Seeking

[Selena]

Beautiful, Wild, and Intriguing aroma filled her nose and caused a hurry in her pace and the blinding colors made emerald orbs glow vividly in the dark "Incredible". Selena had caught wind of a rumor and here she was in the garden of a mansion that was supposedly housed creatures like herself.

Lena knelt beside a bed of roses and a gentle touch upon fragile petals Breath taking " the cascade of red hair sprawled out across the green grass and a fluffed tail swayed gracefully from side to side; she felt calm within and eyes couldn't be stilled and darted all over the vast flora and admired each and every single one.

[Daton]

Daton used to spend a lot of time outside, rain or shine sleet or snow, and these days were no different, only this time young Daton was up on a tree, sitting on a thick branch that easily supported his extremely thin frame. The hooded man listening to the busy footsteps below that he quickly worked out was one person in the garden, his guess was the roses.

"I'd be careful around the roses, the owner is very.... protective" He idly commented, the dark night and his dark clothes making it hard to spot him but by no means impossible, if one knew where to look or had reasonably good hearing. Of course he couldn't see the roses, or even who was down there, but he knew someone was there.

[Xiomara]

The excitement was dying down to a degree but people were still coming. On her way to the herb garden she heard someone in Sauri's rose gardens and stopped to take a look, hearing Daton speaking of Sauri's protectiveness made her smile, and her eyes turned towards the source of the lower voice. A red haired woman taking her time to look and smell, it made Xio happy to see life in this house again.

Though she couldn't see Daton, Xio moved closer into the immediate area and searched for him. she hadn't seen him in such a long time, and it brought back memories of times when she would purposely serve him tea and make him work for it after he had openly rejected her offers of help. "He's right, but I don't think she will mind if you just look and not pluck."

Her voice was warm, welcoming and her demeanor non-threatening so as not to scare the newcomer and the tree lover, apparently Daton had grown a love of heights over the past six or more months.

[Selena]

The voice startled a squeak from her lips and her movement was quick and clumsy all in one "I.....I.....Sorry" a massive jumble of words and a light curse mainly at herself for not noticing that someone else was here.

"I ....I.....promise I will not harm them" a timid voice and bare feet moving quietly "Who are you?" Emerald orbs darted from side to side, up, and down to make sure no more surprises awaited.

Another scent sneaked up on her and caused another stumble on misguided feet and in an elegant jump and twist of the body, she missed the bed of roses and landed in a crouched position. "Hello".

[Daton]

It was likely because he couldn't see but Daton had few reasons to to be afraid of heights plus the breeze was relaxing to him. "I am the one here that sees without seeing.... so to speak" He said in a rather cryptic reply, signs of that mental instability showing for a few moments before he refocused his mind. "Daton is my name"

He wasn't lying about the seeing part, but he saw things as they were not as they currently are, confusing at the best of times. He jumped from the branch quite haphazardly, landing in a crouch to avoid injury, not bad for a blind human seer but it was likely the fact he was a seer that allowed him to do such things.

[Xiomara]

Cringing as the woman tripped all over herself she gave an apologetic smile, moving to help her only to see her roll away and fall into a crouch, narrowly avoiding the rose bed. She shook her head and turned to look towards Daton with a raised brow at his response before chuckling. He hadn't changed very much since she'd last seen him, but then again he had changed far too much. He was more relaxed it appeared, moving away from the woman she went to Daton and helped the blind man to his feet. "You're going to end up breaking something."

If and when he was righted Xio turned back to the woman and shrugged a shoulder, "Don't mind him, he's just lively. My name is Xiomara, who are you? Are you from somewhere close? And how in the world did you get in?" For all she knew the gardens had been moved indoors, kind of like Eden, where she kept all of her herbs and poisonous flowers within the greenhouse. "Doesn't matter, are you hungry or thirsty?"

