tushanshu_logs | Do You Walk in the Shadow of Men...

Characters: Valdis and open
Date: The Month of May
Location: Throughout Keeliai
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: In Headers

Moving out of the hotel didn’t take long. Valdis hired a few kedan to help her move her things to the small house near the former palace gardens. It was a comfortable enough space, moreso because Wan had built it. She wasn’t entirely certain why she had waited so long to move here, but perhaps she had just needed time to let go of Anton. The house needed a bit of work after having sat empty for so long, but not much and nothing she wasn’t willing to do. Valdis was capable of creating things, not just destroying them.

The KPD hasn’t let up on patrols and she’s renewed the watches on the water sources. She now had thirty-seven officers and the support of the Justice Guild, a far cry from where she had started almost a year ago. The addition of four Kirin to the KPD resources had been a bright spot, but now Valdis had to find a caretaker for them. She hoped that the four mounts could help reduce response times to crisis as well as aid in crowd control should something arise. Allying with the Guild of Justice and Arbitration had been a wise move as it seemed to calm things down a bit and give both parties a more stabilizing structure. Now she could hunt...

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Valdis' furniture wasn't the only thing arriving--Sheena was coming along for the ride. And from her expression, she wasn't exactly thrilled about it. Luckily, her ire wasn't directed towards Valdis, but to the furniture store.

They had made a mistake and switched addresses on the two women's orders, but refused to correct it on just Sheena's say-so.

So, she had refused her delivery and accompanied the drivers to Valdis' home in order to make things right. Spotting the woman, Sheena waved.

"Excuse me, but are you waiting on some chairs?" she asked, hoping Valdis would describe them sight unseen to prove that they were hers.

Valdis looked up long before the wagon came into view, but by the time they had rounded the corner, she was back to reading, unconcerned. Until, that is, she heard Sheena's voice. She looked up, "Yes?"

Though why Raine's friend was here with said chairs seemed incredibly odd.

Sighing, Sheena gave the men a "told ya" look before hopping down out of the wagon. "Could you tell them that? They got our orders mixed up and didn't believe me when I told them that." She threw them a disgruntled look. "And trust me, they're hard to confuse."

Which made this whole thing even odder.

Valdis folded the corner of the page to mark her spot, setting the bible to the side as she stood up.

"Gentlemen," Valdis replied, giving them her most dazzling smile, "You would question the owner of a prominent business over her order. Do you think she wouldn't know what she purchased?"

The kedan looked stunned for a moment and then looked away, one of them grumbled to the driver and then went around the back to open the wagon and take out the chairs.

"Still need you to confirm." the driver said, though with less confidence than he had probably had before.

Confused, Sheena glanced from Valdis to the men during the exchange. She had a feeling she was missing something here, but since whatever it was had worked, she wasn't about to question it or argue over the results.

Still, she couldn't help rolling her eyes and sighing in relief before turning back to Valdis.

"Thanks. I appreciate it." As the men took out the chairs, she looked at the other woman quizzically. "How did you know who I was?" she asked, a little unsure that the term "prominent" applied to her in any way.

Valdis just smiled at Sheena in return, then turned her gaze to the chairs that the kedan were unloading.

"I'm the chief of police," she answered, "I make it a priority to know all the Foreigners."

Sheena also watched the workmen, making sure the chairs were unloaded carefully. After all this, no sense in them getting damaged.

"You are? And you do?" Sheena shakes her head. "You must be awfully busy because of recent events," she says, her tone serious and maybe just a little angry.

"Yes, but it's not like I have spies watching people. I don't need to know secrets, just names and descriptions," Valdis waved a hand dismissively, "Besides, Raine is my friend too."

She tipped her head at the feeling of the woman's anger.

"And yes, we are very busy with the aftermath of the Cultist attack, but from what I understand, you've been busy helping repair the damage, for which I am very grateful."

"Hmmm. I guess that would make sense." Sheena was pretty sure that the Knights combined back home knew just about everyone in Meltokio--rich or poor. "Ah. So you know Raine? Have you known her since her arrival? Or...yours?" Such an awkward way to ask "how long".

And Valdis gets a slight blush.

"Y-Yeah. You're welcome." She looked in the direction of the greenhouses. "It's slow-going because Gnome's never encountered anything like Dust before, and wants to be extra careful. If it was a poison he was familiar with, he'd have it done in no time. This will take several weeks." She turns back, the fear in her eyes quickly disappearing.

"Besides, I can only keep him here for a short amount of time, and if he weakens...he could be affected." And the last thing they needed was a giant rodent with a shovel running amok.

"Raine arrived before I did," Valdis answered, "A few months I think. We weren't exactly friends though. That came much, much later."

Valdis regarding the woman with slight curiosity.

"Gnome?" She repeated. So he was like a duel monster then, an entity that could be summoned at will, "You'll have to extend my thanks to him as well."

Sheena chuckled. "Sounds like my friendship with her." And that was all she was going to say on the subject. Despite a not-so-pleasant beginning, they had become close and Sheena would protect Raine with all her power if needed. "But she's a very good friend of mine--both at home and here."

Sheena nodded. "Gnome," she repeated before realizing. "Sorry. He's the Summon Spirit of Earth back on my world. He can take on ay appearance he wants, but he chooses to be a giant rodent with a propeller bow holding a shovel--just in case you get any reports about a weird creature around the greenhouses." She paused.

"Actually, would you like to thank him yourself?"

Sounded like Raine was normally cold in the beginning then, good to know. Valdis looked over at the men as they carried the chairs into the house, then back at Sheena when she offered to summon the giant rodent.

"Um," Valdis replied, slightly taken aback, "Sure?"

She wasn't exactly used to the idea of talking with a summoned creature.

"Cold" is a good way to put it. "Pragmatic" would be a better term for when she met Sheena since they were enemies at the time and the ninja was injured. Aaaand Raine didn't want to heal her.

But that's ancient history as far as Sheena's concerned.

The ninja waited patiently for Valdis' answer, giving her an encouraging smile in light of her surprise. "It's okay. He won't hurt you. He may annoy you a little, but not hurt you." And speaking one word, "Gnome!" the Summon appeared--actually not too much taller than the two women--with a "Yo, what's up?"

"This lady would like to speak to you," Sheena said, nodding the "go ahead" in Valdis' direction.

Valdis didn't fear the creature and Sheena's reassurances were more amusing than anything else, but still appreciated. She took a step back when Gnome appeared, not unlike when Bakura summoned his own monsters, but Gnome held more intelligence, more essence than Bakura's monsters.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Gnome," Valdis said, "Thank you for all your hard work in purifying the soil."

Valdis might come to appreciate the warning more if Gnome was true to form. Summon Spirit and comrade he might be, but Sheena wasn't joking when she mentioned him being annoying.

And of course, Gnome didn't let her down.

"Yeah. Nice to meet you, too." Well, at least he was being polite. "And it wouldn't be so hard if that stuff wasn't so strange! Bleh!"

And Sheena would just facepalm right now.

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