Catching Up With Maisy Glover

The distracting conversational topics aside, as time continued to go on there came a point where an obvious question was blaring in the minds of the two women. Where was that scientist? Allen should have been there hours ago. Well, according to Maisy. Samira herself had no knowledge of the time Allen was supposed to arrive or if he even was to appear at all. It could have all been a misunderstanding. The man had a knack for being punctual so for him to be so late was quite unheard of. Perhaps Maisy got the day wrong or Allen simply forgot to cancel appropriately. Samira wasn't worried. There wasn't a reason to be. Maisy, on the other hand, was.

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The herbalist stood from her seat and walked over toward one of the windows of her humble cabin. "It's getting late," Maisy stated, looking out the open window of her cabin. She observed the sky, looking at the darker hues that were quickly settling into the black night sky as the sun sunk further out of sight. Her gaze then lowered to look at the dirt road in front of her house. There were a few villagers still there, some trying to quickly finish their business before it got too late, a group of men were going around lighting lanterns to ensure there was still some light outside, and others were just standing around gossiping or calling their children inside. No Allen. She couldn't even see anything resembling the man in the distance coming into the village. "I hope he's okay. I'm worried."

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Samira remained seated where she had been for hours already. She had been watching Maisy grow increasingly anxious the more time passed. Now she knew for sure the reason why. "Is there a reason to worry as much as you are? It is Allen. He might have got distracted with work." The summoner tried to make plausible excuses. If only so Maisy wouldn't worry so much. There was only so much she could do though. Short of rudely finding his location and having him teleported to Maisy's cabin by force she was having to play the waiting game the same as she.

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"That is something he'd do normally," Maisy reasoned softly, lowering her head. The truth was she could think of a million reasons why Allen wasn't there yet. Why he might have canceled without a word. Lost his ilac, his chosen method of transportation had broken down, he didn't sleep for who knew how long and had passed out, the list went on and on.

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Still, she had a bad feeling. Sure she was someone that had bad feelings over the most trivial of things but it was different that time. It felt worse than usual. Heavier and more serious. Something in her gut kept trying to tell her not to ignore the message that something was wrong. "But I talked to him this morning on our ilacs. He just had to do a couple of things and then make his way here."

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"I am sure he is fine. Maybe there was a delay. Worrying too much over what might be nothing is not good for you." All that did was just make Maisy nod solemnly. No words were going to help her feel better. Samira understood that. She too had felt those same agonizing pains of worry and concern before.

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It was a dreadful experience and not something she'd ever wish for Maisy to feel for as long as she had to endure it. Samira stood up and walked over to Maisy, putting a hand on her shoulder as a mild way to provide comfort and understanding. "I will stay in town tonight. If you do not hear from him by morning we will investigate further."

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Maisy turned away from the window upon hearing that. She looked up at Samira in both a mix of surprise and hope. The surprise came from Samira saying she was staying without any kind of prompting to do so. The hope was that even if something did happen to Allen someone was there to help find out what happened. Plus, she'd have some company that night. Even if they were in separate rooms it was still nice to not be alone in the house. "You're staying?"

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"Of course," Samira replied, slowly nodding her head as additional confirmation. "I cannot very well leave you like this." She put on a small smile, hopefully bringing more comfort to Maisy but she wasn't entirely sure how genuine it looked. As much as she sympathized with her Samira wasn't all that great at talking to others when they were upset. It was hard to know what to say and how to act. Whatever experience she might have had was ruined a long time ago when she started to become distant from everyone. The most she could do was just be her normal self, she supposed.

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Samira pulled her hand away from Maisy's shoulder, letting it fall once more to her side where it belonged. "I will have to have a few choice words with Allen for making you worry." She said jokingly, still trying to convince Maisy that it had to be a misunderstanding and there was absolutely nothing to worry about.

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"I am sure there are still openings at the local inn. Just in case though I should go see to that now." There wasn't any real cause for concern if she couldn't get a room at the inn. Staying in the realm of her avatar spirits was a decent alternative. However, she did always prefer to stay in local inns in her home realm. It was much more comfortable and peaceful.

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