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Lilim wrenched more then once at everything Pentre said.

'No morals?! Tis no knight I am safeguarding!! Tis truly a feral savage in the position of a noble.

Magical cockroaches huh?... Big words coming from a single ant that wouldn't stand a chance against a child of the magical world without that precious net and those accursed collars of yours. When this war was brought to an end, I'll be seeing those enchantments dispelled one way or another.

No fear of encounters with others that would want you dead?... Wow this moron is making the Parley contract difficult to abide by.

Better to be a trickster than a drunken, perverted, disease to the land such as yourself, human.

Uh, gross, is this idiot actually trying to hit on me while he's spouting those verbal daggers at all of Magic kind? No thanks jerk. Your life essence would poison me.

Once again... Gross... The sooner I'm rid of you, the sooner I can send out a warning to the rest of the magical world to start avoiding humans in this continent. Your species is as much the pests and vermin as you claim the magical world to be.'

Lilim would have these thoughts to all of Pentre's words. Each one made her tail shiver and curl as she wrenched and bit her tongue, wanting soooo badly to spin around with her claws and just claim his head here and now. She wouldn't do anything to him though, but moves ahead of him again to lead the way to the caves.

"Your lack of morals sickens me, human. And thanks but no thanks on drawing any of my much desired sustenance from you. Your life force is too corrupted. It would poison me. Besides, if none of the unfortunate bars maids you've molested and raped have bore you a child as of yet, then you're likely sterol anyway, so your cum would be as tasty as a raw rotten egg that came out naturally green from a hen suffering from the bubonic plague. Though... How can you rape someone with a dick the size of a single red wine grape? You certainly brandish that poisoned dagger you call a tongue enough to be compensating for something." she says with a satisfied smirk and 'whatever' shrug of her arms, holding her palms wide and facing upward for a moment as she hovers ahead of him.

She really hoped she rattled his cage with that, just as he was rattling hers. Still though, she was respecting the parley and not physically lashing out at him. She would just have to bide her time though, because if she could get him to lash out at her before they got to the caves, she could decapitate him with her claws and take his head and body underground right where they stood by using her Siphon magic on the ground.

She'd see Raven exiting the cave with her natural ability to see in the pitch blackness, and Merry getting close to enter. She'd sigh quietly knowing that when Merry found Elesa, she'd be waking up much sooner. Then she remembered she was leading Raven's former captor right back to her and her heart stopped for a second, horrified at her own contract and grinding her teeth to keep from being the one to violate it. It's just a message... It's just a message... If he touches her I can carve him to ribbons. If he goes for one of those collars, I can tear his throat out before he speaks the magic words. This savage has no way to fight me. Everything will be fine... Just stay calm. She thinks to herself and starts to hover a little faster, growing closer to what seemed to be a campfire with a pair of guys sitting around it. Will she recognized, but who was this he was with?

Once Will woke up, he sat up and tried to stretch, but the cuffs didn't allow him to do that. He saw Robin and everything started to flood back to him. Although Robin was holding him captive and the thought of a man he trusted his life to and called a brother was a slaver, the one thing he knew Will despised, was shocking to him. Although most of the others that survived turn to lives of crime like theifs and bandits was reasonable to Will, the fact Robin became a Slaver was still a bit shocking.

He saw the food next to him and took it, grateful for it. He had not eaten a single bite to eat since encountering Raven and the others. He ate the food as he rolled his eyes at Robins jabbering. "That's one thing you still kept, the ability to not shut the hell up." Will chuckled and he looked at his hands and the cuffs, thinking of a way to get at least a hand free. Although the plan he had would leave his hand in a mangled state, but still not as bad as when an enemy general unleashed a pack of wolves after Will.

Raven had remained hidden behind the tree, listening to Will's and Robin's conversation throughout the duration of it. Both Raven and Crow had listened to his story, amazed that Will had such a deep connection with humans. She couldn't help but feel a multitude of emotions. It was sad, really, that a mortal man would go to such lengths, using the sigil collar just to keep someone from running away. To think, that someone could be so....lonely. They continued to eavesdrop, before something he said caused her to furrow her brow and very slightly peek out from behind the tree to get a better look at the two. It was true, she could see no visible wounds on will, and before reaching the two of them she had run into the elf that had come from this very same direction. She never once took her eyes off of them as she watched him release Will of all his binding, except that of the collar. She sighs, knowing that Crow should have memorized the saying that would release it. So if this man couldn't take it off, then she could. Though, talk about Pentre caused Crow to become concerned.

