" A pleasure to meet you captain. " the nervous words made the woman sitting across from the dark elf smile wide as she studies the young woman in front of her. It was immediately clear why her last name was Ravenoak rather than something far more local. Her heritage was most certainly not entirely high elven. The captain's skin was a light brown like coffee that had milk added to it, like a much ligther shade of the very dark wood elf that climbed back into the carriage's cabin and closed the door with a slam. Just like Leeloo the captain is dressed in richly appointee clothing however hers was likely all the more impressive.  A finely tailored coat of burgundy with a white silk undershirt similar to the dark elf's and a pair of darker pants completed the look , her knee length leather boots polishee til they nearly shone like the genuine silver buckles that adornee them. The captain nods her head at woman who was to be her government appointed second in command, her dark blue eyee filled wwith curiosity.<br/><br/>'Well met to you as well, though I'm afraid I have no name to call you by. " her tone was pleasant , accent a slight lilt. If Velosa was displeased to be meeting the woman that could possibly end her expedition before it even began she made no show of it. Her features once more break into a smile as she studies the dark elf with open intrigue , the duality of her heritage made all the more obvious by the mix of hard,  feral lines that likened her to a woof elf and the soft high cheeked features and shorter ears of a high elf. The result of the mix was something pleasant at least and had on more than one occasion led to her being called handsome.<br/><br/>The captain shifts a little as the carriage begins to take off once more and the sound of the mechanical equine's hooves begin to sound against the cobblestone pavers. Her hands roam the soft felt of the tri-corner hat tucked into her lap, the ostentatiously bright feather of some exotic bird from the islands near the mainland decorating it. Velosa wondered why she'd never met a dark elf before this. They were certainly beautiful creatures if the young officer was anything to go by .. just like her dad had said - of course he was quite the womanizer before he passed.<br/><br/>The tall dark woman who'd helped Leeloo stow away her things clears her throat and Velosa nearly jumps and her eyes quickly dart from the beautiful young officer to the wood elf sitting next to her on the leather bench. " Yes well. Introductions. The woman next to you is Mayari , my dearest friend ever since she saved my life. " the silent wood elf nods her head and the captain continues on. " You've no doubt heard about me .. but what about you? Tell us about yourself. We have nothing but time. " Leeloo had in fact likely heard about Velosa in passing around the nobles at officer school. The gossip ranged from scandalous tales of  her following in her father's footsteps when it came to wooing young women her age to the usual disbelief that some 'vulgar halfbreed' could obtain such a large writ from the Queen.<br/><br/>As the duo waited for Leeloo to speak the carriage was quiet aside from the sound of hoof on paver  and the creak of old wooden wheels. Velosa's eyes once more drifted towards the young elf's and this time didn't move.  This was going to be an interesting adventure.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>