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The elf was not stupid, he noticed very well the change in Celestina's behavior. While before she was yelling, now she was asking, begging almost, for the other person's life. Celestina seemed to know that the other person's actions were unacceptable. And that was enough for him to leave both alone.

However, before he could do that, the wolf had yet again showed her true colors, those of a fiend, thirsting for conflict. How barbaric, even moreso than Raine's feeble attempt at humiliation.

He didn't even blink before the display of aggressiveness, impressive as it had been.

"You just cannot wait, can you, fiend. Because I don't cower in fear before you, you feel enraged. Because I do not obey your petty orders, you wish to destroy me. You are welcome to try."

Such a lawless world. But weren't they all?

She sighed out in relief when he seemed to leave Raine alone, but then she was pushed back by the wolf! "O-Ominous, please! Th-there's no need for any...fighting...H-he's not doing anything..." She was curious by this 'butterfly boy', honestly. And he hadn't actually hurt any of them, so she didn't think there was reason for him to have to leave. "H-he hasn't done anything wrong...He never hurt us." Sure he pulled his sword out a couple times, but he'd never attacked them yet. "We...we don't need to fight..."

ill post tomorrow xD - OOC

Geez. Tough crowd. Raine sighed and yawned. "Whatever. Sorry. Just trying to take the edge off your boredom here. I did mean to offend...just not Celestina. I'll stop!!" she said, with the looks the others gave her. Nyeh. Raine sat back on her haunches and played with a bit of water as she patiently waited for something to happen.

Sorry x_x got busy - OOC

The demon leered at the elf, and with Celestina's pleads, she refolded her wings reluctantly. Shadow Hound took a breath and let out a blast of hot, foul smelling carbon dioxide into Sitta's face. Clearly, the fiend was attempting to calm herself, and kind of failing. When she finally spoke, her tone was curt, "I would never waste my time killing an arrogant fool like you." Yellow eyes glowed with contempt, but she made no move to attack. Without another word, the beast's body began to fade, drifting away into whisps of smoke. The last thing to be left were her eyes, which glared at the elf before blinking and disappearing.

Celestina sighed in relief as Raine apologized and Ominous backed down. "Thank you..." she said to both. As Ominous disappeared she stared in surprise, but simply let it be. Well, things would hopefully stay peaceful now. "Ah...I'm sorry I caused trouble to you all.." A light mist started falling from the clouds, influenced by Celestina's dreary mood. At least it wasn't completely raining.

"Fiends.", the elf merely stated. And he didn't speak again.

He was sure Ominous would return, sooner or later. To sneak up on him and attack him from behind. That was how any mindless monster acted. Should the time come, he would be ready. But he had other matters at hand at the time. The strange, unpredictable weather seemed to have something to do with Celestina.

The Carnation returned to its home, hopefully for good.

Celestina breathed another sigh of relief when Sitta returned his sword to its rightful place. "W...would any of you be hungry?" She glanced towards the nearby cave. "I...I have some food supplies..." She watched the group with curiousity. She was waiting for each of them to walk away, one by one, over the next few minutes. It seemed the group was already dispersing, after all. But somewhere, deep inside her heart...she wished they would stay.

Raine wasn't planning to go anytime soon. Not when she had found something interesting to do in this new world, and someone interesting to talk to. A fellow water being. She smiled. Celestina was like her without Lynn.

"Yeah, a bit!" Raine giggled and stood up, stretching. She wondered what kind of food Celestina's...kind...ate.

Sitta looked at Celestina. Nothing about him made his great displeasure noticeable, but he was quite offended. To offer him something? To offer him food?!? He was no dog, begging for scraps! He was a Platinum Sibling! Besides, they were offering him food, the greatest of offenses - they were both looking down at him and inviting him to break one of the Four. Sure, eating before another person was a minor taboo, but still.

"I do not need your charity." He replied icily.

He would have said more, much more. But at the last moment, he decided to excuse the girl. She was merely ignorant. He was, after all, in another world... or so it seemed.

Celestina smiled in relief at Raine's kindness, though Sitta's cold decline made her flinch. "A-alright." She didn't know that she'd offended him greatly with her simple offer. In her mind, it was what a hostess was supposed to do. Or it was an act someone did in thanks for being helped. "W-well if you would like to come in...you can.." She doubted Sitta would join them. So she simply gave a slight bow, and then started towards the cave with Raine.

Further inside the cave, where it was warm and dry, there were various pieces of furniture, none of it matching, and a fire pit in the center. That part of the expanse of cave was decorated sparsely as a home. She actually lived there. "I don't have much..." she said quietly, going over to one of the crates along the wall. "Fruits and vegetables, some salted pork, crackers..." She had gotten it all from main uses of thievery, really. Getting whatever she could, however she was able to.

A few days passed and all the strange beings that had come to Imbrium and met Celestina were getting ready to move on. Their aim was for a new land, or perhaps their homeland. The rain had stopped, the townspeople were overjoyed.

But a new darkness loomed on the horizon.

A literal darkness, heralded by birds filled with black, like the one that had attacked Celestina the few days ago. A foreboding feeling oppressed every heart, the feeling of something very sinister on the way. Soon it started. The rain. the black rain that burned everyone it fell upon. Buildings held, for now, but soon the acid rain would eat through the wood if the situation was not remedied.

