Paying the Price

In a small village in the Northern region in their part of the world, Raven would be bustling around her house, desperately trying to get herself ready as the sun was falling. Tonight was a full moon, which marked the meeting of the witch's coven. Every witch in their village was mandated to go to this meeting. This was particularly true for Raven, given she was the daughter of the queen of witch's, also known as Her Ladyship. Her mother had stressed to her the importance of being there tonight, as there was something important going on. Very important. She didn't know what it was, but she figured it was something big if her mother would look so frazzled. She would eventually get dressed and run over to the mirror, giving herself a once over before speaking to Crow, the second inhabitant of her body.



"Well? How do I look?"

"It's not black..."

"I'm aware it's not black! The shop keep didn't have any black fabric dye when I made it, and we don't have the time to cast a spell on it! So it'll have to do!"

"Then why did you ask me!?"

"For a boost of confidence..."

She says, sighing before grabbing a ritual knife, a book of spells, her black cloak, and her magical staff. Once she had all these items, she ran out the door and into the forest towards the river. This was very important, and by the time she had gotten there it was already nightfall. The stars were out and their reflections shining in the river. She would look around and make sure she hadn't been followed, before nodding satisfied. She hadn't noticed anyone, but despite that, it wouldn't necessarily mean they weren't there. But she was already late as it was, and she didn't have time to worry about that. She pulled her ritual knife out and held open the palm of her hand, before slicing it with a quick motion. While she did this she chanted:

"Rasha Banoru shiethos....Rasha Banoru pethos...diem!"

She says before squeezing her palm over the water and letting her blood drip down into it. When the first droplet of her blood hit the water, they would find the water parting, and a case of stairs leading down deeper underground than the bottom of the river. Raven would quickly look around before running down the staircase, knocking on the door before opening it and letting herself in. Once the door was shut, the river would go back to normal and appear as if nothing had happened. Meanwhile, Raven was standing in a giant circular meeting hall, and she would rush up to her mother's side. Her mother would turn to look at her, and clasp both of Raven's hands, healing it before giving her a stern look, her eyes trailing the length of her body.


(^the meeting hall looks something like this)

"Your late....and you aren't wearing black....what have you been up to, my little owl?

"Sorry I'm late, mother...I'm not wearing black because I'm so late..."

"We'll talk more about this later....right now, the meeting can finally begin."

She says, clearing her throat before going to the center of the room and clearing her throat, her voice booming over the entire room.

"ALL RISE!"

At the sound of her voice, the room goes quiet and every witch present stands up, before Her Ladyship begins chanting, her chanting followed by the chanting of every single witch. This continues for a bit, marking the day and time of the meeting to the cosmos, before it eventually ends. She lifts her hand up in the air and all the witch's take their seat. The meeting of the witch's coven was now in order.

200 pieces.

That was the reward for the head of a which known as the Black Crow of Tal Warie. A petty sum, to be sure, but a job is a job, and if it means getting a good feed then why not, right? My sources told me she would arrive tonight, at the coven meeting, I just need a way in...

Kasa thought to herself as she examined the immediate area around her, when suddenly emerged a figure... a girl no doubt, wearing some sort of decorative dress and a black cloak. She doubted whether on not it was actually a witch, given the lack of black, especially on such an occasion, but there was not harm in following the girl just in case.

"Oh throdog ehye, goka ya ymg' ethereal bthnk" She mutters under her breath, her eyes closed and hands to her chest, when suddenly her body starts to silently emit steam, before long her body and everything attached to her turning invisible. Her body now ethereal, She can no longer touch or be touched as she is invisible. She exists neither on the material plane, nor the immortal plane, but instead an undetected space that lingers in limbo between the two.

Jumping down off the ceiling she was perched on, Kasa silently follows the girl to whatever place she goes, which sure enough, leads to the whiches coven.

"Rasha Banoru shiethos....Rasha Banoru pethos...diem!" The girl says as she bleeds into a bowl of water, low and behold an opening appears.. quickly and silently, Kasa slips in behind the girl, making sure not to disturb anything. She's in enemy territory now.

A circle room, full of witches greets her as she enters, this was serious now, a single peep out of Kasa's mouth and it would surely spell her demise...

