You find Rai Kunabei sitting on a boulder, staring at what had been her great grandmother's tiny house. She is young; you've arrived shortly after she gained the title and went from herding goats to being a priestess of her people.
"The roof is still sound." She sounds skeptical. "Do you think I really need a house all to myself?"
"You're asking me?"
She turns and looks at you, and blushes. "I'm sorry. I thought Grandpa was right behind me. Have you--did you come for a reading?"
"I would love one."
She jumped to her feet and picked up the bag. "Well, we could go inside, I guess. It's awfully rocky here, and there's just the one boulder." She leads you to the door, where she unties a knot and opens it, to the sound of bells ringing. "Grandpa tied it shut after Rai-Konalei died, to keep animals out.
Inside, there's a little room with a round table and chairs. Kunabei goes straight to one of the smaller side chairs and then stops, goes to the far side of the table and sits in the tall, carved chair there. "I guess this is my chair, now."
"You look good in it."
She gives you a skeptical look, but sets the leather bag on the sturdy table. Once you also sit down, she reaches inside and pulls out a disk. It's one of the iron disks, one side covered in a deep, luminescent black enamel. The color is rich, making you think of purple and midnight blue. "For you, Void, the challenging aspect of sky. This is the dark of night, when all things remain possible the next day. But if you worry about it too much, you won't sleep, and you won't get the rest you need to meet whatever challenges await you. So the first challenge is to refuse to let the scary mystery of it keep you from doing what you must to be ready."
Suddenly, she laughed. "I think there's a message here for me too! Being Rai is a big responsibility, just as scary as the darkness of a night sky with no stars or moons to light the way. But brooding about it isn't helping." She stood and bowed. "Thank you for the insight."
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"The roof is still sound." She sounds skeptical. "Do you think I really need a house all to myself?"
"You're asking me?"
She turns and looks at you, and blushes. "I'm sorry. I thought Grandpa was right behind me. Have you--did you come for a reading?"
"I would love one."
She jumped to her feet and picked up the bag. "Well, we could go inside, I guess. It's awfully rocky here, and there's just the one boulder." She leads you to the door, where she unties a knot and opens it, to the sound of bells ringing. "Grandpa tied it shut after Rai-Konalei died, to keep animals out.
Inside, there's a little room with a round table and chairs. Kunabei goes straight to one of the smaller side chairs and then stops, goes to the far side of the table and sits in the tall, carved chair there. "I guess this is my chair, now."
"You look good in it."
She gives you a skeptical look, but sets the leather bag on the sturdy table. Once you also sit down, she reaches inside and pulls out a disk. It's one of the iron disks, one side covered in a deep, luminescent black enamel. The color is rich, making you think of purple and midnight blue. "For you, Void, the challenging aspect of sky. This is the dark of night, when all things remain possible the next day. But if you worry about it too much, you won't sleep, and you won't get the rest you need to meet whatever challenges await you. So the first challenge is to refuse to let the scary mystery of it keep you from doing what you must to be ready."
Suddenly, she laughed. "I think there's a message here for me too!
Being Rai is a big responsibility, just as scary as the darkness of a night sky with no stars or moons to light the way. But brooding about it isn't helping." She stood and bowed. "Thank you for the insight."