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Why''d they only take half? "If you''d let me finish, you''d find out! The gem was guarded, since it enhances our crop every year, and our shaman fired a spell at the invaders to knock the gem out of their forsaken hands. The spell hit the gem, and broke it in two...very unfortunate...," said the man, as if recalling the event.

"We recovered this part, but the magic is not strong enough to support our village, and many of the Fickrians are starving," the man stated matter-of-factly. "Our leaders wanted to offer the job to some other cursed beasts so our village would not suffer the losses from recovering the artifact...by the way, my name is James...," he said with his first hint of nervousness.

Right. Well, I don''t decide this kind of thing around here... "Really. I wouldn''t have guessed. Your bunch will be compensated...," said James, regaining his confidence.

"Thank you," said James. *James stepped into the room, lowered his hood, and smiled at Dawn. Wesker gave Dawn an annoyed look, but held his tongue.* "So, what do you think of making a deal here? I'll let you make the first offer...," said James. "Or perhaps you have other questions?"

Cont. later...

*Her eyes calmly watch the scene take place, she had seen this many times before. Too many times before* Some vampires need death, true death, but I doubt those would be involved in such a raid unles this was a death wish. I have watched humans become vampires, I have watched them struggle before giving in, I have so pitied them, for I am with every fledgling as they change and sometimes the breaking of the soul is not a pretty site... Vampirism becomes a whole different matter when you lead a soul into a living dead limbo... But this is different I suppose.... *She blinks, her mind coming away from memory as he gaze turns back to the vampire infront of her* You'll have to forgive me, I don't hate vampires by any means, atleast not the type that chose their fledglings wisely. You have to understand, I have a very different line of work... *She smirks, changing the subject* You are honest in that you are not cruel, but way too modest. Vampires still have hearts whether their's beat or no... *She watches his eyes, running her fingers through a lock of his hair* Indeed, vampires are simply creatures with insatiable love... *she turns and walks out onto a balcony, looking out into the night air, totally ignoring the rain that turned her body a near translucent silver and made her hair flow down her back in a wave-like blue cascade*

*He smiles sweetly as he feels his locks played with. His eyes follow her movement as he walks away. He lightly slides his fingers along his chest. His chest slowly slides open trailing his fingers revealing no heart or organs in his chest* I am not a normal vampire anymore. I have had some things done to me that I somewhat wish for other people not to have done to them. And old man, I was just merely pointing out to the members of this Covenant that we do not support the killing of other vampires and demons so they would not be helped out by us. Also, I do get hired to protect other vampires from time to time and it would be somewhat sad to see them on the other side of my blade. *He slowly turns and begins to walk to the fireplace of the manner. He seems to be smiling quite strangely*

-she suppressed a grin at Gargoyle's comment to the old man. She pulled the hood of her own cloak over her head, hiding her face. she moved to the door and looked out into the rain, then turned back to James..-

Will you be leaving so soon? You are welcome to stay..if you wish it. Though I may warn you..some vampires are not very hospitable..

-she only grinned before jumping into the rafters and staring at him, her tail moving back and forth lazily behind her..-

I told you..you are too trusting..after thousands of years on this earth, you will learn..

Sneaky is a relative thing. Just like size. You let him be sneaky.