As soon as she returns from the woods against the backdrop of the rising sun, Rin is on a mission. She plans to visit the King but doesn't sit tight in the days prior. Far less subtle than Archer and prone to speaking her mind, anyway—especially now—Rin is vocal among the shops and stalls of the human section of the city and equally as well-spoken in the goblin territory of the outskirts. Human citizens are no doubt familiar with her as that fashionable-looking young woman who always buys more from their vendors, or the girl who keeps telling them how to kill the mistletoe—and the spell works! To the goblins, she's a stern young lady nevertheless best known among the children for giving them cookies, or the older goblins for helping them around.
With both groups, Rin is pointed in bringing up the discussion of peace, though she's sure to shy away from causing overt discomfort. While she is direct, she understands she has not lived their lives. She's likely to listen to the history of Chantes, stories and opinions concerning the conflict, what individuals themselves believe can be done to resolve the situation, if they even care to resolve it... anything. Rin's just a little more in people's faces about considering peace than she was before, now that the sun is out.
(She does make it clear she doesn't really care if they're going to call her a traitor, either. Ah.)
In between the more "grown-up" business of peace negotiating, however, Rin finds herself appointed by chance as the temporary caretaker of a group of children. Initially she just screamed at them a lot, finding a mix of goblin and human and goblin-human children playing together in a small clearing located along the edge of the woods. Didn't they know how dangerous it was? Did their parents know they were out here? Somehow it ended up with Rin relegated to supervisory duty, resting on a nearby hill and watching over them—not only because of wild animals, but also because of the social climate. When Steven tags along with her following some of her rounds inside the city or through its outskirts, he's liable to mingle with the children and even suggest some new games they could play.
The children take an interest in the pair's free use of magic around them. Both Rin and Steven can heal small injuries—although Steven's method is, um, a bit creative—and magic makes for fun sparkles in the air that catch the sunlight and glitter, a beautiful crystal ball to kick around, colorful flowers they can loop around their wrists to braid friendship bracelets. Steven leads the children in plenty of catchy songs about peace.
The topic of peace and the state of Chantes do come up from time to time, but from a child's perspective. Rin and Steven are pleasantly supportive of being nice, kind, and friendly to others, no matter who they are or whether they're goblin, human, or a combination. After all, their little playgroup contains goblin kids, human kids, and half-goblin/half-human kids, and they manage to have tons of fun.
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With both groups, Rin is pointed in bringing up the discussion of peace, though she's sure to shy away from causing overt discomfort. While she is direct, she understands she has not lived their lives. She's likely to listen to the history of Chantes, stories and opinions concerning the conflict, what individuals themselves believe can be done to resolve the situation, if they even care to resolve it... anything. Rin's just a little more in people's faces about considering peace than she was before, now that the sun is out.
(She does make it clear she doesn't really care if they're going to call her a traitor, either. Ah.)
In between the more "grown-up" business of peace negotiating, however, Rin finds herself appointed by chance as the temporary caretaker of a group of children. Initially she just screamed at them a lot, finding a mix of goblin and human and goblin-human children playing together in a small clearing located along the edge of the woods. Didn't they know how dangerous it was? Did their parents know they were out here? Somehow it ended up with Rin relegated to supervisory duty, resting on a nearby hill and watching over them—not only because of wild animals, but also because of the social climate. When Steven tags along with her following some of her rounds inside the city or through its outskirts, he's liable to mingle with the children and even suggest some new games they could play.
The children take an interest in the pair's free use of magic around them. Both Rin and Steven can heal small injuries—although Steven's method is, um, a bit creative—and magic makes for fun sparkles in the air that catch the sunlight and glitter, a beautiful crystal ball to kick around, colorful flowers they can loop around their wrists to braid friendship bracelets. Steven leads the children in plenty of catchy songs about peace.
The topic of peace and the state of Chantes do come up from time to time, but from a child's perspective. Rin and Steven are pleasantly supportive of being nice, kind, and friendly to others, no matter who they are or whether they're goblin, human, or a combination. After all, their little playgroup contains goblin kids, human kids, and half-goblin/half-human kids, and they manage to have tons of fun.