» Mon May 10, 2010 1:57 am
In spite of all the ruckus in the inn, Estarriol, the Altmer Mage, still sat, gazing at a book. He seemed oblivious to all the fighting, quarreling and noise around him. Which was peculiar: unless he was deaf, which he was not, it would be very difficult for him to not notice anything that was occurring in the inn. And yet he did not. He had not spared a glance to the drunk Imperial that had walked over to him, and he was not looking up now, now that the noice had reached new levels. So to most people he merely appeared to be engrossed in his book. More engrossed than was normal, but just engrossed, nonetheless. If one was to look more closely, however, they would see that he was frozen, completely. Then, suddenly, he jerked violently. He narrowly avoided attracting attention to himself by grabbing the table firmly, so that he didn't fall. He closed his eyes for a moment, regaining his composure, and then, after checking his tome was safe, gazed around the room. If he was taken aback at the chaos, he didn't show it and kept his face blank. Just then he spotted Arnand, who he had been wanting to talk to earlier, lying sprawled on the dirty inn floor. His eyes widened in surprised, and holding onto his tome firmly, went straight towards Arnand and knelt beside him. Placing his hand against Arnand's heart, he realised with shock that he was dead.