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Unbeknownst to either Lisa or Adriannu, the shuttle has already left the Agate Breeze and is hurtling toward the world below. The small vessel's gravatic compensators killed any feeling of acceleration in the cabin, and the lack of windows meant there was no way to see the outside change. They would be planetside very soon.

Telmarune, Liliath already disliked it. Since Liliath had decided that searching for Jules and Alastor here was the best idea and had decided that it was the best way to do it on her own, she hadn't find anybody.

"Jules, Alastor this was not the deal. You guys were supposed to be in the woods not in a huge city!" The child was yelling angry.

She was trying to find them for atleast an hour and she hadn't seen them. "Its not fair!"

Liliath then walked into the Inquisition's Grand Hall and looked around in there, but she didn't saw anybody who looked even close to Jules or Alastor. So now was Liliath sitting on the ground, hugging her knees and crying again.

"Yeah, pretty sure. That way I don't hurt anyone in the process."Neo said. But his thoughts. He really didn't know what would be happening if he went back, but he still has the shard and he could live there. Plus...they would have a really hard time trying to get through the Storm System."So...I guess I'll see everyone, at a later time I guess..."And with that, he summons Rudra and uses him to flying to the Lost Contient where he'll lose contact with the group and be alone...even if he didn't want that.

"Neo...you dont have to go..." she says a bit sadly as she watches him already fly away. "NEO! YOU... cant leave..." she could feel water falling from her eyes. "What is this?" She says softly "Why am I leaking!" She says as she pays her cheek.

Alastor looked on, putting on a remorseful face. It was an honest expression, though for a different reason to Jules. Damn, there goes one o' the shards, he thought to himself before turning to the other two.

For once, Alastor had to actually think about what to say. Lifting people's moods was simple enough, but explaining what tears were was a conversation he never expected to have. "So uhh... this is a first for you, huh?" He said in a somewhat solemn tone. "Those are tears. They just kind of... happen, when you're upset." Alastor shook his head, feeling like this wasn't going well already. "Look, I'm not the best at explaining this. But it's not harmful in itself."

"Neo's going ter be fine. The guy knows how to stay alive, he's done well at that til this point. And nothin' says we can't go find him later down the track. I'll give yer a bit teh clear your head, but we should be movin' soon. After all, who's going to keep me in line if yer not up for it!" He rested a hand on Jules' shoulder. "This team's nothin' without you."

Adriannu listens as Lisa explains that it is a map of Telmarune and does notice the slightly bitter note in the Chimera's voice upon mentioning the Hall of the Inquisition. However this only elicits a slightly confused expression from her as her parents had never talked about the Inquisition as they didn't consider to be an appropriate topic for a young child. Yet she doesn't ask about it and instead allows Lisa to continue her explanation without interruption. She also seemed to think that that was where they were going and the child did have to admit that her reasoning seemed sound.

Yet Adriannu would look rather displeased when the Chimera suggested that they visit the library before they search for Raven, but at least she hadn't rejected the idea out of hand. Instead she posed a question of her own. "Even if this library does have useful information, how long would it even take to find it? I can't read, so you would be researching alone. Wouldn't it be better to find Raven first and then go back so you can research without worry? Then maybe Raven and I can figure out something useful to do in the meantime, unless Raven knows how to read."

(Yeah as a young girl in the Renaissance tech period, I don't think Adriannu would have been lucky enough to learn how to read.)

Surprisingly, this is about the point that their silent guide stands up and walks over to the closed ramp, unslinging their rifle as they do.

A sleek shape hurtles into view over the map of the city, going from not being shown to stopped in place over a narrow street between the masons' guild headquarters and a cluster of dwellings for some of its leading members in mere instants. Then, it lowers to the ground

Almost immediately after, the ramp lowers to let in pre-dawn light, very different from the engineered evening-like cool, smooth glow of the Agate Breeze's hanger. Sound also leaks in. Birds, a distant clop and clatter of a horse drawn cart, and other sounds of the very early morning in a peaceful city.

"He was... just the first person who didnt exactly make me feel like a monster." She sighs and wipes the tears away.

"But yeah... you're right. I do have to keep you out of trouble." She chuckles as she cuddles Raven. "I'm okay... I've always been okay. Today is no different. And nooo I've leaked before... just never have a name for it..." she laughs as she leans into his touch.

Raven jolts totally awake when Jules starts to cry. "Wha…?" Oooh…A girl in distress; she knows what to do.

Raven shifts around in her arms so she can rise up and rest her front on Jule's shoulder. A loud purr rumbles deep in her chest and she presses her soft head against the demon's tear-streaked cheeks.

"Sssh...it's okay, you're okay." She can't draw on any clever quips or inside jokes for Jules like she does with Lisa, and unconsciously she resolves to make that change.

"Hey," Jule's response, drawing her up into a cuddle, makes her laugh. "Name one time you caught me in trouble!"

Lisa hadn't thought about the fact that between the two of them, only she can read, but Adriannu's reminder didn't do much to sway her.

"I...was thinking, more like hoping, we could get to this information before you-know-who reaches it. I'm aware that for all we know, she's already gotten what she needs, but if she hasn't- you know, we could take it from her."

"To do that, we need to get to the information as fast as possible, before we start looking for Raven." Because who knows how long that will take. The sneaky little- She pinches the bridge of her nose, suddenly frustrated. "She can wait, trust me. My familiar might be reckless, but I swear whatever god up above gave her a soul threw in double the nine lives she's supposed to have."

"Besides," she adds with a low laugh and uncharacteristically mischievous smile. "Wouldn't you like to a chance to get ahead of the sorcerous- huh?" She jolts upright in her seat as the officer takes up a new position beside the ramp. Eyeing the rifle warily, she waits as the ramp lowers itself to reveal the early morning light and the sounds of a city awaking from slumber. Her eyes widen and a small, bemused smile on her face grows into one of immense relief.

