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Aylana looked back to the crowd and smiles, then looks to Arakel "I may have a way......" she steps back outside and closing her eyes she whistles in three different tones into the wind.

Within minutes Sandy appears but this time with two more gryffins. Cloudy who was shades of lightblue and white, and Twilight who was dark blue with the markings of stars all over his fur. She looks to Sandy and nods to her "Keeps them busy, but be careful too my friend..." Sandy nods then looks at the crowd as Cloudy and Twilight sit.

Aylana runs back in "Okay we don't have much time, Sandy, Cloudy, and Twilight can keep them busy...but I don't know for how long..." she looked at the pen closely. She examined the chain until she found weak link of the chain. She nods then waves her hand at weakest part of the chain hoping to bend the link until it breaks.

Arakel looked from the broken link, to Aylana, and then finally to Jaclyn. "Well, we've solved one problem." Arakel said with a slight smile. Now the only problem was how to get him out. The main entrance to the tent was crowded with people wanting to see the trio of gryphons, so that was out. Arakel knew the crowded wouldn't let them pass anyway.

"This tent should have at least two exits because of fire safety codes." Arakel said aloud, more to himself than anybody else. He looked along the walls of the tent until he spotted the second exit. It was there, alright, closed by a knotted rope. A bail of hay was lying at the exit, making it look like any other part of the tent.

Walking over, Arakel kicked the hay aside. It didn't need to be there in the first place! It was a hazard. Fumbling with the rope for a moment, Arakel eventually got it undone, and peeled back the tent canvas. Sunlight poured in through the small opening while Arakel peeked out. "Okay, we can go out this way. There doesn't seem to be that many people, but it's bound to be only a matter of time before someone notices he is gone." He swept aside a few more materials, making sure there was nothing that Rune would have to jump over to avoid. "Open the door to his pen, lead him over to here, then...run like hell."

Jiora moved to open the gate, gently tugging Rune along by his bridle. He didn't seem to mind at all though, trotting along beside her quite eagerly. Anything was worth getting out of this stupid pen - even something as demeaning as wearing the damned bridle for a bit longer.

Jaclyn edged a bit closer to the front entrance, listening to the crowd outside a bit warily. If any of them happened to glance inside the tent it could ruin everything. Even if she didn't care that much about the unicorn, she wasn't about to get caught in the midst of stealing it. She threw an impatient glance back at Arakel and Jiora.

Jiora paused just short of the exit again, frowning up at Arakel hesitantly for a moment. "What about the unicorn you were with? The green and white one..." Wasn't he at risk of being put on display as well? She was about to continued when Rune tugged her closer to the exit, eager to get out quickly. "Just a minute, Ghost."

Jiora frowned a bit at the response she got, wondering why she wouldn't be able to see him. It was rather difficult to miss a green and white unicorn in the midst of a crowd.. At Arakel's next comment, she threw a sharp glance at him, brows drawing down in obvious irritation. "I'll call him whatever I want." She turned to Rune then, only to have Jaclyn approach and pull the unicorn away from her.

"You'll only slow him down, Ji. I can keep up better." Jaclyn gave the other woman a brief frown before bolting from the tent, Rune following close behind. He headed toward the forest, causing Jaclyn to breathe a sigh of relief as she followed after him. It would be easier to keep him within sight with the trees slowing him down.

Jiora stared after them for a moment, grumbling under her breath. Damned girl... If she lost Ghost - Ghost, not Rune! She threw a final frown in Arakel's direction before hurrying toward the forest herself.

Aylana smiles when she see the group heading into the forest, she nods and breaks her connection with Sandy then flies higher into the clouds.

Sandy and the other two gryffins make a loud screeching noise before lifting into the sky, high enough where they're hidden by the clouds.

Aylana smiles to Sandy "Okay come on we gotta catch up with the others..." turning northwestern she and the gryffins head towards the lake.

Once Aylana is sure she can't be seen by the circus people she heads downwards and lands in the forest. The gryffins follow suit. She smiles and they continue running, her only hope is that right now Rune is safe.

Arakel, frankly, was glad Rune didn't need to be guided to the lake. He wanted to stay in the rear, making certain nothing was following them - Not that he would be able to do anything if something was following them. But still, it halfway reassured him.

When Jaclyn started to drag Jiora along, Arakel couldn't up but let out as a snort of laughter. He had noticed the woman was short before. Now she seemed even more so. Arakel wasn't having hardly any trouble with the sprint through the woods. He was rather physically fit from all of his surfing, after all.

When they paused near the HQ, Arakel pondered going inside the HQ, to tell anybody who was there was had happened. But rather quickly, he voted against that idea. He didn't know if he ever wanted to go into the HQ again or not. It held...too many memories.

And then, they had arrived at the lake. Arakel could have sighed aloud with relief at the appearance of the dimple of water. Kneeling by the lakeside, Arakel cupped water into his hands, smiling softly as it trickled out. Lakes were nothing compared to the magnificence of the ocean, but they could be a beauty among themselves.

Jiora frowned hesitantly at the pair of fa'e near the lake, beginning to wish her hearing were better than it was. She could see the woman's mouth moving, but whatever she was saying was lost to the sound of blood rushing in Jiora's ears. She shook her head and straightened somewhat, gripping Jaclyn's sleeve to steady herself. "Er..thanks for the help.." The small woman looked as though she wanted to continue - she wanted to simply take her leave then. Ghost would surely want to get back home soon...

Still... These people did seem to know him. Much as she hated it, it simply didn't feel right to leave without finding out how they knew him, even if there was a risk that she might have to give him up. She wasn't sure just how willing she'd be to walk away from him. Besides, he barely seemed to recognize them as it was... She was probably worrying over nothing then.