SITUATION:

Chiara, a novice from Amadicia who will soon be raised to accepted has one great problem: she is terrified of men. It is so great that she barely can stand being in a room with one without another woman. That's why the temporary Mistress of Novices Atlanta Sedai of the Blue Ajah has decided to help her with it. She will make Illusions about herself and the accepted Esthi to make them look like scary Black Ajah. Her Warder Calderas and the visitor Quim will then appear to rescue the poor novice...at least that's the plan.

PERSONAGES:

Atalanta Sedai - becomes a shorter woman, with straight brown hair hacked off at the shoulder level as if with a knife, green eyes, rosy cheeks, pale, pale skin. A straight, dark grey skirt swirls about her now skinny frame, a black wool shirt goes over the top, the serpant ring remains in place. (Illusion Form)

Atalanta is a tall woman with an athletic figure. Her dark brown hair is pulled back in a braid. Her large brown eyes peer out from behind the spectacles perched on the end of her nose. Her complexion is olive but not really all that dark. She wears a simple dress of dark blue; divided skirts, high neck, sturdy, light wool. She hasn't quite reached the typical ageless look of an Aes Sedai. (Real Form)

Esthi is given the form of a tall, volumptuous woman with a cruel, red, red mouth, hard blue eyes, tumbling black curly hair, and a clinging black silk dress, and her serpent ring also remains where it is. (Illusion Form)

Chiara - Very small novice with big deepgray eyes, black curls to the shouders and a pale skin. Very shy and intelligent. She currently wears a simple, decent white nightgown.

Calderas - A small man slightly underweight man wearing an unused sword awkwardly on his hip and who always has a staff within four feet of him.

Quim - Tall, about 6'3. Gaunt, hollow cheeks, deep set brown eyes that seem to burn with some inner fire. His brown hair is short cropped, combed neat. His clothes are a uniform grey, the tunic being a hair lighter than the pants, which are tucked into dark leather boots.

Initial Setting: Chiara's Room: White Tower, Tar Valon

You have entered what appears to be the typical room of a Novice, designed with pure white walls that seem to be whitewashed to perfection. A single bed appears against the back wall, as well as a single desk and chair, perhaps giving the impression of an utilitarian area. There is one self and several pegs for personal effects as well as a trunk at the end of the bed. A small fireplace appears in the corner of the room.

The spring chill does not appear to touch this room. All traces of light, except one single lamp softly glowing at the back of the room, appear to be gone in the late night hours.

There is a single door leading from the room, back into the hallway of the Tower.

Atalanta comes into the room.

Esthi comes into the room.

On the bed in the room is a bundle under the sheets. The person lying under it is obviously curled up in herself. Only the dark locks on the pillow show who's lying here, obviously fast asleep.

Atalanta steps into the room. Quite into the spirit of her acting, she flicks another bit of 'lint' off of her 'shirt' with one now long, red, red fingernail, allowing a twist to come on her now thin, drawn features. She strides into the room, allowing the door to shut behind her, and weaves a shield, immediately, which she settles into place around the sleeping Chiara, between her and the source, doing so carefully, certainly not wanting to hurt the girl permanently, or really, at all.

Esthi says "This is the one. The Whitecloak infiltrator"

Atalanta sniffs and leans back on her heel, crossing her arms beneath her breasts, saying in her whiny, nasal voice, "She certainly doesn't look like much, does she? Of course...when we get her where she's going, she'll look like considerably /less/, I think."

Esthi giggles, an almost maniacal laugh - "I bet she'll havea lovely scream as they biol her in the cookpot..

Atalanta nods, once, sharply. "If they leave her her tongue." she strides once, business-like, over to the side of the bed, to nudge the sleeping lump there. "Wakey wakey, child."

On hearing these voices Chiara yikes her head up as she has been wakened by the sudden shielding. She goes pale on the words they say but when she sees Atalanta coming to her she screams and throws her sheets to the woman and jumps back to the other side of the room.

Esthi says "Oh.. A spirited one.."

Atalanta chuckles. "Yes. More fun, that way." she walks slowly, deliberately, towards the girl, her bony hips swishing, examining her like a specimen.

Esthi cackles. "Come to your ultimate end. Your thread is about to be clipped from the weave...

Atalanta says "After a little trip of course. So we can bring you to your proper Lord."

Esthi says "Like the rest of Amadacia.."

Atalanta smiles. "Don't you want to go on a trip, little girl?"

