Svarik and the company I :)

[VisAnastasis]

All songs seemed to please San, as she enjoyed attention and kindhearted intentions behind them. Willow seemed excited as well to sense her joy, and his aura glistened with delight and playfulness. He was clapping his hands soundlesly, following the echo of king's melody. Soon, though, he slowly here and there startedto to whistle softly, helping guide king's music in way he knew San liked, and enjoying and ever excited to join in with the fun. Xia that was at first shy with his presence, seemed brighter with this, and she eagerly  joined in their song for San, whirling playfully in tune with them and wagging her tail playfully.

[Mirach]

Svarik enjoyed playing with such company, and he let Willow guide his music to songs that San liked, content to spend all the time until Erdel's return that way. 

[VisAnastasis]

Willow grew more and more free with them as time passed - despite maintaing distance, not wanting to infect them. His company was more and more pleasant as his joy at lovely guests grew stronger.
At one point after they've had lots of fun for quite a while, as air was filled with fuzzy vibrant magic that focused its soft touch around Svarik, he chuckled heartily.
" She likes you. She tries to probe your thoughts, to figure out what you desire, and wishes to please you, to return what you've given. " he adressed and interrupted Svarik's song gently with soft move of his hand. " With time, you will see - San's magic feeds you, and you can not grow hungry or tired here. But she wants to know what would make you happy, kind little guest., not just rested. Her powers are not limitless, but are great. I am pleased to meet you.. " he nodded ligtly. " But you have brought us lot of merriment - would you consider thinking about something you'd like in turn? A nice place, food, or any pleasure your heart can desire; San would be unhappy if she'd only receive, not give back. She feeds on happy feelings, so she has to make you happy, you understand. " king could feel a sincere bright grin beneath his bark mask.

[Mirach]

"Happy?" Svarik asked thoughtfully. "That's not so simple right now, I fear. A lot of worries or questions she can't give me an answer to... But I feel happy when I can play for her and forget them..."

[VisAnastasis]

" If happiness comes hard for you now, let us help you be in content, then. In enjoyment. In pleasure. It will be delight enough for us, for we love when good feelings come to good people.  " Willow bid gently, not pressing upon the dark memories or pressing his guests to reveal personal things about themselves. " I noticed you came from a pocket dimension of dessert and warm scorching sand into my meadow. San must have found its image somewhere in your mind, and adapted it in such way she felt may please you. I won't forbid you to play and would be in delight to keep you company still - but would do me a great service if you let her weave something pleasant for you, sweet little human child. "

[Mirach]

"I would not deny that to her," Svarik smiled. "Indeed I like that place with sand and sun. It has such  simple, clean beauty..."

[VisAnastasis]

" We should go there, then. Why wouldn't we? We can have fun wherever we go, but why not have most fun if we can? " Willow suggested gently to him. " Do me a service, I bid you, little one - think intently of a place you'd desire to be at, and let her feel your wish to go there. If you lean into her intent and meet her half way like that, she'll make a pocket dimension you desire just for you, and we could all go there and have fun together, okay, little one?  Sun Spirits often liked sand and warmth, I can see how you'd like it too. "

( OOC: Just a short update - orientation day in Bratislava stars at 23rd, but me and my friend Alexander got tickets to come earlier at 20th this Moday so we can settle in dormitory in time, so I'll be there by then already :D We'll have lot of paperwork and who knows what to deal with in the first days, and I wouldn't want to bother you anyway as I know you must have lot to do with the little cutie, but I'd just like you to know that I'm coming, and hopefully once we both are more free I will be able to see you sometimes, but no rush, of course ;) I didn't want to bore you with asking you guestions every other day, but I hope you're both all doing alright and are happy and okay! <3333333333333

[Mirach]

"I will try thay. But we are waiting for a friend to catch up with us," Svarik said. "I think he will figure out we went down here when he sees this place. Do you think I can rely on San to read his thoughts about meeting us, and bring him to our dimension?"

