Auraelish, awakes feeling confused and dazed. But well rested and refreshed after the wake up routine of every ecclipsa. Stretching,wiggling, and rolling around a bit to test and loosen up the stasis effects of sleep. His guardian escort is already outside the strange tent structure, allowing, his curiosity of this thing time to explore it in detail. Analyzing the tent frame, fabrics, magic stones, and other things placed in it with him Auraelish finds he has some understanding of how the things where made, and how they work. 'wonder if I can make these things myself' he ponders 'or make use of them in some other manor'.
Auraelish spends the day exploring the tent, and patrolling the city streets. Memorizing the layout and greeting peoples as he go. About midday children come out in groups large enough to bury him in cheerful living fleshy creatures. Eliysiah simply observed happily amused, and content to pick up children of various species when they inevitably fell off the parading pile. The adults observing seem to all have the same understanding, 'let them have fun'. The cheerful parade leads along one side of the street, while all other traffic not needing the whole street simply used the sidewalks or other street. "amazing how adaptable this city is" the guardian ecclipsa blurted out in no particular direction. "indeed, it is designed to be such" stated a city knight who had taken up escort as well for the parading pile of ecclipsa, children of various species and tribes. 'when did this fellow appear'.
The city administration had reached a decision the previous evening before sun set when these 2 ecclipsa had been party too a rather interesting scene or 2. Helping a child with surgery and no charge was deemed worthy of celebration and recognition. And so throughout the night messages where quietly sent about the city, requests presented, plans made, food prepared, uniforms cleaned, stone-works and metal-works throughout the city rinsed, and polished where appropriate. Multiple reasons to party where given besides the ecclipsa's actions as well so the entire city would be captured by the spirit and accoutrements of celebration. A busy and joyous day,also exhausting.
The full day went to parading about the city, dancing, singing,playing music, feasting, awards presented and story telling of past glories being celebrated on the same day. All in all the day was amusing and greatly educational to both ecllipsa told of here and others about the city. This city was not so small that they would all necessarily see each other in a couple days afterall. As the sun sets a guest house is given to Auraelish and Eliysiah for the night or as long as they should deem to use it. The house being a 3 story model home along one of the city streets built specifically for honored guests and ecclipsa in particular. Household servants and caretakers with each one being the norm here. the servants could have there own homes to go back to or sleep in the attached bunkhouse in the backyard of each model home with it's own immaculately manicured garden. Some having pools, hot-tubs and other things in them or in the yard on the back. Upon detailed inspection it becomes clear that some variations for various species or tribes had been added overtime as needed or requested, apparently the honered guest ward was built some centuries ago, by the order of a ruling king of the city. a few decades later there was an uprising to overthrow a cruel king, one of the events recorded and celebrated this very day. Restful sleep is a welcome guest to both eclipsa in the darkness of the night.
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Eliysiah's less exhausted self was awake and out in the city during the twilight hour. Roaming in the dim streets she found the silent solitude refreshing. Silence only broken by distant cries of some animals, or small creatures that do no harm within the city. Tiny bugs living off scraps of food refuse and such dropped throughout the previous lively day. House cats hunting rodents and playing at catching bugs. Dogs who guard there family homes strolling about as warriors on patrol. Birds flying about mostly in silence (some notably in complete silence). Other nocturnal creatures crawling around in silence, scurrying about or climbing trees and other plants strewn throughout the city.
"lovely" A women's voice breaks the near silence softly in the night before first light. Eliysiah wonders who said it and to what they referred. Turning about and scanning "hello there" she calls to this unknown women standing in moonlight on a balcony nearby. "a beautiful scene I just witnessed, yourself a part of it" says this lady whom Eliysiah recognizes as an elf with her long braided hair on one side, long pointed ears, tall graceful figure and simple yet functional garments. "Ah, lady elf, I take it you are a visual artist perhaps?" A smile and gentle nod in reply begins a longer conversation and invitation. Confident her charge will be perfectly fine for some time alone in this city, and may even welcome it, Eliysiah enters the home and spends the morning hours here among a family of elves.
Some hours later than his escort guardian, Auraelish wakes up about first light, and enjoys a wonderful breakfast and other services with no requests being needed. It seems these household servants are proud of their profession as they are quite skilled and prepared professionals in every respect. As the morning light warms him in the garden he learns of the cities history and how it is now a part of a larger kingdom, in turn ruled by an empower. A very complex system at first glance, turns out to be fairly simple in reality. With term limits and limits on power at each level the people have very little fear of the government of the land being ruled by cruelties of the past.
Then as the morning gives way to mid day and its own magics summoning life of all kinds like a spell, Auraelish finds himself enjoying fine hearty dinner accross the table from the Doctor he had worked with to save a child from an issue which turned out to be much more serious than initially thought. Without a certain ecclipsa noticing the issue and helping with treatment the child named snelrok May have lost his tail or worse. Doctor/Surgeon/Chirurgeon Grizaldo Was quite pleased, and now Presents {between bites of food} details of The nations medical system how this Bastion city is home to one of its hospitals which also serves as an entry level training school for healers or any one wishing to learn some basic healing magics or other practical skills related to healing. "so my wiggly friend, shall you begin your next route of the path of healing", amused by the description of himself and the friendly manor of the magic using chirurgeon [chirurgeon wizard/mage?] he heartily accepts.
