Morning-pout
March 22.nd, 2639

A gentle knock on the door awakens the Engel. Ashviel stands at the door, whispering to someone and gently waves off a person before the door. The spectators have the short impression of huge, white wings with silver tips, as she closes the door.

Time to get up," she announces, grinning broadly. "I've brought you some tidbits from the kitchen." She points to a nearby tablet with a steaming pot of aromatic tea in the middle. Neatly sliced fruit surround the teapot.

Phinael stretches carefully, stifles a yawn and drops from her stool like a bird from a branch. "Whoa, sun's not over the horizon yet," she mumbles, rubbing sleep from her eyes.

Ashviel regards her with amused tolerance. "You'll get well and widely awake." She kneels beside the teapot, distributing cups. "I've made a strong brew from this one. Would make a grown elephant sit up and bark."

She gazes over to Thommariel. "We're to meet some monach after breakfast. He'll come to see us. Probably about our first mission."

*

With a blink, Carniel awakens. Slowly he watches the surrounding Engels and mutters a morning greeting. Then he stands up, nods to Ashviel and says "Tea? Uhm... none for me. Thank you.." He looks at Thommariel and soon after he awakens: "I will go, do my morning-exercise. I hope this is ok for you. I will be right back before the meeting. Anyone who wants to join me?"

"Oh, I'ld like to!" Calahel also drops from his stool and takes a short look at the hot tea. "I'm also not that into tea... And some physical exercise would be more proper to get awake."

He walks towards the Gabrielit and gestures him to proceed. "Anyone else? We'll be back soon enough of course!" He smiles in the direction of his Michaelite.

*

Egriel awakes with a slight grumble. He wasn't ready to arise just yet. At the mention of refreshment, he drops off his stool and plods over to the table that Ashviel pointed, muttering incoherently and looking rather sleepy. Pouring himself a cup of the brew, he sniffs at it, takes a tentative sip, and then quaffs it down in one big slurp.

"Not bad", he concludes, smacking his lips, "It's similar to the concoction back at my Himmel, but not as strong."

"And since Carniel and Calahel aren't having any.....", Egriel pours himself 2 more cups, salutes to both Engel, and chugs them down in rapid succession.

"Ahhhhh.....", he sets the cup down in satisfaction, feeling more energetic. "Although the activites of my order are of a more sedentary nature, " he turns to Carniel and Calahel again, "I would be more than happy to accompany you." he glances over at Thommariel, "Provided that this is permissable?"

Ashviel groans slightly, a barely audible sound and then gently shakes her head. "Now, see there..." She prods the cup from Egriel's hand. "You don't gulp it down like that, and I'll bet all of your wings' feathers, that you're going to feel the consequences of that rushing soon. Not as strong, yes, but it kicks in dearly after a few moments. Now, at least, take these with you, if you still have to go."

A bit exasperated, she holds out a small bowl with fruit slices for the three Engel.

*

Phinael is grinning broadly at the mood of her sarielitic companion. "Now, if that's the early morning routine, I'll quit," she quickly says while rising to take her own offered tea. She folds her fingers around the cup, blowing into the steaming liquid. "I'll get my exercise soon enough."

With this, she settles beside the table, neatly serving herself, shooting an acid look at the eager trio. "Now, wouldn't the three of you try to be social? At least today? It's our first morning together, and exercise won't be running away."

*

Calahel says: "Nice, that you want to join me. I know some helpfull techniques which I can show you.. Perhaps they will help you when I'm not there to guard you" He smiles happily. Then after Ashviel spoke: "Oh.. do you think, that I am not social? Sorry.. but this trainig is really important for me. But if you wish that I stay here.. I shall stay. Or..?" He looks seeking for help towards the other angels.

*

After Ronariel awakens he speaks with a croaky voice; it seams he talked too much last evening, and that's the price."Good morning sisters and brothers. I hope you all meditated well ? For me I can say that it was so."
With his eyes still only half open, he understands, that Carniel wants to leave for trainig.

"Ashviel is right. The training can wait until we have had breakfast. Is there tea? I think I could need a cup of it. My voice seems to fade away." Ronariel reaches for a cup and the teapot. Then he pourssome tea into the cup and takes a sip."Oh that tea tastes great. That's the stuff that gets fighters to stand upright in a row!" Now he drains the cup and again he pours tea into it . He seems to be really thirsty this morning. After the second cup is empty he looks for something to eat.

*

Egriel shrugs apologetically to Ashviel as he accepts the offered fruit. "Regardless, I am awake now." He gestures to Carniel and Calahel, "I agree with their proposal for a morning stretch. The exercise does sound appealing."

