[Sarah]

Mus

Mus sat in her vast garden. Watching over her precious and rare herbs she grew. The sun was fairly low in the sky, but still she has to sit in the shade of a low growing tree. The grass was lush and thick, and soft caressing her fur gently; the branches of the trees around her held a lazy breeze though the small oasis, magic was behind that, magic was behind most of the happenings in her small, what she called ‘community’. Magic kept her oasis cool compared to the desert that surrounded them, magic kept the water flowing out of the natural spring that fed the foliage she upheld so carefully, magic was behind the small cooling breeze that twisted and frolicked lazily though the short growing trees.

[Sarah]

Today was definitely an off day for her workers, with very little going on they were enjoying the warm outside and sharing stories of their past. Mus smiled knowing they could all be friends in her home; it was rare that so many could get together in one small area and then put up with each other for any length of time. Twisting her tails she lied down, resting her head on her paws, careful that no grass came up to tickle her sensitive nose. Her wing blades stuck up and made a soft whistling noise when wind passed through them. Making her ears flick with the sharp noise, and when it first happened she saw Jade jump a little. Smirking Mus acted like she was asleep so that she would not draw the attention of her clingy apprentice, though she appreciated jade for her abilities and willingness to learn, sometimes she did need a break from the attention needing Nagi.

[Sarah]

Mus felt blessed that she was allowed to live where she did, even if somehow she was not able to live here legally she knew there was literally no chance that she would ever be found, not even if people she rescued prior to that told of her location, it was utterly impossible. Even for the most talented of mages or even spirits this desert was a no man’s land, all of the sand and landscapes looked the same, without very powerful magic you would easily burn to a crisp, and there were so few oasis in the desert any passerby would have to be the luckiest person ever in history to befall one.  So she and her community where very safe from everything; war, famine, politics, religion, and anything else that would plague the conscious. Mus had to admit she was not a very religious person, nor did she care for politics, she was a simple soul with her mind set on healing all those that she could.

[Sarah]

Zafira Jade

Standing she padded over to the small congregation. “I hope you don’t mind my interruption.” She said politely, her eyes flashed a look of calm sincere kindness. “Not at all mentor!” Jade was the first to reply, as usual, Mus smiled warmly. “Very good! I was hoping to have a word with Zafira, if she could spare a moment.” She said her tails resting now, instead of twisting though the air in an intricate dace like they are most often seen doing.  “Of course, anything for you.” The olive skinned girl said, getting up from her spot on a log bench. “Whatever you need,” Zafira said, giving a small curtsy, Mus shook her head. “I wish you would stop doing that.” She said embarrassed. “I have not earned such a gesture.” She turned to continue walking, she had many things on her mind, but for now she would tackle them one at a time.

[Sarah]

“I’m sorry, but with the kindness you have shown me, you do deserve such a gesture.” Zafira was always one to give her opinion on subjects she felt passionately with. Mus knew better than to indulge the girl with a counter statement or else she would be standing here for a few millennia arguing with the girl. Her blue eyes sparkled as she looked over Mus, “So, what is it you would like to talk about?” she asked tilting her head ever so slightly. “Well, the season is beginning to change from fall to winter, and while we do not experience the cold that the mainland does, there is a change in the weather." Zafira nodded, this was not news to her, and she prided herself with knowledge of plants that included knowing how the seasons affected them.

[Sarah]

“Well, With Ochta working hard to make the seasons effects on the plants slow down, we need to start thinking about what we will be doing for the next season. We are pretty low on seeds, and I don’t know what will grow best.” Mus said opening the door to the house they lived in. waiting for the girl to follow her. “I suppose I could send Spoka out to a city, but I would prefer if we worked with what we have.” Mus looked at the girl who had a thoughtful look on her face. “I know how to breed the plants, so if we have enough of them I could pollinate them so we would have more seeds.” Zafira looked excitedly at Mus. “I think that would work. Let me go start planning.” The girl ran down the hall, towards the seed storage. Smiling that her problem was not as big as she had expected Mus turned to go back outside.

[Sarah]

Walking outside slowly, Mus was met with expectant eyes. “So does that mean we will be doing things today?” Jade asked her, the Nagi’s eyes where glowing with hope to be under the attention of her mentor. “I suppose it does.” Mus said smiling, she loved that her apprentice had so much drive to learn. Watching the setting suns rosy finders stretch across the sky made her sense of haste sharpen. “With winter coming we have to start gathering the herbs and dry them.” Mus explained, flicking one of her tails in the direction of the herb garden. “We should probably harvest this seasons crops as well.” Another tail pointed in the direction of the small crop field. Small was correct, the garden was tiny, but most of the pets she had ate meat, so the crops where mostly to feed the well food they kept in the house.

