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Leszya, by this point, was sitting on the desk with her legs crossed, listening to the exchange.

' Curious.' that was all she could think. This was the most dysfunctional situation she had been in for a while. She had now concluded that a) Tanner was in charge here, and b) Pix wanted to kill people, or have sex with them, or both.

Sighing, she walked into the room where Sarte was held, she pulled his chair upright once more and moved to the other side of the room. She pulled out a flask of who-knows-what from her pack and took a deep swallow, marvelling at how bizarre this group was. She no longer felt endangered, but she disliked feeling this perplexed.

" All this over fishmen." she pondered aloud.

"If you're talking about Pix he's always like this if he doesn't get his way. In my opinion he acts too much like a child, but he when he's serious he is a force to be reckoned with." Gregor said leaning against the frame of the doorway. Walking across the room past Sarte he sat in chair near him and watched the man struggling for his freedom. He frowned a little. It wasn't really this man's fault that he was here, he just had bad timing. He leaned back in the chair waiting for the other's to return. He was hadn't slept much last night and it was getting to him. He sat there trying to keep himself alert.

((You would go with that, wouldn't you?))

((I think you're one of the few people I know who could actually say something like that. Then again that wouldn't suprise me too much if you're serious.))

((I'm leaving for dinner so I'll be back later.))

Ryken laughed. "I hear that. I have no personal stake in this venture whatsoever." He leaned forward. "Y'know, except for personal safety, but I've never cared about that before, and I still don't." A smirk had planted itself on his face. "I'm interested in the kids, like Kai, Andrea and the others. They're unskilled, to say the least, but I wanted to see.. if they're worth training. They seem to have potential, at least, but they don't seem to have any formal training." His smirk disappeared. "Not that I cared, at first. I was just curious. But I've found that there's something different about this group."

((Character list has been updated with a picture of Tanner for those that haven't seen it.))
As Pix kicked Sarte in the face, pain flashed through his senses. He saw stars for several seconds and groaned.
I think he broke my nose...
Sarte could taste blood. Yes, his nose was bleeding. This was the worst day of his life. The "Lord General to the King," Tanner, had almost killed him and he can barely feel his arm, and some insane man had kicked him in the face and probably broken his nose. Oh, and his grandfather died.
When Leszya righted his chair he managed a whispered "Thank you."
Tanner, Kai, and Lucas reached the cellar and were feeling the stones that made up the wall to find the secret room. After several minutes Kai knocked on a place that sounded hollow. It caught the attention of the others and before long they had found the false wall. Behind it was a small office with a bookshelf full of notes. The book open on a desk was the one they were looking for.
The three came back into the parlor. Tanner threw the book on the coffee table. "This is it," he said and plopped down on a couch.
Khaal Study was written in ink on the bound leather journal. It was a little tattered on the binding but otherwise looked to be in very nice condition, and the parchment inside was slightly yellowed but not flaky.
"I had to look through it for a couple minutes to make sure, but this is it indeed. A very useful volume of everything we need to know about the fishmen. He calls them Khaal," Tanner said, having gotten right to the point.
Kai and Lucas nodded in agreement.

Apparently Andrea wasn't up to it, being too tired or some other nonsense. It took every last bit of willpower Pix had to stop himself from taking what he wanted by force. Leaving her he decided that he might as well go check what new developments had occurred.
He got there just in time to hear Leszya's comment, "I haven't really had a chance to train them yet, been a little busy trying to get them to think like mercenaries, no time to make them fight. I'm hoping that tomorrow I can get them sparring with each other, see which ones have the most potential." He stretched, it was gonna be a busy few days.