Adanjar Part 2

Dawn

Rain's Hand 18th, Nine at Night

Alabaster, Elsweyr 2E175

Adanjar darted through the woods, with tears still in her eyes. Her mind was racing, she still hadn't put all of the pieces together. Okay, her mother had come home, acting very irritated. Her mother had told her that she was leaving. Her father had come in, and they had had a big fight about his gambling. They had asked her whether she wanted to stay with her father or go with her mother. No exactly knowing what to do, she had run out into the cold, rainy night. Now she was cold, wet, and alone. She had no place to sleep.

She figured she would travel to Rimmen, she had an uncle there. No, her parents would suspect that, they would come for her. Maybe she wanted them to come for her. She wasn't sure. She decided that she would go to Rimmen and decide what she would do from there.

It was her first night alone. Sure, she was twenty-one, but when you lived as this particular wealthy Khajiit did, you really had no need to leave home. The rain shimmered down while the thunder rumbled over head. Lightning flashed across the blue, creamy sky.

Rain's Hand 18th, Eleven at Night

Outskirts of Rimmen, Elsweyr

The rain was starting to slacken up a bit, when she saw the outlines of buildings ahead. The pounding rain had turned into a cooling mist when she entered the city. She immediately recognized her uncle's house, having made many trips there with her parents. Her parents...back when they were a family.

No! She couldn't think about them. They weren't a family anymore. Her mother had given up on her family, so she had done the same.

When she arrived at her uncle's door, she gave it three rapid knocks. No answer. She knocked again. Still nobody came to the door. She tried opening the door, only to find it locked. Fatigue took its toll on Adanjar, and she crouched down on the steps of her uncle's house. The rain shimmered down gently on Adanjar, and one last rumble of thunder sounded in the sky.

Rain's Hand 19th, Seven in the Morning

Red Tail Inn, Rimmen, Elsweyr

Adanjar awoke to find herself in a bed, with a golden-haired Nordic woman setting beside her bed. "Good morning," the woman said. "If you don't mind me asking, what exactly were you doing out so late last night in the rain?"

Adanjar had a slight recollection of what had happened the night before. She had arrived in Rimmen to find that her uncle was not at home. Ignoring the woman's question, Adanjar asked, "Where am I?"

"You're in the Red Tail Inn in Rimmen," the woman replied.

"Do you know where I can find my uncle, M'nashan?" Adanjar immediately asked.

The woman politely replied, "You mean the Moon Sugar addict? Yes, M'nashan left for Camlorn about a year ago."

Well that was one place down. She still could go to Arenthia in Valenwood. Her ex-lover lived there. Qa'Bakha had left her half a year ago, after he proposed. Adanjar had accepted, but was unwilling to move away from her parents. He had wanted to go to Valenwood, but she did not. So he went anyway and left her there.

"Thank you," Adanjar said. "I thank you for your hospitality, but I really must be going."

"Okay, but let me at least make you breakfast."


Adanjar politely accepted. When the girl left, shepulled her diary out of her pack and grabbed a pen.

Adanjar's Diary

Nineteenth Rain's Hand

Let me start with what happened exactly after my last entry. Mother came in looking stark mad. She started raving about how father had bet everything and lost. Then Father came in and they started battling it out right in their bedroom. Finally Mother said she was leaving, and asked me whether I wanted to come with her or stay with Father.

I didn't know what to do, so I ran. I ran all the way to Uncle M'nashan's house and found it locked with no one home. Then I passed out in front of Uncle M'nashan's old house. I awoke this morning at the Red Tail Inn. I asked a woman here if she knew where I could find my uncle. She said that he had left for High Rock about a year ago. Odd that the we never heard about it.

So now, I've nowhere in Elsweyr to go. I guess I could go to Valenwood. But I don't know if Qa'Bakha will take me in or not.

After I eat breakfast I will go to Orcrest and try to figure out what to do from there. Well, I hear the girl coming with my breakfast, that was fast, so I better stop for now. I will write again when I get time.

The young Nordic girl's head popped up from the stairwell. Soon her entire body emerged with a silver tray in her hands. On the tray was a bowl of soup, a piece of toast, and a glass of water. "Eat well, and I hope you enjoy." the woman said, setting the tray on the desk at which Adanjar was sitting.

Adanjar ate heartily, and when she was finished she carried the tray downstairs and gave it to the girl simply saying, "It was great, thanks. I have to be going now."

And with that Adanjar walked outside in the daylight. Even though she felt a little remorse for running out on her parents, Adanjar was looking forward with hopes for the rest of her life, when she arrived at Qa'Bakha's doorstep with news that she was ready to begin a life of her own.