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"Indeed we are." Because this would not be fun if they were wandering around metaphorically blind. A look back to the elemental. "That's okay, we can find out." A look to Serino and a few whispered words to him in elvish and he tossed his head a moment before disappearing. "Serino is going to search the currents around here for us...no sense in wearing ourselves out." Good fifteen minutes, the horse was back with happy noises.

Piper turned a lookg to Leaf and Fin...who was still goofing off. "We're in luck to have a Zephyr with us....door is gone, portal is still in it's original spot...vortex like feeling to him." Mounting up on the Zephyr. "Just a short time Serino, then you can rest again." Gesturing to Leaf and Fin. "Hop up and we'll get ourselves inside a temple."

He almost laughed in amusement at how Zahara reacted to the news of what Khaiver thought he could do exactly adn watched as she more or less just screamed at Malik in Khaiver's stead. Gently he rested hsi hands on her shoulder's gving a light squeeze. "Calm down no, it's alright. Like I said...kicking and screaming...and I assume you Malik are attempting to stay one step ahead of him on all of that, yes?"

Malikhai gave a giggle, looking past his and his friends joined hands to said best friend. "It' supposed to get all tingly." After all he had done it with daddy...though that first communion between father and son wasn't as it had been between husband and wife, since Piper had been the bridge between the two. Communion first, then full bonding. They had done it the right way with Malikhai.

But a smile given to his father and little chuckles as thier hair was messed up before he crawled into his father's lap and looked to Zykariel again. "Yeah, see he says it all better than I do. There's a lot!" Taking a moment to striaighten his bandana some. "Can me and Kariel have one?" To them it was still like asking for anything else they may have wanted.

Zahara shook her head and relaxed only slightly at his squeeze. Sighing she melted back against him and glanced up at him some unreadable emotion sparking in her eyes. Words just wouldn't come to her at this point so she stayed silent but by the gods she wish she knew how to put into words what she so desperately wanted to say. It was there, locked inside of her, chomping at the bit to get out but it was goign to stay leashed and locked for a while longer. Instead she merely swallowed and then turned around and reached up laying her hands against his cheek. "If he gives you hell, you give it to him right back. You are more a man than he will ever be, Sevilin. He's nothing but a dog. Make him heel. And don't you dare give him a treat for good behavior."

Tingly...tingly usually meant bad stuff was going to happen becasue he'd used too much magic or gotten angry and done something bad. He associated tingly with magic and Daddy had told him magic was gone. But he listened to Malik and gave him a grin. "We'll be responsible with it and take good care of it. Promise." Of course he had to grin at his friend. "Then I'll know where you hid the buried treasure and when you get to be the bad pirate, I'll know all about your bad plan too."

Aw, why couldn't daddy just say yes? That was a bummer, but easily enough to get out of Sevilin and Zahara if they tried hard enough, gave a few puppy eyes and about to cry looks. But he continued on where Zykariel had left. "Just like we take good care of Yinn and Nym!" Though a look back to his friend from where he sat in Malik's lap, being clingy...after all, longer he talked more time passed till he had to do history. "And I'll know the same thing about you! We're gonna have to get us a new bad guy...we can use Arthur!"

He blinked at her as she relaxed...he was getting good at this disarming her bit...then again she was suffereing from instincts so maybe that was something, but there was a certain something to her eyes. Another blinka she turned to him and raised a hand to his face. "I'll remember that." As weird as it was to hear it, because that was somethign nowhere near commonplace in his life, it was nice to have it said...bolstered that male ego perhaps. "Didn't you know? Obedient dogs, don't need treats. So he'll have to go without either way." Brushing a hand through her hair a moment before looking over to malik and the boys.

"You're making deals with Mahlari too...I'm sure she'll run you for your wants." Listenign to Malik's specifics on Khaiver. "Good to know you're taking precautions...not so happy that he's staying here but I suppose it's best to keep those kinds of people close to you...though the boys...they won't be happy with thier free reign of the fortress taken away."

The elemental watched them go, and might have waved if she'd know that she should have done so.

Fin and Leaf climbed atop Serino and trusted him to bring them where they needed to go. Which he did in short time, the portal hung suspended in the center of the rift, thus Serino had to take them inside.

Once inside, they alighted on the same white stone, and where ever the portal took them was a palce that seemed to be carved INTO the stuff, and not out of it. Leaf looked around, wondering what was dangerious about this place was the elemental had spoken of.

"Not long now."

Well this was interesting now wasn't it? Very much so. A look around...well it was more cave like than anything. Though it was still unsettling on what the elemental had said...exactly how come no one every came back out. "Okay...we're watching our backs this time...after all, that elemental implied something that wasn't too pleasant...let's find the dias and move on. If anyone has trouble breathing, do tell me."

"Khaiver has a tendency to do what pleases him at the time...children are something he merely shouldn't be exposed to, lest he feel the need to mold them to a better standing in life." To which he rolled his eyes at the wording. Though a look to Zahara and he watched her a moment before shaking his head and giving a small laugh. "They always seem to make everything better."

He tilted his head back to look at his father. Well it looked like this was one of those everyone has to agree things. Oh well...they'd make it work in thier favor...after all, they were getting good at getting what they wanted...took practice. "Okay." Turning his look back to Zykariel. "Didn't you know, daddy said that Arthur went away so he can come back and be a good elf. Maybe he won't be so clumsy anymore and make a good bad guy!"

She nodded, more than pleased that Malik was quick to stand up for his son. Really, she hadn't expected any less from him especially with Piper gone. She supposed it was natural to keep those left that you wanted and needed that much closer to you when one was missing. Elven nature, one might say but it would have to be surface elven, certainly not drow. She shrugged and chuckled, "I don't pretend to understand it but somehow, someway, cookies make everything better in Kariel's world. Right little one?"

"I knew he went somewhere, just didn't know where." That was interesting to his little processing mind. "He's going to get fixed. That's good, then Daddy won't threaten to beat him into the ground or use some funny runes on him that make him bleed from the inside out." But a look up to his mother and he grinned. "Right. Cookies are like extra kisses when I hurt myself."

"A raise on an eyebrow about cookies, before turning the look on thier son who promptly gave an explaination about how cookies made everything better. "There you have it, that's why cookies make everything better." Giving a light chuckle...hm his mood was surprisingly upbeat for Khaiver being in practical spitting distance...that was odd. Yup...odd to feel so calm when the storm was right off the doorstep.

But that raised eyebrow look turned on Malik next. "You've come up with games of that sorts already have you? And no one likes the wench...she just breeds that feeling all over the place. Well...maybe Telisha likes her, but no one beyond that...and that's only because she gets the throne for a period of time." A slight shrug, before a chuckle. "A side effect you get used to if you're going to be doing runing regularly. Just remember only in trouble if you start bleeding from ears and eyes."

He nodded. "He's where grandpa and grandma are." He at least knew that much...observant little creature was he, that was for sure. Though a slightly wide eyed look at the threat part of that statment, before it became a comparison. "My daddy says he'll feed him to Malvolence if he doesn't get his act together." He wasn't exactly sure how one fed a sword...but whatever, daddy had strange things. But then a little upset look to his father. "No bleeding!"