(OOC: So tomorrow you will come here already? I guess you must be busy packing today :) Yes, we can meet when it suits better. I'm home with Linda for all the time now, but my mother wants to visit us for a week or two, so maybe after she leaves? If you have any questions about Bratislava, don't hesiatate to ask. I can tell you how to best get from place A to place B with public transport, for example, or where to buy a 3-month ticket, which would probably be cheaper than buying a ticket for every ride. Your dormitory is in the center, about half way between the escape room we were in and the house where Adi went for shabbath :) It's just 10 minutes with a direct bus (83) from there to my place, so if you need something (borrow some art supplies, scan or print something or anything else), you know where to go ;). 

[VisAnastasis]

" She will most certainly be able to read his desire if he has it, of course. It may be a bit problem about letting him reach us... Is your friend Spirit, by chance? " Willow asked a little more anxiously. " As I said, she is still learning, but it happens rarely that she pairs Yokai and Spirits, and both me and your lovely fox friend are Yokai. If your friend is Spirits, she may be hesitant, but if he is Yokai or human, I doubt she would hesitate that much. However... iif he's a good friend, he would be very unhappy and worried not to find you, and San doesn't like that, either, and can sense good intent.. " Willow brought himself to smile faintly. " So, by what I know of San, I deem you'd be reunited none the less, if your minds to reflect friendsip you speak of... "

( OOC: Yes, I am packing up like crazy, my last exams just ended few days ago, so, like usually, I'm doing everything in the last possible moment, hehe :) And, yes, we can meet up when it's best suited for both of us, I think I'll have my hands full with trying to figure out everything in first days anyway. But some tips about public transport would indeed be welcome, as I am a little hopeless at that matter still :) Tomorrow, we will take bus from Vienna to Bratislava, and then we need to get to Konvertna st, and hopefully, we will figure it out, but in general 3 month ticket sounds good, I will have to see with my friend to get those as soon as we can :)

Anyway, I just wanted to give you the heads up and let you know I don't know when I'll have internet again or if dormitory even has a internet or not, so don't worry if I don't reply for a little while, I'll send you a message that all went well as soon as I find a place to catch some Wifi ;)

[Mirach]

"He is a yokai, so San shouldn't have any problem with letting him to us," Svarik said, reassured with that. Then he imagined the desert in White's dream, and a desire to go to that place, so that San could feel it.

(OOC: Do you know where the bus from Vienna stops? There are several stops in Bratislava, the most suitable for you would be "Most SNP", but if it stops somewhere else, I can tell you which buses to take from there too. If you get confused, don't hesiatate to call me - my number is still the same, [phone]. When do you arrive to Vienna?)

[VisAnastasis]

The vibrations around them grew ever so playful, and despite the sensations of them washing down upon the group was owerhelming, king could sence there was some abstract joy in knowledge it can please them. Slowly, a longing set in for them to turn to the right side, and when they looked to their right, they could see a path opened up, from a green meadow field, into the same desert king showed it in his mind, with warm, scorching sand, and filled with bright soothing sunlight.

( OOC: Plane takes of from Podgorica at 7:55, so around an hour or so later we'll be landing in Vienna, I hope :) Thanks for the tip, dear, if I have any guestions, I'll be sure to ask! <3333333333

[Mirach]

Svarik enjoyed the illusion of seeing the sun in its full power in this long winter, and as they felt the sand under their feet, he bent down and took it into his hands, and let it slip between his fingers playfully. 

(OOC: if the bus stops at Most SNP, then you should take a tram (4 or 6) to Chatam Sofer - just 1 stop in the direction to the right when facing the river, and from there again 1 stop with the tram 5 or 9 in the opposite direction to Kapucínska. From there it's not far by foot, just check it on google maps before so you know where to go. And it might be a good idea to get a slovak sim card, so you can use mobile data and check a map or the buses online if you need it)

[VisAnastasis]

San's powers over matter were great, and everything seemed so real, as if it had not just been brought to existence from nothing. The sand, the sun, the endless calm space - it was all dreamy, but had same vibrations and tune real place in world king knew would have had. Yiska especially seemed happy, and she jumped out of the bag, running around and digging in the sand fondly, as it probably reminded her on her home, that was warm and full of sand, just like this. Xia as well was happy, as she could feel king's content here, and now that they weren't worried about what this place was, she was rolling in the sand eagerly, enjoying its warmth.
Willow just followed them, as soft on his feet as the tender breeze caressing their faces, and he kept his distance, but seemed pleased to see them all merry, basking in the nurturing light of the sun San made for them.