The room would go quiet as Her Ladyship took to the center stage of the room, looking around at all the witch's in the room before closing her eyes. There were many thoughts going through everyone's mind, including Raven. And even Crow would wonder what was going on as they all waited with bated breath at the news. Her Ladyship would eventually look up and, gripping her staff, address the room full of witches.

"My children, welcome! And thank you for attending! Tonight won't be your typical night with typical discussions,
for there is something far more urgent that needs to be addressed. One of our own was captured by the kingdom Thesea, and taken to the castle!"

Gasps and whispers would fill the room, and Raven would just stare at her mother in shock, arms folded and legs crossed, watching as Her Ladyship silenced the room once more before addressing the crowd.

"And my sources tell me that she has told them our whereabouts, and the king will be sending soldiers to raid and plunder our peaceful village! Not only do we need to address our sister in arms, but we need to discuss what to do about our village, for we are one people, and we are bound by blood to protect and defend one another! Which is why were holding this meeting, so we can discuss our options."

This time the crowd would erupt in no mere whispers, but they would be speaking normally in disbelief to one another. Not only was one of their own captured, but now their village was under threat as well. But for a moment, Raven doesn't focus on this as she senses another presence, and looks in the direction of Kasa. She unknowingly stares at Kasa for several seconds, before narrowing her eyes and returning her attention to the meeting. Witch's would be standing up, shouting their opinions. They could all agree on one thing, but there was still something else that needed to be decided amongst them.

"We shouldn't just leave her there, should we?! I mean, she betrayed us!"

"We have to save her! She's our sister, despite whether or not she may have betrayed us! Besides she may have been forced into it!"

"But what about the village?! Do we stay and fight or should we relocate!? And who is going to go after her?!"

"Oh I know! We could send The Black Crow of Tal Warie! She'll be able to bring her back! And maybe even deal with the king's soldiers should she run into them!"

Many members of the coven say, and more shouts filled the room until Her Ladyship holds her hand up to silence the room once more. She pauses for several long minutes before she nods to the room, the sleeve of her robe never faltering from her wrist.

"I agree, this does seem like a job for The Black Crow of Tal Warie..."

She says before turning to Raven, a knowing look on her face.

"Well, Black Crow of Tal Warie? Does this seem like a task you can manage??"

Raven would be staring at Her Ladyship now, a cold expression on her face, and she would remain silent for several minutes. She would keep her arms folded and her legs crossed, staring into Her Ladyship's eyes as if she was looking for something. After another moment she sighs, before standing up and gripping her staff tightly, her eyes going black as Crow's voice also resonate's from Raven's body. Raven and Crow's situation was common knowledge among the witch's, but was typically difficult to understand for those who weren't, so they usually never told anybody. Still though, she would be looking Her Ladyship in the eyes before speaking up again.

"Is this an official request?"

"Sounds like it to me."

"Please, my little owl...bring our sister back home to us."

".....Alright...."

Merry and her small group had been traveling all day as usual, heading South to avoid the mountains, and needing to travel quickly as they had been spotted several times by what appeared to be a union of armed guards from several kingdoms. Finally as evening approached, the knights would give up persuit of this small party, and Merry would sigh in relief and lean into her powerful Unicorn stallion friends neck, hugging him close as she finally rests, "At last... Their auras have changed course... We can find a place to rest now. Ah, praise Gaia, a river..." Merry whispers as she eagerly climbs down from the Unicorn and heads for the water, fluffing the tail of her gown as she sinks to her knees and gently scoops a small morsel of water into her hands, drinking slowly and gratefully from the stream.

Glitter the Unicorn would as well be weary, until Merry whispered the all clear due to her Auric Sight allowing her to see further than even he could detect. The river was a welcom sound, but there was something more. Something smelled wrong, and Glitter didn't like it.

Moonlight the Pegasus would notice the smell as well, and gave a number of purrs and grunts as she spoke in feral tongue, a language few payed attention to, and exceptionally fewer could thoroughly understand.

Glitter would glance to Moonlight, allowing hid horn to glow a soft gold, "Agreed... I too smell blood. And I don't like the scent being so close... It has magic in it for sure, but it smells... Human..." Glitter says through his close range telepathy.

Pixel the fairy would dart toward the water as well, tsking to a very careful hover near the shore to grab herself a bead of water of her own, "(sigh)... If there's human blood around here, we probably shouldn't stick around... But I bet if we just follow the stream we'll be able to find a safe place to stop." she says reasonably.

