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As for anyone else adding me on PSN, make sure you tell me who you are in the message text (like, "i'm from dragonmount, yo"), or i won't add you. i'm pretty picky about my friends on there. not trying to be rude, but i made the mistake of adding someone who randomly sent me a request. talk about the rudest dumb little kid i've ever met.

PSN - LtNolan0347

pretty much just play CoD:MW2... Don't get to play much, but I can hold my own...

Eiren took the linen from the Aes Sedai with a sniffle, and wiped dry her eyes. So many changes, so fast! She watched wide-eyed as the Mistress of Novices wrote her name in the book, making it official.

"Be welcome to the tower, Novice Eiren."

Tower. Novice. Eiren's heart fluttered as she strained to dry her tears and hold back the budding excitement. This was something little girls dreamed of. Stuff of legend and folk tales, and now she was a part of it! Eiren stood, and bent to curtsy. This time, not so deep. She knew her physical limits. "Thank you, Madame Sedai. For everything. I feel so... overwhelmed. So excited! I will be the hardest working novice you have ever had, I promise! This is my life now!"

Eiren straightened and listened as the Mistress of Novices spoke, instructing her on how to begin accommodating to life in the tower, and how to begin her lessons. All the while, a faint smile, and slightly still-wet eyes lit her face.

OOC: Sorry it's been so long, and here I was asking you to hurry! Goodness, how rude of me. Nonetheless, I am ready to begin. So... that being said, I have no idea where to begin... lol.

Silence filled the room, and Eiren wondered if perhaps she had said something wrong. Pia Sedai appeared lost in thought for a moment, her eyes staring through Eiren. The silence was unbearably uncomfortable, but Eiren sat there, resting her feet (Light her foot throbbed!), waiting for an answer...

“Congratulations, dear. You can learn to channel.”

Eiren nearly fell from her chair, her mouth slack with shock. She watched as Pia Sedai turned back to sit at her desk. Channel? But that means... The tears were coming back again, but this time she didn't stop them. For the first time in months Eiren Saga wasn't terrified, or hurt, or grieving, or anything. For the first time since she had left home Eiren felt... peace.

She had a purpose now, and it wasn't just cleaning dirty pots, or scrubbing floors either! This was better than any job she could find in Tar Valon. This was the beginning of a brand new life for her. Eiren let the tears fall freely in floods. Pia Sedai eyed Eiren as she cried, an unreadable expression on her face. She said nothing, letting Eiren release the emotions that had been pent up behind a wall in the name of survival.

The tears seemed to fall for hours, but they finally dried, and Eiren looked up to see Pia Sedai watching her with a soft, yet expressionless, face. "Madame Sedai," she sputtered, flustered again. "Please, excuse me. It's been... well, it's been a long past few months. I'm just... overwhelmed by everything. Wha- What happens next?"

Eiren choked down the fear welling up inside of her. Strong, Eiren. You used to be strong.

The door opened and a young girl hurried out of the room, nearly colliding with Eiren. Eiren noticed the girl drying her eyes as she scurried past her, which didn't help ease Eiren's fears. Eiren quickly choked back the fear as best she could, and fixed her eyes on the figure that shadowed the doorway. Pia Sedai stood before her, roughly the same height, but she stood in such a way that would make giants seem dwarfed beside her. She is Aes Sedai, make no mistake. The Aes Sedai turned looked at her for just a moment, before turning her gaze upon Eiren's guide.

She has come looking for work, Pia Sedai," the accepted said with a curtsey, "but has not been tested. I remembered what you said and brought her here to see you."

The imposing Aes Sedai simply nodded and dismissed the girl with a wave of her hand. "Thank you child," she said, with a calming voice. "You may go." As Eiren's guide scurried off, the Aes Sedai returned her gaze to Eiren. "Please, come in."

Eiren walked cautiously into the room, and the door clicked shut behind her. The sound seemed to echo forever in the room. The Aes Sedai motioned to a chair in front of her desk before sitting down at her own seat. The chair certainly looked uncomfortable, and Eiren entertained a brief notion that it was likely that way on purpose.

