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With Ashuri's helping hand, she stood up. She quickly wiped away the tears with her sleeves, wetting them in the process. "I'm Lythia, pleasure to meet you, Ashuri, and who is your friend over there?" she gestured in the direction of Soy. "She seems to be very quiet."

Soy laughed, "I'd more likely fly away, but no, I just think it's better if we kind of keep you controlled, Miss Lythia, until your bad side is gone."
As to the question, the woman smiled. "I think I'll have to deny another one of your offers, Ashuri. One reason to withhold the staff is to keep away from the user. Besides, I have a place of me own..." she stopped to think, before nodding, sure of herself. "Yes, a place of my own."

Again with the trusting.
"But you barely know me," Soy objected, starting to feel a little uneasy, but she tried to not let it show. She wasn't quite ready to reveal anything yet.

Lythia wasn't sure if she would feel comfortable living in someone else's home, and so tried to offer another suggestion. "Oh, you needn't worry about providing me with a resting place, Ashuri, I have a home too, just near the outskirts of town in truth."

Aera giggled. "Because he's afraid of having more people to compete with. While he loves a good fight, and he appreciates what different styles force him to learn, his main competition is with a certain someone both you and I know........." She paused. "But, he only knows you. Darn. I suppose I'll settle in here soon enough. What's for dinner? Need any help?" She swept some dark, wispy strands of hair from her face, eyes now a deep blue-green. "I'm a formidable chef. My lord taught me well."
And indeed, while Xarik'n HAD taught her cooking, the range was far too versatile to say what she'd come up with. While he had learned much about cooking from the humans and elves growing up, Xarik'n had also discovered 'the jewels of their cultural and ancestral origins', recipes so repugnant and foul that a sip could kill a man, a beast, ogre.... He had a few variations of this recipe, she remembered. As much as she wanted to, she would wait until a happy, happy occasion to pull out those. Xarik'n never had created Saiya-jin Slayer Soup, so he always joked. Was that a hint?
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Morrigan took a bite of her tiramisu-coco-goodness, trying her best not to smile, but as he was a stranger, she couldn't help but grin a little. "So tell me, where are you from? What brought you here? ...And may I have a bite?" She suddenly was transfixed on the dessert, intrigued and very, very tempted. "Those pink things look like elephants..."

Soy held the staff behind her neck, both hands gripping the ends as her eyes were downcast now. Swinging her hip she turned her back to the two women.
"THen I suppose I will show up tomorrow," she spoke, looking up to the sky. She glanced back for a second.
"Pleasure meeting you Ashuri, as well as you Lynthia."
Without even giving it a thought, the Saiya-jin rose up from the ground, her feet in the air as she hovered for a split second. Then her hair rose with the invisible build up of ki, and she jetted up into the sky like a rocket, disappearing into the clouds.

The girl twin looked around, "Well, maybe the first thing we should do is find some form of civilzation. I mean, were not going to be able to do much just standing here, right?" she asked nervously.

Thom, however, didn't seem to be paying attenionj. He was still looking at the pool. He reached down in and pulled up.. a violin case.

Maeve blinked in surprise, as her brother hastily unzipped the case to check for water damage. The instrument was mircaculously dry.

"Oh sure, save the fiddle," said Maeve sarasiclly, wringing out her own dripping wet hair.
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Finally catching up to the elfin women Leif caught part of teh exchnge between her and the to others. He was a littel on edge, having already see two of them demenstrae their power. He ran his fingers through his shock of red hair and sighed softly. This is not my day

He walked over to Lydia, "I wanted to ask you something, I'm looking for someone. It's kind of complicated, but I thought you might know something seeing how you're an elf."

He sighed again realizing the absurdity of his own statement, "And now I sound crazy," he muttered.

((OOC:Oops. Sorry. It''s hot hear and my brain is friedn because school strted and I was forced to THINK for the first time in two months pirate ))

"OKay well this is going to sound really bizare but my brother and sister disipered a couple days ago. We werewith our dad on a dig at these old castle ruins. The only clue I was able to find was this," she boy pulled a gold and silver locket from his neck and showed it to the elf.

The front side of teh locket had a highly decorated and detalied flaring sun and cresent moon. The back showed a series of runes. While appearing very old, it also seemed to be of master craftmanship.

"I haven''t been able to open it," the boy explained, "But our father had said teh runes said ''Alfheim'' which is supposedly the home of the elves. When my siblings dissiperead so did two swords that had been uncovered earlier. Their pommels matched the two desgins on the front almost exactly."