Organna the Orc would be panting from running so long and so far, "Blood Sh-mud, if there's a wounded warrior around here, let them just try to take us on. We can rest here. I'm sick of running and I'm a little peeved off. I'm ready to settle in and eat." she says as she reaches behind her head and tightens her pony tail. "Back in a sec. Usual routine, right?..." she adds in as she steps into the trees to find some small wild game to catch and cook up, as well as to gather dry branches and stones to make a small fire pit. Unlike an Elf, Fairy, or mythical equine, Organna was strictly a meat eater, and only had to worry about keeping herself fed because the rest were vegetarians and sound foragers all their own, but Organna had no need for roots, herbs, mushrooms, grasses, or berries. Give her a cooked fish, a grilled squirl, a cooked rabbit, a deer, pig, cow, or heck, a nice thick slab of dragon meat any day.

Merry would send out another ping of her aura to feel the area around them, sensing no one around at the moment except their small party. She'd sigh as Organna steps away to hunt, it was all she could do at this moment, because she knew Organna had to eat something just like the rest of them did. It was off to foraging for all of them, Merry taking one last double handful of water to gulp down before moving off to see if she could find some edible herbs and roots while Pixel searched for a berry bush. Glitter and Moonlight as usual took turns on sentre duty and whichever wasn't watching the area was looking for juicy grasses and mushrooms to eat.

That girl is the black crow of Tal Warie? Kasa thinks to herself, watching the girl with intent eyes, only then for her to look directly at Kasa. But even worse, right into her eyes. Kasa starts to sweat, though still invisible, making sure to keep completely still until the girl turs back again. She must be powerful... Kasa once against thinks to herself, taking not of the girls ability to notice her, even when she does not technically even exist on this plane.

But she is only a girl... Kasa continues to monologue in her mind, tossing up the options she has at the moment. Though she is a witch, and clearly a very powerful one, she is still nought but a girl. She still has her whole life ahead of her. Killing this girl is going to be tough, if she can even do that..

Still, Kasa keeps quiet, watching the Coven meeting as it progresses towards them sending this girl off into the night, prepared to move and follow if need be. However, she cannot cast a spell in silence, so her options at this point in time are limited.. especially in her ethereal form.

"So now that the topic of our sister is settled, what do you suggest we do about the soldiers that are headed towards Wellspring?"

"With all due respect, your Ladyship, you are our leader, so why are you asking me to make all the decisions?"

"Consider it training. For when you inevitably take my place."

"Why are you arguing with her anyway Raven?!!? You should be glad that your even IN this position of-"

Before the witch could even speak, Raven would grip her staff and close her eyes, her brows furrowed in frustration. She would tap her staff on the ground, and a small explosion would form at the witch's feet. It wouldn't be big enough to kill or hurt anybody. Nay, it was more or less a scare tactic. The witch would be frightened and stop, while Raven gave her a stone cold glare that could pierce the soul of many. Raven didn't like it when people put their noses where it doesn't belong, and that witch was about to trudge up some of Raven's past that was better left buried with the rest of the story. Though with her message across, she would turn back to Her Ladyship, before thinking curtly.

"Surely you are powerful enough to defend our village, right? At least long enough for me to get back? Though I would like to think that relocating might be the best idea, if they come here and see nobody here, they may hurt her or kill her if I haven't gotten to her in time. So I would recommend trying to protect our village, despite the risks, if only to protect our sister."

"I'm proud of you, my little owl. I would do the same. Then, with that said, everything is settled. ALL RISE!"

She says as every witch stands up and recites the closing chant. Once it's finished, witch after witch starts disappearing in smoke or teleporting away, for the entrance to the coven hall was different for every individual. Raven would go to the wall next to Kasa, before pulling out her knife and slicing her hand once more, smearing the blood on the way before chanting.

"Rasha Banoru shiethos....Rasha Banoru pethos...diem!"

She says as the door opens. On the surface, the water in the river would separate and the ground would open up, revealing the spiraling staircase. Raven would give a nod to her mother and a smile before walking out, going up the stairs and reappearing on the surface. She looked over and notice to equines, one looking like it was on patrol and one looking like it was looking for food. Though while she thought this was curious, she didn't think much of it. She had never seen one before, and she wasn't about to mess with creature's she had yet to study. She sighs and her eyes go black as she addresses Crow once more.

