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  1. (7:48:39 PM) IterationDrive: It's early in the morning of the third day since the opening of the Archway; Mari's got herself a private room in the upper portions of the Vault that's rather well approportioned. There's a knock on the door; it's not even properly dawn yet outside the arch, but already people are working.
  2. (7:56:59 PM) ***Maribelle groans, stirring from her slumber. Her muscles ache from the days before, between marching around the wilderness to find water, helping build houses, and babysitting Lyndis, there's little in her body that doesn't complain, even after a night's rest. Getting up, slowly, she wipes her mouth and eyes from the residues of sleep. In her nightgown, she makes her way to the door as another...
  3. (7:57:01 PM) ***Maribelle ...polite knock penetrates through. "Yes?" She asks as she opens the entrance to her rooms.
  4. (8:01:39 PM) IterationDrive: Laminde is there, dressed in a right nice suit and smiling. She has a few books with her. "Hello~" She says with a smile. "Can I come in for a moment?~"
  5. (8:04:26 PM) Maribelle: Mary's eyes flick to the side of Laminde's head for a moment before the aches in her body, and the yawn making its way out of her chest, inform her that mysterious ears can wait for another time. She steps back to let Laminde in. "Oh, do come in. Has something happened?"
  6. (8:06:06 PM) IterationDrive: "Oh, no," she says, taking a step in and looking around. 'Well, nothing too serious... but, ah, I was talking to Ladies Ashryn and Feana last night, and you came up." She smiles. "And I thought I might be able to help you with a few things?~"
  7. (8:12:02 PM) Maribelle: The room is much like Ashryn and Feana's, as might be expected, just in a slightly different layout. Similarly plush couches are arranged in a manner to stimulate conversation in this front room. A few hunting trophies hang on the walls serving as the most remarkable element in the room. "Help me with a few things?" Maribelle echoes, tilting her head and blinking away sleep. "Oh, did they...
  8. (8:12:04 PM) Maribelle: ...send you over because you know the art of....." Mary finds the word after a moment,"massage?"
  9. (8:13:32 PM) IterationDrive: She blinks a few times. "I know a few arts, if that's what you're asking, but theraputic massage is not one of them... why, do you feel like you need that sort of medical attention?"
  10. (8:17:57 PM) ***Maribelle rolls a shoulder, wincing, as she backs up to take a seat. "I am a little sore from all the work. Nothing I can not live through, but it would have been nice." She lets out a breath. "What are you here to help myself with?"
  11. (8:19:56 PM) IterationDrive: "Well..." She sits down and motions to her books. "Do you mind if I'm a little blunt?"
  12. (8:22:44 PM) ***Maribelle smiles. "Feana has often said I am very blunt....or dull, maybe." She yawns, waving that away. "Please be blunt as you like."
  13. (8:23:03 PM) IterationDrive: "Do you actually know how to read common?"
  14. (8:26:45 PM) Maribelle: Mary rubs at the side of her neck, taking true note of the books Laminde holds for the first time. "A little. I've never been too good with...letters."
  15. (8:28:21 PM) IterationDrive: She nods. "I helped teach my younger siblings how to read, write, and do arithmatic. If you wanted..."
  16. (8:32:55 PM) Maribelle: "You want to teach me how to read?" Mary looks up at Laminde in surprise, a look quickly mixing with a frown. "Do you have the time? I don't want to keep you from anything important."
  17. (8:34:53 PM) IterationDrive: "Oh, of course I have the time!" She smiles. "I'm not exactly strong enough to help with building, and most of my cleverness is rahter more... high society than is needed right now. I fear I'll be quite bored without something to keep me occupied..."
  18. (8:40:43 PM) Maribelle: "Then, if you want to...you can help me learn to read."
  19. (8:42:54 PM) IterationDrive: She smiles. "Wonderful. Do you want to learn anything else, by the way? I managed to get a decent number of books into the Arch before it closed..."
  20. (8:47:19 PM) Maribelle: "Ashryn and Feana were talking about what I could do after all this. They said I could be a good Marshal...what do you think I need to know to do...that?" Mary winces.
