#vyolen

vyolen voice: ;<

absolutely enthralled with these bastards

... ... The bar is... not what I expected. This is where single-skins go to be merry and ‘drink’, but I can’t see the well anywhere. It must be another term of phrase that means something different than what you think it does, which is a funny thing about Common. The night is already seeping into the corners of the building, throwing shadows over the rats and orcs and gnomes. People stare at me- judging my new form, maybe?- for a very long second before returning to their conversations. Brushing it off, I take a seat right by the counter and look around. What next? “Welcome..!” The woman stood across from me chirps. She has cat ears. Are humans meant to have cat ears? “Can I get you a drink?” “Uh.. I think so.” While that feels like the right thing to say, her bright stare lingers in a puzzled manner. “...I mean.. yes.” There! Now she’s smiling... it’s a nice smile. “There you go!” She plonks a tankard in front of me, filled with some sort of wheat-colored liquid. Either a potion, or the beverage equivalent of human food... Interesting! “I’m Cil, by the way! Give me a shout if you need anything, ‘cuz you look new. What’s your name?” My name... I really should’ve thought about that. Where I come from, a name is more than a name. Who you are is more important than what you look like, and your name is the first point of your identity, your legacy... We’re lucky enough to choose all these things. Your name is a part of who and what you want to be. I want to be... the last notes of a symphony before the applause takes over. The light of the moon before the sun breaks through, standing watch against and over the night. The future and past of a race as old as time itself. But more than that... I want to be a hero. No. I want to be more than a hero. I want to be.. Elashor. I can be Elashor. I-- I am Elashor. Vyolen Elashor. That sounds like a nice name. Cil blinks. “Caaan I.. call you Vy for short?” “D-did I-” “Yeah, you said all of that aloud..” “Uh. Yeah, that’s fine. Nice to meet you, Cil.” “Nice to meet you, Vyolen..!”