"what is it crow?"

"Pentre...something about that name seems familiar to me...and his face...i cant place it. but something tells me its nothing good..."

She says as she lurks back behind the tree, continuing to eavesdrop. Her eyes widened in disbelief. Does he.....feel sympathy for magic folk? And something about watching my kinsmen...my friends...being burned at the stake....made him angry....angry enough to attempt to kill the king?she thinks to herself as she stands there, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. Not long after that she could hear him be on his guard, as well as toss sand into the fire to avoid detection. She muttered under her breath before realizing she had been caught. There was no use in hiding. She steps out of the shadows of the tree and approaches them, cautiously staying a fair distance from the fire, but getting close enough so the light could hit her face and he would be able to get a good look at her. She stares at Robin, not moving much. She wouldn't reduce to violence, for if everything she heard was true, then it would surely mean he sympathized with the magics....right?

"Just so you know, i was a captive at your kings castle...i too wore the collar that my friend has equipped....and i know the words to remove them. With that said, if you wont take it off, i will. I'll be honest, i was listening in just now. Thank you....for the sympathy you have towards my kind that were burnt at the stake just days ago...I didn't get the time to mourn my fellow witches..."

She says to Robin. In an attempt to show that she meant no harm to either of them, she lifted up her cloak, to reveal that she had no weapons on her person. Afterwards she took a seat, making sure not to get to close to the fire.

"I'd like to ask you something....what can you tell me of Pentre..."

Raven nodded in agreement, pleased that there would be no fight, rather there would be peace. He did list a valid point though. She didn't need a weapon to be dangerous. Her entire being was a weapon. She couldn't argue against that. She listened as he said that their arrangement was that of a family matter and military affair. She furrowed her brow, glancing at the collar on Will's neck. For a family reunion, it seemed odd to keep him bound like that. She listened as the man had started talking about the collar, before she sighs and places her hand on her cheek, thinking before speaking up.

"There is always a way to beat the system....There is no way that a simple item such as that is able to tell who is who. It has no way of recognizing anything about a person aside from their voice....one would have to simply sound like the one who placed it for it to work, and being a witch, i have spells that can temporarily change ones voice to whomever they wish, given that they have heard it before."

She says to Robin.

"As for your family, I'm sorry to hear about your loss....I don't have any family either. The members of the magical community have become my family. Despite having no one, I am never alone..."

She says in reference to Crow. It was then that she noticed him push the satchel behind his back, and couldn't help but chuckle before looking at him from the distance, before speaking up to him once again.

"No need to worry...I know very much what those collars do, and I have no interest in taking them from you...as a matter of fact, if you could keep those things far away from me, i would be very grateful. Alas, I'm not trying to interfere in your military affairs. I have no interest in interfering. All I know is that you have my friend in a collar that could even control his speech if you wanted to...and I'd like you to release him."

She says, pursing her lips at his declination to offer any information about Pentre. Though giving it more thought, she decided not to press the issue anymore than she already had. She nods, grateful for his hospitality to offer her some of their food and water, but her eyes narrowed as he picked up a torch and watched him place it in the fire as to rekindle it. Despite his attempt to help her keep warm, she scooted back away from it, into the shadows as the flames in the fire got bigger.

"I appreciate the attempt, but all fire is dangerous to me, unless i conjure it myself..."

She states before looking up, her eyes widening as she sees Robin on one knee in front of her, looking deeply into her eyes. She was even more surprised to find out that he recognized her voice, and was able to identify her. Her face turns red slightly before she shrugs her shoulders as if it were nothing.

"No, nothing like that. I was wearing a collar, so i couldn't have even if i wanted to. He marched down and assumed I had kidnapped and killed his son. Or at least, he thought I had. Truth be told, I have never met the prince. But his disdain was so great he automatically assumed it was me, and demanded I named my price for his safe and dignified return. So I bluffed. I told him that he had to release me as well as every other prisoner there, and if he didn't after 5 days, there would be nothing left for him to find of his son. So he let us go. But now I need to find him..."

She says before Robin hushed her, getting defensive. She closed her eyes and used her sixth sense to scan the area, sighing in relief as she felt lilim's aura. She smiled softly at Robin before speaking up.

