<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/nDFdxvM.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Sruti Sveidottir (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2174473)<br/><hr/><br/>Sruti wasn’t unfamiliar with commissions from important people, but being summoned to meet the Queen was out of the ordinary to say the least.  Too prideful to say no, Sruti settled some pending affairs quickly enough and travelled to the palace.  Her mechanical pet, more a guard dog than anything else, was looked upon with some measure of suspicion, but with some insistence it didn’t take too much convincing to allow it to come along.  It was a useful way to both keep her safe as well as to show off some of her skill.<br/><br/>The trip wasn’t as long as she would have imagined, or perhaps she was simply distracted with contemplating what the purpose of the summons was such that the time seemed to pass more quickly.  She was arriving sooner than the meeting time was to be, but they had made arrangements for quarters for her to stay in.  The luxury of it all was far more than what she was used to, but she appreciated the change greatly.  A strange reverberation in the air, likely magical in nature, seems to hang in the air around the palace, something that does irritate her though it passes quickly enough upon exit and entrance.  She passes her time in relative idleness, though she takes the time to make a few notes in her journal and attempts to find some way to access whatever library the palace may have available.<br/><br/>The night of the meeting brought with it the return of the strange vibration.  It set her teeth on edge, especially when it didn’t disappear as it had in the past.  The crystalline appearance of the throne room was interesting, but even that curiosity wasn’t enough to distract her from the humming irritant.  She did wonder how much of it was purely decorative and how much of it might have had something to do with the vibration.  Sruti’s right brow rose slightly as the queen eventually joined them, having apparently just finished bathing—perhaps due to the heat of the day—but hadn’t decided to wait long enough to dry or dress.  There was no understanding Nobility.<br/><br/>The Queen quickly explained what the job was, wasting little time on details.  Sruti understood, at least partially, what it was that she wanted.  Examine the seal, and ensure it’s been cared for.  Perhaps that’s why she was there specifically.  The others it was hard to say, it sounded like there were some sorts of dangers to avoid.  Sruti shrugged one shoulder after there was a pause for questions.<br/><br/>“Go to the seal, make sure it is properly maintained, and return here to report what we find, sounds clear enough,” she summarized.  She opened the offered scroll to examine the details within, casting a brief glance to the others that were there with her.  The masked person seemed interested in the details surrounding the job, probably a good idea to ask she surmised.  She half-listened while she looked over the scroll.