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Anarathia looks at them and raises her eyebrows at the comment the brown haired made. She holds up her hands in a calming gesture. "Don't worry I won't harm you. Just stay and talk. I rarely meet people like you. Can you tell me where you are from?" She's not a social butterfly that's for sure and thousands of years alone with only a raven as company has not helped. She tries to look as little threatening as possible.

Again the twins exchanged glances before they choose to answer the question. Zuki opens his mouth to talk, but the onrushing Zuka to him forestalled.
"We are from ... Umtela!" He smiles triumphantly.
"It's not even a real town - or country for that matter" Zuki answered quickly.
"It is so!"
"It's not"
"It is so! Rehal said so"
"He said Uthelia not Umtela, idiot" Snarled Zuki.
"Oh ... It also sounds better". Zuka smiled again as he catches the eye contact with the woman. "Uthelia".
Both twins are sure that the woman doesn't know the name of the city as it was the capital for many years ago when the magicians were still popular, and not just myths. It fell in under the war and is now deserted.

As soon as the name is out in the air she freezes. The flames in the fireplace does too. And the ticking clocks and ringing bell. Everything but the twins, her and Crow is frozen in time. Her powers are very controlled by feelings and she couldn't keep them concealed. She doesn't mind the frozen surroundings though. Her eyes are wide. "Rehal... He's alive...?"

They are both silent for a while. The woman is talking as if she knows Rehal, which can be a problem. Their master has never tried to seek out the surviving mages, though he has had many chances, so they'll guess it can only mean that he does not want to see them? The twins are hesitating now.
"Who are you? Enemy or friend of Rehal?" Zuka asked.

"I am..." And then she stops. With a blink the time is back to normal and she turns her head away. She can't. She swore that she would stay dead no matter what. For that is the burden she has to bear. To never know or be known by anyone. To always stay as a human no one cares about. Her face is devoid of expression again. "I am no one... I just thought it was someone I knew but I'm wrong."

There was a high probability that this woman knows Rehal, which both twins realizes. She is obviously also a magician, but no mages would be old enough to remember Rehal, except if she was one of those deities? Should they just disappear and inform Rehal? Or force her to tell about herself, maybe get a name from her?
"He is not dead, you know. Or .. Well ... Technically not, but his body - as you may remember him, is dead." Says Zuki hesitant.

She can feel that she is relieved that her old friend is alive but at the same time she feels sad that others from the war aren't. She sighs and shakes her head. She cannot reveal who she is.*
"I don't know anyone of that name. I only read it in a book somewhere." Crow makes an uneasy sound and flaps his wings. His voice is clear in her head. 'Why can't we go see him? I miss talking
to the good old guys! You made that promise so long ago. No one is alive to abuse your power.' She shrugs her shoulder to shake him off and mumbles at him: "Shut up Crow..." The raven gives her a irritated look.

"Pfft, yeah right!" Zuka sneezes, clearly not convinced. He crosses his arms and goes closer to the woman who does not seem so dangerous, though he's fully aware, never to confront a powerful magician. "Well, if you want tell us your name, the we don't need it. Our master can tell us who you are, when we return".

There's no choice. She has to turn back time so they forget it. There is no one who must know. No one.... She lifts her metal hand and Crow makes angry noises. But she doesn't use her power... Maybe she can just talk to Rehal, no just see him and then turn back time... She breathes in ready for the lie. "My name is Velia." The name is still foreign after thousands of years... It is no her own.

"Velia? What kind of name is th-" Zuka never got the chance to finish his sentence before he went silent. Both his and Zuki's eyes are now larger and lights up a white light. It is evident that their face is in some kind of trance, and when they both open their mouths, they talk in unison in the same monotonous tone:
"Anarathia, do you dare use your powers on such stupid reasons. Do you feel threatened by me? Don't make me laugh. Let my servants go and you will never be disturbed by them or me again for it's clearly what you want. "

She's quiet for a while but then sighs. "No... It's too late now anyways. Of course I'll let them go. You can come over too if you want." She slumps down in her chair. This is bad. He knows. She sighs again and looks down. Hopefully he is not alive anymore to know that she broke her promise. That she broke the oath. Crow makes all kinds of sounds happy that Rehal is here.

The light in their eyes disappears and they come to their senses again. Zuka coughs, whil eZukiis rubbing his eyes. "I hate when he does that."
Both guys look over at the woman again and Zuka can not help but smile when he clearly feels, he that won that round and got his way. They know her name, Rehal know who she is and she lets them go. Perfect.
"Goodbye, Anarathia ~"
They both turn into small marbles again and dissapears under the door, out in public.

She can feel an annoyed twitch but she ignores it. She turns back and her emotionless mask cracks. She bites her lip. If it gets out that someone knows she's alive. If the one she made the oath with is alive... She closes her eyes. Maybe Rehal won't come over. Yeah maybe she's insignificant enough so that he forgets. That's all that she can hope. 'He'll come over right? Make your famous tea! You can still make it right? It will be just like the old days!' She looks at her beloved friend with sad eyes before saying. "Nothing will be the same."

When she finally reaches her part of the town, she heads for the stable near her home, where she has been paying a little for a couple of years for them to take care of her horse Bellfire, a brown stallion which serves her well. She climbs down from Bellfire and him farewell, before handing him over to a stable boy. After that she walks not further than a couple of blocks, before she's at a small and old looking house. She checks her surroundings, before letting herself into to the long corridor, which is definitly longer than the house, meaning it's magic. A long corridor filled with traps for enemies. There's only one door, but instead of heading for it through all the traps, she faces the bare wall on her left side, findes the invisible doorhandle and let herself into the real part of her house. At first it just looks like som sort of training area, but if she was to head upstairs, she would find both a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen as well. After closing the wall door behind her, she takes of the helmet and shakes her head, to let her curls fall down her back.

Perhaps a small timeskip? B)

Sounds good but how far?

Hey, guys! Mind if I join you? I have read page 1 and 3, so I have an idea of what's going on ^^

I dont mind

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