(OOC: Having a map will definitelly be of use, I'll see to it that I take slovak sim card anyway, as administration or our professors will probably need to have that means to contact us if needed. Here, all bigger stores sell sim cards, is that the case in Bratislava too, or is there some specific place we should buy those at? I told my friend about the bus and he bid me to ask where do we need to go to purchase 3 month ticket for bus, how much it costs, and what documents do we need to get it?
And it's a bit unrelated question, but if we find some free time until we start doing homework projects or if we need good art supplies, are there some good art and craft stores you like that we could check out when we have time? Hope I'm not bothering you, I just figured you may be most reliable to know answers since you live there, and it may be better to ask now than tomorrow  :)

[Mirach]

Svarik laid down in the sand contentedly, and then started to play again, for himself just like for San and the others.

(OOC: This site should tell you all you need to know about public transport: http://imhd.sk/ba/public-transport. The 3-month ticket should cost 36€ for students, and you can get it right at Most SNP, a little building under one of the stairs leading to the bridge, or if you will get it later, just one tram stop after Kapucínska is the stop "Poštová", and the ticket shop is in a nearby underpass (left from the tram track). I think you will need ISIC or other proof that you are a student and maybe a photo of yourself in case your isic doesn't work with their charging system, otherwise the isic can serve as a ticket. About the sim card, I think it needs to be registered to work, so it's best to buy it from a mobile provider, I'm not sure you can buy it in stores unless the store is also a provider, like Tesco, and then you need to activate it too. I use Orange, and the closest one to you is in the big shopping centre Aupark - just across the river, 1 stop from Zochova (the bus stop even closer to you than Kapucinska) with any of the buses 83, 84, 93 or 94. About art and craft stores, there is Koloria (the one where we were together, where I bought the Finrod wig, then there is a little shop "Dielo" at Kapucinska near the entrance to the tram tunnel that is more professional, (Koloria is more hobbyist), the exact address is Židovská 21, and a koh-i-noor shop with pencils and other art supplies is also in Aupark. There's also a shop that sells all kinds of beads and jewelry supplies at Vysoká 33, 2 tram stops from you. I hope there will be internet in the dorm so we can stay in touch, as you figure out what else you will need and might need more details. If not, it might be easier to tell you everything personally - just take the bus 83 from Zochova to Romanova and call when you are there. I would accompany you if I could, but I need to stay home with Linda, my sister may have time, though)

[VisAnastasis]

The Willow sat down and listened intently, enjoying the harmonic playful sounds with peace. He was content to stay aside, while soon enough, animals instead came to Svarik, cuddling with him, compeled to be gentle and close with him in this place full of nurturing pleasant magic that was filling them with content and desire to share it. San had endless capacity to create, and it seemed to endlesly inquire their minds, to find ways to adapt to them and soothe them. More time passed, the sun was shining more brightly, driving away weariness and cold in their bones with its warmth, and place continued to construct various oasis along the deserts so vibrations of fresh springs could be heard in distance - and most cute of all, it started to create many out of place rainbows and fluffy clouds in shapes of bunnies, horses and cute critters upon the sky, as if it pulled out some random image of it from their subconciousnesses, feeling it may be a nice touch to tiny harbor of peace it made for them.

( OOC: It's a little owerhelming, but I hope I'll be able to get by on my own not to bother you, but I'll of course make sure to ask if I have any question :) Thanks for all the info, dear, and please, don't feel bad for not being able to help me out in person this time, info in text will be precious enough, and I can always  ask if I have more questions, I'll keep you updated with my progress in getting by so you don't worry ;) <3333

[Mirach]

Svarik chuckled a but when he saw the peculiar clouds, and his songs got even more light and playful to match them. He wanted to wait for Erdel here, but he was losing the sense of time in this place, so he didn't know when to explect him. He stopped playing aftrer a whole to ask Williw how much time passed since they came here.

