• Solo • [Smooglenuff Manor/ Faldrass] Settling In.

[Zana]

15th Cylus, 722

Zana had been here, in Smooglenuff Manor, for two trials now. Devin had been inordinately kind to her - as of course he should be - and she had found the staff to be warm and welcoming.

On this particular morning - well, morning ish, Zana liked to luxuriate over breakfast - she pulled on a warm coat and went out to the stables. There, she made her way to a more open area, where usually horses and so on would be walked, and she waited. She didn't have to wait long, because within moments her Dragonling, Zeke, landed. Zana didn't think she would ever grow complacent over the beauty of this creature, or the wonder of the gift Drathaidir had given her when she had been granted these two beautiful companions.

"How are you to-trial, dear heart?" Zana asked, gently fussing the beautiful dragonling. Zeke lowered his head for her, accepting her affection as his due and she smiled, leaning against him. "I think it would be a lovely time to go for a ride, would it not?" It might be that for many, the time flying and looking down at the ocean and the sea and the sky would be an opportunity to reflect, to consider and to really think. No such for Zana Delroth. It was a time for her to enjoy the view, to love the pleasure of her own company, to feel the wind in her hair, reminding her of her father, and to soar with the birds. Such was the depth of Zana Delroth, and so she gracefully climbed atop Zeke and held on as he flapped his wings twice and then took off.

It was a beautiful ride and, even though Zana was not particularly good on horse back or dragonling back, Zeke was a cautious and considerate mount. His intelligence meant that he made sure that she had an easy ride and Zana was learning the subtle ways that he communicated with her - and more importantly how she could communicate with him. She was learning to lean, to think carefully about where he weight was, to notice where he was looking and - of course - to hold on tight. These things were important and they not only made her better at controlling the journey, but it helped the two of them to bond even further.

As they made their way upwards, Zana looked down at Smooglenuff Manor below them. There was a lot to like about this place, Zana thought. It had a lot of potential and, more than that, the whole island did. Devin was sure that he would be able to make the island a better place, and she considered that he probably would. She wondered briefly if they shared a definition of what made a place 'better', but she decided quickly that they probably did. To be surrounded by beauty and luxury, that was her dream and she was determined that she would have it. Devin was a fascinating man and she was quite sure that she would be welcome here for as long as she wanted to stay. She liked the idea of a partnership, of them working together at the very least.

Delroth's daughter and his High Priest made for quite the glamorous couple, after all. She smiled as she gently tapped Zeke's neck, indicating where she wanted to go. "I want to see the whole island, Zeke, please. I'd like to get an idea of it." Her lips lifted in a smile as she began the process of surveying the place.

After all, she surmised, if this was going to be her home, then she should know it and what was here. Thus, it could become hers and work - as everything should - to her whims.
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She's got a smile it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky

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[Zana]

15th Cylus, 722

It was, she had to admit, beautiful.

Or at least, parts of it were. The Badlands, as they were called, were a wholly unpleasant looking place and Zana wanted no part of it. However, there were a number of landmarks which she could see and which she could give a good guess at what they were, from the maps in the Barony. There was Saoire's school, of course, and that seemed very likely to be that nice building with the large tree in it. There was Serenity Garden, but that was over the Badlands, or along the coast, and there were two settlements. She could tell them, one from the other, as one had a lighthouse in a tree. It was a beautiful thing and Zana looked at it in some surprise. The settlements seemed like a sprawling collection of mud-huts for peasant-types. She didn't expect something quite so impressive and she made an internal note that maybe these settlements weren't small things, but they could be useful allies. That one was Hopetoun, Zana believed. That was led by none other than Darius Baer. Now, she knew about Darius because he was also a Baron. So, that made him a Baron and a leader of a place that was maybe more than she'd considered.

Interesting.

The second settlement, Haven, didn't have anything as tall as a lighthouse, but it too was larger than she'd considered it might be. Living and learning, she considered. For a while, she flew, making note of things she saw. The Sentry, of course, stood watch over Faldrass. Zana didn't know the history of Faldrass as such, and she wouldn't have known Baron Rodrigues von Smooglenuff if he'd jumped out in front of her. But, still, it cut an imposing figure in the skyline.

She liked it, Zana decided. She liked this place. It was a small little island which should have been something and nothing. But it housed an Immortal, and it had a sentry and a lighthouse and a barony and two settlements. It was larger than it should be and she liked that about it.

As she made her way around, she caught sight of another place she wanted to learn about. Spirit's Rest Oasis. She was heading there, she realised. That was where she had been heading all along. Devin had an excellent relationship with the place, he had held a fundraiser for them and worked with them. So, it would be sensible for her to go and find out about them.

After all, she was here because Devin was happy for her to be. She had no doubt that this would continue, but Zana also knew that every relationship - from your maid to your mother, from your washerwoman to your wife - they all came with rules and expectations. If she had visited the Spirits' Rest when he spoke about it (and he would, she was sure, speak about it) if she responded to him talking about it by telling him that she'd been there, that she'd been charming and helpful and maybe even offered to sing and perform for people there. Well, he'd be two things.

He'd be surprised and he'd be pleased.

And if there were two things that Zana Delroth considered herself good at, it was pleasure and surprises.

Don't touch your lips, don't wear your hair like that, I feel your presence all around me.
Don't get too close, don't move your eyes like that. Because they're deep enough to drown me

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