<strong>*THE NEXT MORNING*</strong><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=158504.msg7426121#msg7426121">Quote from: AndyZ on 22-12-2012, 22:54:35</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatright">(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i163/notdesirable1989/avatars4others/2-1012201F3302.jpg)</div>At several minutes before first light, Sky showed up at the eastern gate, a little early just in case a problem might arise.  She was already wearing her gift from Perfect Orchid: a set of cerulean silken clothes that fit her well but didn't do much to accent her form.  She also continued to wear the cape with the orichalcum hearthstone amulet.  Under her arm was a knapsack containing the various crafting tools she'd been able to scrounge up or make herself so far.  No doubt the strange cannon she made was also at the ready in Elsewhere.<br/><br/>All in all, she was packed rather light.  Either she didn't have very much to take with her or she saw little reason to bog herself down, but both seemed likely from her demeanor.  She looked a little tired, suggesting that she hadn't gotten much sleep the night before in preparation for the journey ahead.  However, few Exalts would complain of weariness, and she wasn't going to have to maintain the travel spell anyway.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Shortly after Sky came the Jade Palanquin from the previous day. Still carried by the squad of impressive male specimens. They appeared to be Linowan auxiliaries for the realm, although the white silk loincloths with green trim were definitely not standard uniforms, and keeping an entire military unit oiled up like that would be an impractical expense for normal grunts. The leader of this group Hailed Sky and bowed to her.