(OOC: Alright! Do you think we will be able to continue the RP too? I don't have that much I can do while staying at home, I would get bored without it...:)

[VisAnastasis]

" Time passing here is sureal, isn't it? " he could feel Willow's mellow smile despite not able to see it behind the bark. " I suspect it may be tied a little with San, as warping tiime and space seems to be tied with her power source... But when you feel no hunger or weariness, or can see the night exchange day, it's easy to lose track of it. That said, I have little sense of time myself as well. I have an intimate bound to the soil of the earth above us, though, and I can hear the voices of people that walk upon it. I can hear many people in surrounding villages speak. By that, I'd guess it's still a day, little one, as they'd probably not speak so intently if night was already upon us. I could tell you when night falls, but alas, once voices upon the earth grow silent, I won't be able to tell you much of time until again human speech adores the earth, when sun comes up the following day again... "

( OOC: I most certainly would like to continue RP as well - I am really in some mood to explore some fantasy lore and get our travelers to some interesting places ( and you're welcome to invent some places for them to visit on their trip to see too, of course ), and I love all characters we're dealing with, so I'd get bored if we stopped it too. I'll certainly have lot of obligations, but main problem is, of course, supply of internet - I'll spend most of time of day, I deem, in dormitory, so if there's no internet there, I won't be able to reply all the time. I'll definitelly reply whenever I have chance, though it may be limited to couple or to once per day in worst case.... Hopefully it won't come to that, but I'll know the situation tumorrow :)

[Mirach]

"My friend should return before nightfall, so I will start worrying if he doesn't," Svarik said. "But if it's day still, there is no reason for worry yet."

(OOC: if you get the sim card, you can still reply through email like I do often, it saves a lot of data from loading the site)

[VisAnastasis]

" If your friend is Yokai, then indeed, world can be quite a dangerous place for him. Spirits that wonder the world now outnumber greatly the Yokai that tread it. We always have to hide to have any chance. Spirits tend to be very cruel to us when they meet us - they don't make difference between higher or lower Yokai, they desire to exterminate us all like flies... And recently, since all that portal closed up on us in fifth layer thing, even Yokai tend to be cruel to other Yokai. We all fell very low. " Willow sighed somehow sadly, before he looked up to king reassuringly, trying to comfort him. " But, to be truthful, few Spirits wonder this land currently - in what I assume are couple last centuries, the winters are too harsh for Spirits to enjoy living in these areas, so they usually avoid coming to this layer. Your friend will probably be fine, if he's avoiding other Beings he senses and minds his businiess.  "

( OOC: Thanks, if it turns out there's no net at dormitory I'll have to resort to all kinds of desperate meassures, hehe, so I'll probably get to it sooner or later :D

[Mirach]

"He should be doing that. I have a way to contact him if needed though, but not not the other way round, that's what worries me. If he gets in trouble, he can't let me know..." Svarik sighed. 

[VisAnastasis]

" If I may take a little freedom to guess, you probably haven't been a friend with lot of Yokai, have you? " Willow bid him quietly. " You have way to contact him, you say? By hair or nail, perhaps? " he inquired gently. " Those are most common I know of. If he was in danger from another, tortured, injured, or worse - it would show in the peace of him that you have, little one. If, for example, he had given you a nail and it looks the same as you left it -he's alright. If it's torn, scratched or bitten into, then he's ill or hurt. If it's crumbled to dust, he's, um... gone. Whatever you have from his body, I shall not pry, but it has a bond with him - and what happens to him, will be reflected in some manner upon it as long as it exists. "

( OOC: Just wanted to tell you we just settled down in dormitory, and just finished repacking. It took a while, but now we can finally take a little brake, and even better, we have internet at dormitory! ( have yet to test more if it's really reliable or not, but so far it's been doing okay). For some God knows what reason, people here don't seperate students by gender like in Podgorica, so they put me and Alexander in the same room, so now we're roommates, and it's great relief, since we know each other and are friends and get along well. As we've figured out stuff about where we stay, we soon are going to go out, to go to Most SNP to figure out if we can get 3 month tickets. We still need to figure out about food, as we don't have a cheap canteen in dormitory like we used to in Podgorica, but hopefully others around will have some tips so we'll figure it out. One thing that's a bit hard, that I wanted to ask - we found two near grocery stores in google maps, but we're having more trouble finding a tech store - room is great, but we only have two plugs far away from the table, and we have too many things that need charging, so we need to buy an extention cord :)

[Mirach]

"So it can show how he is... but not where he is, in case he needs help..." Svarik sighed. "Well, at least it's something..." He took out one of the hairs he got from Erdel to see if it's alright.

