A Necromancer and his Pupil (an adventure to end all )

[Jessi-Lee113]

She took the kerchief and wiped her lips. She looked at him holding the cloth in her hand and looking at it's neat embroidery. "I guess...I don't care what others approve of..." As she looked at the cloth her eyes slightly glazed over an image coming to mind, but it was very faint and didn't pull her away from her current situation. She looked at Marron handing him back the handkerchief, "I guess something is just telling me that I should learn necromancy...rather than let the art die out as it's already begun to."  

[Kang_the_Knight]

A smile bloomed on Marron's face "Oh, now we have gotten somewhere!" he said,sitting up straight "The prolonging of a dying art! How noble a cuase" he said, chuckling.
"Suffice to say, I am done questioning you....for now" he said, placing his glass on the tray set into the door "Now, don't be afraid, you may ask what ever you wish, and I will tell you" he said.
He couldn't help but glance at her breast once more, the youthful appearance of his body reacting to hers, even though he was old enough to be any one of her older relatives. His hands moved forward a mite, gipping his knees lightly. He had leaned forward slightly to get a better look at her, unconcious of his own movements, even as he wasited for her to bombard him with any number of questions that many would wish to know.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya looked at Marron, she had many questions..though now they seemed so few. "I guess first of all I would like to know why you seek a pupil now? You've been around so long and never had a student before." True this question had plagued her mind upon hearing him on the fountain, but right now she forced it out before the question of his age and romantic status which for some reason had unexpectedly leaped into her mind only moments ago. She decided her question was a better one to ask, Anya wasn't interested in matters of her heart at least...she hadn't ever been before.  

[Kang_the_Knight]

lence fell over the carriage, only their breath and the slight shufflign of the drapes breaking the calm. Marron was quiet for a time, fully a minute before he answered, and even then, it was slow to come.
"I belive..." he began, pursing his lips, his eyes becoming unfocused and far off "...that it is time, now that great deeds must be done, and the light must be protected by the dark..." he blinked quickly, his eyelids fluttering slightly.
"But mostly, I think it was because I was lonely with my skeletons and corpses" he said with a bright smile, a light chuckle easing the tension he felt in his heart.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya looked confused by his quizzical statement. "The light must be protected by the dark...?" She repeated. "Is something coming?" She leaned closer to him, excited to hear what his answer would be. "What do you mean by the great deeds?"  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron shrugged "Do not concern yourself with it my dear, just the rambling of a lonely old man" he replied with a charasmatic smile.
"Now, next question" he said, sipping his wine and waving once more, as if to dismiss the words he'd spoken a moment ago.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya sighed leaning back in her seat as she was before. "Keeping secrets already are we? Well that fine I guess." She said crossing her arms and looking at him. "How old is my lonely old man anyway?" She asked changing the subject and moving on to the next question as requested...though...she had not intended to say my.  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron smiled at Anya, his eyes half-hooded as he watched for her reaction. Her use of 'my' had amused him somewhat, though he wasn't about to disagree.
He chuckled "I'm over two-hunred years old, about two-hunredr and three I believe. It has been ages since I last kept track of my age" he said. The carriage shuddered slightly, as if it hit a bump.
"Oh, we're crossing my bridge now" the necromancer said, glancing out the window to see how they fared over the bridge. A spell of illusion made it appear as if it didn't have a middle, but in reality, it was made of stone, and sturdy as the mountains.
They were crossing over a gorge that had a thin ribbion of water cutting through it at the bottom.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya bounced up slightly as they went over the bump. She looked as if she may blush again as she jiggled a bit with the sudden movement, but the flash of rouge was so brief it could hardly be considered a blush. "And what of other companions? Someone who had been alive so long has surely met many people even someone in such a solitary profession."  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron was silent for a while, obviously thinking of those companions. He sighed, sitting back agaisnt the seat once more, watching his wine swirl as he held the glass.
"Yes, I've had companions... but they were simply companions of the road, working towards a goal with me, sometimes to stop a war, or begin one...." he sighed, shaking his head slowly, almost sadly.
"They are all dead, either forgotten in time, or foreve glorified, whilst I'm still here, reading about our exploits, and remembering them fondly"
A wry smile graced his lips, while he stared at the glass, his eyes almost out of focus, as if he was once more staring far away.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya took another swallow of wine to finish off her glass. "Only that? No one closer to your heart?" She asked, almost immediately thinking that it wasn't something she should care about..perhaps the wine had already gotten to her head?..No..She had had too little.  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron smiled, his eyes coming back to rest on Anya, and her assets "Well, that is a matter open for thought. Some of my traveling companions were very dear to me, some were lovers, but I do not believe that they were truely loved by me....." he said sadly, with a hint of dryness in his tone.
"It is hard to say if I have ever truely cared for anyone but myself...." he wondered aloud, sipping his wine casually.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya nodded, it was an odd idea to care for no one but yourself but she understood. "I don't remember ever caring about anyone else." She said. "I may have." She shrugged shaking her head. "It's odd not knowing who you were for more than half your life."  

[Kang_the_Knight]

Marron smiled brightly, feeling the carriage coming to a standstill. It jerked slightly as it did, nearly overtipping the wine as it did. The bottle wobbled, but did not fall, the necromancer steadying it with a hand as he stood.
"Well, all that I am sure of is that you will know more now than you could have ever known befroe, and that we will care...." he said, bowing, the door of the carriage opening of its own accord.
"Ladies first..." he crooned, holding out a hand to assist her if need be. He still held his glass, though it was empty now that the carriage had stoppe, the magic returnign the unused liquid back to its bottle.  

[Jessi-Lee113]

Anya nodded taking his hand, she set down her now empty glass and exited the carriage. She looked back at him over her shoulder. "Where are we now Master?" She asked