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Warren looked pensive a moment. "I do not think threats would work. Oracles are said to have power unlike anything this world has seen." He tapped a finger to his lower lip. He nodded. Yes, this was certainly not something that a wizard wwould want to miss out on. He was very interested to see what kind of power the Oracle possessed.

"Well then, we musn't waist time yes? It will take tome to get there, time to find our way through the catacoms, time to get back, so we aught to collect Piper and be on our way."

Bode put on as feirce a scowl as she could get. "The gaurds deserve it. They're cheating! And cheating wrong!" she looked form her brother, ot he wizard, to her secnd brother. Uh oh....this lookes like and adult thing. And kids weren't allowed to go where adults were doing adult things. "I want to help! PLease, don't leave me behind!"

Moonstone nodded. "Yes, I remeber the stories well. It was not a sword that I ever wanted to see." He looked at Bode, thier new little sister, and knew that she could not come. No matter what. The catacombs were dangerous, Moon and Onyx had been lucky to come out of them without encountering any monsters. Bode would hold them back. He bent down a bit so that he was at her eye level. "Bode dear, did your Mother of Father ever get sick?"

"mommy had a cold once, Daddy taught me how to take care of her."

"All right good. Now, you have a very important task. You get to stay here and take care of Mr. Malik. Okay? We are going to make a quick stop at his place, and get your fox totem, and through that you can tell us if anything bad is happening, okay?"

"I have to take care of him?" she frowned. He never really paid that much attention to her. But if it meant that she could help, not get left behind...She put on her bestest resigned face. "Okay...."

"Piper.."

Malik forced himself up, and walked over to her running his hand through her hair lightly.

"This is not something either of us could forsee. But you shoudl take pride in the fact that they want to poison me. it means they are scared of us. they fear what you and I can do. So when you get back, you can really make them learn fear. I will be here when you get back. I'll be alright. You need to take care of yourself for me. If someone brings me that cure besides you, I'd rather suffer in the insanity and the poison."

That perhaps was what was bothering her, that she would be away from Malik on some god awful quest of sorts, having to worry about how he was doing back here and even if he would be her Malik when she got back. That was if she didn't get herself killed first. But she was already formulating plans in her head on what was needed. If she learned anything from being with Malik it was that it in fact wasn't the best idea to go someplace with just the clothes on your back. But she closed space between then, lightly leaning into him, seeing as she was a little hesitant to touch him and possibly make things worse. "I can handle this." Trademark phrase, though this time said with absolute resolve as opposed to trying to prove a point. But her attention was slightly pulled away as Bode came upon the scene. Back to Malik. "She's right you know. If I hear about you doing anything but sitting around somewhere, once your better I'm roughing you up again and speaking of being roughed up." Back to Bode. "Go get the tournament medic, just to make sure of anything else." Her gaze went back to Malik, and she raised up on her toes, placing a gentle lingering kiss to his lips. "Usstan ssinssrigg dos Malik, xuat sevir uns'aa nin." With another stare to him she pivoted on her heel, patting Bode on the head as she passed and made her way back to the stands, looking none to happy at all. "Ashlyn, Pointy Ears, let's go! We're getting a move on now!" Then her look shifted to the twins. "What about you two? Coming with me or staying here?" It was a rather cold tone to it, as Piper was focusing on the task at hand and shutting down her emotions.

Wonderful, he now had a nick name. "I am not the only one iwht pointed ears, might I remind you." Warren shrugged. "I am up to nothing, but suit yourself." He checked his sandles, yeah they would work for traveling well enough. His bag of sugar was full, and he had a cantine of water underneath is robes. He wouldn't really need anytihng else. He was a wizard after all, and I need be he could conjure up some food..though it would be balnd and tastelss. "All right then, this way," he waved his hand in the general direction that they needed to go, and started his way out of the stands.

Ashlyn Stood up, trotted over to Mistress, ready to do whatever it is the woman wanted. Specially if it got her a scratch. Well...maybe a favor for some later date. Ashlyn doubted she would get anything out Mistress Piper when she was like this. She stamped her foot. Get a move on? Yes, that was more like it! A little bit of action!

"I'll go since someone has to look after Onyx. And make sure he dosen't kill the wizard. But We have to make a quick pit stop and Piper's place..."