[Sarah]

Mus watched her apprentice flit over to the herb garden and change into her human form, her dress fell gracefully at her side, and her blue and green hair stuck out in all directions. Mus trotted up to the garden, closing the gate behind her not that the gate would hold anything off. “What are the ones we should pick?” Mus asked, examining the herbs that grew in even uniform rows. Jade contemplated the question for a few minutes, taking in account for the ripeness and season of the herbs. “Maybe the thyme and uhm,” Jade paused her hand felling the different plants. “Lemon balm and Basil?” she asked looking up at her mentor. Mus nodded. “For now that sounds good, could you pick them while I get a space ready?” she asked, when Jade nodded, Mus left her to work and padded again back into the cool shade of her home.

[Sarah]

Looking through her messy desk and the amount of papers that were strewn around Mus sighed; it would be a while until she found the papers she needed.  “Well, might as well start somewhere.” She barked rolling her eyes at her own mess. Picking up a stack of papers she searched through them. “Let’s see what we have here.” turning on a lamp she started sorting the papers. “No, no, no, no, no.” she said placing papers into folders, most of them where official documents of trades and certificates for the many things she had been involved in. she would need glasses to read after this, moving onto another pile she found that these where old outdated recopies for easy potions, one for helping with soreness, another to help with headaches. She had to laugh at some of the herbs used, she knew now that there was a lot less to put into potions if you used the correct things.

[Sarah]

The next pile she picked up was even more laughable, and even older than the last, they were chants and sacrifices one should use to heal crazy, or regenerate limbs. What she was doing was supposed to be work but for now it was just something that amused her greatly. Slowly she worked through the papers on her desk, most of them being official documents, she was forced to move onto piles of books that where splayed out across her floor. Most of them where basic herbal identification books and other where recipes for people who lived in a large group of very different beings helpful but not what she was looking for…

[Sarah]

Night fell upon the oasis and still Mus had not cleaned her office, unfortunately for her she would not be able to go to sleep yet because she still had not found the document she was looking for. Barely able to keep her eyes open Mus placed another stack of books on a recently unused bookshelf. Papers and books where still strewn everywhere but she could actually see the floor again. Her eyes felt like they were going to fall out and she had a major head ache. Yawning for the billionth time Mus set down another book and allowed herself a small break, closing her eyes she laid on the cold stone floor and accidentally drifted off to sleep.

[Sarah]

Jolting awake Mus looked around, unsure where she was it took her a moment to realize she was in her study.  “Oh darn.” She cursed softly; it looked like the suns pink says where just beginning to stretch across the sky. Standing up Mus was surprised to feel her sore muscled protest to the quick movement. Her eyes and head felt a lot better, and she would probably finish her search within a few of the morning hours. Stretching her legs one at a time she probably looked like a lazy cat just waking from a long nap in the sun. speaking of sun, beams of light casted through the few small windows casted light on the great mess, well half of the great mess considering she had stayed up most of the night cleaning and sorting.

[Sarah]

Sitting back down she grabbed another stack of papers, this time she felt energized and sorted through them much more quickly than before. She was unsure whether the document was in a book or was just a scrap of paper so she was forced to go through it all. Finding that she had books in her study she had never even read, and some where unrecognizable to her, like she had never seen them before.  Shaking her head, she placed another stack of books on a very full bookshelf, one that had been empty beforehand.  Grabbing another stack she was delighted to see that this stack contained the document she had been searching for.

[Sarah]

Leaving the room unfinished she closed the door behind her and hurried to the alchemist chamber that was locked on the floor below. Flicking on a light she was happy to see that everything was just as she had left it, this room was admittedly much less cluttered it was not allowed to be. Any mix of two elements could cause a dangerous reaction. Placing the document on the table and locking the door behind her Mus went on searching through the herbs she had on hand. She did not have the herbs that her apprentice had picked since Mus was the only one with a key to the room.

[Sarah]

“Ok, a mix to help herbs grow.” That would not be easy, plants didn’t need other plant to survive, and they needed minerals and stuff… Honestly Mus knew almost nothing to do with growing plants; she knew how to make them into something that would help people. There was little else about a plant that she was interested in. setting down a beaker, and picking up some juniper berries she studied them closely, they were ripe and fresh and ready to use, but she didn’t want to do anything with them. -I bet jade would do all of this- Mus thought, her apprentice knew what she was doing when it came to alchemy, so nothing bad would happen if she left her apprentice in the room with the flames and precious herbs.