Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

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Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Roan » August 6th, 2018, 1:06 am

Bastian
It wasn’t impossible to find a quiet place for two people to work closely together in the Warder Yards, but it wasn’t the easiest thing to do either. The large Ji’val sat opposite a much smaller Gaidin. Smaller, but certainly more capable than a lot of others Bastian had seen in the Warder Yards. He’d gotten to witness exactly how fierce first hand when a group of bandits thought they’d get the drop on the pair.

The hunting trip had been a mission for the Mistress of the Kitchens, but it had also been a chance for Bastian to work with Lysira Gaidin and learn her signs. There were a numbr of similarities to her ‘language,’ and that his father taught him long ago, but there were enough differences that meant he was far from ‘fluent’ in reading her signs.

Today, Gaidin and Ji’val were sitting in what appeared to be a small, empty office. “Wait. . .I’m confused. I thought this was the sign for ambush, while this was the sign for fall back?” He went through two signs that might look similar to an untrained eye. “Or am I getting those confused with what I learned from father?”
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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Bella » August 8th, 2018, 2:54 am

Over the many years of her life--which was more years than anyone would guess who had only seen her recently--Lysira had had to teach people how to speak with her many times. She had grown more than used to it, and her patience had grown rather than decreased over that time. Did she wish she could speak with everyone like others could? Sure. But wishing didn't make it so.

Lysira smiled at the big Ji'val. 'I think you are confusing them,' she signed, keeping her gestures slow. 'Fall back.' Just to make sure it was clear, she gestured like she was retreating. 'Ambush.' She imitated being ambushed next.

After they had gone through those a few times, she took a piece of paper off the desk she sat on and wrote out a word she knew he didn't know. She held it up for him and then set the paper down to make the sign, going through it slowly and then at her normal speed, then slowly again.

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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Roan » August 9th, 2018, 2:56 am

Bastian
The word happened to be escort, and the Ji’val and Gaidin went over it until Bastian could sign it smoothly, and within a simple sentence. Gaidin escort Aes Sedai and Asha’man. He offered Lys a warm smile, “I think I’ve got the hang of that one.” The word, though, brought up memories of the trip he took with Andraste Sedai.

Tilting his head, Bastian asked, “How about dance? How would you ask a person to dance?” The corner of his lips twitch upward a bit more and he couldn’t quite help the coy look, “You never know when you might want to ask someone to dance and they won’t know your signs.”

He was jesting, but there was more than one advantage to him working with Lys to learn her signs and become her translator. Namely, just getting to spend time with the diminutive Gaidin.
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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Bella » August 11th, 2018, 3:51 pm

If she had tried to anticipate a word he would ask about, that hadn't been the one. Her lips quirked in a curious smile as one brow rose a little. She couldn't logic out any reason he would actually need to know how to sign the word, but perhaps it was just a curiosity. She wasn't going to not teach him, after all.

She brought up her hands, and made the sign in slow motion. Then one by one, she signed through a full sentence, using signs that she knew he knew.

'Can. You. Dance. With. Me?' She signed each one slowly, and then more quickly with him as he picked up on them. When they finished, she offered him a warm smile. 'You learn quickly.'

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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Roan » August 12th, 2018, 11:02 pm

Bastian
Bastian smiled warmly at Lysira, and tilted his head in a slight nod, “I am a quick learner only because I have such a wonderful teacher. He locked his gaze on hers, and resisted the urge to take her hands in his. . .he was still a Ji’val, and her a Gaidin, after all. Part of him desperately wished he’d get raised, already. He didn’t mind bending the rules, but he also didn’t want to do anything to defer his chance of getting raised.

Going back to the question he’d asked earlier, his lips twitched into a slight smirk as he started to sign, Would you like to dance with me? He changed the question from what she’d shown him, and hoped she’d realize he wasn’t exactly practicing. There was nothing saying the two couldn’t go to Hama Valon for a drink and enjoy a dance or two. . .as friends. It is almost dinner time. Perhaps we can go to Hama Valon instead of eating here?

The big Ji’val leaned back in his chair as his smirk turned into more of a warm smile, “You could be my chaperone, and we can practice more with regards to ordering food and drink.”
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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Bella » August 13th, 2018, 10:41 pm

Lysira stifled a wince when he said she could chaperone because it made her feel...old, and stifled other thoughts that--while inappropriate--had been nonetheless enjoyably flitting through her mind.

She smiled at him again instead and nodded. 'I think that sounds like a good idea,' she signed. She was pretty sure he knew all of those and would be able to follow, or at least know enough of them to figure it all out. Having said that, she got up and waited for him to do the same, the two of them walking out of the room.

Thankfully, she was used to being considerably shorter than the others in the Yards, but Bastian seemed to dwarf most of them. She wondered if it wouldn't be easier to simply sit on his shoulder to walk along, given the extension of her strides required to keep up with him even when going slow.

It wasn't impossible to talk with signing while walking, though it was a little trickier. 'How are you feeling about your own progress?'

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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Roan » August 14th, 2018, 1:36 am

Bastian
Bastian had asked her to join him for dinner, but hadn’t exactly thought they’d leave right then. It took him a second or two to realize Lysira was on her way out of the room, at which point he launched himself from his chair, grinning like a fool. He fell in step along side of her, and did his best to keep his pace and stride slow, knowing there was a significant difference in his stride and hers.

The large Ji’val made a face and shook his head, “Honestly? I don’t know. I feel as if I’ve plateaued, but then. . .until the Citadel, I hadn’t had any real test of my skills other than spars with others in the Yards.” He pulled his hair back and put it in a pony tail at the base of his neck, “I try not to be impatient because I figure the Mistress of Training will see to test me for the Fancloak when she thinks I am good and ready, but I can’t see what else I can do to be ready?”

He had other reasons to be impatient, but what would happen when he did finally get raised? Has looked to Lys and gave her another warm smile, “But I’d rather not bore you with my whining.”
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Re: Signals and Signs [attn: Bella/Lysira]

Post by Bella » August 20th, 2018, 7:11 pm

'You're fine,' she said easily, smiling with some amusement. 'Every Ji'val feels that at some point, you know. I know I did. You feel you have done all you can, but then nothing happens. I think it's a test of patience at that point, and if you pass that, then they let you move on to trying to be Gaidin.'

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