"So, what do you think about all this?"

"What? The fact were headed to the Kingdom of Thesea to save Penelope?"

"Yeah...we need to go home and start making preparations."

"You've heard what that kingdom has done to witch's in the past, right? She may be dead by the time we get there!"

"Well we have to try....She's our sister in arms...not to mention that it's an official job from Her Ladyship, so it would be down right rude for us to refuse..."

"Well, off into enemy territory it is then."

Raven nods agreeing before heading back to the village of Wellspring, walking past many of witch's and their homes and shops, before she eventually gets to a small little cot in the edge of the town. She opens the door and walks inside, shutting it before pulling the curtains apart and allowing the moonlight to shine in. She walks around her house, looking for a burlap sack, eventually finding one and setting it on the table as she gets ready to gather all the necessary materials.

Night time was rather uneventful in the East it seemed, as Lilim and Little Elesa were able to do their business completely unnoticed in the dead of night when Lilim is able to be awake and active and not stuck in sleep by her curse...

Elesa was able to eat a very good meal after Lilim made use of the local tavern and cooked for Elesa, rather surprised that the tavern was empty and the whole city was a ghost town at night.

Nothing to do and no one to interact with, the young Succubus and her adopted human child sister made their way to the Northern Forest, making it a personal note to warn other travelers not to head to the Eastern Port city at night. The place was too unwelcoming and Lilim did not appreciate the lack of hospitality.

(Leaving East Forum. Post C+P for convenience.)

(Sorry for starting late, been busy)

In the surrounding forests around the Coven's home, Will was laying on a tree limb, looking up aimlessly at the sky. After being branded a criminal and watching his men get hanged, the former general left Thesea and retreated into the woods and successfully disappeared from the king and his people, not like they cared for him anymore. Although the years of living in the forest has managed to get himself as somewhat of a legend. He would help those in trouble, arrive from nowhere and dealing with the situation then disappearing just as quickly

In his hand he held a golden locket, rubbing it with his thumb as he looked at the sky, whistling a tune that echoed through the trees.

Raven bustles around her small little house, gathering food from her cabinets and going to the sack that was so gingerly placed on the table, placing the food nice and orderly inside. She would continue doing this, since she knew that it was going to be quite the journey, before eventually gathering up enough food to make it bulge. She would then snap her fingers, and the sack of food would fold itself in a way so that it contained all its contents, tying the top in a bow. Then Raven would hold out her hand and close her eyes, before a black, swirling vortex opened up in the center of the room, and Raven would grab the sack of food and throw it in. This was known as the Witch's Pocket. Every witch had one, and it was able to store things in another dimension. Once it was safely stored in the witch's pocket, she would then go to a table that held her witch's book, or the book of shadows, and opened it as she scrolled through the pages looking for something.

"What are you doing?"

"We need to make some potions, poisons, and charms while were at it you know. Though thinking about it I could easily just place our cauldron in the witch's pocket and take it with us so we can do it on the go!"

"That might be a better idea, but we still have time to make one!"

"Very true...Very true indeed!"

She says before eventually finding the page that she was looking for. Her fingers ran across the top of the page along the words as her eyes skimmed them, reading off the ingredients. She nods to herself and snaps her fingers, the ingredients flying off the shelves and placing themselves on the table, which then scooted its way towards the cauldron. Raven would grab the giant ladle off of it's hook before going to stand in front of the cauldron. One after another she grabs ingredient after ingredient, ranging from something as small as a simple spice to something as erotic as frog tongues. After adding a few more ingredients, she grabs the ladle and stirs it up, before dipping her finger in it and tasting it, pondering it for a minute.

"Almost...But it's missing something..."

She says, stroking her chin for a moment while she thought.

Eventually, while whistling and staring at the sky, Will had fallen asleep in the tree. Although, it wasn't long before his body shifted and he went tumbling out of the tree, hitting every single limb on the way down before hitting the ground, and a tree root. The sounds of branches snapping and cursing replaced the whistling echoing through the trees as he fell.

"Kingdom of Thesea?", hm? It's a fair ways away from here, certainly far enough to set a trap.. but that was the last thing on her mind, she had to know the age of this girl and her intentions. How a girl so young can be caught up in such a devious life.

Kasa follows the girl back out and to the village, paying no mind to the rest of the witches as they all disappear into their pocket portals. They would sure fetch a nice bounty someday, but not today.

