Monthly Archives: February 2019

(( I’m a little late with these thanks to the death flu I had earlier this week but better late than never! ))

Isturon was relieved to find that he had timed his early arrival home right. Braedra was still at the school, but the girls had already arrived. They must have been watching for him because the door swung open before he even got to the porch.

Telaena and Elthanni both stood there in eager anticipation. “Did you get it?” Telaena asked as he stepped inside, shutting the door behind himself.

He set the bag he carried in one hand down and handed her a box before removing his boots. “Right here. Remember, he’s your mother’s present, but part of it is that you’ve promised to help take care of him.”

“Can I look?”

Isturon nodded as he started taking things out of the bag. “Just don’t lose him. I want him in the box when your mom gets here.”

Telaena cooed as she lifted the tiny ball of grey fur out of the box. “He’s so cute and tiny!”

“Does he have a name yet?” Elthanni asked.

Isturon poured some of the cat food into the bowl. “Not yet. I think we can leave that to your mother.”

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Felarius wandered through the market in Silvermoon. Everyone had given him different advice on what to get for Irael for the love holiday. His sister said to get her jewelry, but he had already done that. Shouldn’t he do something else this time? She said it didn’t matter, but he wasn’t so sure. His father told him to get her something special that she could use every day. He wasn’t quite sure what he meant about that. It could be anything. Professor Firewind had suggested perfume. Felarius wasn’t sure if that would give the right message though. Would she think that he thought she smelled bad? He didn’t think that, but she could still think that. It was risky. Maybe too risky.

He stopped at the stand set up by the goblins. Chocolates were always a good option, right? He could get her some flowers to go with it. And a card. The goblin kept showing him more things to get. Balloons. That was enough, right? Candy hearts. Just one bag.

He hoped it would be enough.

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Salenicus waited in the headmaster’s office. The butler had led him here and asked him to wait while he fetched the mage. It wasn’t long before the mage appeared. Salenicus had half-expected him to just appear out of thin air, but it seemed that today the mage was walking places and using doors.

“Salenicus, what can I do for you?” he asked as he made his way to the other side of the desk to take a seat.

“Hi. I know that your father recently moved out of his house on the grounds, and I was wondering if you had any other plans for that house.” He could tell by the look on the headmaster’s face that he was going to have to back up and explain himself. “You know that I’ve been seeing Sorelle for some time now. I’ve been looking for a way for us to spend more time together. I haven’t talked to her about it yet, but I’d like it if we could live together. I was just hoping to find out if something was available first.”

“Actually, Keyalenn just asked if his father could move in there this morning, but I might have something better for you.”

Salenicus raised a brow, “Better?” He didn’t know there were any other houses available.

“There’s a lot that doesn’t have a building on it, but could have one, if someone wanted to help clear off the ruins on it. I think it would be better because Sorelle would still need a place to practice. The house my father was living in wouldn’t give her that. This way, one could be built,” the headmaster said.

“All I have to do is help clear it?”

“The builders already have a long list of things to start on in the spring. I’d prefer not to have to slow them down with clearing away old stuff. You could work on that while they’re working on their other things.”

Salenicus nodded. “Yes, I could do that.”

“If she says yes. Good luck. Was that all today?”

“Yes, thank you.”

Is this thing working? I think it is because I can hear it on the paper. I hope it’s not doodling instead. Anyway, this is my first essay assignment, and it’s supposed to be about my week. I’m going to do it about the past couple of weeks because I think it sounds better if I can start by saying I finally have a family!

It started a few weeks ago when my new dads came into the orphanage. They talked to almost all of the kids and I didn’t think they’d pick me because there was a baby there, but then they wanted me and the baby! They have a place in Shattrath and I was able to stay with them there while the paperwork was being processed and now we’re at home in the Ghostlands.

I thought the Ghostlands sounded scary at first, but I haven’t heard any ghosts since we’ve been here. Malwen says there are ghosts at the school but I don’t know if I believe her. She has a pet turtle so that’s kind of cool. She got it out and I got to touch its shell. She lives at the school and has two dads too.

My new dads are great. Imralion is my ann’da. That’s Thalassian for dad. He’s teaching me how to use a sword. I think I’m doing good at it so far. He says he kills demons and I think that’s great because demons are scary!

Aeramin is my felo’ann’da. That’s Thalassian for fire dad. I call him that because he’s a fire mage and he teaches magic at the school. I’m not old enough for those classes. He cooks really good and sings in the shower.