"If I recall, that is one the way. It won't take but a moment for the detour."

"To get the fox item. It's the only way we'll have any link back to Bode and Malik. And if something starts to go wrong, we are going to want to know, so we can find a way to do what we want to do faster than intented."

Bode looked up at the scary man with a put on her face. "I didn't want to be mean...so I didn't tell Mrs. Piper. there is no tournament medic. Contestants are suppose to provide their own..."

She grabbed his hand though, and tugged him the direction of the inn. "When Mommy had a cold, she had to stay in bed..."

Warren rolled his eyes a little bit but said nothing further. He didn't really mind having to ride the griffin...it was just persuading her to not bite off certain area's of his person that was going to be difficult. He kept his hand near his pouch of sugar. He would use that if neccessary. As the enared the docks though, he did start to get a little nervous.

WHAT? The wizard was going to ride HER? Well...if Piper hadnt suggested she would have torn off the wizards manhood...as it was she wouldn't be an agreeable mount at all, dera lord no. She gave the wizard an evil stare as if to say, "Just watch your a**, cuase it'll be in my beak first chance I get."

Moonstone nodded. "We'll fly ourselves, certianly." He stretched out a wing, eager to get into the skys once more. Although he was starting to wish that there were stars and a moon in that sky..."Warren, you can make light for us, if there is no moss growing around?"

"Until we get to the catacoms, yes."

A side glance to Moon. "I got the light situation under control seeing as our oh so useful wizard here seems to think that light producing will stop at the catacombs. Lord knows, Malik brought enough little gadgets with us." Pack rat of an elf proved useful. But her glance slid to Onyx then. "Sorry if I'm a little edgy because the man I love is in a rather bad situation." Stepping onto the docks she brought her fingers to her mouth, creating that high pithed ear flattening whistle. Damn sound traveled far enough. But wherever Serino was, his response time was top notch because of gust of wind later and there he was, looking rather happy. Grabbing his mane she hoisted herself up, giving a look to those that were to be her company. "Let's get a move on then, I don't want this to take any longer than it needs to."

Onyx took a little bit of a running start and jump, getting a bit more altitude then his brother, and gliding a bit before having to use those wings actively.

"didn't mean to sound hard on you or anything Piper. just every story we ever head about you was a happy, mostly carefree elf wo loved to fletch and takes dad's loose feathers."

He was quiet a second.

"Dragon? did you say dragon? oh great. a nice dark black place with a huge flesh eating friebreathing lizard in it. wonderful. Anything else you neglected to mention, Warren?"


Malik let her wait and tug him through the streets. He didn't like it at all, following a child and obviously looking injured. And of course he kept an eye out anyway for Piper's stalker...and one in the inn room, took off teh helm and placed in on the nightstand.

"I know that, Bode. But you have to understand appearances are required to be kept. As far as these humans and halfelves know I am a ruthless killing machine. to show them otherwise is to invite enemies to come to light."

But he got out of the armor, placing it by the bed as well, and laid down, a bit stiffly and rubbed his shoulder some.

"But here I am, in bed like you wanted."

"What''s a chimera?" Nope, he had never heard of those things. Although he did think for a moment. "Anything else?" Finger to his bottom lip...at least he tried to. It was Pretty hard with the griffin bouncing this way and that. And he was pretty sure that griffins did not usually fly this way. They passed over his home town, to which he waved at his father. His father looked somewhat surprised to see his current company but waved back all the same. "I don''t think there is anytihng else."

Hehehe.

Moonstone resisted the urge to throatle Warren. He was quite sure that the young wizard was trying to be helpful, but he was more like being a nusence. "You know, Father took to saving some of his feathers, should it chance that you ever came back.

Bode put her little fists to her hips. "Under the covers!" to tell the truth, she didn''t really understand any of the larger words he had used, or the order he put them in for that matter. Why did adults always have to do that? She crawled on to the bed beside Mr. Malik and put the back of her hadn to his forehead. Um...it kind of felt hot. Was that normal? She didn''t remeber what temperature Mommy''s head had been when she was sick...

"You stay right there. I''m gonna go get some soup!" And out the door at a flat run.