Professor Sage

The night before, the siblings arrived in Asgard late and spent the night at one of the Inns around the tourist city. They had been given permission to study the newly discovered area outside of the city limits, one they had heard of through Emil and Marta. There, they heard that the rumored Wind Temple was kept underground. It was an irresistible offer to Raine when Aisha said she would convince the city representatives to allow them to make an official visit to study the place.

As usual, Raine's excitement for understanding these ancient architectures and artifacts ensured she was the first to wake up that morning. The sun hadn't even risen outside, but the professor had enough energy to last her for days, she figured. Luckily, the Inn's dining room opened early or tourists hoping to catch a glimpse at the carvings on the walls without the rush of the crowd.

She let her brother sleep in for another half an hour while she grabbed her own breakfast and gathered her brother's to deliver to him. When she entered the room again, the room seemed lighter than before, but still not by much. Genis was still sleeping, and so she walked over to his bed and gently shook him awake.

When she thought of the lives she had unknowingly touched while accompanying her companions, she felt proud, but always uneasy as well. As a professor, she knew how to give others knowledge to guide them through to a better life. She would always push her students to outstretch their hands beyond the confines of Iselia. Most were unaware that there was a whole world beyond the village limits. That was typical of a life in a small community.

However the people she was thinking of now were not her pupils in the literal sense. These were the half-elves of the world who had looked to her as a figure head in their hidden populace. Each one living under false names and livelihoods, pretending to be a race they don't belong to out of fear of persecution. The ones who were known as half-elves worked endlessly in research laboratories, rarely seeing the sun. Over the past few years, she had met in secret with many of these people, much more than she had dreamed of when she was just a humble school teacher in a place far from her origins.

Many lived completely out of the public eye outside of towns and cities, living off of the land and depending solely on themselves and whatever other half-elves that banded with them, blood relations or not. While Raine couldn't send them monetary support, they spoke to her mostly for advice, or to tell their stories to her while they thought at least someone would listen. They voiced their concerns and suggestions, and all the while the professor had immense help from Mizuho's intelligence operatives to try to investigate certain things, and maybe get to a point where society saw some change. It was unfortunate, she figured, that it would probably not happen in her lifetime.

She wouldn't admit it, but it could be overwhelming to think about. As far as her race went, she was practically a newborn, though she was in her mid twenties. A half-elf's actual lifespan could be many centuries long, but most didn't live past one due to the high crime rates against their kind. Here in Luin, waiting for some comrades sent by Sheena, Raine mulled these uncertainties over in her mind until she felt a warmth within in her chest.

Yes, if there was some ultimate purpose for her birth, making this kind of change for the world would be it.

Hi, I'm Gigi! I'm a 17 year old full-time university student studying under a biochemistry major. I've been roleplaying Raine for two and a half years now under both this account and my multi-muse account, along with other Tales characters. My serious roleplaying started around three years ago when I took up Tear Grants, but I've been writing many short stories and such since about six years ago. My personal account is over at atomicmoofin, my skype is available under the same name (all I ask is that if you add me just do a short introduction comment so I know youre an rper here! I dont trust adds out of the blue but I welcome talking to other rpers always!)