[color=fdc68a][h1]Laila Durrani[/h1][/color]

[color=fdc68a]"Pay up."[/color] She said to the older man next to her. He reluctantly forked over a handful of coins to her as Asahi declared his victory. [color=c4df9b]"Dammit all, I thought that braying donkey would never pull it off." [/color]

[color=fdc68a]"Ya just don't get it, Lal..."[/color] Laila started in a lecturing fashion. [color=fdc68a]"See, he might be full of it, but he damn well wants it more. That's how I sees it, anyhow. They say pride comes before the fall, but I reckon it takes you places long before that."[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"Yeah yeah..."[/color] Lal replied, sounding less than convinced. [color=c4df9b]"Speaking of pride, this Ascendancy ceremony is about as prideful as it gets. You think one bit of this is legit?"[/color]

[color=fdc68a]"Nuh uh."[/color] Laila shook her head. [color=fdc68a]"If the Libros are involved, it's gotta be bullshit. I bet it's one big stunt to make em feel better about their dumbass ideas."[/color] Laila started making punches and kicks in the air in a theatrical fashion. [color=fdc68a]"We'll beat em all down, just like that. I'll kick their ascender right in the nuts too."[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"It's a woman, Laila. You know she doesn't have balls."[/color]

[color=fdc68a]"Yeah, I know! It's about the symbolicism, Lal."[/color] Laila was deadly serious about making sure they kicked all Librarium members in the nuts, even if they didn't have nuts to be kicked. She had never let go of the one time she did it to that Deacon back in Sangin. In fact, she had made a point of kicking multiple Librarium agents in the nuts over the course of her time in the Cloud Chasers. The day that Lal had taken her away from Sangin, the first thing she told anyone she spoke to was that she kicked a Deacon in the nuts. This was her thing.

[color=fdc68a]"Oh snap!"[/color] Laila had noticed something that drew her attention away from busting up the Librarium. [color=fdc68a]"Asahi's hangin' offa Lazulin!"[/color] Both she and Lal knew well what happened when you got too close to Lazulin, and Asahi was real close to him right now. [color=fdc68a]"What's a bet Asahi keels over in a few secs?"[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"Well there's no way I'm taking that bet. Only a fool would bet that Lazulin won't take the chance to mess with a man."[/color] While the bet was off the table, the two of them were poised to watch the unfolding scene, both fully expecting something terrible to come of Asahi. The only question was what exactly that terrible something would be.