(There is a big tech store (Nay) in Aupark, and you can also get groceries and sim card there. The bus stop when you arrive there is on the other side of the road though, you need to follow a sidewalk from it and then under the road to get there. When you will go back, the bus stop in the opposite direction is connected with the shopping centre with a covered bridge leading from the 1st floor. Aupark can be confusing, but there should be map at every entrance)

[VisAnastasis]

The hair looked generally almost like when it was left to him, it was only a touch dry looking - but it seemed that already was probably because Erdel was stressed out about everything that was going on in his life, and about leaving Svarik alone for that short time. Other than that, it seemed that the young demon was alright, at least right now.  


( OOC: I think we actually went exactly there at Nay by complete luck - the coledge has a buddy system, where another student gives you advices, and Aleksander's buddy met us yesterday and showed us around old city, and when we asked, she told us to go to Aupark :D We actually went by foot, we were already at the bridge, so it wasn't that far. Regarding bus ticket, she told us we should wait to buy the 3 month one till we sign learning agreement at 23rd, because my friend forgot to bring ISIC card and can't prove he's a student, typical -_-
 
We just wanted to ask you regarding meals. We asked this girl that was assigned to us, and basically, she was just recommending us, like, dozen of restorants... Do students really only eat like that here? In Montenegro, most of students I know eat very cheaply, we have system of buildings called menzas, in which we buy cheap tokens, and each token can be exchanged for one meal. We could basically not worry about food for the whole month for, like 20 euros max because one token was, like 20 cents. I, of course, expected it to be more expensive here, but didn't expect you don't even have such a system. Is there really no Slovak equivalent of it, or did you and your sister have just an option to go to the restoraunts as students? Not that I'm saying I'm planning to only live on sandwitches with that knowledge, like I am, but I'm an artist, you understand, I' rather spend money to get some super cool art supplies instead of just eating fancy, hehe :)

[Mirach]

Svarik sighed with relief, and put the hair before him so he could watch it and see if anything happens to it.  Calmed by that, he started to play again.

(I guess your dorm is too small to have a mensa, but there is a big dorm complex at the final stop of the buses 31 and 39 (Slavicie udolie), again just some 5-10 min from Zochova. There are two mensas there, where you can get a meal for about 1-1.5€. But you will need ISIC to both get inside the complex (and prey it will work with their turniquets) and to buy the meal, so Alexander should tell his family to send it to him by post as soon as possible, you can also get discounts in many stores with it. Then my sister can show you around that dorm complex, since she lives there and it's rather complicated. She can also help you in case your isic doesn't work with the turniquet. It's possible that your school will have a canteen or buffet as well, the bigger faculties use to have them. I mostly used to eat at school or cook for myself, since our dorm had a kitchen.)

[VisAnastasis]

San must have felt his anxiety and worry about his friend, and how the hair was important to keep an eye on. She created a thin protective glass bell around the hair, as if reflecting Svarik's protective thoughts about the young demon. Then, she caressed the king with light brezze of warm desert wind as he played for her, warmth of her magic washing deeply through him, filling him with her light and nurturing his mind worn out from the stresses of the last months.

(OOC: There is, like, some kind of restoraint in last floor of the dorm that we can use from 11 to 14:00, but it's like, 4 euros per meal, so it's basically the same as going to any cheaper restoraint in the city :D I think some of our teachers back home mentioned we may need to get new ISIC here in Slovakia for it to be useful here, so we'll wait 23rd when we go to colledge to ask someone about it, and if we get new ones I'll send you a note so you can give me directions to those menzas. Those prizes are very affordable compared to every other, and it would be great if we could figure out the isic thing so we can go there. Thank you so much for the info, dear, anyone we asked here is exchange student as well and we all collectively know little, so I figured you may know best how it works <3333