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What a perfectly lovely damp day in the forest. There had been sun shine in the morning and ran in the earlier afternoon. Now an uncomfortable to most misty heat drifted through Monachi's part of the forest. He on the other hand quite enjoyed this type of weather it delighted him like no other and was wonderful for his gardens. It also meant less work on his part..which was not necessarily a good thing. Less work meant Monachi was more prone to a wanderlust and boredom. More often then not the druid's boredom proved to be deadly ...well for others that is.

The Druid moved through the forest at times fast as a startled deer other times he lingered on a spot like a tortoise. He was gathering seeds and other things he found on the way, but he really wanted a traveler to mess with. The old monk routine was do for a come back. Monachi chuckled to himself and pulled his hood on just in case he ran into someone.

"Yes yes....That will do nicely. Oh sir or ma'am wont you buy some wine from this druid monk? The profits go to an orphanage."

Oh Monachi giggled to himself before stopping and scratching his head. What if they didn't like wine?

"Then offer them berry juice Bane....right of course silly me..."

With that said he carried on through the forest seeking something to tame his ever growing boredom while stopping to check on each and everyone of his gardens. From the simple wolfsbane to his acid spitting fly larger creature traps. When he got to his newest batch of pretties he encountered a small problem. He hit his foot on the edge of one of the mushrooms in the batch which set off a chain reaction through out them all. For a swift moment he gasped for breath before he pulled a small vial from his vest and swallowed the liquid in side. He smiled and bent down closer to the mushrooms now that the cure was already in him and he touch the one he had hit his foot on.

"Oh my little darling Im so sorry I disturbed you little one. It was an accident I promise."

Bane said in the most sweet voice imaginable before standing and moving on from his nasty little deadly mushroom patch. He would be damned if he was the only one to taste poison today. He would find someone even if it meant leaving the forest.

Bane stopped as a deer ran by he was tempted to go after it, but what was it running from? He sniffed the air and caught unfamiliar smell, it was not of the forest and something about it put him on edge. About the same moment Kian's eye got closer Bane took off like similar to the deer before him. He didn't like people getting close to him like that without him noticing. Most people not of the forest were loud and you could hear them from miles away how had this one gotten so close.

Bane was up in a tree within a few short moments trying to get a better handle on this situation. He slipped his mask on not sure if this would lead to a fight. His eyes searched the forest floor till he saw the blue haired figure. He was close to one of Bane's garden patches oh he best not touch them for more then one reason. Bane slipped his dart gun from his hood and readied it unsure if the odd winged creature had followed his movements. Bane had never met a witch eater before so he had no idea what they wings were. He thought them odd though could the creature fly? They looked to tiny for such a thing so what were they for?

Bane pursed his lips curiously as he put his dart gun away. He stared at the floating eye such a thing he had never encountered before. There was no fear in his eyes over the whole thing only curiosity.

Bane flipped his mask up his one yellow that showed staring down at the intruder. His mind working on how to react to this stranger. It was to late for the monk routine he felt. Perhaps this one he would settle to talking with and hope a chance for exposure to his plants would arise.

"You have the feet of a druid but you clearly aren't one." Bane stated taking a more relaxed pose on his tree limb. Not that he trusted the man in any way shape or form, but he wished to appear like he was letting his guard down.

"I do enjoy my garden mister, a simple druid does what it must." He said with a sweetness in his voice. He slid down the tree a bit but not all the way. Bane's curiosity was bringing him closer to Kian he couldn't help that much. The energy he was getting off him was much different then any he had ever felt.

Bane took note of the way Kian's eyes looked more then anything else. While body language was important to him what eyes were doing told more. And this man's eyes let him know he shouldn't let his guard down for real. They reminded him to much of a predators some how.

