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((I lurve it! Maybe I should invoke my power as RP ruler to make the glow stay.

Sorry, SPI. Didn't realize it was Ephlas and Raedou to whom Clem was talking. Thought it was the other guys! xd ))

Ephlas had not spoken to Clem, since he was busy asking questions of Raedou and looking at their surroundings. Once inside the small elevator, however, Ephlas realized that he knew not Clem's name, or vice versa.

"Hello," Ephlas turned to face Clem. "I don't believe we've had the pleasure of an introduction. My name is Ephlas, and I must thank you earlier for aiding me... against the Mindbreakers."

((New Update. 'Mythic' [the ancient language of my choice] has been added in one of the 'Reserve' posts on the front page.))

Wordlessly, Ephlas stooped and picked up a handful of pebbles. It's amazing how deadly pebbles can be, when thrown with enough magical force.

"Get back here, thief!" Jaeto pushed his way through the crowd of people after the pickpocket. The thief ducked into an alley but Jaeto saw and followed him. "I order you to stop! You have no place to hide!" Jaeto shouted. Indeed, the theif had reached a dead-end and had no place to hide but it seemed that he had no intent on giving back the princess's purse.

The thief turned, with knife in hand, and ran at Jaeto. Because of his years training with the king's cadets, Jaeto was quick to react, pulled out his staff and spinning it effortlessly in his hand before resting it at a ready stance. "You have no hope. Give up now!" he demanded but the thief only came closer. "Alright, you asked for it!"

Jaeto ran at the thief, diggin his staff into the ground and leapt into the air like a catapult, landing a direct kick to the thief's chest and sending him flying. The attack was perfect but his landing, not so much. He slipped and fell on his butt after landing. He quickly got up, rushed over to the thief on the ground and grabbed the princess's purse which was laying by the thief's body. "That'll teach you for stealing from a young lady." He poked the body with his staff and rolled it over so the fiend was on his back. "Any last words before I alert the authorities?"

He pressed the staff hard against the person's chest. The thief coughed and his hood fell, revealing the thief to be a woman, not a man. She shot Jaeto a wicked smile through her bloodied lips and he blushed, partly because he didn't know whether to feel proud about catching the thief, or disgust in himself for beating a woman.

Then the soft voice of the princess charmed behind him. "Jaeto? Jaeto... There you are." Jaeto turned his head and smiled. "I got your-"
"Are you alright, Jaeto?" Cal looked up at him, inspecting for injuries.
"Yes, miss. I'm fine. I got your purse back and caught the thief." he smiled. Cal looked past him. "What thief?
Jaeto turned his head to see the female thief had disappeared. He sighed. "Well maybe it's best he ran away. I shouldn't expose a young lady to the harshness of street people... You should have seen me, though. I handled the fiend like a pro..."
Calisto laughed, wrapping her arm around his and walking him out of the alley. "Oh, Jaeto. You're making up stories..."
"No, I'm not!" He objected. "I didn't even break a sweat."
Cal smiled. "Tell that to my nose..." Jaeto blushed as they both walked back to the Inn.

[I'm ashamed of myself for making that so cheesy... "Tell that to my nose!" -insert studio audience laughter- Guh...]

((Oh? So you're saying that, since we don't want to kill this Dark Knight, we shouldn't at least be prepared to defend ourselves? The rocks are for if a fight arises - just like someone would make sure their sword is in place.

And does anybody remember where Fayt is?))

Dakon stood back and observed the exchange of pleasantries, then not-so-pleasantries, taking in the clever planning without comment.

~

Tanessa sighed. "Great, we have to walk again. Just when you think good fortune is upon us, too...." she complained. Cedric sniffed at Irwin's comment. "I'm sorry... the ride was a bit out of control, though... did you know that at one point I was literally under the raft, hanging on for dear life lest I fall into the water off the front? Again, sorry...."

Then, single-minded as she was, Tanessa began to march towards the nearest border town. Rain fell, disclosed from the Storm behind them, but no lightning followed, as usual. When the trio reached the nearest border town, a little village by the name of Grundy, they would receive the most shocking news....

~

Ephlas shrugged, but did not drop the pebbles. They rested in his semi-clenched fist, ready for use should the need arrive. "What do we do?" he whispered in reply. "Try to avoid her? Kill her? Or... try not to be killed?"