Tazlure

Hue was about to tell the captain that she was more than willing to risk her life, because the kami had led her here and to the tree and of course she was meant to find the masters and help, but her words never left her mouth. Instead they caught themselves in her throat as Lopus offered to take her...

Hue seemed to relax, much like Eoghain, when Lopus eased her fears. She didn't even think to question him; why would he lie to her? A small nod was given to Lopus' words even as Hue reformed her own thoughts, trying to figure out how to say it best. "The Tree of Shaping is not dead," she s...

Hue smiled back at Lopus without hesitation, happy that someone was finally on her side. Inwardly, she wondered if she could talk to Lopus about what the Tree of Shaping had said to her. Could she trust him? Hue badly needed someone in T'aquar to think well of her; for now she was just a strange for...

Hue was pleasantly surprised at how quickly and effectively the kami responded to her request. Though her features did not change as she watched pupils dilate and tense forms relax, she was beaming on the inside. Thank you, great kami. I am humbled. The Eastern girl did allow herself a smile when Eo...

Hue listened closely while her gaze wandered emptily about them -- until something caught her attention. At first she simply assumed he had been called to duty. The Adhiel woman who spoke to him did so at such a speed that Hue's interpretations were left whirling. How in the name of the Dragon Empre...

Back to the source. That sounds like the forest. It seemed the signs kept pointing toward those treacherous trees. Would she even be able to speak before she was shot? "Oh," Hue said softly, turning her eyes toward the guard for a moment. "I come from Eastern Empire, far across the s...

Hue wanted to wince when she saw the guard glance at the tree and then away. They really didn't know, did they? Why didn't the tree tell an Adhiel? Had they not tried to listen? She shook her head honestly enough when the guard asked for directions. "No. He said close, at docks. I get distracte...

Hue could feel her connection to the tree slipping away as its message ended. And it was no wonder; the reach had been mutual, of course, and Hue did not have the power to force such a thing -- not that she would, if capable. Yet suddenly Hue felt somewhat alone, her hand falling away from the bark ...

Hue still wondered at the tree's words. It was easy to pull dead bark away from a tree, but to pry the layers of hatred and resentment -- and pain -- away from an angry elf was an entirely different matter. Yet she did not have long to consider this. For suddenly the tree shivered deeply, and a diff...

Why did she not hesitate? Was it because this was the first time something mystical had happened to her that was not guided by one of her teachers? Or perhaps because she was eager to find a meaning for her arrival in T'aquar? Either way, Hue listened with steady breath to the voice of the Tree of S...

Hue's outward countenance barely shifted as feelings -- not hers, but not foreign to her -- rushed into her emotions. Her heartbeat quickened for the briefest moment before she willed it to slow again. First instinct was, of course, to fight off such uncomfortable emotions. But Hue was trying to lea...

Hue's features remained impassive as she considered her thoughts and the absence of An's presence. She was not surprised or worried, for An could take care of himself well enough. Sometimes she wondered if he was truly as old and tired as he seemed. There was one thing to be said about him, though: ...

Hue was pensive during the short boat ride back from the strange floating tree. Taking time only to smile gratefully to Khar'Ione, the Eastern woman found her feet again on solid ground (with considerably less relief than most others felt at such things) and began walking in the direction she'd seen...

Hue smiled gently when Aonail pointed out the many questions she asked; but An had said she was to tell him what she had learned. Wishing to please her teacher (and satisfy her curiosity), Hue intended to learn as much as she could. But Aonail didn't seem to truly mind talking to her, so Hue continu...

Hue blinked slightly at Aonail's words, slipping between them discreetly and grabbing at the unseen things hidden there. Dominicus has not always been around? Can gods be...created?? What a strange idea. I shall have to ask An. Aonail continued, and Hue left her thoughts to follow along with this wo...

Hue listened thoughtfully to Aonail's words, finally remembering her water and taking a small sip from it. Nephe'line came again, handing another glass of some sort of alcohol to the other Adhiel before turning to her. Hue's eyebrows lifted slightly at her words, though she said nothing in response ...

Hue listened closely as Aonail began to tell his tale, both because she was curious and because if she did not listen closely she might lose meaning between the words she didn't recognize. Amun Rah, the Father and the Mother, these were strange to her. Yet she accepted them, drinking in Aonail's wor...

Hue's eyes thoughtfully moved over the instrument as he laid it down on the table. She seemed to consider every curve, every string, every bit of grain in the wood before she finally looked back to her new Adhiel companion. As Aonail quite suddenly leapt into a conversation about Westerners and how ...

Hue smiled softly as the bard began to play in earnest when he noticed her attentions. Her dark eyes roamed over him as he played, her ears all but tuning out everything but the music. The soldiers became a glinting group of unimportant lights, the room around her nothing but darkness. Though he gla...

Hue answered An with a nod and a small bow, her eyes following until she discerned which direction he was going in. Turning back to Khar'Ione, Hue's eyes traveled over his form -- not apprasingly, but thoughtfully, as if absorbing all the details of his bodily self. His smile made her smile, and for...

Hue hardly noticed the playfulness in An's tone, the fathomless depths of her black eyes focused intently on the strange floating tree. Water, Earth, Air...what is this tree? I have never seen anything like it. "That tree is incredible," she said breathlessly to An -- or perhaps to no one ...

Hue's eyes remained focused on the canoe and the strange tree behind it as she advanced toward it, listening to An's words with a stoic expression upon her face. "But if you were in the clutches of the Oni, it would be far different, just as there is a difference between an attempt at influence...

The juggling of two languages she barely knew had left Hue a bit baffled even when speaking in Noi Long, and it didn't even occur to her that she had just called the older Sojen an honorable young lady. Well, at least she'd called him young. Her dark eyes took in their surroundings as they walked in...

Hue's eyebrows lifted slightly as Evangelina answered Hue's questions to what seemed to be the best of her ability. The woman had said there were no other gods, yet almost in the same breath she said that the other gods were incomplete pieces of Dominicus. And still more were "daemons." Hu...

At first Hue was listening to the woman speak, noting how the words sounded when they came out of her mouth, and listening for new words she had not yet learned. Yet something caught her attention. The Adhiel saw a trace of confusion flicker across Hue's features as she told the guards in Human -- a...