Imbrium was in danger again, and this time even the heroes were in need of help.

(Trying to bring this RP back to life here. Good idea, yes, no? xD)

Dadj had left days ago. He did not turn around and he definitely did not return the horse he "borrowed". He had been riding in whatever direction the beast felt like wandering for the Ranger just didn't care. The people he had met who had surrounded the rain woman had given him a headache not unlike the one the rain had triggered. However, the rain had stopped and the dull ache in his head was still throbbing. He looked into the sky and watched a few birds gather.

The sun beat into his vision but he squinted in order to continue watching this avian gathering. He thought nothing of it at first and his head lolled back into a neutral position. His eyes fell to the ground where the shadows of the bird gathered together. Soon there was a cloud of shade hovering above the man which piqued his interest. His head snapped up to look at the sky; the birds had blotted out the sunlight and were making strange formations, darting this way and that in unnatural manors. Then, something hit Dadj's face. He could feel that it had been liquid by the way is splattered and slip down his face...

But then it burnt. He only vaguely registered the sensation but he could see the wisp of smoke curl away from his burnt cheek. The line made by the droplet slowly closed but now more drops were felt all over his body and the horse's withers bunched and shivered each time it was struck. The acidic rain made the beast uncomfortable and soon it was frightened as the down pour hardened. The mare took off for the cover of the trees blatantly ignoring the Ranger's commands to stop. The horse was too spooked and she was heading in the direction they had already come from.

Anyone who would see him would think he was the harbinger of such a catastrophic happening. A being in clothes so white, walking so slowly, so calmly, with such an uninterested look on his face, ahead of the thick darkness - one could assume no other thing. He was an angel, but an angel of misery.

...and they hadn't seen his wings, yet.

By the time Sitta had first seen the looming darkness - and the birds - he was far away from where he had met all those strange people. Very far away. Mindlessly wandering, not really caring, perhaps just waiting to be randomly warped into another place, in another time, perhaps in another dimension. But when he saw that darkness, he immediately realized it would be a bad idea to continue walking that way, so he made his way back to the town where all had started for both Dadj and Raine. Not that he knew that those two annoying things had ever been there.

Needless to say, the populace did not find the arrival of the 'angel of misery' who had 'brought the shadows with him' too appealing. Not knowing of their thoughts about him, and honestly caring even less, he made his way to a certain tavern, here he walked to a certain barkeep and said, with a icy tone, and with the eyes of everyone in the room laid upon him:

"Tell me where to find the one who brings about the rain."

The bartender stayed firm despite the man's cold atmosphere. "She lives upstairs in the inn. The last door on the left." he said simply.

After the others had left, Celestina had made peace with the villagers and moved in with them, to help bring rain if there was ever occasion that it would be needed. "She's locked herself in; good luck getting her out." he said. The others in the tavern stayed as far from Sitta as they could, giving him a clear path to the stairs. They wanted nothing to do with the man and they weren't close enough to Celestina to feel the need to protect her. They just wanted out of it completely.

Dadj crashed through the trees on the wild horse, she was making a mad dash to the only place she knew was safe: Her stable. The Ranger was subjected to low branches and hordes of flies and all the while the acid rain fell and singed his flesh. He tried to stay low against the horse but her sporadic stride made it difficult. Soon the town was in sight. Dadj had been moving faster than he thought.

The horse made a b-line for her stall, nearly braining the Ranger on the entrances. Dadj slid off the beast and removed his stuff. Now that she was back to where she belonged he thought it might be difficult to take her out again. His person was tattered and torn from the biting rain drops but he had to go back out to get to the Inn. He was almost impossible to tell the time of day what with the darkness and the rain beating them until they sought cover. The Ranger sighed as he stepped outside again. He had to walk through the rain and ruin more of his stuff.

He burst through the door of the inn and shook himself off. Where the water had touched his skin little smoking tendrils hovered as the cuts and burns sealed back up. He tried to hide this process as he made his way over to the inn keep.

One of the young women working with the innkeeper saw Dadj and immediately went to his assistance. She brought him a cloth and small basin of water to wash the burning marks on his body from the rain and she even went to fetch him food. The inkeeper looked upon Dadj with a defeated sigh. "I see the rain has caught you. What can I do for you then? Need a room to stay in?"

Last door on the left. There it was. If the bartender wasn't lying, then he would find the rain woman there. Her name, he had forgotten - and shame of shames, there he was, seeking her. But the shame of letting those people die under the tainted rain would be much greater. The pure must not leave the impure for dead. That would prove him just as petty as the ones he despised.

The figure in white knocked thrice on the door.

Sitta would hear a distressed voice from the other side of the door. "Leave!" She was in no mood for company. If he knocked again she would not even dignify it with an answer. The door was locked, though it was a simple door and would most likely stand little ground against the figure in white should he choose to use force.

Dadj had indicated he wanted a room with the curtest of nods. He also swatted the girl away from him. He didn't want anyone touching him at the moment. The woman was taken aback but she showed him up the stairs and to his room despite his being so room. She handed him a key and began to walk toward the door. Dadj dismissed her once she told him the room location. She swiftly excused herself downstairs to more polite customers.

He dropped his bags by the door and slid the key into the lock. It was then he noticed the white-clothed figure addressing the last door on the left. He recognized the man and watched the proceedings.