genessia | Lastly came Winter cloathed all in frize

[There appears to be fog or steam rising up around the woman as she appears on screen, in reality it's because behind her is a field of ice leftover from when she froze the water coming out of the pod so she could walk across it without getting wet. Her hair is down, all adding the the abnormal lack of color and making the dark lips and shifting colors in her eyes even more obvious. Her eyes are only sort of in the direction of the screen because she is holding the brochure in her other hand, flipping it over to see if there is any more explanation for whatever god had the audacity to pull her away from what she was supposed to be. And only a god would have that ability because there was no way any humans even in large numbers could have managed the task against her will.]This is unacceptable.

[Gaze lifting from the device in her hand to the surrounding city the Queen looks... annoyed. Which isn't the best mood to have her in but isn't all that uncommon either.] Handmaiden. [Now that sounds more like a demand than a randomly thrown out word. And it is. She's calling for the Leanansídhe and is even more annoyed when the woman does not appear. She'd call for her Knight if she thought he wouldn't run the other direction just to be difficult, he generally had to be suborned into service. Her eyes narrow as she steps out onto a street with passing people and they barely seem to pay her any mind which is not common at all.] Creatures of this demesne, explain.

[And that's about the time things start going frosty all around her, it even crackles into the edges of the screen, icing up trees behind her and something cracks as it freezes so quickly then explodes in a shower of ice shards and wood. One of the lower branches of a tree off to her left side.]

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I don't think so. I mean we can fend them off, but we have like four cities and they have the rest of the world.

[...She's just a kid, she doesn't know how the world works.]

Are there others from your world here?

Yeah there's a few of us, about ten the last time I checked.

...I guess you wouldn't know if there anyone from your world here yet, would you?

And do they also have impressive speed?

I have not yet met everyone who is here. [That doesn't mean she doesn't know there are people from her world here. But she doesn't see any need to clarify.]

Well they aren't particularly slow by any means, but I'm pretty I'm the fastest of the bunch.

Give it some time and I'm sure you'll meet everyone you need to! Hopefully you have a few friends from around here.

What special skill do they bring then?

[She gets a blank look at the idea of friends. Because lets face it. Sarissa was the closest thing to that and Mab does not understand friendship.]

Well each one has something different; one has neat magic glyphs, one can control magnets, my sister has a fiery aura...

[She pauses after mentioning her sister and hung her head. Yang was still missing and they hadn't had much luck in tracking her down.

Ruby shook the thought from her mind for the moment. Once she had Mab settled she could go back to worrying about Yang.]

[Glyphs are older magic in Mab's world, it is versatile. She looks interested. Magnets aren't as much interest to her as iron is likely involved but fiery aura? ]

She can control flames or her aura is warm?

[Her eyes track that change in demeanor, Ruby wears her heart on her sleeve.]

Your sister is unwell?

A bit of both... She gets surrounded by fire which is pretty darn warm.

[Oh no! She was trying to be subtle about it! Mab's good.]

Unwell? Well kind of, sorta... I'm not really sure to be honest. She's been missing since New Years. I hope she's alright...

[She'll leave out the fact that she's been kidnapped by a man with a massive chin at the moment.]

A physical aura of Fire. I see.

Missing is very different from unwell. Have you asked a local wizard to do a finding?

Wizard? Oh, You must have seen Harry's Pamphlets!

[The only logical conclusion.

She'll nod and shrug.]

We tried to do that, but I guess the archways here mess with his magic so... Well we didn't find any sign of her.

[She looks blank for a moment because she has not seen any pamphlets.]

It seems he needs to learn focus.

Hey. Harry did what he could, I don't think his skills were the problem here...

[She knows he tried, he's been helping her since this happened.

Also Harry's handy dandy pamphlet can be found here.]

If you know how to give him a boost though, I'm sure he'd appreciate it.

[She definitely did not look at flier racks. Regardless she smiles slowly at Ruby's suggestion.]

Perhaps I will. He may take your suggestion better from someone he knows.

[That's right, she wants Ruby to talk Harry into letting Mab train him.]

Really, you will!?

[Harry will be so happy that she found a teacher for him. Now he'll be an even greater wizard.]

I'll run the idea by him and see what he thinks.

A Wizard would do well to seek out improvement when assistance is offered. Think nothing of it.

You might suggest to him that if he does not desire my assistance, I would be more than pleased to pay you very special attention in his stead.

Y-yeah, that makes sense.

[Wait what?]

Uhmm.... So you're going to teach me magic instead if he doesn't want to learn from you?

[Why would she want to do that? Ruby's not a wizard, but it would be pretty cool if she was.]

Certainly not, magic is not your strength. But I could indeed assist you with combat practice in ways that help you build on your strengths.

That makes sense... Getting stronger would be really great!

[There's a pause as she realizes there's a dilemma with this.]

Ufff... I'm not sure who I want to be learning under you more though, me or Harry.

Perhaps you should discuss this with him.

You know, I think I will!

[Alright and after all this talk, they've finally arrived at Tupelo Alley; the classiest apartment building in Genessia. It has a nifty clubhouse and an outdoor pool, just like Ruby mentioned.]

[Mab comes to a stop and looks up at the building, her expression giving nothing away though she is clearly taking it all in and apparently making judgements.]

Take me to the ... [she takes a moment to remember the correct word] manager so that we may see the living quarters.

No problem!

[And she'll lead Mab inside and over to the managers office just like she requested. Ruby is an excellent guide, maybe she could consider being a tour guide around here?]

Do you want me to go in with you? or do you think you've got talking to them covered?

[The manager wasn't exactly a huge fan of Ruby and her room mates. Their window seemed to be a magnet for newspapers and they had a habit of covering the damage up by nailing tables to the wall.]

I believe I can manage, though should I choose to see my options is there a second suggestion you might have?

I've heard the regency apartments are really nice but I haven't been inside myself. If you want to I take a look I'd be happy to go with you. I can wait down here if you wantto see something else, or you can stop by my room. I'm in room 402 here.

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