Hestia's Temple

[Kai]

Kai walked into Hestia's Temple quitly. There were a few days before training officially started, but she had nothing else to do and wanted to get a prayer in before the Eisodos Ceremony.

She lit some lavender and thanked Hestia for bringing her here... almost a year ago, Her safe place, her Haven. She thanked her for taking her in when no one else would. And she prayed for a good next year, for the courage and strength she needed.

((My first time role-playing, did I do that right?))

[Mnemosyne]

((So far so good (; ))

Mnemosyne leaned in the doorway of Hestia's temple. She'd gone to check on the temple attendants to make sure the preparations for the Ceremony of Eisodos were on schedule. To her surprise she found a little Charis instead.

Being the high priestess meant that she was one of the few people allowed in all the God's temples, and was quite familiar with them all, but Hestia's always had a special place in Mnemosyne's heart.

"Kei, am I right?" Mnemosyne said softly in an attempt not to startle the girl.

[Kai]

Such a soft voice, and yet Kai jumped up and twisted around. She almost got off the ground with the combined movment and muscle twitch in her wings.

It was the High Preistess Mnemosyne.

"Oh, uh well Kai actually..." she murmered, not able to look her in the eye, she stared at her own feet.

[Mnemosyne]

"Oh, my apologies, you must forgive me, there are so many students and staff under my wing, sometimes it just gets a little mixed up in here," Mnemosyne lightly tapped her head.

She took a few steps into the temple, bowing quickly in acknowledgement of her goddess, and turned back to Kai. "So how do you do, Kai? Are you excited for the new year?"

[Kai]

"That's fine," she said and smiled shyly at her mentor. Slips of the tongue happened to everyone. It was close enough, besides she didn't even know what her name was, Kai was something she had made herself.

"I'm very excited, I can't wait for my magic classes." She admitted, one of the only things that made her feel good was fire. "Are you happy to be teaching some new students?"

[Mnemosyne]

"Ah, I can see the magic radiating from you, you'll be a great pupil Kai," Mnemosyne smiled genuinely. She could see why Hestia chose her, even if she was a Charis. The magic of fire simply radiated from her! Perhaps she'd even be one of the only Charites to ever win the tournament. But her thoughts were getting ahead of themselves, that was a long way off after all.

"I am incredibly happy to teach new faces. Each year comes with more talented warriors leaving their mark on this place, and I am delighted to contribute to their growth."

[Kai]

"Thanks you, I do love Hestia." Kai said and for the first time looked into Mnem's big azur eyes. Her cheeks turned a little pink from the complement.

"That's good. I think that... that the only people who should teach are the people who love it." She grinned at the MEntor, she could tell she was one of those teacher's who would help their students in any way she could. She was glad Mnem was her mentor.

((complement fest XD ))

[Mnemosyne]

"She's easy to love, isn't she? I think it's because she loves easily as well." Mnemosyne turned toward the statue again, bringing her hands together and then slowly pulling them apart. Between her hands a small purple violet formed itself. "I believe you should never enter a temple without a little gift of appreciation," she explained as she put the little flower next to Kai's burning incense.

"That's a wise statement, Kai. However, for some of us teaching is more to relieve the boredom that any. Most of the teachers are immortal, and eternal life can be a bit uneventful. Although I suppose everyone in this place has their own story and reasons, you included."

[Kai]

Kai smiled as she watched Mnem place her flower on the altar.

"Immortal?" she asked incredulously. "Forever without change... it does sound a bit boring."

Kai's reasons for going to the Athenaeum were less complicated, simply put, it was her only option other than living on the street in the hostile mortal word.

[Mnemosyne]

"Without a purpose, it can be extremely dull. That's why I suppose some return to mentor, it is never seems to be quiet around here," Mnemosyne smiled again, not uneventful to say the least. "But we can disband the immortality if we choose. And it's only physical immortality, we are still quite able to get mortally wounded."

[Kai]

"Do you have blood or ichor?" Kai asked, curious now about her Mentor who had gained immortallity. The gods had ichor instead of blood, but if you were born mortal...

"Do your wounds heal faster?" she thought of another question. "An-and how do you get rid of immortality?"

[Mnemosyne]

"I can assure you, we're quite full of blood. Ichor is only reserved for the Gods, and we're not quite there yet at all," she laughed softly. "And we heal just as fast and just as painfully as one fully human would."

"As for disbanding immortality, it is not an easy job i can assure you. Many simply choose to take their own life when they think the time is right. You see, we'd have to get permission of a God," she sighed, begging a God to be mortal never did go over well. "It all depends on who your mentor was, your mentor is the one who blesses you with immortality."

[Kai]

"Oh.. thank you, for answering all my questions." Kai laughed a little self-conciously. "Sorry, I must be a little bothersome."

((just like real life XD ))

[Mnemosyne]

"Oh no, not at all. Curiosity is a thing of nature, Kai, don't ever be ashamed about it." Mnemosyne chided a little, but in a light-hearted way.

"But now it is my turn to ask something in return," she thought, wondering what she should ask the little Charis. "I don't suppose you're from Haven's populace, so where are you from?"

[Kai]

Kai smiled up at her, then went back to staring at her feet.

"Well I'm from the human world... and I don't really want to go back." Ah the memories, non too good. Sure there were those little bright spots, like Jack, and Hestia, but other than that....

[Mnemosyne]

Mnemosyne could sense it was a touchy subject to the girl, a guess that wasn't quite such a hard one. Then again, she did suppose the history of most students were tough ones .

"The human world? How curious, it isn't often that one of Haven ends up there, though I do suppose it happens from time to time. If it is not something you wish to talk about I'll be happy enough not to," she said gently. "Though when, or if, you do, you can always talk to me."

[Kai]

"Oh no it's fine, you're supossed to talk about these things, right? Being a being of Haven in the human world isn't... nice. They take advantage of you, use you to state their own greed. I was in a traveling show, I juggled fire." She summed up her life with humans, she didn't hold anything against them in general, most of them couldn't be like that. Or at least she knew she shouldn't. Her friend Cosette was human, and she was nice.

Kai smiled at her mentor, she was a kind woman, and talking did make Kai feel better.

[Mnemosyne]

"Yes, that's right," Mnemosyne smiled and patiently listened.

"Haven folk were never meant to be in the human world, it never quite went well. Even back in the Greek times when they did mix the humans couldn't quite let them be. I'm sorry you had to go through that, but events in our past make us who we are." She thought a moment of what Kai had said. She was quite sure she knew what the girl meant with circus, though it was only something she'd read about, she could imagine it not being a good place.

"But your events did bring you here."

[Kai]

(I commented with the wrong character XD now I see why you say THREE NO MORE)

"I do like it here," Kai said happily. "And I'm very grateful to Hestia..."

"Besides I can't imagine me being me anyother way, because then I wouldn't be me ... if that makes sense." She tried hard to put her thoughts into words.

[Mnemosyne]

((Yeah no kidding, more than three becomes a chaos and you'd be bound to at least neglect one of them (totally speaking from experience xD) ))

"That makes plenty of sense," Mnemosyne said reassuringly. "One of the reason's I chose to return to this place was because it helps warriors so much, it's an asylum for those who need it most. And as mentors we receive as much rehabilitation as the warriors do, though I suppose it's my turn to ask if my words make sense now," she laughed shortly, always having a way of voicing the string of thought in her head.