Chiara screams loudly and goes further to the window, she frowns on the word 'amadicia' but is afraid to talk now so she just back away, occasionally throwing articles from the desc she passes to the 2 women and she shakes her head to Atlanta's question.

[Channeling] Atalanta weaves a quick burst of air, blowing the door open, slightly, and then a quick illusionary bit, out the door.

Calderas comes into the room.

Esthi says "What the!?"

Quim comes into the room.

Chiara is back away against her window throwing all kind of stuff to the women in her quarter, "Liars!" she exclaimed and then frowns on seeing Calderas, "And you will have those men here too...as helps allright."

Quim makes his way in a step behind Calderas, his hand resting on his belt knife as he guages the sitatuion.

Calderas says "Alright...what's bloody going on and don't flaming lie to me!"

Atalanta snarls as she sees, 'these men,' and turns around, her hands crooking like claws. "Melindra," she says to Esthi, pulling a name out of the air, "Wrap her up. I'll deal with these two."

Calderas holds his staff ready for anything.

Calderas spits. "I'd like to see you bloody try, you worthless goat kisser."

Quim smirks at the form taking by Atalanta. "Your welcome to deal with me, how about we leave these folks behind and settle it outside."

Chiara screams again and then blinks on hearing this, she then shakes her head and says, "I don't believe you..you are distracting me." and she quickly goes turns around to open her window,

Atalanta sniffs. "Melindra, I /trust/ you can deal with this...girl." She looks contemptously at the two men, and then smiles. "Yes. Outside, where I will make you dance in your skins and weep for your mother.

[Channeling] Atalanta rapidly weaves a shield of air over the window.

Calderas cracks his knuckles. "The only person who'll be weeping for her flaming mother is you...leave that pig kissing child alone."

Quim grins, fingering his knife hilt, "Never was one to turn down a danc.e."

Chiara screams in frustration when she feels she can't get out of the window and she bumps on it, "Help! Help!" she exclaims and then turns around.

"Perhaps I'll deal with you now," The nasal voice says, and Atalanta lifts her hands, her blood red nails, as if to conjure up some horror. Incidentally leaving Calderas some opening.

Calderas comes rushing in tackling the horrid woman.

Atalanta gets tackled, and her head hits the floor, where she lays there, aparently unconcious, the force of the Gaidin's manly attack apparently undoing her.

Quim uses Calderas rush to move past 'the horrid woman' and take Melindra, or at least try to distract to her, as he makes an effort to get to Chiara's cries for assistance. "Calm down m'dear." He says a bit sternly.

[Channeling] Atalanta undoes the shield about Chiara.

Quim moves towards Esthi delibrately, trying to back her in a corner giving Chiara a clear exit to the door, he draws his belt knife. "Well never had my skin melted before, who knows I might like it."

Calderas stands and leaves the unconcious figure lying on the floor. He is watching the other woman and Quim.

[Channeling] Chiara embrazes quickly Saidar and cuts Esthi from the source before shielding her.

Esthi faints dead away.

Quim turns away as Esthi fainst for some reason, he then gently reaches for Chiara's arm, trying to grab hold and lead her out, past the remants of the 'attack.' "This way."

Atalanta continues to lay there, unconcious.

Calderas starts to roll a cigarette and leans against the wall.

Chiara looks suspiciously at the 2 men, "Are you going to take me now?" she asks.

Quim blinks "Take you? How do you mean? We are going to get you out of here." He frowns as he stiffens. "These two might wake up in any moment, it would be best if we left."

[Channeling] Chiara weaves a thick string of air and rolls it around Quim.

Quim senses he suddenly can't move.

Calderas smiles and talks around the cigarette he just put in his mouth. "Blood and bloody ashes girl...we come in her and save your pig kissing hide and all you have to flaming say is are we going to bloody take you."

Atalanta ,obligingly, stirs and moans a little.

[Channeling] Chiara binds Calderas with another weave of air.

Calderas senses he suddenly can't move.'.

Chiara looks around at the room and runs to the door.

Calderas tries to find a light on his body then realizes that he can't bloody move.

Esthi doesn't stir. Perhaps.. it's real.

Quim says "Hey wait, come back, I can't bloody move, release me."

Calderas curses. "Blood and bloody ashes...save the flaming goat sucker and all she bloody does is tie me up."