"Don't worry. It's a friend of mine. Your not like a normal human. You can befriend us magic folk, so your safe."

Will was glad to be free from his bindings, but the collar still bugged him. He listened to every conversation the two had, putting all the information he was getting into a sort of plan. He thought about Elesa and how she could be the key to ending this war, but he still had to protect her. But once he heard Taff was the dragonlord, he was actually surprised. He wasn't a soldier by any means, he'd probably trip and stab himself during training, but he had a good heart. Once he had gotten a plan in his head, he stood up and walked over to where his sword was and picked it up, unsheathing it and inspecting the blade before sheathing it. "Alright. I'll get you the girl, but only under these conditions. Wherever she goes, I go, and our friend comes along with us to oversee her protection. And if this is truly a way to stop Conrads madness, then we need Merthyr back. He's going to also be a problem when he try to kill the king, as he'll protect his father." Will said as he walked over to them and finished the bit of rabbit meat he had left. "And if you would be so kind Robin, take this cursed collar off me. Its making my neck itch." He said as he scratched where the collar was.

Now Audemar left as he showed up; silently. He made his way back to the mines where everybody else was. He was debating on how to get the attention of these young magical creatures.

Lilim's tail gave away that Pentre's biting words were riling her up, shivering and swishing rapidly in the air between them as he spoke, "Wow... And you call magical beings the monsters?... You're every bit the heartless monster you imagine us to be. And by the way..." she says as she whirls around and holds out an open palm to place on Pentre's breastplate to stop his progression. He'd do well to note that as his breastplate hit her palm, the sound would be as though armor clashing to something else of equal armored density, rather than armor to soft, squishy flesh.

Lilim would glare into his eyes as she continues to speak, "Your solo acting attitude is your greatest weakness, savage. Those of us in the magical community would take up even greater arms should one of our friends or loved ones be struck down before our eyes. And those that you have failed to find, are just waiting to take your head as well as any other arrogant human in that prison you call a kingdom that dares take up armor and call themselves a guard. Compassion for friends, loved ones, and allies is not a weakness. As I am willing to prove. It is a source of far greater magic than you will ever comprehend, and anyone with a heart can feel that magic flowing around them. Some humans have even managed to harness its power and still dwell within the castle walls, right under your nose." she says with a brief smirk, just trying to tick him off knowing there was magic within the walls of his own home that even he had failed to detect.

She'd return her mouth to a scowl as she continues, "So... You just go right ahead, I dare you to draw your sword against Raven or my little sister. Because I will make you suffer if you do, and there wouldn't be anything you or anyone else could do to stop me." Lilim growls with her eyes burning red, sated at her threat even if the Parley currently prevented her from acting on it.



Once her words were done, she'd remove her hand from his chest and continue into the clearing, hovering at a walking pace and undulating her long tail with her speed, making it look like her tail was the thing propelling her along like the fin of a fish through water. She was grateful for the moment when the campfire was partially subdued, as the bright spot interfered with her nocturnal vision, but as it was rekindled she'd see Raven and once again grit her teeth at the fact that she was safeguarding the man that had taken her captive before, and she would be watching him. Waiting for him to strike at someone and break their parley and seal his fate.

Lilim would sigh and hover backwards as she specifies her words, "You misunderstand me. If you were to draw your sword against my sister, I would have you struck down before you could touch her. And you are right to call me a protectress, because that's exactly what I am. I safeguard this world from a force far more threatening to human kind than any force you can imagine. It is also good that you know of my mother, the Immortal Succubus Queen, Goddess Lilith. I'll spare you my story, as I doubt you care. But I do feel inclined to ask... Do you really think your king's captive dragon magic can safeguard you from the power of the Goddess Lilith from the legends? Because to tell you the truth, I have my doubts. It's not me or the magical beings of this world you have to worry about, savage.

Also... If your king desires a message, I can deliver my own words to his ears. And perhaps later your corpse to his feet. I do not need you alive to ask an audience with the king under a parley of my own in the name of peace. Now you would do well to mind your tongue around us, lest I be further tempted to violate our contract and remove it for you. Or is it that you do not value your own life just as you value no other? If that is the case, then our contract is null. I cant safeguard a golem. Best to straiten up... Captain... Lest you find yourself stripped of more than simply your noble rank."