He grins at Ronariel's comment toward the tea.

*

Calahel looks a bit disappointed: "So what shall we do until breakfast is over? I'm not really hungry, I ate so much last evening..." He pats his flat belly. "I simply can't eat anything more..." He smiled. "But if you want us to sit down doing nothing, we can do that too..."

*

Ashviel's patience seems to be about to snap. She glares at the other Engel with bright, hard eyes, but bites back a sharp reply.
Phinael, seeming to sense her exasperation, turns around to her, a soothing look on her face, hands half raised.

"However," Phinael smoothly puts in, her eyes on Ashviel's darkened face. "We shall eat, then go and exercise all together. Now, is that tolerable?"

The Sarielite raises her eyes towards the Raphaelite. A few seconds, the two of them just look at each other, seemingly communicating on the unspoken matter. Then Ashviel shrugs indifferently and pointedly takes a seat beside the table.

"A good idea. I shall wait then." Egriel agrees.

Returning to his stool, he leans back, flaring his wings out directly behind him. Bracing themselves up against the wall, Egriel tips the stool back as if about to fall, but his wings keep him safely suspended. Slowly furling and unfurling his wings, he rocks in his stool, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.......

Ronariel looks over the gathered and now awake Engel."Now hold on, there is no reason to be rude, I am sure. I'm not the only one in this room who did not eat too much yesterday, so I´m hungry and will end my breackfast without any hurry. And then I will make some exersize as the rest of you will. If someone believes that he'd eaten too much, I think that the Gabrielite of our host will train with you. Another option is toaccompany me on a little flight over Roma Æterna." A short time after that Ronariel finished his breakfast like the others and now prepares himself for the exercise.

*

Carniel seems to be REALLY irritated. He looks towards Phinael, then he stares to the others and then back to Phinael. He begins to fiddle around with his black tunica. "Uh.. so.. I'll wait.. and then we all go and work out... or what?" With a helpseeking glance he looks at Thommariel.

Thommariel takes his breakfast and enjoys it. He nods to Carniel and Calahel as they bring up the exercise. "I hope there is no problem if I join you", he smiles. "And after that we will head towards our first mission".

Carniel makes some noice which sounds like "hmpf", then he moves away from the door in which he already stood. "Of course there is no problem if you join us. Perhaps all should.. So we could train some maneuvers which we may use in battle, so that the host gets something like a feeling for it. What do you think?"

Ashviel gives a grunt and slowly rises to her feet. "Then, let's be off," she snorts. "Coming, Phinael?"
The Raphaelite made some funny faces behind the Sarielite's back and now freezes, in the middle of a rather rude grimace. Ashviel, eyeing the other Engel, mutters something she shouldn't know or even be able to utter before turning around.

*

A few minutes later you're on the huge flight platform. A cold wind tugs at skirts, wings and hair.
"We'ld warm up quickly," Phinael shouts over the howling. "Or we'll have the choice to be simply blown away!"

"What?", Egriel raises his voice above the wind. At the first sign of the gusts, he began tightening the various belts on his garb, as well as securing his satchel and dagger.

"Yes Phinael, you are right" Thommariel shouts. He looks to the Gabrielite and uses *Soul of the Fellowship* It is up to you to show us some exercises for warming up.

Ashviel violently shakes her head. Drawing near Thommariel, she loudly speaks into his left ear: "I don't know why we should stay up here. It's cold, it's stormy. There are training rooms deeper in the Himmel. The only point it has being up here is to watch the sunrise."

With an outstretched arm, she points to a brightly lit point in the thick cloud cover, illuminated orange and red by the obscured sun below.
"And that might indeed be something to watch," she shouts, her trained voice carrying clearly over the wind.

*

Carniel has put himself in his completly wardress. Soon after Thommariel addressed him, he nods and starts to show the others some first movements to warm up their muscles. He seems to be really concentrated and doesn't stop as Ashviel talks to Thommariel. While he streches his arms he watches the constitution of the other Engels to get to know how their physical condition is.

*

Ronariel followed the others onto the flight platform. Shortly after the arrival he begins to warm himself up with the method that whas shown him in the urielitic Himmel. After a short while he looks over to Carniel who is trying to teach the others how to get warmed up.What is this Garielite doing? he thinks by himself, Does he think that the others don't know how to get warmed up? That's part of the basics that every Engel has been told before the first flying trial. Now Ronariel shakes his head and continues with his exercise.