Roderick is the baby and he’s my new little brother now. He doesn’t do much except cry and sleep, but my dads let me hold him while he was drinking a couple of times and I really liked that. He really loves milk because I could tell the bottle got lighter so he drank a lot!

My best friend, Nerine, was also adopted and lives sort of nearby too. Felo’ann’da says it’s too far to walk but we go to the same school. Her new mom is our teacher, and she has two brothers now too. One of them is Wyrran who was also at the orphanage, and the other is Naraleth, who was already here.

I’m really excited to meet my grandparents. Ann’da says I have three. I also have an aunt and a cousin and a baby uncle. I met my grandfather but only for a few minutes because it was at the end of the school day and felo’ann’da was ready to go. He invited us to supper in a couple of weeks. He’s the one with the baby so it’ll be fun with two babies there.

There’s a holiday about love and there’s going to be a party about it this weekend at the school. Malwen says there’s a big room for dancing. Anyway, we’re going to go. Miss Lali thinks it’ll be a good opportunity for us to practice our Thalassian. We have to learn it in a special class in the morning and it’s just Nerine, Brier and myself. All week, we’ve been learning words and phrases that could be useful at parties. I want to ask ann’da to dance in his language.

Brier is also from the orphanage, but now she’s Malwen’s sister and she stays at the school too. I heard that all of the kids from the orphanage in Shattrath were adopted, even Grug, but then I haven’t heard about Grug being at the school so maybe that’s not true. I’m just glad that everyone knows common so that it won’t be too hard while I’m learning Thalassian. Nerine says it will be her third language and that her new dad is learning Taurahe for her. Her new mom already knows it and a bunch of other languages!

Um, I think that’s it. Oh! Ann’da promised to take me to the stables where they keep the horses in the city. I’m so excited! There used to be a horse toy at the orphanage and I liked that one the best. I think they must be so pretty. I hope there are some calm ones that I can touch. I’ve never gotten to be around a real horse before.

The kids are back. I missed them, but I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy the time alone with Braedra. We got a fair amount of snow, enough that I’ve heard Nessna complain about having to walk through it on patrol, so of course, the first thing they did when they got back was going outside to play in it. I’m eager to hear their stories about their trip.

Lani filled me in on it a little while they were gone. The trip plans were all laid out in the permission form that their teacher sent home, and she signed Vaildor’s and Lukian’s. She said they went to a forest with cones, a mushroom swamp, Nagrand, and one of the domes in Netherstorm. I wonder if they bought the food cubes from the strange energy creatures while they were there?

Things have been going well at the clinic. Isandri had her baby, a little girl they’ve named Thesera. Theronil had already taken this semester off from teaching at the school, though he was still doing his patrols of the grounds. I think he’s not doing those now for another few weeks. Isandri plans to be out for another 2-3 months. Lani said that she’ll be starting her leave soon after Isandri comes back, then I get to fill in for her.

Esladra has been busy with her newest patients. Arancon and Anorelle brought in Tiros for a check-up, and I got to hold him for a little bit while they were waiting. I guess he’s going back on patrol soon. He told Anorelle that if she needs anything while he’s gone she’s to come to the clinic. It’s practically right across the road so it would be easy enough.

Nessna and Sath brought in Senras for his check up too. His hair seems a bit lighter than Rylad’s but a bit darker than Zaren’s. There isn’t much of it yet though, so I guess we’ll see. He cried the whole time he was at the clinic. Nessna said he’s usually quiet, and she thinks it’s just the change of scenery that bothered him.

I can’t call him my newest grandchild anymore. While Hethurin and Terellion were in Shattrath, they visited the orphanage and have brought home a nine-year-old girl named Brier. Brier is a little different in that she’s not an elf. She’s half-human and half-orc. She looks, and acts, more human than orc, but she does have a distinct green tint to her skin.

I guess they’re not the only ones. Hethurin told me that Aeramin, Raleth, Desdeyliri, and even one of the builders have adopted some of the children from Shattrath. It was only after I spoke to Hethurin that I also learned from Nessna that one of the rangers went there as well. It looks like Hethurin’s plans to build a separate school for the general education classes is actually a good idea. He was also speaking of hiring another teacher or two to split the classes so that the lessons could be more focused on what the individual children need to learn. I think that’s also a good idea, though I do worry it’ll cost more than he realizes to build the school and to hire more people. I guess maybe he doesn’t have to worry about it.

It does make me wonder just how much money he has.

I’ll be making stew with fresh bread for tonight instead of heating up something from Tik’s kitchen. The girls will need something hearty and warm to come inside to. I look forward to hearing all about their trip.