Silently, She follows the girl from a respectable distance, watching her enter her house and fiddling and playing with a sack and a book, placing things inside the rough burlap before tossing it into a whirling black portal that seemed to appeared out of thin air. She had heard of these witches and their little pocket dimensions before, but never had she seen it with her own eyes.

Kasa kneels down and places her head on her hand, focusing her energy into herself as she returns her body to the material plane.

Slowly and silently, Kasa opens the door and closes it without a sound. In work mode, she does not sweat for even a second as she gently leans against the wall next to the door...

"How old are you, girl." she demands suddenly, a stern and demanding tone fills her words.

Raven whirls around and almost instantly is ontop of the direction of the voice, her staff aimed at the woman's head. Her eyes turn black as she examines the woman, leaning against the wall. Her first instinct was to kill the woman, but given she was leaning against the wall, she couldn't help but think that she wasn't in any immediate danger. If it stayed that way was yet to be determined, but she would keep a stern glare at the woman, sizing her up. When both Crow and Raven spoke, it would appear as if both voices were coming out of the one girl while she spoke. Some would think her to be mad, if only they knew...

"You barge into my home, and suddenly want to start interrogating? No...you aren't in much of a position to be making demands. Though unfortunately, I have somewhere to be. I don't have time for this nonsense."

"What are we gonna do?"

"Leave her for now....just watch our backs. Talk while I work."

"What?! Are you mad?!"

"Perhaps! But we didn't hear her come in! She could have easily tried killing us if that is what she wanted. I don't think were in danger for right now."

"Fine..."

The two of them say as Raven goes back to her book. Her finger rests on the page and runs along the words, her eyes skimming the books pages for answers as she tries multi-tasking. Never once would she lift her eyes from the book, but she would address Kasa all the same while she worked.

"I'm 16 years old..........I don't understand...what am I missing?? Tortoise shell, Frogs breath, Pigs nail, Deadman's coin...I did everything! Except.....AHAH!!!THAT'S what was missing!"

She says rushing over to one of the shelves. She snaps her fingers and one of the chairs floats across the room, before setting itself on the floor in front of the shelf. She steps up onto the chair and reaches for the hand sized jar, before grabbing it and jumping off the chair. She rushes over to the cauldron and opens the lid, reaching her hand inside and pulling out something that looked like a tongue. She tosses it in, and sets the jar aside before spitting in the cauldron. Finally, she grabs her knife and slices the palm of her hand open once more, allowing 3 drops of her blood to drip down inside. Once the last drop was in the cauldron, the entire brew would explode in a flash of light, and purple smoke would pour out of the cauldron and fill the room, the substance inside going from white to purple. Raven would cough and swipe her hand in the air, trying to clear away the smoke, taking a deep inhale while she did.

"Well, it certainly worked!"

She says happily before she nods to herself and grabs a vial, dipping it into the mixture and filling it up, before doing the same thing with several more vials and placing them in the pocket of her hood, before turning to Kasa, arms folded.

"My turn. Is there a reason you broke into my home just to ask me my age??"

Kasa watches in silence as the girl bursts out back at her, then goes on to toss things into the cauldron, not even so much as smiling at the girl.

"I know where you're headed, girl. Over to thesea." She pushes herself off the wall and waltzes over slowly, stopping a few meters away from her.

"But that's not why I'm here. No, instead, I'm faced with a dilemma.. " she places her hand on the hilt of a scimitar sheathed on her hip, showing it to the girl. "I don't know if you're aware, but there is a bounty on your head. Though lucky for you, my employer is.. less than credible. In fact, call him a slimeball.." she takes one more slow step towards her, her hand still at the ready on her sword. "So I'm not going to kill you... Well, maybe. My employer offered me a measly 200 gold for your head. But you're a witch, I've seen what your kind can do. Maybe we could come to an agreement, yes? See I have need for your magic, though I can cast a small amount, I can only go so far. So what do you say? You help me with something, and Well, in return I might just.. help you with your.. friend." She looks to the side and inspects her fingers, which are tipped with silver nails, almost in a cocky manor. "Whadya say?"

