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Rishi With the way the forest moves and distorts the senses, it's difficult to be certain, but this was probably a large clearing last week. Now a three story mansion of carved ivory and marble fills the clearing. Clearly designed with a flower motief, the arches and spires bear an uncanny resemblance to orchids and other plants. Despite it's size, it feels oddly ...inviting?
	 The front door stands open, showing a hall inside.
Amethyst It's tough being an alchemist, especially when you /know/ your life is in danger. But no one would be so foolish to try to follow her out this far, and if they did, Frost's protection on the place would kill them. So it's like a safe haven for her. But she should find a way to get here faster. And there's a different reason she came to the wilderness as well. She's clad in a fresh bloody leather hide of a fox with old realm runes plastered all /over/ it in what must be her own blood. Also in way more clothes than she usually wears, with even her ears and face hidden away in her winter clothes.

And then she stumbles across this archway. And she blinks a few times. That, can't be good. Cautiously she approaches the building, a glint of silver in her hand, ready.

Rishi Inside is a large and airy feasting hall, with silken couches in many different designs haphazardly spread around it. Each couch has a long table next to it, piled high with bowls of jewel like fresh fruits and candied nuts. Other bowls are full of clear spring water, various herbal teas, or very potent smelling wines.
	 It's enough to make a hungry person's stomach grumble or mouth water. The fresh floral scents also make the place feel extra peaceful and relaxing.
Amethyst It's a good thing she ate just recently. She remembers stories about this sort of food, and she knows better. She doesn't remove any of her clothing, but her runes do begin to show through it. Prismatic and active. "Alright, what's this all about, what are you doing in Hoarfrost's domain, and how in Creation did you get here?" She demands of the place, almost expecting it to respond.
Rishi After her shout, Ammy hears some movement upstairs, the sound of running. It moves across the ceiling, then to a spiral staircase you only just noticed where... Rishi decends the staircase. Her eyes brighten as she sees Ammy, but there's a slight hint of worry in her eyes and in her voice. "Ammy! I did not know you would be coming to the forest today, or I would have been showing you this place myself! Please, be finding your couch! Enjoy the food!"
Amethyst Amethyst stands ready when she hears a voice, and then melts whenn her ears hear Rishi. "Ah. You really spooked me." Amethyst says, looking over towards her. Now she takes a moment to undo a bunch of her clothes, since it's not freezing in here like it is outside. And then she dons the skin she prepared and, someone's been making progress with things given how her body takes on just slight alterations. A thin layer of fur, her ears change in shape just slightly, and a few whiskers sprout from her face. Not enough to be of much use yet, but she's clearly /getting there/. "It's been too long since I've been in Wintersong. Also, how in Creation did you convince Frosty to let you build this? And how did you build this?" Amethyst is grinning, happy ears up.
Rishi Rishi headtils when she sees what Ammy is doing with the pets...then nods, visibly impressed. Then she winces a bit when Ammy asks how she built this place. "Ah...that is better said after you have refreshed yourself. The wine that the place is making is being most excellent!"
	 She's definitely nervous now, like she's worried about how Ammy is going to react to something. Did she do something ....shady to get this house?
Amethyst Amethyst grins as Rishi acknowledges her acheivement. And Amethyst wanders over to the table and grabs herself a little bit of the wine. "Not usually much for drinks but," And then she sips it. "That's really good. Did you make this yourself?" She takes a seat and breaths a deep sigh of relaxation. "I just ate, not really hungry. So tell me a little bit about this place." And her ears middle out, very curious of the story Rishi has to tell about this place.
Rishi Rishi sinks into one of the couches which, now that she's sitting on it, seems like it was designed for her unusual anatomy. Right seems hesitant to talk for a mooment, then snatches up a bowl of wine, takes a big gulp and then says "I...found a spell that allows me to summon forth this place from the ground for a day and a night. I was hoping to share it with you both, for it was the most complex spell I had ever seen, but in finding it I saw....I understood the world in a new way. I...Frosty helped me to understand what this was meaning."
	 She looks worried and apologetic as she says "I have initiated into the Celestial Circle of Sorcery."
Amethyst "The Sapphire Circle..." Amethyst murmurs. And she takes off her hide and looks at it. "I've heard about it. Us Dragons are only capable of pulling off such workings with extraordinary effort. What I'm doing with this skin is quite clearly in the mid-levels of what's possible with the Sapphire Circle. But, here you are, just, able to cast spells within it..." Awed ears go back. There's a mix of feelings in Amethyst right now, the greatest of which is in how her friend has quite firmly become more powerful than her as a sorceress. That no matter how hard she tries of labours that she knows true initiation into the Sapphire circle just isn't a /thing/ with her kind.
Rishi Rishi sees Ammy's reaction and she kind of ...closes in on herself a bit, her wings hugging and wrapping tightly around her body. "I am being most sorry. I wished to share this with you happily....not ....I never wish to make you feel sad, Ammy. It.....I do not have to be casting this."
Amethyst "Use your gifts, Rishi." Amethyst says, smiling weakly "Don't let me stop you. It's just, humbling yet again. I really must stop trying to be a Steward and focus on becoming more of a Dragon. And make note that I am already breaching what is possible for our kind and I haven't even had my 20th birthday yet. I'm a baby compared to the Terrestrial Host." She grins. "Just imagine what I'll be like a hundred years from now."
Rishi Rishi relaxes slightly, "I shall enjoy being there with you and seeing what wonders you are accomplishing!" She gets an almost shy look on her face. "Would you like to be seeing the rest? The rooms upstairs are most comfortable. And there is a very large bath. Or we can simply ...relax here?"
Amethyst Amethyst heads over and sits on the couch next to Rishi. "Let me warm up a little and then we can explore, yeah?"
Rishi Rishi nods, smiling, and puts her arm and wing around Ammy, pulling her close and holding her in her warm embrace.