Harrune's ears perk up and and his heard turns quickly to face Rasanam. "A copy of Amber? In the forest? I've never heard of such a thing. Then again, I haven't spent much time poking around in the forest. I've mostly been concerned about getting through it as quickly as possible. I'd like to here more about that when we have time."
"As for my own adventure..." Harrune will given Ossian the highlights of his journey and the events afterwards. (OOC: I'm not bothering with links this time. If you missed it all of the other times I doubt you'll want to read it now. )
"Guests should be arriving very soon, so we should be getting back to the festivities soon. I would be curious to here what you can share about your experience Ossian."
"It would take a long time to explain," Ossian says. "It was not... what I expected. Perhaps a second trip is required. It is not unlike the other shadow you found. But... I'm still, trying to understand what occurred."
He shakes his head and his eyes focus a bit more. "Guests? That's right. That was... tonight wasn't it? I had almost forgotten."
Harrune gives Ossian a searching look. "Yes, it is tonight. Are you certain that you are well enough for it? There is no shame in staying in if you are not feeling well. If you chose to do so, perhaps it would be better if you stayed in the city. I am not certain you would care to risk inadvertently spending a second day here."
"I must admit that I am very curious to hear of you experience, but I can understand that it may take some time to come to some understanding of it. I am still dealing with my own experiences on the Pattern, and I have taken a few extra days. I should very much like to here whatever you can share, when you are ready to. If you are planning to stay another day I, and Rasanam I am fairly certain, would be happy to join you and see what we can learn together...when our respective schedules permit of course."*
"Speaking of schedules, I should be getting back very soon."
*OOC Harrune is trying to give Ossian a graceful way to put it off for some time to get himself sorted out.
Rasanam frowns at the 'that was... tonight' comment; losing track of social obligations seems rather out of character for Ossian.* Then he brightens up some, takes out Ossian's trump card, and starts to focus on it. "Perhaps I could help? At the least, trump allows for much faster communication..."
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* In much the same way** that ballet dancing is out of character for an elephant.
** Albeit the opposite direction...
To Harrune, the response is, "I should be okay shortly. Just a lot to take in and it is fading slowly."
Ossian, the one in front of you, is clearly the target of the trump. There's a bit of panic and confusion as he pushes against it. "Do, we have to do that now?" he asks.
Rasanam shakes his head, and does not push the contact. "Sorry. Just trying to help...* I guess we should probably get back to the festivities now; catch up when you're feeling better?"
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*OOC: Rasanam is totally sincere with this; his player, however, was deliberately pushing to make sure this was the real Ossian - given Tir'na, it'd be all too easy for a shadow of him to come back while the real one is still out and and about. Not to mention the possibility of hostile shapeshifters from Chaos, trickery from Dworkin, etc.
"I'm feeling fine. It was a long day, nothing more." Ossian will snort, and work to finish getting ready. "Forgive me, I will be there shortly. At worst, I will catch Dworkin first."
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