Raven's eyes narrow at the girl, as she grips her staff more tightly this time, giving the girl in her doorway all her attention. This girl seemed to know a lot about their recent plans, and her grip would only tighten as the girl waltzed over to her, only stopping when she was but a few meters away. Her eyes traveled up and down the girl, sizing her up like a piece of meat. Though her eyes would travel down to her hands as she notices the girl place her hand on the hilt of what appeared to be a sheathed sword, and she would instantly put her staff in between herself and the girl, nudging her back to keep her at a safe distance. After all, things didn't have to get violent, and Raven was beginning to feel threatened. So long as the girl stayed a staff's length away from her, there wouldn't be any problems.

"I'm aware of the bounty....So you've come to kill me then?? Well, it seems we have a problem..."

She says, though was taken back by the girls statement that she wasn't going to kill her. Rather instead she was offered a deal. Her eyes widened, then narrowed as she seemed to stare straight through the girl when she mentioned a deal, and the possibility of her helping her rescue her kin. She starts walking around the girl like a vulture, staring her down as she thinks it through.

"How did you-!!! Oh.....Oooooh.....Ooooh my!!! I thought I sensed something odd at the coven's meeting! It was you! You managed to sneak your way into the witch's coven and not be seen or sensed! Things just got interesting indeed!"

"So should we dispose of her???"

"Certainly not!! She could prove useful in aiding us....her ability to sneak about would allow her to get inside the castle unnoticed and free Penelope, provided that this deal works out..."

She says before stopping in front of Kasa, keeping her guard up.

"I'll hear you out...What's your request??"

Lilim was starting to lose strength... She really did need to feed, just as Elesa suspected. From about 500 feet in the air, Lilim would start to strain, which Elesa would pick up on quickly, "Big Sis?... Are you ok?" the child asks worriedly. Lilim eould start to descend to fly closer to the ground, "I guess I've pushed myself as long as I could... I need to play a kissing game with someone soon... I can sense some pretty strong magic users nearby. Lets stop there and see if anyone would be willing to play." Lilim says rationally, coding her need to feed in the usual way Lilim did for Elesa so as not to trigger her PTSD. "I could play it with you, Big Sis... If it helps you, then you know I'm eager to do just about anything." Elesa says as she hugs Lilim lovingly.

Lilim hugs Elesa back and holds her close as they come up on a village, "I know, Elesa. But you need your strength for now. Lets stop here and see if anyone else will play. And hopefully we can find someone that can keep you company too. I don't mean to say you and I can't play, but it's just the two of us out here, you know? Meanwhile there are dozens of people in..." Lilim says before looking around and finding a sign, "Wellspring... And I'm sure one or two of the locals here wont mind a couple of nights of going easy on their magic to help us out. Lets just hope Wellspring is more hospitable than the Eastern Port City..." she says as she lets Elesa stand on her own and holds her hand as the two make their way into the village.

Lilim would be taking to her classic hover and undulating her tail gently behind her, while Elesa walked alongside the hovering Succubus, holding her hand so they wouldn't get sepperated. Lilim would look around the village and tried to sense out the strongest magical being she could find, and it just so happened that she found one such being inside a small hut. The pair would approach the hut and Lilim would give a calm but noticable knock on the door, moving back a little so as not to be directly in the face of whomever answered. An easy way to gain a favor, Lilim had learned, was to be as respectful as possible as early as possible, and Lilim wasn't exactly about to ask for a meesly cup of water or sugar. A dose of positivity and politeness that Lilim also envoked because of Elesa, wanting to be a good role model for her.

After getting up and brushing himself off, he noticed some blood running down his hand before he saw a tear in his coat. He rolled his sleeve up and saw while falling out of the tree, the skin on his arm was ripped off. He looked up to see the missing skin on a branch, only then to see a vulture grab it and fly away with it. Will didn't have the type of healing magic to regrow the skin on his arm, so he needed a healer. Luckily, he knew of a town close by who could help him out.

Will took his coat off before taking his shirt off, revealing his battle scarred chest and back. He winced in pain as he wrapped his shirt around his bleeding arm to act as a bandage. He put his coat back on, his bare chest showing, and began his walk after making sure his sword was still with him. After a few minutes, he slid down a hill and arrived a bit up the path from Wellspring. Will continued his walk there, slowly the white shirt becoming red with blood as he got closer to the town. He luckily made it to town without losing too much blood, but now his shirt bandage was now dark red. He needed a healer, and fast.