"Most are yes. Boring as hell and easily bothered." He said with a smirk. "Chh!" Bane made a disgusted sound at the mention of villages. "Witches are foolish then! The villages are filled with idiots. But I must say I do enjoy when witches come looking for them. They are so fun to play with." He said with an odd laugh before sliding to a different tree branch. Vanishing from sight a bit even if Kian still new where he was. He really wasn't up to something he just couldn't sit still for long. "But tell me of winged one....what are you?" With a swift movement he was no longer in the tree but sitting in a batch of strange flowers that wouldn't have been seen anywhere else before. "I've never felt an energy quite like yours before."

"A story for me to know and you to wonder." Bane said with a playful voice wondering just what sort of fun he might get from this man if any. He pulled one of the flowers close and sniffed it. This particular plant he was immune to but it seemed to bother others.

"Oh ho a threat hmmm. Its not wise to threaten a druid in his own element." Bane said with a laugh crossing his arms and legs at the same time. He could fight but it was much more his style to experiment on those he encountered. "No I'm only a threat to those without a brain. You sir clearly have one." Bane sounded serious in every way shape and form, but in no way was Bane not a threat of any sort. He was a threat to everyone as long a his plants were around him. His mind was busy trying to figure out just how to experiment on Kain or if he could even pull it off.

"What brings you oh winged one to my part of the forest?" Bane asked tilting his head trying to look as innocent as possible, but it just might come off as creepy.

For him to know and Kian to wonder? Kian almost felt like rolling his eye... He watched the man, analyzing him closely and paying particular attention to the flowers. He was surrounded by them, almost like they were his protection...

That was it. These flowers were no ordinary vegetation. They were dangerous. Kian had to be careful. "I'm sure it's not wise to taunt an angry dog either, but you'll see me doing just such when the opportunity is presented." He leaned against a tree, a smile gracing his lips, but again, never reaching his eye. "I like to see how far I can push a person. A bit of a flaw within, I guess you could say. I, however, find it to be my most befitting asset." He flashed a dashing smile. "That and my cheekbones..."

Only a threat to the stupid huh... Kian wondered what that truly meant then. He guessed it had something to do with the flowers... "I guess to assume druids a peaceful kind of folk was stupid of me, wasn't it?" He decided not to answer the question the other asked. What purpose did he have? Well...

They both heard it... Shouting and probably making a mess of himself. His hovering eye shot up into the canopy of the trees, finding that blonde... He had sat himself down. Probably gave up, no doubt. Kian sighed. Well...this was going to be most interesting...

Aodhan's eyes rounded into golf balls as the crying figure came out of nowhere. Automatically, he felt something was a bit off... How was a hysterical person able to sneak up on a trained knight like that? Even if he was out of his element? He listened to the cries of the other, forgetting his suspicions as he began to feel guilty.

And then guiltier...

And then really guiltier. His weakness of allowing his emotions control him, clouded his better judgement. He didn't even stop to think what this person was, or what they were capable of doing. He stood up, backing away from the soggy log and to a beaten path, that he guessed the man's village used. Strange though...he didn't know there were villages out here...that's why he and Kian came this way.

"W-wait a second. I'm a Cerberus Knight. I can get you any kind of antidote you need. We've got apothecaries in town. What ever you need, I can get it! I can even give you some coin, since I ruined your plants." He honestly felt like s**t. This man was devastated! He fidgeted with his hammer against his back, rolling it between his shoulders as guilt continued to plague down his throat.

Aodhan felt a bit of relief rush about his body. He could easily find the funds to get what this man needed. The Knights had money stored for this event actually. He'd just need to go back into town and draw up a proposal. It'd take a bit though...which was a bit worrisome. "I'd need to draw up a proposal for purchasing. How long do those in your clan have before they..." He left the sentence, hanging in the air like a dead man.

He'd been so preoccupied that he'd completely forgot about Kian! "I...have you seen someone in these woods? He'd appear to be quite strange. Missing half of his face and has an eye that floats about? He wears a skull piece to cover the mutilation. I came here originally looking for him. He could help us." Aodhan of course left out the part about Kian having the ability to control minds. Most knights were fueled with the passion of protection that they'd let their guard down if Kian urged them to hurry up with funding to correct this wrong.