[Diane] Chapter 2: The Hero's Home

[Anima mea]

Diane smiles and blushes with the amount of attention focused on her as Kenver speaks.  Once she has her words back, she clears her throat and speaks up, "The bath was wonderful, exactly what I needed considering.  And the food looks delicious!  It certainly has my stomach growling."

Taking in Gerens, she grins, "I'm decent enough about making notes about things, so I'll make mental notes about the map, what I may not remember and then we'll send it home with you tonight.  I think that should send you off on time."  She takes the glass of wine and sips it, letting the liquid pool on her tongue for a few moments.  She then swallows it and puts the glass down, taking note of the fact that the liquid is alcohol and as her tolerance for such is low, she best take it easy with it.  She then turns to Hunt, "I see you've made it through unscathed little brother.  That's good, I have a feeling we'll see plenty of trouble in the mean time." Winking at the boy, she looks around the table, "I suppose as far as most people starting off in this world, at least I started with good friends."

[Throndir]

"I do hope the food is to your liking, Hero Diane. If you think there's anything about it that needs to change, or if you have something specific you want to eat, I promise I'll do my best to give it to you." Kenver said, locking his eyes on you. "After all, that's what I'm here for. For you."

Hunt smiled widely at you."We brought back a whole lot of wagons!" The squire said joyfully. His eyes moved towards the food. "What would make all this better is some cake." Hunt commented, more to himself than anything, but Kayden glanced hard at him.

"You are a guest here Hunt." The knight said quietly. "Keep in mind the lessons you were taught... Don't forget that you were chosen to represent the Felencorp to the hero."

It was then that both Maban and Kenver lead the group for blessing of the food. You specifically noted that they gave their thanks to the goddesses. Though, the Goddess of Light was mentioned specifically. It was a prayer that seemed long, Gerens, Kayden, and Hunt stood by silently and respectfully, but soon enough Maban and Kenver had finished.

"Now come eat!" Kenver said, a hint of pride in his voice.

If you want to RP dinner, we could do it, but I'm up for paraphrasing it as well. You can state any specific questions/topics of discussion though.

[Anima mea]

Diane sits down and smiles, "How about we all start with eating this delicious meal, enjoy each other's company and go from there?  I think if we share a meal together we could very well function better together.  Can we all agree to at least try this?" She looks around, her mind filtering through all of the options available in HRT mind to bring these people together.

[Throndir]

"Of course hero Diane. This is the Hero's Home. I doubt even the Felencorp would interrupt something as sacred as your first meal here." Kenver said as pleasantly as he could.

"I very much agree, surely the mayors would dare not cause more ruckus with their ridiculous complains." The knight responded sharply.

Roll Diplomacy if you are choosing to placate anything.

[Anima mea]

Rolled 1d20-1 : 13 - 1, total 12

Diplomacy check

[Anima mea]

"Everyone please sit down and let's just have dinner, Diane sounds exasperated and grabs a knife off of the table and yells, "[Reshape]!", picturing the knife elongating into larger, albeit thinner, dagger.  "If I wanted to hear this dribble during dinner I would have just elected to die and relive memories of my death instead of coming here when Gaia gave me the option to come here instead.  I'm sick and tired of the disagreements you guys are having!  Sit down, have dinner and we can continue with such tomorrow!  Am I understood?!" Stabbing the  knife into the table, regardless of it's length or thickness, she let's her anger show fully thinking of the fires she had seen consume firewood in the fall and winter, except this time surrounding her like an aura, her mouth moving as she thinks of such, " O Fire. Heat from the origins, may it heat, boil, and burn all.  Cloak of fire!"

[Throndir]

When you used your reshape ability, like before, it took a full minute for it to slowly become as you imagined. Like last time too, you felt a slight pull, feeling slightly tired, but nothing too drastic. When you stabbed the knife into the table, it had already begun to be sharp enough to do so, and it easily went in. The knife continued to elongate and sharpen even though it was wedged into the table. The sight of the handle of the knife simply growing by itself along with your outburst made the rest of the people around the table quiet.

The moment you attempted to will fire to come into being surrounding you like an aura, the words came to your mind, you recited them naturally, and at that moment, a burst of fire surrounded you. Like with using your first ability of being able to reshape things, you felt yourself get just a bit more tired. As the fires whirled around you, the heat didn't bother you at all. However, for the rest of the things near you, they started to heat up. You knew if you didn't step back from the table, you would likely catch something on fire.

At that moment too, two notifications appeared.

You have gained a new title 『Spellcaster』
You have gained +1 MAG
You have gained a new title 『Tier 1 Elementalist』
You have gained +1 MAG

Kenver nodded, but he continued to glare at Kayden.

"Understood..." The knight responded watching the display.

OODM: Your incantation can actually be anything you want. Only requirements for the elemental magicka that the mayors use is invoking an element, having a clear picture of what you want to do, then saying the words that appear in your head. The format of: "<Invoke element>. <Words to describe the spell, or anything really>. <Name of Spell>.". If the spell is too complex, or you haven't met level or tier requirements, or if the spell would belong to a different magicka system, the spell won't trigger, but it would be good to experiment as well.

Added the spell Cloak of Fire to your spell list. For now, I've set it as a Tier 1 spell. We can change spell-details at a later on if we need to.