Lilim's words were increasingly more hostile toward Pentre, but it was the last she had time to say before they were within ear shot of the campfire and Lilim would hover quickly to Raven and hug her warmly, "Hey... Sorry I've been gone so long... There's someone here to see you and has a message for you..." she says before moving to float around Will and Robin, "Hey Will... Sorry about earlier... You feel better I hope?... Wow, Merry did a great job. You look completely reborn." she says in a complementing as well as apologetic tone, then racing back to a spot between them and Pentre, "Guys! May I announce the presence of the kings messenger and primitive savage at arms!" Lilim says loudly, going to announce his presence as he asked her to, but she had no interest in saying anything positive about him.

She'd be keeping a close eye on everyone at that point, though Pentre in particular. She'd flinch slightly as she sensed Raven's power spiking from the sight of the 'lord knight captain', and got ready to jump in between them as her danger sense began to go nuts, telling her that something bad was about to happen.

Will popped his neck and looked at Lilim as she apologized to him and nodded before seeing someone he wished would never see again. His eyes light up in fury as he unsheathed his blade, the blade humming as he went for Pentre. Luckily Lilim was between them, or else it would've been a blood bath. "Pentre you damn traitor. I'll skin you for what you did to our men." Will said.

The more he spoke, the more his rage grew, especially when he spoke about his wife and child.

Listening to Pentre, Ravens eyes widened and turned black as she listened to him, shaking from everything he was saying.

".....Merulan....?"

She had snapped.

Raven let out a continuous growl as a black smoke started at her feet, then her calf, then her thighs, and continued working its way up her body until it completely enveloped her in the smoke. After a minute, the smoke would slowly disappear to reveal crow herself. she had shoulder length black and white hair that split down the middle, black eyes, and wore a white kimono with a design of black birds. Tears formed in her eyes as they turned blood red, and without even lifting a finger, the ground in front of her cracked. It continued to crack at rapid speed as it made its way towards Pentre, and when it did two halves of a giant boulder lifted from the ground and came crashing together around him, trapping him. The boulder floated over to her and shattered, and without hesitation she grabbed Pentre by the throat, a darkness in her voice that said it all.

"you....YOU DESTROYED MERULAN?! YOUR PEOPLE ARE THE ONE WHO DESTROYED MY HOME?! YOU SLAUGHTERED MY HUSBAND?! MY LIVLIHOOD?! I AM DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU?!?!!?"

She says as she holds onto his throat with a vice like grip, so he couldn't squirm out of it. Her hands ignited on fire around his throat, as it would slowly start burning him to the core.

"HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE! MY HOME WAS EVERYTHING TO ME!! AND YOU TOOK IT ALL FROM ME! YOUR THE REASON IM DEAD!!! AND RAVEN! YOU KILLED SO MANY OF HER FRIENDS!!! HER FAMILY!!!!! I SWORE REVENGE ON THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM ME. WHO TOOK MY BELOVED FROM ME! AND NOW THAT I HAVE YOU, YOUR DEATH CANT BE PAINFUL ENOUGH!!"

Will was still furious, but calmed down enough and sheathed his sword. He saw Raven transform and smirked at her hands catching fire. As long she didn't fully kill him, he would let her do what she wanted to do to him. Plus, if She goes berserk like Will almost did, only he could stop her without almost killing her.

Lilim was right to think that something was about to happen, and acted swiftly to throw herself in front of Will as he took a swing at Pentre with his sword. Magic armor abiding, Lilim would block Will's sword with her forearm, being forced to plant her feet on the ground to keep from being smacked aside like a gnat by the recoil of Will's momentum.

Only too late was she to stop Raven from panicking and letting Crow out, only to have him become subject to the wrath of her magic. Lilim would rush to Pentre's aid though, acting according to the Parley contract she was under and grasping Crow's wrist, clenching hard as she siphoned Crow's magic away from Pentre and slowly forced her to release him, preventing too much harm.

Lilim would stomp her foot in the grass and channel some of the agricultural energy into her, using that little spark to call out to the trees and the rest of the vegetation in the forest to gather more healing energy, channeling it through her tail and touching the tip of it to Pentre's shoulder, healing his burn and mending the near crushing pressure to his throat.

