Tale as Old As Time [Finished]

[accalia]

"Good afternoon Master Obsidian, this one is glad that our second meeting is in better circumstances than our first. Would you like a hand with your bag or would you prefer to carry it yourself?"

[CalamityJade]

Obsidian shouldered the duffle bag. "I've got the bag, thanks." He still raised an eyebrow. "So what has Sig so busy that he sent you rather than come himself. Figured he'd probably need a break from fretting over the place,"

[accalia]

"This one is informed that he is trying to get a room ready for you, apparently they've been closed for some time and are proving.... troublesome to reopen."

Echo walks with Obsidian to the Jeep and climbs into the drivers seat. He unlocks the passenger door and waits patiently for Obsidian to settle.

[CalamityJade]

Obsidian sighed as he made is way to the jeep, tossing his bag into the back. "Of course...you'd think he realize that I wasn't expecting lavish rooms. Hell, anything'd be better than my past living arrangements."

[accalia]

"In truth this one had considered suggesting to Siegfried that you would likely be okay with lesser quarters, if only on the short term. However, it seemed that he was far too set on his current course and this one felt it would be more productive to let him work."

[CalamityJade]

Obsidian tried to just make a mental note to talk to Siegfried about that. "Good to see he can still obsess over things." He shifts a bit as he settles into the car. "So...how exactly did you get roped into all of this mess? I figured a smart guy would try to keep clear of something like this."

[accalia]

Echo puts the car into gear and expertly, if cautiously navigates his way out of the parking lot as he answers.

"This one was contracted to the family to perform a healing. The details of which are not this one's to reveal, however the act much weakened this one and one was staying at the house to recover before leaving again.... This one met Master Lance and... meddled."

[CalamityJade]

"Well, at least you admitted to it." Obsidian looked out the window as they drived...which made a lot of sense, seeing how he hadn't see much of the outside for about a decade. "Though, from how everyone seems to be acting, he must have tried to get rid of you by now."

[accalia]

"The master has tried. His resolve was matched and then some by Siegfried's."

[CalamityJade]

Obsidian nodded and was quiet for a little while. "...so, gotta ask. What is it that you're getting out of all of this. Can't imagine it's money, since from everything I've heard there's not much."

[accalia]

"What does this one gain from all this? Not much if the truth be known. but then material gains is never the point of the healing this one does."

[CalamityJade]

"That doesn't mean that it's free. There's a cost for any and everything that you want or need. Anyone telling you different is trying to sell you something." Obsidian frowned. "So there's something in this for you, even if it isn't money."

[accalia]

"There is a price, and there is benefit to the healing art. but it is not a price that anyone but this one will pay. The reasons are complicated and personal. This one would prefer not to go into details there."

[CalamityJade]

"...I'll keep that in mind." Obsidian scratches his right wrist. "Sorry. I wasn't exactly expecting to head back so soon, let alone with someone I don't know being around." Right now, he just hoped whatever it was Echo wasn't saying wouldn't come and bite him in the ass. "I know Sig's been having a rough time...so what did Lance seem like the last time you talked to him?"

[accalia]

"No need to apologize you could not know. The Master is..... he is hurting, but this one thinks that ones meddling has shaken him up enough that he's letting go of the past a little and moving towards living in the present. He's angry and upset, but remarkably coherent."