The apple. It is green. It is supposed to be green. A green apple, a single apple, standing on a brown table made out of mahogany. It is quite dark. But it doesn't matter.
The table. The table is located in a great hall. The whole hall is dark, but not covered with darkness. Just... dark wallpapers, dark ceiling, quite dark floor. And that's it. There's only the table. Nothing else. The table with the green apple.
Isn't it a bit scary?
No, it isn't. Yet.
To be honest, there is something besides the table in the room. There are two slaves standing in two corners of the room. Why? Well, the question will be answered soon.
They are waiting for somebody.
It is the Arx Mortis Citadel, so who would they be waiting if not their lady Maria Zambrano? The green apple on the mahogany table in the dark room with two slaves is prepared for her arrival. Everything is ready. Everything is exactly where they're supposed to be.
Now the only thing to do is...
... to wait.
The lady should come soon.
Steps are heard coming from outside the room. She is coming. She is ready. A slave walks in a calm way to the table, takes a scroll out of his pocket, puts it on the table, and leaves then. The other slave then comes to the table, puts a candleholder behind the apple, lights it, leaves to his corner.
They wait.
And the lady steps into the room.
She is wearing her traditional clothing: a dark dress, nothing else covering ther body. The staff called Confectrix is in her left hand as a sign of power over the citadel she rules. At the moment, indeed, she can only control this single castle, but she is expecting something more to come soon.
There is a red mark on the ground. It's an 'X' letter. And the lady is supposed to walk to the mark.
That's what she does.
The mark is located ten metres away from the table, the apple, the scroll, and the candle are all directly in front of it, ten metres away. It is a symbolic ritual. Well, not a ritual, but something similar.
This is the first time Maria Zambrano tries to put her telekinetic skills in use. She has to become better in it, so she has to practise. This is the best way, as having a Master teach it is stupid. That's what Maria thinks. They limit an Apprentice, they tie their arms, their knowledge together. They do whatever they want to do with their Apprentices.
This solo training is the best way to learn something.
...
Then Maria remembers, that she has to do something.
The slaves wait.
The candle waits.
And so do the scroll and the apple.
Maria takes a deep breath.
The table. The table is located in a great hall. The whole hall is dark, but not covered with darkness. Just... dark wallpapers, dark ceiling, quite dark floor. And that's it. There's only the table. Nothing else. The table with the green apple.
Isn't it a bit scary?
No, it isn't. Yet.
To be honest, there is something besides the table in the room. There are two slaves standing in two corners of the room. Why? Well, the question will be answered soon.
They are waiting for somebody.
It is the Arx Mortis Citadel, so who would they be waiting if not their lady Maria Zambrano? The green apple on the mahogany table in the dark room with two slaves is prepared for her arrival. Everything is ready. Everything is exactly where they're supposed to be.
Now the only thing to do is...
... to wait.
The lady should come soon.
Steps are heard coming from outside the room. She is coming. She is ready. A slave walks in a calm way to the table, takes a scroll out of his pocket, puts it on the table, and leaves then. The other slave then comes to the table, puts a candleholder behind the apple, lights it, leaves to his corner.
They wait.
And the lady steps into the room.
She is wearing her traditional clothing: a dark dress, nothing else covering ther body. The staff called Confectrix is in her left hand as a sign of power over the citadel she rules. At the moment, indeed, she can only control this single castle, but she is expecting something more to come soon.
There is a red mark on the ground. It's an 'X' letter. And the lady is supposed to walk to the mark.
That's what she does.
The mark is located ten metres away from the table, the apple, the scroll, and the candle are all directly in front of it, ten metres away. It is a symbolic ritual. Well, not a ritual, but something similar.
This is the first time Maria Zambrano tries to put her telekinetic skills in use. She has to become better in it, so she has to practise. This is the best way, as having a Master teach it is stupid. That's what Maria thinks. They limit an Apprentice, they tie their arms, their knowledge together. They do whatever they want to do with their Apprentices.
This solo training is the best way to learn something.
...
Then Maria remembers, that she has to do something.
The slaves wait.
The candle waits.
And so do the scroll and the apple.
Maria takes a deep breath.