She'd be almost crying as she looked to Crow, "Raven... Crow... Stop... Please... I don't want to fight you guys... I'm under a contract of Parley!!!" she shouts to get everyone's attention to be drawn to her. Holding Crow's hand and moving it to her chest so Crow could feel her beating heart, "If you must lash out at him... Do so not with your magic or might... Do it with your words. I cannot shield him from verbal wrath, but my contract is set to prevent him from suffering physical harm... But... The contract is void if he lays a hand on any of you... So I do encourage you to do your best to rile him up so this scum can be put in his place." she says with a sorrowful look in her eyes.

Sniffling a little, she looks back to Will and starts to cry as she speaks to him, "Will... I know I deserve a good lump or two for what I did... But can we settle that score later please?... The prince has not made it back to the castle and the king sent this parasite to update his demands." she says before lifting the tail of her gown to dry her eyes and lets Crow's hand free as she grabs Pentre by the armor and moves him to another spot of the group, standing him away from Crow and far enough away from Will that he couldn't take a swing without rushing for him.

(In honor of Merry!!)

Off in the cave, Merry would be nearly blind to her surroundings, as there was no auric life to see inside the mines. Following the wall, Merry would eventually see something. Or someone!! Lilim's precious adopted human sister!! Merry would rush to the child's side, scooping her up gently and hugging her close as she restores the child's magic energy to almost full. She'd not top it off though, as that would risk making the girl sick, and that was something Merry didn't want. "Elesa?... Elesa?... Can you hear me?... Please child, awaken... Your sister needs to know you're ok. Please wake up." she begs with another hug.

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Elesa would murmur and slowly open her eyes to the soft warm hug of someone with soft blue hair? This wasn't Raven... Nor her Big Sis Lilim. The woman seemed nice though, so Elesa would smile softly and snuggle into her, hugging her back, "Big Sis Lilim sent you?... Then you must be a good person. Where is Big Sis? Can you take me to her?" she asks as she moves back from the hug to look the Forest elf in the face.

Merry would nod slowly, "She's just outside the cave with the others... C-could you lead the way?... I'm not able to see in here..." Merry admits in a soft tone, her voice not even enough to cast much of an echo.

Elesa would nod excitedly and help the Elf to her feet, taking her by the hand and leading her toward the cave exit, looking to see everyone gathered around a campfire.

As Crow's fire intensified around Pentre, she felt a grip on her wrist rather tightly as her magic was redirected away from Pentre, and her grip on Crow's wrist eventually forced her to let go of his throat. At this point, even her eyes had started smoking as she glared at Lilim with a look like nothing was going to stop her. Her eyes widened as she mentioned she was contracted to Pentre, and the black in her eyes start glowing before she speaks up, feeling Lilim's heartbeat.

"then don't fight us!!! just let me have my way with him!!! if ANYONE is going to kill the bastard its going to be me! AFTER EVERYTHING HES DONE!!!!

She snaps at Lilim before turning to Will.

"AND YOU!!! HE CALLED FOR YOU?! AND YOU ALLOWED HIM TO DIE LIKE THAT?! AFTER ALL HE DID TO PROTECT THE KINGDOM!?

She says, before her eyes stop glowing. After a moment she falls to the ground on her knees, sobbing into her hands. To find out she was in limbo because of this guy. This guy had killed the love of her life twice, forcing her to use up what was left of her life to save him. This man had burned down her home, killing everyone she loved. After what seems like an eternity, she stands up, and her form flickers between her own and Ravens. The same black smoke appears and envelops them, and when it disappears, Raven stood between them, tears flowing down her face.

"You don't understand, Lilim.....Crow lived in Merulan.....her husband was the blacksmith named William....they loved each other more than anything in the world...so much so that Crow sacrificed herself twice in order to save him....the first time he died he was killed in battle...and the second time...he was shot with an arrow during the raid that destroyed her home...."

She says to Lilim, wiping her tears away before looking at Pentre. Her eyes glow red as she approaches him, danger and his death written all over her voice.

"your lucky to not be dead right now....but keep this in the back of your mind at all times: the second you so much as poke another magical being, your head is mine...Now say what you have to say before i let crow have her way with you....."

Will looked at Lilim and nodded, rubbing her head before holding his sheathed sword at his side. He watched Pentre carefully, not trusting him as far as he could. Then he turned his attention to Raven as she yelled at him, or Crow yelled at him. Once she stopped her ranting and talking, he spoke about the man. "I tried everything I could to keep that man alive. When he fist first died, I watched him fall from the gaps in the pack of wolves tearing me to shreds. And the second time I was trying not to get killed..." He said before looking at Pentre. "And if you say anything else about them again, I'll get your balls off and shove them down your throat and watched you choke on them. You were a good soldier, but the worse human being. That's why Robin got the promotion you trained for. He may not be a better fighter, but he has a sense of morals and whats right and wrong." Will told him.

