i won't leave any doubt [May, catchall, open]

[ruinsprofessor]

Characters: Raine Sage and OPEN
Date: May, most of it
Location: Keeliai. Healers' Guild, Earth Sector, assorted other
Situation: many, lots.
Warnings/Rating: None currently, will update if that changes


A | Healers' Guild | OPEN

Raine can be found at the Healers' Guild perhaps even more often now, even though she was supposed to be delegating to free up more of her time. With the recent loss of some personnel, and a recent brush with friends from home as well, she's been working as hard as she can, and possibly forgetting to take as many breaks as she should. At any point during most days she can be found tending patients, or in her office working at any number of administrative tasks, or making a beeline from point A to point B, walking briskly and with purpose. She's rarely in the entrance hall, but any kedan volunteer can point out where the head of the Guild has gotten to at most times.

Fairly generally, if she leaves on time, it's because someone else has reminded her to, whether it's Solomon coming to pull her away from things or one of her coworkers reminding her about the fine art of delegation.

There is only one instance in which she falls asleep on her desk.

After the seventh of the month, there will be one or two instances in which she can be found at the empty pool in the courtyard, looking visibly and unusually troubled.

B | markets | OPEN

Raine, mid-errands, has a basket under one arm and appears to have been sidetracked (yet again) by her questionable cooking choices. This is currently manifesting in the shape of a conversation with a shopkeeper about sea prunes.

She herself is intent, brow furrowed and questioning earnestly. The kedan appears somewhat more concerned. "No," he's saying, "you can't put sea prunes in cake."

Raine does not appear to believe him.

C | a particular tavern | closed to Lin and Pepper)

Finally following up on the lead Solomon uncovered for her regarding last month's anonymous donation, Raine goes from kedan orderly to a specific tavern where she has been told they usually drink, around the hours that would make sense for such a thing. She really should have made time for this earlier, but the practicalities of running the Guild combined with the pressures of the Milyn problems only made her busyness mount, instead of easing.

In contrast, it's almost pleasantly simple just to go out to a tavern with a friend. Even if there is an ulterior motive. Raine invited Pepper half because she really could use a second point of view on this problem, and half because she wanted an excuse to spend time with a friend, in the middle of everything else that's happening.

She's looking for a scrawny kedan with colourful hair and a stutter, and she'll head his way when she spots him.

D | wildcard | open

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Comments

[rawiron]

Judging by the look on Lin's face, he couldn't imagine anything like that. "Even small families have big families," he insisted. "Orphaned kids get t- t- taken in. Th- that's all th- the gangs are, really. Families who had t- to make th- themselves. Say what you will, but th- they understand how t- to hold t- t- together."

He rubs his forehead, is brow furrowed, and one of his companions a few feet behind apparently takes that as an opportunity to call out: "Are you coming back or not? Celebration's not over yet!"

Lin gives them a grin somewhere between sheepish and anxious. "S'at all you n- need?"

[lasergrenades]

Coming from a city of eight million people, Pepper's sense of scale with this kind of thing is a bit skewed. Then again, mobs had once run a great deal of New York City, and those were definitely families of the kind Lin is referring to. Perhaps she needs to think a little more Gotham and a little less Manhattan.

"I think I got the picture," Pepper says, turning to Raine with her eyebrows raised in wordless question.

[ruinsprofessor]

"I wouldn't be surprised if half our misunderstandings come from this one source," Raine sighs, and she shakes her head. "Yes; thank you for your time. You've given me what I needed, and something to think about besides."

She nods to Pepper, agreeing, and flicks her gaze back to Lin. "May I contact you again, should we run through our current stock? I don't anticipate it will be any time soon, but I'd prefer to be prepared. Just in case."

[rawiron]

Lin hesitates for a moment. "Guess so," he says at last. "I could maybe get more. Don't wanna guarantee it, th- though. Th- this t- time was kind of a personal gift. I'll see what I can d- d- do."

"C'mon, we need to celebrate the baby firecracker!"

At this, Lin gives them a smile that's practically dazzling, and slides off his stool to head back to his friends, unless one of them stops him.

[lasergrenades]

Pepper makes no move to stop Lin, turning to glance at Raine.

"Well. That explained a lot and now I have even more questions than I did before, I think," she remarks, tilting her head to the side. "Did you get what you needed?"

just wrapping up here don't mind me

[ruinsprofessor]

"I think so," Raine says thoughtfully, and waves Lin a short farewell, a quick little flutter of her fingers before turning back to Pepper. "I agree; there are more questions than when I began. However, it's answered what I needed for now. Thank you for accompanying me, Pepper."