<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/27/Rime.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Rime</span></strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=337368.msg16048690#msg16048690)<br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>Year 1, The Time of Long Sunsets</em><br/><strong>Tags:</strong><em>Mortal Woman, Open</em><br/><strong>Actions:</strong>Revealing herself as a woman of snow and ice<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Rime had been happy to find her efforts, as well as that of her fellow happy spirits, had paid off.  The mortals had been able to survive the storm and make it to the island.  She understood that not everyone was okay with this, but now they were here and there was no turning back.  She watched the mortals from time to time, doing their best to survive.  They weren't doing very well, not having had the time to prepare like the other denizens of the island, and now they were asking for the spirits to reveal themselves.  Could they... do that?  Yes, after thinking it over, Rime realized it was possible.  Should she, though?  The mortals needed help.  Perhaps, with guidance, they could repay that help in kind later on?  She thought it worth trying, and now she realized another change was upon her.<br/><br/>"Rime will help," she said suddenly, her form shifting in a whirl of snow.  Gone was the simple, smiling snowflake.  Her being grew, taking on aspects of mortal appearance, but still retaining her true nature as a spirit.  Then, she<em>willed</em>herself to emerge before the mortal female.  "This one is known as Rime," she told mortal, even sounding much different than she had before.  "This one helped the mortals during the storm, and now this one is here.  What do you wish of the spirits?"