[Anima mea]

With a sigh she steps away from the table and speaks again, "Water. Cool, eternal and flowing, may you always bring life to the world.  Flame extinguish." She sighs again and closes her eyes, focusing on the image of the flame cloak fading out of existence.  Once she has tried, she opens her eyes and fixes them on the group of people at the table.  "Maban, Hunt, Geren, please excuse us for a moment please."  Pulling the dagger from the table she beckons Kayden and Kenver to follow her out of the room.  Then she heads out of the room towards the kitchen, her mind firmly on setting the stage for the conversation by standing in front of the steam engine. She waits until the two appear. "I honestly am coming to my wit's end with all of this bickering.  Today, I died, came to another world, met a goddess, turned a stove into a steam engine, met good people of all sorts, turned a knife into a dagger and cast a spell or two.  Do you know how much I have considered just slipping away to leave all of you.  I just wanted a nice dinner with my new friends.   And I am letting you know,  if I have to burn down the world to get that peace and quiet.  Because right now Hunt, Gerens and Maban deserve better than what we've given them tonight."  She takes a deep breath and glares at both of them, and mutters outloud, "Oh light and dark, the two elements that gird the world in life and death bring us peace and strife.  Dramatic aura." She imagines herself surrounded by light and dark in such a way that she is both lit up and cast in darkness simultaneously to give herself a more intimidating appearance

[Throndir]

You excused yourself from the group, while Kenver and Kayden followed.

When you attempted to cast the light and dark spell, Dramatic Aura, you got a notification.

Attribute not yet unlocked.

The words appeared in your mind, but you weren't able to use the spell at all. You noticed Kenver's eyes widened when you had began attempting to cast it, then only looked on curiously when nothing happened.

Kenver was the first to react, going down on his knees immediately. "Forgive my callousness, Hero Diane." Kener said apologetically.

Kayden on the other hand didn't kneel. "A more docile mayor Kenver is indeed a pleasant thing to see. If only the hero was summoned sooner for this to be happen earlier." Kayden said. You noticed Kenver's eyes flare, but he chose not to say anything.

[Anima mea]

Diane laughs and holds her hand out picturing an aura of of flame surrounding her dagger, Fire, that which cleanses and burns, that which makes way for renewal.  Flame sword!" Growling regardless of the result, "A more humble Kayden wouldn't hurt at this point either.  As at this point there will be more training or anything else until you decide to act like adults.  At this point if I am the adult in our situation then we start doing things my way and things will not go so well for anyone else except myself.  Am I understood?!"

[Throndir]

While it had finished growing longer from your previous attempt at reshaping it, with your spell it had become even longer. The flames surrounded your dagger, and it extended to the length of a sword as well. The flames didn't seem hot to you, and the dagger's handle was pretty cool too.

Roll Intimidate if you want mechanical effects to occur, otherwise the NPCs will proceed with their normal reactions. I'll apply hidden bonuses depending on situation (your sword and/or other factors).

Also Perception roll requested

Kayden was completely silent, feeling tense. Kenver on the other hand just raised an eyebrow. "I'm unsure how it's like in your world hero Diane, but adults here do not draw their weapons for petty squabbles." The knight said, staring hard, but making no more otherwise.

[Anima mea]

Grinning, she holds the dagger to the side, letting it continue to grow as she held it.  "In my world if adults are fighting like you guys are it usually doesn't taking someone literally sprouting cloaks of fire around them to get them to shut up and cool it.  In my world if you can't get along, you just go to your own space and let it cool down until you can work out a resolve.  And since you don't seem to be trying to resolve things, apparently it takes an adult to send you to your corners."

[Throndir]

Kayden narrowed their eyes. "Very well. Send Kenver to his corner. He has been the one confronting me at every turn. His own ideals and blindness has him refuse to heed the words of others. In our world, fights are generally resolved with duels." The knight nodded. "But your show of force definitely did get the mayor to 'shut up and cool it' as you put it." The knight continued to stare hard, keeping their face impassive. "As we can plainly see, it seems it would have taken a hero to be summoned to put him in his place."

Kenver continued to kneel. His eyes and head were downcast, so you couldn't get a read of his reaction. Though, his body looked tense at least.

[Anima mea]

Snorting, she shakes her head and walks out, "Come along Kenver, apparently in all worlds there are people who are capable of just ignoring something aimed at them as well.  Regardless we need to discuss this later.  I swear by the God of my world that between the three of us we aren't worth much to this group as all we can do is disagree and apparently I lose my temper."  Walking past Kayden, she smiles coldly, "KNow what you really need?  To stop thinking you're in charge and hope against hope I don't understand why heroes go "mad".

She stops right outside the dining room and sighs, "If I had known that I'd be playing mother to you lot, maybe I would have stayed dead.  Kept seeing visions of that boy I saw right before I died." Snorting she enters the dining room, putting on her best smile, "All done for now.  So how about we all enjoy this wonderful dinner that our kind hosts have prepared for us and then we can get some sleep shall we?" Her voice is sweet and wonderful, exactly what you might expect, but the dagger is still growing and surrounded by fire, her body language cold and business-like.

[Throndir]

"In charge?" Kayden echoed coldly. "To what capacity? I am simply here to train the hero in the ways of war that will soon plague all our lands, where the mayors of Chynance have done nothing but get in the way of that. This will be dropped only if the Chynance mayors drop their constant attacks on my country. Nay, the country that they themselves are a part of! The last month has worn my patience so very thin."

Kenver began to follow you back in. As for Kayden, he proceeded back in as well.

When you had ventured back inside, you realized that both Maban and Hunt were right at the entrance. You had failed to notice them earlier. The looks on their faces told you that they had heard most, if not the entire exchange. Maban's eyes had a look of anger as he shot Kayden a glare. As for Hunt, he looked completely lost as his eyes darted back from you to Kayden over and over. Gerens was still seated further back on the tables however, though, from the frown on his face, he probably guessed there was yet another conflict that had just brewed, even if he didn't know all the details. At the very least, all three of them noticed the flaming dagger. Your words and tone of voice was gentle and sweet, though it contrasted sharply by your posture, your gaze, and the very fact you held the flaming weapon.