Joyau Gets Settled in Her Dormitory Room

[Joyau delaLune]

The First of the Month of Kalendryasin the Season of Winter, Era I of the Celestine Mandate, Era XV Post Fractum

Joyau was exhausted by the time she got to her room. It was small, but the sprite didn't take up much room and she didn't have much gear. She set down her medical bag, given to her by Sage Kalista on her last day of healing class at the Panacea. She would miss the Panacea with its big beautiful buildings. She had been sent here to work as an intern at the De'Gaulle hospital. There was war in the air and because of this many healers would be needed throughout the Empire. So even novice healers were sent to the front lines to gain experience.

She had her healing and herbalism parchments with her, but she was too tired to look them over again. She had studied very hard at the Panacea, reading volumes of tomes assigned to her. She had also practiced on dummys, treating their wounds, but now she was going to have to do the real thing, work on real wounded and sick people.

She saw that her bed was already made up and there was a pitcher of water and bowl. She flew over to the pitcher and with both hands poured some water in the basin. She then took her clothes off and washed the travel grime off her body. After she dried off, she pulled back the covers and slipped into bed.

It was hard to go to sleep, however. The administrator had not been prepared for her, he was terribly grouchy and he didn't like a sprite coming to Taralon. She was afraid he would send her back. He didn't seem to think she could do anything. She rolled from one side to another finally sleeping on her stomach. Even her wings hurt from flying around the hospital following him. She was not used to flying so much. Finally she drifted off falling into a dreamless sleep.

[Joyau delaLune]

Joyau come home to her room after a long day at work. The dormitory room was lit with a small oil candle.

Her hands were full. She had gone to the store and bought some new clothes. She put away the new breeches, boots and shirt.

After she had bought the clothes she had gone over to Granney Jen's and purchased some herbal potions. She had found out she would not be able to take medicines from the dispensary so she had to buy her own.

As she quickly found out, the ready made potions were extremely expensive. She had not had the entire amount to purchase them. The debt she had incurred bothered her. She had enough money, but if she had paid in full for the potions, she would be broke. She wanted to wrap the potions in something before she put them in her medical bag. It would be terrible if she should break them.

She looked in her medical bag and pulled out some cloth. She cut three small squares of the material and wrapped it around the bottles of Dittany, All-heale, and Shephard's purse.

After she stowed her belongings she undressed and washed in the basin. She took out a child's hospital gown she had taken from the hospital and slipped it on leaving the back open for her wings. After putting out the candle, she slipped into bed and tried to sleep. She had no idea what tomorrow would bring.

[Joyau delaLune]

Had Joyau known what the day would contain, she might not have slept so well. She didn't however, so when the morning came she washed, dressed and left for the hospital.

At the end of her shift, she had been told that she was expected to help out with the army. There was a group of rattas who came out of the sewers and were torching some buildings. The army had been dispatched to find out what was going on, and so was she.

Her supervisor had given her a field medic kit, fae sized so she could put it over her shoulder and fly away to find Eyvind Redbeard who was in command of the Legionaires.

She flew to her dorm room. She pulled out her breeches, boots and shirt, puttling them on as fast as spritely possible. She decided to put on her lightweight leather breastplate just in case.

In just a few minutes she was out the door again, heading down the street to Darkblade Fortress.