Chiara turns around and frowns, "You are all darkfriends, everyone in the Topwer is." she screams saying this and then runs out of the door, istress of Novices' doorway, as Novices and Accepted alike line up for meetings with the woman in charge of their studies and keeping them in order.

Chiara swishes down the carpeted ramp and enters the Aes Sedai Living Quarters.

[Scene changes to: Aes Sedai Living Quarters: White Tower, Tar Valon]

Atalanta silently emerges into the Aes Sedai Living Quarters, leaving behind the Upstairs Hallway.

Atalanta comes down, a little out of breath. "Chiara! I saw you running, what's wrong?"

Chiara turns around and the source is still around her, "Go away!" she screams, "I know you are all darkfriends...well, I'm not yet."

[Channeling] Atalanta releases the source.

Atalanta holds out her hands. "Shhh. Shhh. Chiara, calm down, please. Nobody is trying to make you into a darkfriend. I can't lie, remember? Give me the benefit of the doubt, at least."

[Channeling] Chiara waves a string of spirit to shield Atlanta.

Chiara shakes her head, "NO, that's a lie too....to give people convidence, and now you want to make me into tone as well."

Atalanta shakes her head, not reisting the shielding at all, kneeling down. "Child, child. If that's true..." she takes out her belt knife and holds it out to Chiara, hilt first, "if you really feel that way..."

[Channeling] Chiara shields Atlanta.

Chiara opens her eyes and gasps, she shakes her head, "NO I won't kill...I just want to leave." she says almost crying and goes back, though looking carefully at the knife in atlanta'shand so she almost falls down the stairs.

Atalanta jumps up, dropping the knife, to gently catch Chiara before this can happen.

Atalanta says "Will you tell me what happened to make you think such things about us?"

Calderas silently emerges into the Aes Sedai Living Quarters, leaving behind the Upstairs Hallway.

Quim silently emerges into the Aes Sedai Living Quarters, leaving behind the Upstairs Hallway.

Quim makes his way down, humming to himself, his fun done for the day, or maybe not, as he comes upon the group.

Calderas walks over to Atalanta and places a hand on her shoulder.

Chiara struggles into Atlanta's hand and says, "NO! I don't want this." she gets herself loose and begins to run down the stairs, "I want to go."

Calderas says "What's her bloody problem?"

Atalanta ,now shielded, makes a noise of frustration and runs after her, and then ahead, stopping ahead of her on the stairs. "Chiara!"

Chiara swishes down the carpeted ramp and enters the Entrance Hall.

[Scene changes to: Tower Office Wing: White Tower, Tar Valon]

[Entrance Hall: White Tower, Tar Valon]

Atalanta walks down the steps into the Courtyard, after pushing through the main doors of the Tower.

Atalanta catches up easily and motions for the guards to block the gates out.

Chiara runs to the gates and is very angry. She looks at the guards in front of it and suddenly they appear motionless.

Calderas walks down the steps into the Courtyard, after pushing through the main doors of the Tower.

[Channeling] Chiara channels all kinds of Air into the guards.

Calderas leans against the Tower and waits.

[Channeling] Chiara weaves now air around herself and is suddenly gone behind it.

Chiara suddenly dissapears.

Atalanta swears. "Burn it, she's using concealment."

Atalanta says "Chiara! It was an /illusion/, honey, I prepared you for this."

Atalanta says "Illusion. To help you get over your fear of men."

Calderas moves closer to Atalanta. "Lanta, let me try."

Atalanta nods to Calderas, still frustrated, as Chiara hasn't tied off the shield, so she can't work it free.

No sound is being heard but suddenly one of the gates goes open.

Calderas says with concern and feeling. "Chiara, I know what that's like...don't leave, come talk to me, I can help."

Atalanta says "Cal, I think she's on the street."

Running through the almost empty streets of the SouthHarbor Road Chiara has problems though to get out of people's way so she bumps twice into some one. Those people are very startled as they can't see some one and that's why it's easy for Atlanta and Calderas to follow her lead though she's still invisuable and thus it takes some time before they find out where to she actually went:

[Scene changes to: Library, Will's Tavern, Tar Valon]

Atalanta opens the door from the main room and comes into the library.

Calderas opens the door from the main room and comes into the library.

Chiara is still invisuable and she goes to the door too hoping to remain invisuable.

Chiara opens the door and goes into the main room.

[Scene changes to: Main Room: Will's Tavern, Tar Valon]

Chiara tries to break into the tavern office, but the door is locked.

