interesting dishes exposed.

“Only if you want to—” she lowered her head and shifted her gaze towards the ground, perfectly knowing she couldn’t force a stranger to accept her invitation, even though she was rapture by those terribly cute ears and puppy eyes of hers. In a strange way, she remembered her something, something familiar.

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fairytale research | Sakura & Siegbert

A village’s plea comes to the monastery: almost all of their children have vanished in the last couple days. A natural cause for great concern to be sure, and Garreg Mach does not hesitate to send you and some Knights to check out the situation. The distraught parents are not able to tell you much, but they recall a vague rumor of a “unicorn” appearing in the nearby woods, and the children wanting to see and befriend it. Sounds like the best shot you’ve got. [Grants Riding +1]

 starter for @perfectionist-prince​

Many rumours hovered around the monastery, but one for sure was the most interesting one for Sakura: mystical creatures. She has always been fascinated by these kinds of creatures, especially the ones she used to read and observe in her fantasy books, fantasizing in finding one on her own, during an exploration maybe, and treasuring the moment she could grab that fantasy in her hand and touch it with incredulous eyes. Yeah, it was indeed a great daydream, but something suddenly became reality: as a matter of facts, some villagers came to the monastery few days ago pleading for a help in finding some lost children in a nearby wood. Apparently, the villagers were convinced that their kids were dragged into the forest not because of some bandits or some rogues, but because of a ‘unicorn’.

That word immediately resounded in the petite girl’s mind, as she was casually walking by the corridor, overhearing those conversations between the villagers and some knights: they were organizing some research teams for finding those children, but merely considered the rumour as some sort of fairytale, not giving that much importance as Sakura actually gave to it. Can’t miss this chance! she muttered to herself as she swiftly moved towards the exit of the church, throwing aside the broom she was using for mopping few moments ago and hastily searching for some travel supplies – you’ll never know for how long you’ll be away from home. Packed the necessary stuff, she soon got to walk towards one of the exits of the monastery, though immediately realizing she wasn’t much of a help to go by herself in a place she’s never been into.

Stood in place for a moment, her cheery smile darkened a little as she thought she could lose the only opportunity to find one of the mystical creatures she has always been after in her whole life. This, until she spotted a familiar figure chatting with other soldiers and knights, definitely her granted pass for joining the research for the unicorn.

“Siegbert, hello!” she waved as she approached his slender figure, a genuine smile reappeared on her rosy lips. “Are you in one of the search team, perhaps?” she inquired, hands on her bag full of supplies and ready to take on adventure.