[Selena]

A nervous sway in the crimson colored tail and a lowered gaze "Selena and a pleasure Mr Daton and Miss Xiomara." Lena finally looked up and watched the two interact with each other and the wafting aroma told her things that words couldn't, yet a mere mention of food had her stomach growling and Lena rose quickly and looked away from the two "Yes please" biting down hard on her bottom lip.

[Daton]

He raised a hidden eyebrow from under his hood, leaning against his staff as he listens to them both as he uses the offered help to stand up then set about leaning against his staff which was still a mysterious item because he never explained where he got it from "Just Daton" He said with a slight shrug of his shoulders before turning his head to Xio's direction "I could go for some of your famous tea right about now"

[Xiomara]

"I thought you might say that." She didn't question the staff nor did she force Selene to come closer. Instead she pulled out chairs for them and cleared off the white table so they could sit and eat.

"Have a seat, Selena. You two Daton, I'll be right back."She left them alone for a brief period of time, long enough to brew the tea and prepare something they could snack on at this particular hour and possibly to let Daton charm Selena into not being scared.

[Selena]

Selena couldn't keep the emerald orbs still and they darted a gaze that fell back and forth, side to side "It's a beautiful home" a mouse like whisper "And thank you" Lena slid into the closest chair that was perfectly positioned at a close exit and placed Daton and Xiomara in clear view.

[Daton]

One of Daton's many flaws was his attitude to new people. It wasn't that he didn't like people he just found new people unsettling. The young man walking over to where he remembered the table was and felt around for both the table and an empty chair. His hood was still up, hiding his face and of course that blindfold he wore so his face was largely hidden from view unless someone was to get right in to his face.

He soon found a chair, after a fair bit of fumbling about, even his talents were limited and small static objects like tables and chairs were just impossible for him to 'see'.

[Xiomara]

From the lack of sounds it appeared that neither Daton nor Selena had gotten very far in their conversation. Apparently Daton hadn't changed as much as she thought he had. Since there was nothing in particular that they ordered except for tea, Xio brought over some pastries and sandwiches for Selena. "Ajax and Sauri built it from the ground up after... After the first attack by the ancients. We had many people missing and it took us a while to find everyone, we lost many."

She set a cup out for Daton and reached over to take his hand, using his knuckles she pressed them against each item. The cup was right in front of him, the tea kettle to his left, sugar and cream in the center. Pastries to his right with a smaller plate next to them. Then she took her seat and waited for them to serve themselves. "Go ahead and dig in, there's plenty to go around. Selena, you should stick around and meet Sauri and Ajax. I'm sure they'll welcome you with open arms. You should even use the front door next time."

[Selena]

Head cocked onto an odd angle and a curious eye looked more into the interaction of Xiomara and Daton "Sauri? Ajax?" She stretched an arm out cupped two small pastries into one hand and placed them out neatly on the small plate and nibbled on one in her other hand "Are they Master's of these lands and are you both born here? And yes i will remember the front door next time, am I allowed to come back?".

[Daton]

"That was a dark few months" He muttered quietly as he picked the mug up after Xio pointed out where it was, blowing the steam away to aid in cooling the drink a small amount, but didn't drink just yet "Many of the survivors left after that night and once I was rescued I stayed in the town, hiding in the mortal crowd"

He didn't share his thoughts or opinions on the night, just what happened, as if it happened in a movie, or was noted on a news channel. It may not have been the healthiest of ways, but it was his way of coping with such.... damaging things to the mind and the body. "Ajax and Sauri are the two who own the lands, trusting people.... at times too trusting in my opinion"

[Xiomara]

"You're not making Selena feel too comfortable with your mutterings, Daton." She nudged him and shook her head, though she could understand why he was saying what he was saying, but that was behind them now. She had moved on and he should do the same, lingering was not healthy for the mind either. Taking a sip of her tea she pushed the plate of food towards her and smiled over her mug. "You're welcome to come back any time you want. Sauri and Ajax won't mind, this is a sanctuary for most. Despite the devastation we went through not too long ago."