Kasa allowed herself a smirk as the girl recognised her own potential, giving this conversation an air of seriousness that was previously lacking. "Ahh, so allow us to get to business, yes?" She says, smirking only a little as she continues on with the spiel. "Well, see there is this vampire out along the iron coast somewhere. However, I cannot seem to find him. So, I need your help tracking down this creature. It just so happens that I have a certain.. let's say.. taste, for magical beings, particularly vampires and blood beasts." She continues, talking with her arms crossed the whole time, not breaking eye contact, with the only exception being when the young witch was circling her earlier.

"I know your kind can track people, things.. whatever, using something that belongs to them, no?" She goes to pull out something from her pocket, only to then be interrupted by a knock on the door.

With that, she ducks to the side and hides behind a small desk. Though without being in her ethereal form she is not hidden to those who can see auras. She peaks a look at the young witch and gestures her to go to the door with a little throwing dagger, silently hiding in the shadows.

Raven keeps her eyes locked on Kasa as she mentions that she needed help tracking someone. It was true that witch's could track individuals with so long as they had a certain item that belonged to them, but it was quite the process and would leave Raven tired. None the less, she was in no mood for fighting anyone tonight, and if it meant that she could get aid in getting her sister in arms, than it would be worth it in the long run. She watches as the young woman moves to pull something out of her pocket, only to be interrupted by a knock at the door. Raven turns to the door and raises an eyebrow, only to look at Kasa and notice she was hiding while motioning with a knife for Raven to answer the door. Raven was becoming quite irate at the fact this girl continued to think that she could get away with killing her, so she held her hand up towards Kasa, and the next thing she knew the knife would fly out of her hand towards Raven, and Raven would catch it by the handle with ease. Then, without breaking eye contact with Kasa, she would throw the knife into the wall, the knife sticking into it as Raven gave her a look of warning.

"Now that your cover is blown, you don't get to threaten me....not in my home...."

She says before snapping her fingers. When she does, dozens of knives fly out of their cubbies and go towards Kasa, pointing themselves at her while they floated in mid air. If she moved to act against Raven, the knives would start attacking her. She would give Kasa this glare as she folded her arms.

"What you did just now, attempting to threaten me? Shows I can't trust you...not yet....While I'll still fulfill your request, I'd rather not turn my back to you unguarded, so try to understand...just don't move and you'll be fine."

She says before pushing a strand of hair out of her face and pushing it behind her ear. She then walks over to the nearby wall and grabs her staff, before going to the door and answering it. When she opened the door, she saw a little girl with a relatively weak woman, and her eyes flicked between the pair. She would notice Lilim's tail, and raise an eyebrow. It seemed like everyone was paying her a visit tonight. Raven's raven black hair swayed slightly in the wind of outside, and her ocean blue eyes shone in the moonlight as she stared at Lilim and Elesa. She pauses for a moment, before she sighs and motions to the inside of her home.

"Come on in and sit. You look like your about to collapse..."

She says before walking back inside and snapping her fingers, causing the concoction in the cauldron to disappear. She turns to Kasa and grabs all the knives out of the air, so that Kasa could come out of her hiding spot, and puts all the knives away before grabbing a bucket of water, filling it, and walking over to her cauldron, dumping it in as she spoke to Kasa.

"So, that item you were telling me about? What is it?? And who exactly are you looking for?? It makes it much harder than it needs to be when I don't know what the person looks like.."

After a few hours wandering the streets, Lorsch spotted some armoured men close to the outskirts of the city. He wasn't familiar with the northern kingdoms so he couldn't deduce where they hailed from. They looked like a scouting party of some sort, carefully surveying the area surrounding the nearby forest.

Lorsch observed quietly, wondering what they could possibly be doing. He didn't have to wonder much longer, however, as one of the men spoke up,

"That's a long enough break men! The witch said that the coven is somewhere in this forest and we'll be hunting until every last one of them is burning in a pyre!"

The statement made Lorsch's fur stand on end. He had heard of only one kingdom this opposed to magic users - Thesea. Tales of their brutality and military strength had reached even the farthest reaches of Hem El-Kuthra and if any of those stories were true, the witches were in for a night of many tragedies.

In good conscience, Lorsch couldn't ignore this threat; it would be an affront to the natural world to slaughter so many so indiscriminately. Once he saw the men leave, Lorsch shifted into hawk form and soared above the trees, desperate to find the coven before the Theseans.