"That was fast," she mutters as she stands and fights the urge to sprint out the exit. And I'm not complaining.

She smiles as the tears stop. She practically purs herself as she hears Raven. "Oh how I love kitty cuddles and purs!" She giggles and hugs her lightly. "One time huh? Well when that dragon came. I wouldnt say in trouble but more like in danger." She smiles warmly and pets her.

Raven ducks away from Jule's hand with a smirk, only to thrust her head against the woman's palm with a loud purr. "I had that totally under control!" Her purring dissolves into laughter, then that dies too as she leans on Jule's chest with a tired sigh.

"I'm ready to move whenever and wherever you are."

Sometime over the night, Drake does roll over and wrap his arms around Victi, grumbling incoherently in his sleep.

Ever the morning person, he later rises with the songbirds. He blinks awake to catch himself snuggling who is effectively his boss, who still sleeps peacefully like she finds this acceptable. That, or Victi's a deep sleeper and he's screwed when she gets up.

That's enough to get him throwing the sheets aside and jolting out of bed. Now standing, he glances back toward her then turns away, busying himself with fixing his clothes and brushing away his bed-head best he can with his fingers.

Victi's a pretty deep sleeper, but sudden movement is enough to get her to wake up.

Given that none of her wards or detectors had woken her, she wasn't sure what the emergency was.

She rolls over, looking at him sleepily and, at the sight of how his hair and clothes were experiencing heavy static cling, bemusedly to ask, "Something happen?"

She could feel by the slight matting of her fur that he'd ended up snuggling her, which was fine. Most of her kind enjoyed moderate physical contact, and she was no exception. Besides, she'd allowed it. He hadn't done anything untoward (by her standards), either, based on how all of his innards were presumably not liquified.

Perfect, saved her having to hire a masseuse if she got touch starved.

"Anyway, sleep did good things for recharging my tails," she says, rolling to sit on the side of the bed and stretch out, "today seems like a good day to figure out what we're doing."

Alastor laughs at the exchange between Jules and Raven. It was good to see the group in better spirits. "Under control, eh?"
Turning to their next destination, Alastor stretched and rested his hands in his coat pockets. "Alright then! Homeward we go! Fer the third time now, I think? Hard to believe it, but I actually miss Urug's ugly mug." He laughed at his own comment before beginning to march towards their destination. "Right! Let's go."

"Well we will see him soon." She smiles warmly as she feels Raven lean on her chest. "Is someone tired? You're free to sleep wherever you like on my if youd like.." she says softly as she follows Alastor.

"Uh..." Drake, a long-haired, rather heavily-furred Chimera, runs his fingers frantically over his scalp, tries to smooth his clothes and tame his wild, uncomfortably clinging-to-everything chest-fluff. All with no success. "No, no, no. Why don't you-Aaaarrrgh!"

Giving up, he throws his hands out in frustration and turns around with a low growl or groan. "Yeah! What the hell did you do to me?"

He slips his jacket off, then grabs his shirt and pulls it up over his head. Drake has quite a chiseled figure...which is at present cloaked by soft, tawny fur from the lower chest down flying every possible direction once he removes the shirt it had grown so attached to, turning the man from a deadly assassin into an angry ball of puff.

The mercenary, holding his clothes at arm's length, releases a defeated sigh. "You know what? Nevermind. Let's...right. Figure out what the hell we're doing."

He tosses the shirt away and crosses to the other bed where he'd left his gear. He proceeds to open it and start looking for something.

Victi's response to Drake's awkward indignation is mad cackling. "Oh, the perks of electrokinesis," she says with a post-laughter sigh once she catches her breath, "Yeah, today's a good day for progress. Enchanting, I think. That's light enough that I should get more siphoning time in."

First though, breakfast. She probably needed to hunt since they were out of cash now, but that was fine. That, or find a way to get money....

"Hey Drake," she asks, "What's an easy way to get paid around here. Need more food money, and I'd like to keep murder, mugging, and burglary as last resorts. Spellcasting, maybe? I should be good to get us teleporting again, so most places work if I can get a good image of them"

Adriannu listened as Lisa further insisted that they should head to the library before looking for Raven. The child still didn't look happy about this, but eventually sighed. "...Fine, but I demand your shard if we do this. After all, the last place we need a shard is in a place that Victi may already be going. That way if she does show up, you won't be in danger, or rather any more than anyone else there will be as long as you are smart enough not to get caught with the books if you find them. As for me I'll hang out somewhere else in an agreed upon location away from the library to keep them safe."

She then held out her hand and flashed the chimera a hard look that heavily suggested against trying to argue with her, though to be fair, there was a bit of logic in her words. Should she hand it over, Adriannu would take it, grab a small pouch out of her bag and a strip of cloth from her bag. After wrapping the shard in the cloth, she'd put the shard in the pouch and tie it to her belt. Maybe later, she could fashion a crude sheathe for this shard like for one for her own, but that would have to come later.

Now once the ship landed, she'd slowly exit down the ramp. Then should Lisa have not handed over her shard yet, Adriannu would repeat her demand and bring her open palm even closer to the Chimera's face, making it very clear that she wasn't backing down.

(Not sure how big Lisa's shard is. Hopefully it's not too big. xD)

"Oh? I guess I still am." Raven laughs. "I'm supposed to get sixteen hours of that stuff, y'know what I mean?"

With that, her jaws part in a long, tired yawn. "Though I've got a bad feeling that-" Another yaaawwwn, "-this shard business is gonna screw up my schedule." Her words drawl more and more as she finishes her sentence. Then she tucks her head between her paws and starts to snooze again.