[center][h1][i][color=6ecff6]Carlisle Corvus[/color][/i] & [/h1] [img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjYwLmVlN2E3Ny5VMjl3YUdsaElFUmxkbWx1LjA,/yugoslavia.ffp.png[/img]
[i]Written by [@Arkaotic] and [@Emuxe][/i]

[b][i]Addressing: [/i][/b][@Jeyma][@SanaChan][/center]


Sophia could feel her body fill with dark power as the Fleshspinner had touched her mark. It flooded her very being, like a crashing ocean wave on the stony barrier that seperated the land and sea; she felt the power encase her like a warm blanket, though part of her still felt empty and untouched.

[color=DimGray]"Congratulations,"[/color] the fleshspinner sarcastically chimed in, before proceeding to inform her of her new... [i]Situation[/i] Sophia was now evil? But... She didn't [i]feel[/i] any different; she was still [i]Sophia[/i].

Perhaps the Light Terra was wrong; maybe giving into dark power [i]didn't[/i] make you inherently evil, as they so often said. Alithe and the Revenant were scary bedtime stories for Neutral children, to scare them into behaving; Sophia remembered witnessing parents scolding their children by telling them that Alithe would steal their soul if they didn't.


All of a sudden, her flesh-spinning companion's attention was suddenly ripped away from her; and so did his [i]neck[/i]: Nothing that even [i]resembled[/i] a human should physically be [i]able[/i] to do such a thing - his movement reminded Sophia of an owl. A very [b]disgusting[/b] owl. 

The creature spoke of a spy, but as Sophia turned to try and the source of her companion's concern, nothing was there. The young woman could only furrow her brow, starting to question the man's sanity; though she supposed that her senses weren't as developed as her companion's.

[color=6ecff6][i]Oh sure Corvus, it's not like you're after a blasted Fleshspinner, it's not like they wouldn't have bloody heard you, idiot[/i][/color]. The self berrating thoughts came in reaction to the Fleshspinner having called out, obviously having heard his slight movements due to whatever ungodly organ he'd managed to grow over his life. It really should have been more obvious for Crow to take more precautions against being noticed but as seemed to be the growing trends, it really had been quite a long day. Plus, he'd still yet to actually be noticed.. The problem was what to do now, with Sophia's mark feeding like crazy she had just taken that extra step towards the irreparable. 

[color=DimGray]"[i][b]Speak now![/b][/i]"[/color] 

Sophia's companion suddenly [i]screamed[/i] behind her, causing her to feel like that she had nearly jumped out of her own skin from the electric-feeling shock. Even Crow had to wince at the scream from Shertul for the spy, that being him, to say something. He already had a blasted headache and this whole mess was just... not helping in the slightest. 

The woman turned to berate the man for scaring the living daylights out of her, though he'd again cut her off;

[color=DimGray]"Marked of Alithe, some coward has stalked us. This is your last opportunity to return to Wellborough. Take my hand now, or take your chances that the Nephilim will ever have mercy."[/color]

The flesh spinner's clawed hand was outstretched toward her, and Sophia had to hesitate. She momentarily turned her head back toward from where they had come from, curious if she actually [i]should[/i] return - her life would remain a lot simpler than the path she was [i]going[/i] to take...
 [color=firebrick]"Yeah right,"[/color] another voice scoffed. Sophia jumped away from the Fleshspinner, much like a startled feline. [color=firebrick]"Mercy has never been anywhere near Nephilim in any description of them ever, so whatever you did, you should go with him,"[/color] 
 
 For the fourth time this day, and counting, Crow opened his mouth to return a remark about a coward having followed them before what appeared to be some sort Fire Elemental just decided to waltz on into the situation.
 
[i][color=F08080]It's strange to see a fire elemental [b]outside[/b] of Volkungthad[/color][/i], Sophia had to mentally note; she remembered when she had once visited the dwarven city; at the time, her naive mind thought that the dwarves and elementals worked in unison. Though, what else could she assume? Neither race actually [i]left[/i] Volkungthad, and not many could stand the firey conditions of the underground city; it was no wonder that no-one ever heard the truth.

What was it about today in which things continuously got more complicated than could ever have been considered necessary. At this point Carlisle had to take a breath to remind himself he was here for an as yet innocent child.  Yet another bloody neutral with some issue with the Nephilim was something he would just have to deal with.

[color=firebrick]"Where ya going? Can I go too?"[/color] the elemental's question pulled Sophia from her dissappointed thoughts. The woman didn't even know who they were or what they were doing, but she wanted to join in? [i]Strange[/i] woman...

A quiet "[color=F08080]uhh...[/color]" escaped her lips as she turned her confused face toward her flesh spinning companion. She didn't say anything, but she'd silently passed the baton of a question toward the strange looking man.

[color=6ecff6][i]Enough[/i][/color]. Carlisle dropped from his perch among the branches to land before them. [color=6ecff6]"Please don't run, I've-"[/color], the pause was punctuated by a finger held up in a quietening manner as he managed to fish a flask from somewhere within his clothes. He held the finger up a moment longer as he took a slow swig from flask, savouring what should be a top end scotch back at the tavern before dropping the gesture. [color=6ecff6]"-had a really long day and I'd prefer not to do any more chasing."[/color]. After swishing the flask to judge it to be about half full, he tossed it to the fleshspinner, [color=6ecff6]"You, my abomniable friend, really need to eat"[/color]. Silver flecked eyes cast about each of the members of this rag tag get together, a sigh slipping past his lips. [color=6ecff6]"Now, after your story I actually had to consider you as an unforunate byproduct of a disturbed upbringing and then, low and behold, after having to come for an innocent child, I find you feeding a mark that is not just within the realm of disturbed, but utter madness. Not to mention being more than willing to bring her, the aforementioned innocent [i]child[/i], to within the waste's of Alithe herself.[/color] Crow threw up his hands with an exhasperated huff as he turned to the fire elemental having blundered into the scene. [color=6ecff6]"Annnnd lets not forget being in the process of picking up yet another tag along, which, I really [i]really[/i] suggest you retract miss. So can someone [i][b]please[/b][/i] explain to me how to rationally resolve any of this without blood"[/color], his eyebrow raised in question as to if any of them could possibly have any rational thought processes in their minds and waited. A fight might injure the child and even with her dark mark now awakening, he had been sent to bring her back, she was his responsibility and anything he could do to minimise risk to his charge would have to be done.