Rai drug her arm across her forehead to wipe away the beaded sweat there and took a second to admire her accomplishment. She had done it! it was not a huge accomplishment by the standards of the students here but those pompous little brats had been studying magic longer than she had been alive and had been taught properly. The maid was barely old enough to look after herself by the standards of the full-blood elves and she had managed to cast a spell that she read out of a book and seen a student practice a few times.  Most of the pampered students would not have believed it had they watched her do it and she felt a swell of pride in herself.<br/><br/>The smile that had spread across her soft lips died at the sound of the headmistress clearing her throat. It was like Railynn was trapped in a nightmare where the same events repeated over and over until she was driven mad. The maid whirled around and shrunk under the intensity of Merelyth's gaze. Her hands moved to instinctively drape across her chest. The uniform left her feeling very exposed and it was a mere reflex to protect her modesty, even if there was more pressing issues on the Headmistress' mind. The woman's harsh words clearly cut deep and Rai flinched at each accusation. She knew that she was doomed now. Even the humiliation that she had endured up to this point would be so very modest compared to being expelled from her home and thrown out of the street. The half-breed cursed herself for not thinking that the headmistress would know what she had done.<br/><br/>The way the headmistress paused to rub the bridge of her nose in frustration worried Rai even more than if the tirade had continued. When the other woman's hands fell to her sides as if she was giving up, the maid whimpered nervously... and because seeing the robe conforming to the headmistress' surprisingly gorgeous figure caused a surge of distracting heat. She had been dealing with that all day and  she had no idea why. A blush spread over her cheeks and for a moment her mind forgot her predicament. Merelyth could not let that last however.<br/><br/>The proclamation was what she had expected to hear. It was the end of her life as she knew it and the beginning of something so much worse.  Rai moved to the headmistress, determined to plead her case. She dropped to her knees at the other woman's feet. "Please Headmistress mercy, mercy i beg you. I-I was only trying to help. I know that you told me to not use magic but I panicked. I could not leave you with a second broken vase." Tears began to trickled over her pale, freckled cheeks. "Please, do not cast me out. I-I will do anything just please reconsider." The poor half-elf sobbed quietly, eyes downcast, waiting for the full-blood elf to rebuff her and send her away.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>