Issue 1 Downtime

Vivienne moved through the halls reading the signs on the office doors, her right arm stiff and at her side, her sword hidden within as she stopped at the door indicateing it was Pof. Weaver's office and knocked.

"Come on in." Nailah's voice comes from inside.

Vivienne took a deep breath and opened the door left handed. "Well met, hello, Professor Weaver."

"Greetings. Vivienne, right?" she smiles, looking up from behind her desk.

"Yes." She moved and carefully moved her sleeve and placed Caledfwlch on Nailah's desk then added her coin box. "Headmistress and your, daughter, sent me."

"So I've heard. Sam said that the sword is bound to you?"

"Yes." She gracefully took a seat.

She leans closer to take a look at the sword. "And you say it's name is Caledfwlch?" she asks, her pronunciation flawless.

"Yes, Mother said it would guard me and guide me." The sword, unsheathed, hummed softly with magic, acting as a gentle beacon. It seemed to regard Nailah in return, if a "thing" could regard anyone or anything. It wasn't malicious or dark, but it was powerful and raw. The magic wasn't all Vivienne, there was a "older" more controlled "touch" behind it, one the magic willingly flowed and moved for.

"And I hear that there are certain safety concerns that arose because you carried it into the dining hall?"

"I was showing it to another who said she could hear it. My hand was on the hilt and a boy appeared suddenly, I drew upon him and frightened him and his roommate, who threw a platter at me." She looked down at her hands. "I acted out of fear. For that I am most sorry. My mother warned me that the sword would call to those who where on this side. Those who chose to stay or those who were banished."

"And now we need to find a way for you to put the sword away without risk of severing your bond."

"I can and shall keep it in my room. It will never leave my room unless you or the Headmistress say other wise." She began to wring her hands nervously.

"How about we compromise. The Lighthouse is warded with powerful spells and the ground has been recognized as a place of power by Merlin himself. It would be safe there and you would have access to it at all times."

She bite her lip and looked like she was about to cry, but she nodded and sat straighter. "By the sea...yes, I will place it there. It will be happy there."

"I promise it's a much more appropriate place than the closet or underneath your bed and you can retrieve it any time should the need arise."

"It shall be." She bowed her head.

"Come on, I'll take you there and we can find a good place for it." she says, standing up.

"I will also need modern currency, your daughter, Miranda said you would be able to help me." She stood and unlocked her coin chest. "I shall leave this with you." She took up Caledfwlch and hid it again within her sleeve.

Nailah raises both her eyebrows. "I'll talk to Allison to get a bank account set up for you. She's got some experience setting up things for people missing paperwork. I'll get these appraised but I am positive you won't have to worry about money." she says, closing the box again and picking it up.

"And there's no need to hide your sword. Drawing it may have been an overreaction you should and will work on, but that is true for plenty of people here. It's just not as simple to have them lay down their powers. We teach our students to be responsible with their gifts, I see no reason to treat this any different in the long run."

"I did not wish to frighten anyone else." She adjusted her sleeve again but held the sword in an way that would not lend well to actually wielding it. "I am ready."

"And that's commendable, but you also shouldn't have to hide who you are and the way I understand it that sword is a not insignificant part of you." she says as they make their way out of the office and down the hall.