Nightly adventures [Kaz]

How much Fay tried to remember the turns, which way they were heading, she had absolutely no idea where she was going. The lady couldn’t remember that her discovering the castle in D’auvignon was so hard, but she had a feeling that doing the same with this one would be quite difficult. If not, impossible, so to speak. Back “home” she knew every room, from the worker ones to the big bedrooms, every little sweet spot where she could hide if she wanted to. Here it was just one huge mess, a chaos of hallways. Making her have to rely on the man that was leading, making her have to trust him on his intentions, and that he was really taking her to the place he said so. Not a position Faylice liked to be in, but there weren’t much other choices. At least not now.

As he turned around the corner, Fay followed as natural as she could. Really keeping an eye out for where he was going, with all the reasoning behind. Having that little bit of silence that wasn’t a grim one, but just a pleasant one instead. Her question raised a laugh, one that made her gaze at him almost misunderstood until the further explanation came. ’I didn’t say fixing things would be considered easy.’ Fay airy said, a little smile playing over her lips, her gaze searching further for those seconds long before they looked at the staircase. The light coming from it couldn’t be called dim anymore, as her eyes were so used to the soft lighting. ’What is going to change in the far future?’ She just asked, tilting her head slightly as she looked back towards the man. Taking the gesture with a little broadening of her smile and a nod before she began to walk the stairs. It had been a while since she had really watched the stars, in peace that was. Realizing she was quite longing for it, especially in combination with the fresh air.

Although Fay didn’t feel the strange atmosphere she was so afraid of, since it came from a man she didn’t want to encounter, there hung a certain mystery around the man. Apart from the fact that he was a stranger, something that brought enough mystery alone, there was something about him she couldn’t exactly lay her finger on. A million options appeared in her mind, questioning why he was here and if that was by his intentions. For all she knew he could be a hitman, a murderer in order to kill a royal. Or maybe he had taken advantages from the shift of rulers, like the lady herself had done in a certain way. The fact that, if he really was someone who came to kill, she’d be already dead if she was on his list. Which was a thing that eased her mind, weird as that felt.

But along the mystery came Fay her curiosity, something that always stood in the way of her and safety. She simply couldn’t help but dig into something just because she wanted to know. A quality she had in one part, because it lead her into knowing more than what the other would expect. A danger in the other, it had caused trouble in her whole life, just because she couldn’t let go of something. Making her find out things she really didn’t want to in the end. As the man looked over his shoulder she looked along, seeing nothing more but some of the edges of the hallway that were lid op by the candles. The rest was all darkness, a particularly quiet one since no one seemed to be around. The words that came after made her frown, looking back to the side where the man stood. ’Why not?’ Even though she spoke soft, her voice had gotten a little sharper. Though she could barely hear the mumble after, she still did. Instead of stop walking the stairs she gazed on. ’Must be a hopeful speculation then, if you say it like that.’ Fay pointed out almost absent.

Once in the room the dark haired lady looked around, squeezing her eyes to discover more details despite the lack of lighting in the room itself. Quite a deserted one, she concluded by how it looked, which was a thing that brought her peace as well. That along with a little bit of stress, having to trust the man that lead her here. Still it seemed like he took her to the fresh air and stars just like he said he would, easing down that distress almost immediately. Stopping her movement Fay let her ice blue eyes roam around, gazing at the different windows and the stars lurking behind before her attention fell back to the man who spoke again. Letting her get distracted by the hand running over the couch, she thought about what answer she would give. She wasn’t one that would lie easily, but giving her whole name could interrupt the easy-going conversation they were having. ’Yes, I have.’ She smiled, saying that like that was a surprise. ’You can call me Fay.’ She said after, a little bit more serious. ’You happen to have one as well?’ Fay held the little playfulness in, gazing up towards the man again.

The room reminded Faylice to one of the “secret” rooms back in the north. It was quite a hidden one, only accessible by a single door around a corner no one really walked. Somewhere on the highest level the castle had, in one of the farthest wings the building had. A place she had so often visited, because no one really knew that it existed, making it the perfect little escape. Eventually, some staffmembers had found it as well, since Fay had gone missing more and more, trying to hide away from all the other problems. On days like those it seemed like that was the only thing the lady wanted to do, and now that place appealed to her again. It had a little window underneath a little stone bench she could curl up on and watch the stunning view. Knowing a place like that existed here as well, soothed Fay quite a lot, if only she would remember getting here again, that was.

Her question got ignored, and Fay could’ve blamed herself for it, for not asking directly to the man, but more so in the air as she was facing the stairs. Still, it bothered Fay in some manner, because she wanted to know almost desperately. But it also told her he probably didn’t want to answer, or didn’t want her to know. Which was, probably, the better option for now, even though Fay didn’t like it at this moment. Deciding to leave it she still remembered, saving it in her thoughts to fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle later on. At least, that was her plan. The ice blue eyes fell on one of the bookcases, being surprised it only showed up in her view just now. Walking towards it she touched one of the spines of the book ever so softly, as if the book might fall apart if she wasn’t that careful. Dragging her finger down one, the dark haired lady let her hand fall down after. Thinking about coming here somewhere around daytime as well so that she could dig into some of the books. As she saw the man grab a book, it sparked her interest once again. ’Do you read?’ The lady asked, curious as she was. It wasn’t that she was a huge reader, she still enjoyed a book from time to time.

Now the stranger knew her name, not her full one that was, but it still could be recognized. She had become rather careful revealing that, as her name could have quite the impact. Especially when she called her last name with it, a name which seemed to have a curse with it. None of the reactions Faylice could be nervous for happened though, she only got a smile she answered with one of her own. Answering the words and gesture with a light nod and bow herself, the lady smiled broader. There were no signs he knew who she really was, giving her the hope she could really do better here in Rhoynar. ’Kaz it is then.’ Fay laid a note on the name, ringing a vague bell somewhere in her chaos of thoughts, but not enough to make her worry.