  21. (8:48:59 PM) IterationDrive: "Marshals? They're responsible for laws, mostly; making sure a nation's laws are followed by the citizenry."
  22. (8:49:47 PM) Maribelle: "Oh....I should know the laws, then....what book do read to learn that?"
  23. (8:49:51 PM) Maribelle: do I*
  24. (8:50:17 PM) ***Maribelle looks over the spines of the books Laminde has with her. What had the fox-ear bought with her anyway?
  25. (8:53:22 PM) IterationDrive: She's got quite a few books; most of them look pretty simple. The fox-eared girl nods. "That's... goign to depend a lot on you all, I suppose. A new nation, at this point, is what we are. You should probalby try to charter some laws, make sure everyone's on the same page..."
  26. (8:56:57 PM) Maribelle: "Charter....that means writing it down." Mary glances back at her bedroom where a certain pair of glasses rest; she turns back to Laminde with a weak smile. "First, the letters."
  27. (8:57:43 PM) IterationDrive: She nods, smiling back and reaching over to squeeze Mari's shoulder. "First, the letters. Then, the writing. Let's get started, hm?"
  28. (8:58:53 PM) Maribelle: Mary's smile grows stronger, turning up at the edges. "Let's get started."
  29. (9:02:23 PM) ID [[email protected]] entered the room.
  30. (9:02:51 PM) IterationDrive left the room (quit: NickServ (GHOST command used by ID)).
  31. (9:04:05 PM) ID is now known as IterationDrive
  32. (9:14:00 PM) IterationDrive: The first lesson is quite rough, to start; but after about four or five hours, Laminde calls it to a close for a break for lunch.
  33. (9:21:57 PM) ***Maribelle stands up, stretching out her back with a pop as she pushes her interlinked hands as far above her head as they can go. She's still in her cream nightgown from the morning, having waved away any talk of changing when it came up two hours in.
  34. (9:22:06 PM) Maribelle: cream-colored*
  35. (9:22:44 PM) Maribelle: "Are we going to do this again?" She asks.
  36. (9:23:02 PM) IterationDrive: Laminde smiles at her. "You're doing pretty well, Mari, but you can do better. So yes, we are. As often as you'd like, until you're completely fluent, okay?"
  37. (9:30:25 PM) Maribelle: "Tomorrow? In the morning again? If the others don't need me somewhere?" Mary offers, smoothing down hair still mussy from her bed.
  38. (9:33:30 PM) IterationDrive: "If you'd like, certainly!"
  39. (9:37:31 PM) Maribelle: Mary smiles. "I do..." Mary pauses to reassemble her words. "Thank you for helping me. With my letters. I don't want to disappoint the others by not learning what I need to do."
  40. (9:38:07 PM) IterationDrive: "Oh, it's fine, really." The foxgirl smiles. "I just want to help out, you know?"
  41. (9:45:25 PM) ***Maribelle nods slowly, a finger wrapping around a piece of her own white hair. She glances at the fox-girl's own hair for a moment. "...could I learn something else, before you go?"
  42. (10:01:33 PM) IterationDrive: "Hmm?" She quirks her head to the side. "What do you need?"
  43. (10:03:51 PM) Maribelle: "I wanted to know....do you have ears....?" Mary taps the side of her head where her normal *human* ears are.
  44. (10:05:06 PM) IterationDrive: She blinks, quirking her head a bit furthur. Her big ears flick a bit. "Of course I Have ears. They're quite easy to see~" She says with a grin.
  45. (10:06:57 PM) Maribelle: The corner of Mary's mouth twitches. "But do you have ears...?" She points toward the side of her head with both index fingers.
  46. (10:12:40 PM) IterationDrive: the Shifter turns and smirks, heading to the door. "Perhaps. Perhaps not. Maybe you'll get to find out~"
  47. (10:14:53 PM) Sarssol left the room (quit: Quit: ).
  48. (10:16:28 PM) ***Maribelle moves to go after her, before realizing that she's still in her dressing gown. "I am going to find out!" She declares.
  49. (10:16:51 PM) Maribelle: declares, coming to stand in the middle of the room.*
  50. (10:17:10 PM) IterationDrive: The Shifter just laughs, and leaves, tail swaying gently as she closes the door.
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