medya's new forearms are beautiful
she is beautiful
light gleams off of her copper filigree and glimmers through her othelyan crystals
her inner light shines through with every motion
with her first partial harmonization she is the happiest she's ever been
after the ritual was complete we dashed downstairs to celebrate ... but rakela was waiting for us with barrer and quite a few brelish soldiers outside
we knew returning to breland carried the risk of being caught
i demanded they give us at least one happy minute to meet as friends ... and they did
that minute was full of hugs and tears and joy
then it came time for official business and that meant fighting over our freedom
medya and i were too exhausted for combat and we couldn't just sit there and watch so we retreated to our room – "if you have to come arrest us the door is open"
we tried to relax while the others fought ... including gemini star which we were not expecting
as soon as it was over we all headed straight for the teleport circle so i didn't see the aftermath of the fighting
but i could smell charred wood
to cover our tracks zer' set the teleport platform to be destroyed once we were gone
with the new shop open in "cogstown" – the new name for blackbones – the original heart & hammer is officially closed
the place medya and i felt was our home away from home ... we can't return to anymore
now we've run away to plan more travel
there's a lot of emotion in me right now and i need more time to process it
but i'm not the only one hurting – bell is a total wreck right now
important note: forged are a combination of metal and wood and a few different alchemical fluids in different ratios depending on the individual
when gem lashed out with wingblades – wingblades! – and cut barrer she leaked one of the more flammable fluids
bell accidentally ignited it with her hammer and barrer was badly scorched
of course bell immediately stopped to cast renew so she'll be all right physically ... but they can't sit together and work out the rest of the healing
because barrer is brelish military and we're enemies of breland
there's not much comfort in it for bell but the blame for all of this goes to the winterwolves
in both legend and fact this is how they work – maneuvering people into conflict until they're too scared and weary to fight off the real threat
they scatter herds
for now we're staying at the wayfinders' headquarters and this place qualifies as safe
time to relax if we can
...
watching medya play her fiddle with her new talons is a good way to relax