The sorcerer decided to speak and in a voice of softness but alluring he said, "It seems to me you may need a bit of help."

Merry held Elesa's hand and followed the girl out of the caves, back to where the grasses and life forces were plentiful and she could see the bountiful auras all around. She was very easy to make uncomfortable when she couldn't see. Looking to see Pentre had the darkest aura among the group, she'd kneel and hug Elesa close, hoping to keep her out of Pentre's sight. Mother Gaia only knew what Pentre would do to the child if he saw her, as far as she knew, as she had overheard him say that he had no remorse for killing children before, and it really boiled her blood to think that Lilim was under contract to protect someone with as black an aura as his.

Merry would slowly coax Elesa behind a bush, seeing as they had not been noticed yet, "Might be best if we hide here and wait for Lilim... Lets not risk drawing attention while everyone is so ill-at-ease with the present company." Merry whispers quietly to Elesa, hoping she'd agree.

It would be right about then that a loud neigh could be heard coming from above. A call that Merry would recognize quickly and motioning for Elesa to wait there for her. Merry would move into the open again and race off to the edge of the light of the fire, "Moonlight!! Down here!!" she calls out, seeming to have gone crazy as there was noth- WHOOSH!!... WHOOSH!!... came a few large gusts to beg the contrary of everyone's thinking. What in the world did the Forest Elf just summon?! Surely a monstrous beast fit to kill everyone present as loud as those powerful gusts of wind sounded. Suddenly the gusts would stop and there would come the sound of hooves. A black mare would come ambling into the edge of the light, practically invisible in the dark. From a part in the bushes some distance behind would come a golden glistening glow. Ambling into the light of the fire as well was a White Stallion. A Unicorn at that, shown by the glorious golden horn that adorned his forehead. Behind the Unicorn would come a soft blue blur, a fairy no doubt, and finally a powerful, masculine Orc female. They'd all come around Merry and would start praising her safety, the equines nuzzling into her and the fairy clinging to her bosom, the orc having a few gentle touches to give as well, massaging the Forest Elf's back a bit.

(The Fairy) : "Merry!! *crashes with a light tap into Merry's chest and starts hugging her collar bone* We were so worried about you. Don't you ever run off like that again." the fairy cries just out of earshot of most, though some may hear her words.

Merry would hug the tiny girl and apologize with a soft tone, "I'm sorry, Pixel... Thank you for finding me again... All of you."

(The Black Pegasus) would just now reveal her massive wings as she stretched them open and then closed them back again, giving several grunts and soft vocalizations as she nuzzles into Merry. At moments her nuzzling would become a little aggressive and would push Merry around a little but seemed to never hurt her.

Merry would giggle as the Pegasus did this, reaching to pet her neck a little, "I know, Moonlight... I'm sorry... Heeheehee, ok, ok, I promise." she says to the Pegasus' grunting.

(The Unicorn) moves closer to Merry and makies his horn glisten and sparkle, emitting soft twinkling and whistling like wind chimes according to the others.

Merry would move under the Unicorn's neck and hugs his chest affectionately, "I wasn't planning on getting captured, Glitter... It just happened... I heard the guy calling out for help and I had to go see... It's just in my nature... I'm too kind for my own good sometimes." she says modestly.

(The Orc Female) kneels and reaches to rub Merry's back, "Well what can we say, you had us worried. Nothing I can say that the rest of these guys haven't already. Just glad you're alright."

Merry giggles to this, reaching to rub the Orc's arm a bit, "Thanks Organna. Yeah, next time you have my word, no more direct approaches by me. Not without you guys." she says with a large smile.

At long last, Merry was reunited with her party. Each with skills and abilities all their own, and each with their own close bond to Merry. And just how would Pentre react to seeing more secret species coming out of the darkness? A Unicorn and a Pegasus no less?! Rare species indeed, and among several Feral species that rarely ever got spotted by humans. Pentre would surely be awestruck if he had any heart for seeing rarities like this collection that now gathered around the Forest Elf. Something that he might note is that barely a split second after their reunion, the Orc female would turn and give Pentre a glare that would scare an arch demon into singing bible songs in church. She'd look away from him after a moment though, but if he had any sense of self preservation he would... Or should... Be thankful Lilim was set to safeguard him at present, lest there now be three that would see him strung up by his toes, skinned alive and dipped in rock salt and lemon juice only to have him healed so they could do it all over again. Organna would be too occupied to launch an attack though, having a reunion with Merry to complete. Organna would get a hug at last, much to her sarcastic reluctance at wanting one at all.