"My name is Pia Tovisen, and I am the mistress of novices. How did you come to be in the Tower today child?" Asked the Aes Sedai with a smooth voice.

Eiren began to sit, but quickly stood again. Where are my manners!? She is Aes Sedai! she chided herself, before attempting a deep curtsey. She failed, badly. With a soft cry of pain, Eiren nearly collapsed as her foot gave way beneath her. The long difficult journey to Tar Valon, and the long walk through the city and the halls today had been too much. Eiren caught herself just barely quick enough to keep from falling, and quickly sat in the chair. Her face reddened and the tears returned, whether out of fear, or shame, or both...

"I came, Madame Sedai, hoping to find work in the kitchens." Eiren took a deep breath, and the words came out in a rush- "I know I don't look like much, and I'm still a bit weak from travelling here, but I can work hard! And my foot, well, it doesn't slow me down too much. I don't know why she brought me here, but I got lost. It won't happen agian, I pro-

Eiren's words sputtered to a halt as Pia Sedai held up her hand to stop her, with a slight smile on her face...

*Poke*

I know you're on LoA... so... just whenever I guess...

Banned for not having one

Banned because I suck at grammar.  ;D

Banned for using a fragmented sentence. ;-)

Banned for not being icky!

Banned for banning someone who banned someone for having something to do with Egypt... or something...

Banned for pointing it out!  :P

Well then. Banned for being a princess!  :D

R&R, or R&U, or...R&...3?

Banned for sleeping!

Banned for being squeaky. *squeak*

Eiren stumbled through the hallway, trying to suppress the fear welling up inside of her. The Tower Guard told me the kitchens were just down this hall, I thought. Should I have turned right, or left back there? Light, what made me think they would even have work here in the White Tower?

Eiren's eyes filled with yet-unshed tears. She tried to hold them back. Light, she had cried enough this week already! As she turned another corner hopelessness began to creep up inside her. I'm lost, she thought. This can't be the way to the kitchens.

So much had happened, so many things had brought her here, looking to the White Tower for work. She could cook, and even with her crippled foot, she would do whatever they asked of her. Please let there be work here, she asked silently. I can't go home. There's too much pain. There's-

Her thoughts ended abruptly as she nearly collided with a woman walking briskly down the hall. "My pardons, lady," she said, her voice wavering. "I didn't see-"

"You look lost," said the woman, a kind smile on her face. "Can I help you?"

"I was trying to find the kitchens, lady Sedai. I was looking for work," Eiren said. "I didn't mean to come this way."

The woman chuckled. "I'm no Aes Sedai. At least, not yet. Looking for work, you say? Not every day we have young girls come in to work the kitchens. Have you been tested?"

Tested? For what? Nobody said anything about a test! Light, what have I done? Eiren fought desperation, and her voice cracked when she responded. "I- I was never told about a test. I just-"

The woman's face softened and she put a reassuring hand on Eiren's shoulder. "Come with me. We can't have girls wandering the halls, not knowing they have the ability to Learn, now can we? Let's go meet with Pia Sedai, first, and then we'll see about the kitchens, ok?" She turned and began walking back the way she had come.

Eiren stood for a moment, speechless. Pia Sedai? The tears again threatened to fall. Eiren shook her head, and began to follow the woman the best she could. Burn this foot! she chided herself. I should have held on to that staff, then I could keep up...

Eiren followed the woman for what seemed hours, through hallways twisting this way and that. She was hopelessly lost. Suddenly a doorway loomed in front of the pair. "Ah, here we are," said the woman. "Now, don't you worry. Pia Sedai is nothing to fear. At least, not until you've deserved it!" her eyes twinkled. Before waiting for a response from Eiren, the woman turned and knocked three times on the door.

Eiren looked around her. There was nowhere to run. Even if she tried, she couldn't get far...

banned for being too old... Oldy McOlderson...

banned for lack of anything better to do