Eiyuu Kishi Den

"Apparently so." Azala said with a shrug. Not that he had noticed. He didn't care much, actually. A person's relationship is their own business, that was his opinion anyway.

Mia wrote:Fou-Lu walked around the front of the inn, then collapsed against a wall in the alley and just cried. Lucied trotted up, whining in concern and nudged Fou, hoping to offer some comfort.

“Are you well?" The cheerful voice of Seygrim cut in, leaning down a few feet away from Fou, though still away from Lucied. "Why are you crying, did something happen?"

Fou-Lu peered up at the man, then wiped at his eyes. He was ashamed of being found crying by someone, another man none the less. It was the priest he met earlier on the street. "I uh *ahem* It's just something personal," Fou replied. His voice came more strained than he wanted, so he tried to clear his throat to make it come more stronger.

Though Fou-Lu didn't notice anything strange about Seygrim, Lucied did. The wolf snarled and placed himself in front of Fou-Lu protectively. His fur bristled and his teeth were bared, he looked ready to tear Seygrim to shreds at the first wrong move.

"Ahh! So thats it. I take your problem stems from Mia? I saw her in the inn, seemed like she was enjoying herself without your company." Seygrim knew twisting the knife in deeper and clouding his emotions further would accomplish his goals. "Do you want her back?"

"Lucied, back off!" Fou said to the wolf. It wasn't like him to ignore Lucied's warnings, but he was so absorbed by his own problems, it didn't register to him. He pushed the wolf aside. Insulted, Lucied staggered away, but he was still bristling with anger.

Fou turned his attention to Seygrim. His elven ears perked in surprise "Yes....I do. I want to spend my life with Mia."

Seygrim stood back up and lazily leaned on his staff. At least, thats what it looked like. In reality he was creating the contract, not as most demons would, but a contract stone instead. "I MIGHT be able to help you. You see, in my travels I've collected some rare artifacts. One is called the love stone. If the two people truly love each other, and one holds the stone, they will love each other for as long as the holder lives. Interested in it?"

Fou was shocked at this information, and with out thinking, he replied, "Yes!"

Seygrim gave his usual smile, reaching into his clothing he produced a red stone. Now for the tricky part. While the contract was mostly made, he had to have the participant willing to do anything. "I require no fee except this. One day I may ask you of something, and you must willingly give it. Is that acceptable price for Mia's eternal love and devotion?"

A little ashamed of just blurting out an answer, he now considered the consequences. What if Mia didn't truly love him? Would it still work? Well, Seygrim's explanation did seem to suggest that as long as he held the stone, she would love him. Fou looked up at Seygrim again. "Yes, I think it is. I will repay my debt to you when you ask it."

Seygrim held out the stone for Fou to accept, the usual grin on his face. Fou seemed to have no idea what he had just done. Not like Seygrim cared to much. He had no idea when this one would die, but taking an elf to the land of the dead with him would defiantly be a nice bargaining chip. "Then here is your prize."

As Seygrim dropped the stone into Fou's hand, however, a small prick where it landed. Blood went into the stone, and the contract was complete. "Sorry about the edges, I meant to file them down!"

"Ouch," Fou murmured and looked at the prick in the palm of his hand. Oh well, it was just a little scratch. "It's ok, I'll just be careful with it. Umm...thank you, Seygrim."

Seygrim smiled, waving his finger from side to side. "Oh, its no problem really. I like helping people get their hearts desire. It makes my day." "I wonder what is happening, a lot of the elves are not happy about something...I hope it's not going to be like last meeting."

Cassandra and Nipa led the centaurs back into the inn, but to most people surprise, they were no longer centaurs. Cassandra merely looked like a tall dark elf, Dina and Cara as exceptionally tall elves themselves.

Cassandra radiated her usual cool demeanor, though she secretly watching for the reactions of others. She gracefully approached an empty table and pulled out a chair. However, sitting, she didn't do quite as gracefully, since she had never sat in a chair before. The seeress unceremoniously plopped into her seat, trying to keep from toppling over completely as her center of balance shifted. For a moment, her stoic visage was broken with a hint of embarrassment.

Nipa, like Dina and Cara wanted to say something, like if she was alright; however they held their peace as for Cara and Dina they knew the seeress enough to know that to say something would only make things worse. Especially if one of there were to say something. Dina held his peace as in the short time he had known her he learned she got very uncomfortable when something happened like that. So instead of saying anything about how she sat down he instead pulled up a chair and sat down at the same table.

Cara looked to Dina and the two of the shrugged their shoulders and sat down as well, though they sat Rain between them. They had learned quickly that Cara's long two color hair was quite en eye opener to many people. He leaned over to Rain, "I may take you up on that offer to dye my hair all one color," he chuckled lightly.

Ariakan then headed down to the common room and looked around to find Sevrina and possibly Cray. Seeing some of the group there he approached. "Have you seen Sevrina or Cray? I need to speak with them. Do you know who attacked Akaria and what their purpose was?"

Zira and Blaze followed Ariakan downstairs and saw that a number of people were gathered. Zira's eyes scanned the room over. Mia, Fenix, Seri and Azala sat at one table. Jinn, Aiyanna and her brother sat at another. Zira's eyes passed over a table filled with curious occupants. One looked to be a dark elf woman, a Light elven man with brown and white hair, another light elf with dark hair, a elf or possibly half-elf with mismatched eyes and black hair, and the grassrunner Nipa. Suddenly, Zira recalled how the centaurs looked. It seemed as if they had some way to change forms.

Her eyes looked on, noting Sevrina and Blade at a table. A warrior and a priestess of Myrii at another. A couple priestesses of Marfa. Naclia, Terin, Talen, a fair elf, and exotic looking woman. Ariakan's question was met by blank looks from most people and Zira leaned in and whispered to him, "Sevrina is over there. And don't mention Cray being here around all these elves," Zira pointed out Sevrina.