Sally was on a hunt on behalf a nearby village that had luckily been safeguarded by the boarder. But the golden grasslands of the Savannah yielded no Caribou tonight. It was as though an evil force had driven them all into hiding as the magic of the land was bottlenecked. She'd keep her stance low, the tops of her feline ears never passing the tops of the golden grass. Finally she'd see something. People? Traveling the Savannah at this time of night? Sally would get curious and would venture closer, her magical sense telling her to avoid Glendale and Aynor, seeing as they had auras that seemed corrupted and scents that reeked of the smell of bandithood. She'd give little other than a tiger's growl toward them from the safety of the tall golden grass, wanting nothing to do with them.

A bit further away though, there were two others, both with much more pleasant auras. Sally would opt to slip through the golden grass and get to a position the corrupt ones couldn't see before approaching. Sally would channel her open telepathy as she crept closer on all fours, staying low like the huntress she was, "Traveler have wounded friend?... Sally help?" she asks in a clear tone that Merthyr and Taff could hear, but her voice didn't reach Glendale or Aynor's ears, as they had stepped far enough away to ensure Sally's telepathy when channeled low would only reach those within a 5 foot radius around her.

Sally would stay low and look up to Taff as she spoke, slowly swaying her white tail behind her. Her orange attire almost made her body blend in with the golden grass at night, but Taff would clearly see her deep red eyes gazing toward him. She kept her distance from Merthyr until given permission to get closer, not wanting them to think she was after Merthyr as prey. If Taff could read her aura, he'd see that her intention was not that of a hunt, but a concern for wellbeing. Surely he would see that Sally came in peace.

Sally moved to scratch her ears as she heard gibberish in her head, "Sally speak through mind to ears of others... No understand other speak through mind... Speak common, Traveler? Speak softly. Sally ears keen. Will hear." she says to clarify her communication ability.

If he caught on, he'd understand that Sally was not using sentient telepathy, but rather relaying the voice of her mind to the ears of those around her as though she was actually speaking. She was unable to understand more than the gesture Taff made for her to wait.

"Aren't you going to talk to me bird?" Wolb exclaimed at his pet bird that rested on his shoulder, who seemed to have been ignoring him all day. He rolled his eyes and stuck his stick forward and took a step. "I don't know what you're deal is, but ... GAH!"

I'm ignoring you, because you're crazy. No wonder no one likes you. And my name's isn't bird, it's Reren. Reren telepathically replied harshly.

"I'm not crazy- ah well maybe I am. But it wouldn't be an issue if I had someone to talk to!" Wolb said biting down on his lip slightly. He sighed but then he heard people talking as he was coming up around a bend in the trail. He raised an eyebrow and exchanged a look Reren.

Do you sense it? The magic? I noticed it earlier but I didn't think much if it. Reren chirped.

"Yeah, a little." Wolb retorted quietly.

Sally blinks and reads Taff's body language rather than his thoughts. She got the 'no' from her question if he could speak common. Then his shiver signified worry, as well as his glance to Aynor and Glendale, which Sally could agree were not good news. Sally would blink and scratch her ears again, "Stop thinking words at Sally. Sally no understand..." she says in an annoyed tone.

Seeing Taff so worried about being caught speaking to her, Sally would turn to move into the tall golden grass again, "Sally stay hidden nearby. You signal when coast clear." she says calmly. She could only use her healing purr when most of her body was touching whom she was trying to heal, so as long as Merthyr was unable to lie down and Sally wasn't able to be close to him, her healing would be useless. Sally was patient though, and could easily stay low and quiet, hidden as she bides her time and waits for Taff to signal for her. She really wished he'd stop using telepathy to try communicating with her though. His words echoing in her head did nothing but make her ears itch.

While she was hidden in the grass, she'd sense someone else somewhat nearby, thinking whomever it was might be interesting to watch encounter these people. She'd lie almost completely still in the golden grass, completely hidden from all others while few could hide from her keen feral senses.