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Gorivs' associate was there, sitting calmly at a corner table and watching the door with a interested eye. When he saw Bushi enter he leaned back in his chair and waited to be seen. He already knew that the man had come looking for his lady friend but she wasn't there. Thanks to him of course.


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Phae huffed as she took her coin purse back from the rotten thief that took it. They were out cold on the ground of the alley thanks to her. "Stealing things... really." After a pause she brushed off her dress and grabbed her trident so that she could begin to head back. She had too much to do today to be bothered with common thugs. To think her Bear liked to come to the city alone sometimes. What if someone robbed him? Phaedra knew that Aatos and Profit wouldn't let that happen but it still bothered her.

As she turned to make her way out of the alley she noticed that there was someone else standing at the end of it and she gripped her weapon. Did these people not understand that she had to start dinner soon? Phaedra squared her shoulders and started toward the mystery person but when she got closer and the light lit them up she gave a gasp. His face was all cut up and he was bleeding from his shoulder, but she was sure it was the sweet merchant she'd met earlier that day. He'd been so down and out that she had sold him her necklace at a small price to try and help him make a profit.

He stumbled forward and nearly collapsed into her and Phae dropped her trident without thinking to catch him so that he didn't fall. The man was heavier than he looked. "Oh. Gods, what happened?" If anything it looked like he'd been attacked! With that opening though the man clung to her and started to tell his tale....

((Dun dun dun!!! ))

When Bushi sat down the man looked at him and listened to what he said. By the end of it all though he lifted his hands, holding a dagger and twisting it between his fingers. "Easy. I work for Gorvis sure but Miss Phaedra is good people." Just in his tone alone it was clear that the man wouldn't put the woman in harms way. "Me boy is keepin an eye on her and I'll tell ya where she is. First thing though.. Gorvis messed up when he stabbed your boy. It wasn't in the plans." And clearly he didn't like that kind of underhandedness. "All I is wantin is to be able to keep coming here. And if your up for it a bit of gold won't hurt."

"Your lady is four streets over in Hivern Alley."

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Phae could only stare at the poor man in what could and should be described as shock. Not only because the tale he told her seemed outlandish but also she had to wonder. Then there was the fact that he'd managed to get blood all over her and her dress. Never mind that she wasn't even aware he'd somehow painted the thieves guild symbol on her using his blood. "I think we should get you to a healer." What else was there to do? She certainly didn't know any healing techniques.

The man seemed to stumble and Phae had to move so that she was holding his weight a bit more, which meant more blood would get on her (making it look like she was injured as well) and giving him more opportunity to finish the guild symbol he'd made in his blood. Once they were somewhat out of the dark alley she did what she could to get him sitting down. "Ok, take it easy. I'm not exactly sure where the nearest healer is." And it worried her that she didn't. Clearly this poor man needed one. Bad.

With the back of one hand she moved her hangs out of her face, though she still somehow managed to smear blood on her face. "Alright well, we're not too far from where I work so..." Maybe someone there could help? Phaedra started looking around at the buildings near them to see if anyone was around. Oddly enough they weren't. She supposed that was because they were still in the alley, partly at least.

The man reached out and grabbed hold of her leg, assumingly because that was all he could see what with the one eye, and pulled her closer to him. Phaedra blinked. "It's okay, I didn't leave." After that she did what she could to remove his hand as it made her slightly uncomfortable.

She was really at a loss as far as what to do so when she heard the familiar voice of her other half she lit up. "Bear~!" Phaedra was about to ask for assistance when she saw Bushi move forward in a way that she'd never seen before. It startled her into going wide eyed and stepping away to stare almost dumbfoundedly at him. She supposed that with this behavior being displayed the tale that the man had told her was.. true?

Phae moved quickly so that she was standing over Gorvis and glaring at her other half. "Don't you dare lay another hand on him Bushi." Disappointment showed in her eyes as she looked at him. "How could you? Bushi I sold him my necklace because he said he knew you and that he had lost everything after being mugged." She was purposefully no longer using her favorite name for him. "You didn't have to cut up his eye for that! And now you're angry because what? He's near me? What has gotten into you!?"

Gorvis lay on the ground in immense pain but he still couldn't help but to look at Bushi through his one good eye and grin. The man was just solidifying the story he'd told the Sprite. "Sprite.. Sprite please, he's not the man you think he is. He's ruthless. Get away before he hurts you too." Nothing like milking the situation and making Bushi out to be the bad man.

She didn't believe that Bushi would hurt her so she didn't seem to move. But when Bushi started to argue back with the poor man on the ground she yelled at him again. "Bushi! He's not baiting you! It was just a stupid necklace! Have you lost your mi--" Her long ears twitched and she stopped mid sentence. Had she just heard her lover right?

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" Her eyes closed for a split second before they opened again, this time with a look that could kill.

Gorvis spat at Bushi. "The boy was stealing. Like father like son! Guess we'll see how far up the guild ranks he goes." Moving slowly since he could barely see he got to his feet again and grinned. "We'll see how far the Sprite gets too. Maybe she can surpass you, Bushi. Think she'll make a good thief?" He motioned to Phae's back where he made the guild symbol in his blood. "She knows and I marked her as my initiate. Guild laws mandate she be brought into the fold my friend." Gorvis motioned toward the alley opening where his accomplice stood. "And we've a witness."

The man from earlier picked at the food between his teeth with the dagger he held in his hand. "I see no witnesses boss." His eyes leveled at Gorvis before he tossed up the bag of gold then caught it. With that he gave Bushi a nod and whistled for his boy to come along and leave the three of them be.

Phaedra felt her own anger rising. One, Bushi had ignored her after dropping a bombshell that this man had hurt their son. Two, now apparently her lover was a thief and not denying it. In fact he seemed to be boasting about his position at the moment.

She turned and moved so that she was once again between Bushi and Gorvis, only this time she yanked one of the blades out of Bushi's hand. "Eadenur. If you tell me that you left our son after he was stabbed I will gut you when I'm finished with this worthless sack of ****." Phaedra didn't really give him much time to reply as she was advancing on Gorivs. "You made the wrong choice today. No one touches my children." Even if Bushi had been joking about her being the only one he was scared of he might truly feel that way now. Gorvis would barely be leaving that alley and if/when he did he would no longer have a tongue or most of his fingers. "Come near me or mine again and you will wish for death." After she was finished marring his person she turned to glare at Bushi.

As Bushi offered his shirt to her she tossed his dagger to the side rather angrily and snatched the garment from him. Phaedra wiped her face, neck and shoulders before making her hands somewhat clean. When she was finished she balled it up and threw it violently at Gorvis. "Clean yourself up you're bleeding on the cobblestone."

Moving to pick up her trident from where it lay on the ground she paused long enough to look at Bushi once more. "You had better hope he is safe with Shura." Phaedra sighed and headed for the exit of the alley. She'd just gone through a whirlwind of emotions and right now she was crashing from intense anger going into betrayal. How did one even handle something like this? Well, she knew how to handle betrayal, she'd had it before in her life, but this one felt... worse.

Phae wanted nothing more than to run right to where Dovian was and hug him tight, but she didn't think she could do that if Bushi were there. She would just keep going from anger to betrayal to panicked mother.