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Ecila nodded, crossing her arms, her posture that she used when thinking. "You may be right, Cherry, in that we should go to nearby kingdoms, but it will not be to hide. We will go and attempt to gather sympathy amongst the people, and try to gain allies amongst the nobility," She frowned. "Though I am not sure how successful we will be with the nobles. As it is, I have no real control in Hearts, even though I have it's power. It will be difficult to gain an alliance with them with nothing but promises of great rewards when I take back the throne."

Jack was walking very quickly-or was it running slowly?-because the rain was suddenly coming down in torrents. It was not unheard of for the weather to change suddenly in the Diamond Mountain Region, but it was strange that the weather was so severe. He had to get to the Dwarven Train. He had only brought enough money to keep him going long enough to find his... relatives, and then he would reveal himself and it would bring him safety.
So he hoped.

Cherry nodded wih every suggestion Ecila made.
"But the Red Kingdom...Surely they would protect you. The Red Regent is you kin, no? But the White Kingdom..." Cherry's voice trailed off in thought.
"I've heard many different rumors. I don't know what to believe, except for one thing. The princess of the White Kingdom is Snowe White. Everything I've heard about her...surely she would help us! And the White Kingdom's Aura magic that she posseses, would greatly benefit you in this strange battle that's been weaving..." She seemed to be going off on many tangents now when suddenly she jumped and closed her mouth. Her cheeks were red. Cherry had a habit of talking way to much.

Rose poked her head out of the other window. "Oh, it does look as if the damage had been caused recently." Ruby looked at the map that sat on a small table in-front of her seat. There was a road that lead around the town and would avoid all danger. "Fredrick, would you be so kind as to meet me at on the other side of town at this spot?" The map popped through the window that allowed the passengers to speak to the drivers and on it was a highlighted road with a circle showing the place that they are intended to meet up.
"Oh I do believe I'll be able to go through there in time to meet you for tea."
"Thank you very much Fredrick. And you will be safely unrecognizable while going down the road." Rose popped her head back in and smiled but was greeted by a glaring face.
"I see you intend to leave me in the carriage." Lawrence complained.
"Oh Lawrence please try to be understanding. If I go into town with you it would be hard to make you in the form of a child, cover your footprints, hide the carriage, and alter my appearance. I know I am able to do it but I don't want to be entering a town that has recently been damaged without all of my focus on what's going on around me. And you know I will always be able to be reached by you." Her face was reassuring and put Lawrence at ease.
"Well. . . If you must. . . Now hurry and change because were coming to your drop off." He turned his head. They both felt very uneasy about it, without each other it felt as if their was something missing all the time. But they both knew that their safety required their separation.

Ruby stepped out of the carriage wearing a commoners dress of a dark reddish-brown with a cloak that wrapped around her shoulders. Lawrence looked at her wearily and nodded, "We'll see you on the other side" He smiled while she stepped back and closed the door. The road wasn't long so she entered the town quickly without trouble. The homes on her sides were very welcoming and quant. It didn't seem like the kind of place to fester trouble. People sat in windows enjoying tea from their kitchens while others scurried the streets picking up and moving people. It was quite a strange sight watching a man being pulled across the ground and laid down by the walk way, then picked up again and set down somewhere else. She walked along the road and once helped to carry a bloodied man to a seat and set him down. Afterwards it reminded her of moving large dolls since most of the men were dead. She entered a shop and sat down gracefully. There was a man sitting beside her in a very nice attire something you would probably see in the 18'th century. Blue vest with gold trimming and the boots with gold buckles. "Sir, do you know what happened here?" She asked him.

As Dace walked boredly through the town he glanced around and twirled the room keys round his fingers.
"The town goes by as if no disaster had befallen them at all. It seems so strange...to walk in streets that turn so blindly away from the blood stains on the ground..." Dace muttered to himself as he walked. It was true that some were cleaning up after her highness' "royal escapade of violence", but others meerly walked on as if it had not occured at all.
"Strange indeed..." He muttered.

Ecila sniffed primly and straightened her shoulders. "My sister is no more an empress than... than my old pet frog named Puddleglum. Actually, Puddleglum had more of chance of becoming a real ruler than my sister has ever had." Ecila sat down on a log and crossed her arms in an angry fashion. "She didn't even have the good sense to stay out of the Black Magic stuff. The idiot."