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the Project	By : theLureln Category: +M through R > Magic: The Gathering Views: 11901 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic the Gathering characters or settings, anything else is mine. This story is not being written for profit.

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The following weeks passed by in a blur for Lorissa. Tabozav had initially hired her for his lab due to her seeming closeness with Niv-Mizzet but now he actually valued her opinion and work. He complimented her shrewd mind, but he did tend to bemoan her lack of magic in front of her face which could be disconcerting and annoying. She reminded herself that he was both powerful and dedicated to his craft, neither trait served to teach a person tact. The mage had been in a high ranking position long enough to develop an indifference about how he conducted himself since very few people in the League could actually take him to task. He asked her to assist him with increasingly intricate projects, sometimes even over other magic users. She took this as high praise, albeit unspoken. She was also learning a great deal about using the water and fire elements combined. Her father had used fire as far back as she could remember and her mother had used water so she had a solid understanding of the elements individually but not how to set up spells to entwine them since they were opposing forces. Although she couldn't use magic she could still do research on the subject and groundwork for those more talented.
            She still worked in the library during the evenings, but Tabozav was keeping her later every week as he placed more trust in her. She probably could have switched out of her job as an archive but she genuinely enjoyed working hands on with the spells of the League. Most people would find the task tedious, but she had an appreciation for knowledge and history so for her sorting through the ancient writings was an enjoyable undertaking. She had seen everything from rat removal to life lengthening scrolls in the course of a single day. For her it was fascinating and she appreciated the fact she was able to peruse the spells at leisure.
            Every now and then Niv-Mizzet stopped in for a late night talk. It was impossible to predict when the Dracogenius would visit, but on one occasion he remarked on the amount of time she'd been spending with Tabozav so he was aware of her whereabouts. This surprised her, as guildmaster she'd think he'd be too busy to notice the comings and goings of a low ranking member. She didn't think he cared, but assured him her work load was perfectly acceptable anyway. He still asked his invasive questions about her personal life, she still answered as evasively as possible. Not that it was hard to do, she basically had no personal life.
            After Jace had disappeared on her for the third time, Lorissa'd decided she needed to start dating because she couldn't keep making such irrational decisions involving him all the time. If she was seeing someone he wouldn't be nearly as tempting. Well, he probably would but her morals would keep her in check. However actually meeting someone turned out to be a problem. For one thing, she more or less worked two jobs almost every day. For another, the people in her guild knew she had no magical talents and consequently had no interest in dating her. She wasn't unappealing but she didn't know how to act in a fashion that attracted men, so even when she tried going to local taverns to meet people she struck out. She had a very bad habit of wanting to discuss work, or things of a more serious nature in general and that seemed to put a lot of men off. She just couldn't force herself to discuss inane subjects, it bored her too much. Her father and brothers would rather murder any man who looked at her instead of setting her up and she wasn't even going to mention it to her mother, who would try to marry her off to the first suitable man she could find.
            She did have two very close friends that she could go out with, but they were both gorgeous and vivacious so she constantly got overlooked in their presence. Nataja was tall, blond and audacious. Aksara had long red hair, a body men would kill for and knew how to flirt money right out of their pockets. Compared to them she was frumpy and quiet, but she didn't mind really because she loved them dearly and they were such a blast to hang out with. It just didn't help further her goal. Unfortunately this all added up to her being alone, even after a few weeks of actively looking. Maybe she should just try a more direct approach, offer a man something less permanent but still serious enough to be a suitable deterrent from her jumping into bed with Jace again if their paths ever crossed.
            Although truth be told if she did see him once more she was going to be too busy asking questions to be seduced by him. Hopefully. Lorissa still had no idea how he'd known where she lived, let alone how he'd gotten into her house without Nix detecting him. For that matter, how had he even known she was in the process of getting off? There was also his infuriating habit of vanishing, which was obviously teleportation magic. He had considerable power for someone his age, and she didn't like the fact she barely knew anything about him but had fallen into his arms on three separate occasions now. He had the potential to be extremely dangerous and was for all she knew. Her brothers seemed as if they knew something about him but they weren't talking so she had to assume the information was for Orzhov members only. She wouldn't trespass on that loyalty, the way her family managed to get along despite having four guilds represented in it was by respecting one another's boundaries.
            Of course it seemed unlikely she'd be seeing him anytime soon. It had been almost two months now and barring some unlikely event bringing him to Nivix she doubted they'd run into each other again. Enough time had passed that she was pretty certain they moved in different circles not only socially but location wise as well. Ravnica was quite large. She ignored the little voice pointing out he knew where to find her if he wanted to see her again. He knew where she worked and where she lived. She was already aware of the fact, she just preferred not to acknowledge it. No one liked rejection. She could hardly claim he'd used her because she'd received more satisfaction than he had, he'd literally gotten her off multiple times so she really had no room to complain. It wasn't like they had a relationship, they were basically strangers with a strong sexual connection. Although maybe not all that strong considering she hadn't heard from him. Better to just let it go, over thinking matters tended to do more harm than good.
            This particular evening found Lorrisa doing research for a minor weird creation spell Tabozav was wanting to make improvements on. Something about the current make up was unstable enough to result in several of the creatures spontaneously evaporating into steam. She'd found a few texts on balancing the temperature of the fire element so he might be able to use it in the spell and the flame wouldn't reach a heat level capable of converting the liquid water to gas. It was tedious reading but she did feel bad for all the poofing weirds, they made horrible sounds when it happened. Thinking about their suffering was enough incentive to keep her on task, even though she was certain at this rate she wouldn't get home until almost daybreak. She sincerely hoped Tabozav wasn't expecting her to come in first thing in the morning.
            After several hours of reading, her back was starting to get cramped so she stood and stretched to relieve the ache. It felt amazing and she let out a deep sigh as she started to sit back down. Unfortunately she'd been sitting still so long her legs were half asleep so when she bent over she lost her balance and she stumbled into the table. She watched in annoyance as the pile of papers with her notes went tumbling to the floor, scattering in every direction as they hit the ground. With a curse she crawled on hands and knees underneath the table and started scrambling to pick them up. This proved to be rather difficult since she was in her usual work outfit of skirt, blouse and heels. It would probably be more practical to wear pants, but since she'd decided to hunt down a man she was dressing a bit more feminine. Consequently her current outfit was a little more form fitting and short than she'd previously worn on the job, making moving around even more problematic. As it was, it felt like her skirt was riding up dangerously close to her panty line. Of course right then she heard the sound of approaching footsteps moments before a familiar voice sardonically said, "You realize that's considered an offer."
            Naturally, she smacked her head on the bottom of the table.
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