Atalanta opens the door from the library and comes into the main room.

Calderas opens the door from the library and comes into the main room.

[Channeling] Atalanta channels the doors closed from the inside.

[Channeling] Chiara grabs a string of spirit as well to shield Atlanta and thus uses 2 Weaves at the same time.

Calderas says "Chiara, I've been down that road, it's worse than anything in the Tower...listen to me, I know."

[Channeling] Atalanta anticipates this and, straining, attempts to keep the thing off her.

[Channeling] Chiara fails as she has never been with 2 weaves so Atlanta stays unshielded.

[Channeling] Atalanta edges her own shield in place, gently, around Chiara's attempt.

Calderas says with concern. "Chiara, if you're here...why don't you talk to me, I can help you."

[Channeling] Chiara isn't shielded.

Chiara says absolutely nothing, pretending not to be there.

[Channeling] Atalanta releases changes the spirit weave, a different tack now, and uses it to cut the weaves that Chiara's using to conceal herself.

Calderas moves to the Fireside Chairs. "We can sit and talk about what's bothering you."

Calderas sits down at Fireside Chairs.

Calderas sets his staff flat on the floor.

[Channeling] Chiara blocks those weaves but has to let go of air to do that.

Chiara suddenly reappears, close to the window and looks angrily at the others in the room.

Atalanta ,forpose ,for her part, continues to look, concernedly, at Chiara.

Calderas looks calmly and concernedly at her. "You can go that way if you want, but I wouldn't...I've been that way, there's nothing good that can come from going that way."

Chiara turns her head to Callandor but her eyes are fixed on Atlanta, "What do you mean...you just are trying to stop me from being a non-darkfriend-channeler."

Atalanta shakes her head.

Calderas sighs deeply. "I ran away from my problems and I only ran into more trouble."

Atalanta looks at Chiara. "Honey, have I ever treated you with anything less than respect?"

Chiara shakes her head, "NO! But but....they said that they wanted to kill me."

Calderas says "Who wanted to kill you?"

Chiara looks at both of them, "Two Aes Sedai and you." this last is said to Calderas.

Calderas blinks. "When did I ever say taht."

Atalanta says "Child, they were /illusion/."

Chiara blinks and steps back, "YOU wanted to kill me?" she asks with pain in her voice to Atlanta, "WHY?" she then turns to Calderas, "You thought I would trust you if you defeated those other darkfriends and make me one too instead of wanting to kill me.

Atalanta says "No! Chiara, listen to me."

Atalanta says "Remember? We were going to help you get over your fear of men. I mentioned illusions. Remember?"

Atalanta says "I told you they'd be scary, and you agreed to let me try it."

Calderas sighs. "I never wanted to kill you...I didn't even want in on this bloody scheme."

Atalanta says "We thought, we thought if maybe women came after you, and two men helped, you'd see, oh Chiara, it was never meant for anything but that."

Calderas throws his hands up in frustration. "Chiara, I onl

Chiara hesitates but then frowns again, "I don't believe you, tell me one reason why it wasn't planned in advance." she looks very angry now, "I hate you all, you just want to destroy me."

Atalanta says "If it wasn't planned in advance would you have reacted to it?"

Calderas Why would I want to destroy you, I only want to help."

Atalanta says "Nobody wants to destroy you, Chiara."

Chiara shakes her head, "I would have reacted on it too...just like this...I want to go." she turns around and goes to the window, skipping to pay attention to Atlanta and forgetting about the shield.

Calderas says concernedly. "Once you go out that door, you can never come back...you'll never know what it's like to live a happy life...you'll be as bad off as me or worse."

Atalanta sighs. "Rest now, Chiara, we'll talk about it in the morning."

[Channeling] Atalanta hits Chiara with a sleep weave."

Chiara bouces frustrated against the window, "Let me go!" she says and then drops down to the floor.

Atalanta is there to catch the girl before she falls.

[Channeling] Atalanta releases the shield on the inn.

Calderas arrives there a moment before Atalanta.

Atalanta lets Cal catch her and sighs. "What a mess. Can you carry her?"

Chiara is fast asleep and doesn't care about what happends now to her anymore, but she is very disturbed even in her sleep.

Calderas rolls his eyes. "Only if you can get my staff."

Atalanta gets the staff.

Calderas says "So what do we do with her now, bloody queen whose plans don't fail."

Atalanta says "We can bring her up to her room."