[b][center]Annabeth Gulch[/b][/center] The way Cynn stuttered when speaking was a bit cute. It made her look very shy. Admittedly, Annabeth was somewhat fearful of some of Cynn's inventions. She tends to be when faced with the unknown, and given that just about everyone at the college dabbles in things with combat application, how was she suppose to know the "Shower" poured water instead of say, fire? Still, perhaps now Cynn could show Annabeth what they were so she wouldn't have to be so scared. When asked if Annabeth did anything else aside from working at Underhaven, she thought about her usual hobbies. [b]"Well... Obviously aside from my classes, I suppose I do tend to be in the company of some of my other friends. One of my fellow Psychomancy students, Ssarak, he's teaching me how to use a battle axe. Sometimes I also accompany the hunting class out on their trips just to keep my archery sharp. Aside from that, I don't really do much else. I write letters to my family back at Eania sometimes, or just browse the library. I guess you could say I do have a lot of free time."[/b] She works at Underhaven for five days strait and takes two days off, meets up with Ssarak early in the morning every few days, and she only goes hunting once every few weeks. Aside from projects in Psychomancy that might take up time, she had a lot of time to do just about whatever. Perhaps Cynn had some idea what to do with her free time... [b][center]Lucilia Riovas[/b][/center] When Val arrived, Lucilia was quick to give her a run down of what might have happened, though she also put a few lies and half-truths peppered about. [b]"Grey came to my office after he broke his arm. I put him onto the table to operate on him and see how bad the damage was. When I opened him up, he had shattered the bones in his arm. I worked on it as I usually would, but I noticed that he had runes engraved into his bones. I tried to work with them so that they would have settled in correctly, but... I'm afraid that I had faced an obstacle I wasn't trained for."[/b] Technically true, but she worded it in a way that made her look like she was just trying to help and not just to slate her curiosity. She'd have to make it up to Grey somehow. Once Val was finished, Lidda came in shortly after. She asked what she needed to do and Lucilia filled her in. [b]"Once Val is finished setting Grey's runes, I'd need you to help make sure Grey is stabilize and restore his arm back to it's usual function. Right now he's... He's suffering from something much more different than what most would, likely due to the runes in his body... Where did he get those I wonder..."[/b] Lucilia's curiosity was getting the better of her again as Val was near in completion. Hopefully there wouldn't be anymore complication as Lucilia prepared various medicines and salves to treat Grey's wounds and symptoms. [b][center][i]A Stranger Appears!?[/i][/b][/center] It was already noonish when there was a loud banging on the door of a large wagon. "Oi! Are you still asleep Norsch!?" Inside the wagon rested a fairly small woman. She had long white hair, like snow. She drowsily got up from her bed, mumbling only loud enough to let the noisy person know that she was awake. "How are we suppose to represent if you aren't there! Come on!" Norsch, or Norschtalen being her full name, got dressed and opened the door. "Yes yes, sorry about that. I had spent most of the night trying to make contact with him..." When the door opened the [url=http://i.imgur.com/8sJAgKB.jpg]girl[/url] was dressed with a large, flowing black cloak, with a white blouse underneath. Her eyes were a sharp red and her teeth were pointed; she was a vampire. Norschtalen came with a caravan of fifteen to represent a group in Djkarel known as the Helion Coven, a organization of Vampires. They wished to have the college's support in their endevours, however their first meeting with the College's representative for vampires, Lucilia Riovas, went badly. So now they wanted to try to appeal to the Headmaster himself, hoping that he would superceed her decision. Now they just needed to find Khan. Norschtalen was the representive of her organization. Or at least, this current group; she wasn't the leader of the Helion Coven, more like an ambassador. She needed to find Khan and try to talk to him about their Coven, see if he would support them. She had an entire speech written out and everything, but Norsch did not even know where to begin to find Khan, who no doubt is busy dealing with everyone else. Norsch seperated from her group to find the headmaster, but was making little to no progress. Perhaps she could ask one of the students... The first one that cause Norsch's eyes was some sort of fox creature. She was told that the college has a large variety of students, no doubt this one was one of them. "Excuse me, Excuse me! I want you to take me to Khan, the headmaster, if you would please." "Huh?" The [url=http://oi58.tinypic.com/2vl5qbk.jpg]fox man[/url] had muttered after the girl's call, an eyebrow raised and a smirk present on his face, "Khan, the Headmaster?" He asked, then nodded. Quickly he had found a student in the vicinity whom he had spoken to, and who had, after a short introduction, given him some directions before having to leave to attend to his business. The fox man then returned to the girl and relayed the information to her, "Apparently Khan was last seen talking to the Eania and Djarkel representatives inside the Castle-" He began, then slowly stroked his own jaw and continued, "I can help you, but first, I gotta know your name. Mine's Lian." He said with a subtle smile, stretching his hand towards her. The fox man left Norschtalen to go speak to another student, who came back with news. The headmaster Khan was last seen speaking to the two dignitaries from the new waring nations, no surprise there. She would need to bide her time to speak to him than, knowing that if she spoke about her organization with those two present, it would end badly for her. Still, knowing where Khan was would be a good thing. The fox man refused to tell her specifics, however, unless she gave him her name. The fox man was called Lian who than extended his hand towards Norschtalen The vampire smirked, leaned in, and grasped Lian's hand. She kissed it lightly on the knuckle of his middle finger, as she would often do to others back in the coven. She also knew that this gesture might have been seen as odd to those outside of her coven, hence why she did it. "You may call me Norschtalen. Madam Norschtalen, of the Helion Coven. Now than, my dear Lian, perhaps you would be so kind as to guide me to Khan?" "Oh... Wow," Lian said when Norschtalen kissed his finger, both eyebrows raised in an amount of surprise that he rapidly forced down, "thanks, Madame Norschtalen of the Helion Coven." He appreciated the kiss, and the fact that it came from a red-eyed, white-haired woman made it better. You didn't see these colours in people down south! Having received such a gesture only meant one thing to him, though--And that was that he had to return it. When Norschtalen had finished speaking her request, he gently took a hold of her hand and kissed her wrist, his eyes not ceasing the contact with hers as he did so. "Trust me, I would guide you to Khan if I could, especially after that kiss, but... I barely arrived fifteen minutes ago," He explained, "so I don't quite know how Khan looks like, or where he is, exactly." "The other student I asked only told me what I've already told you, and he also mentioned the three of them being somewhere in the main College building-" He pointed right down the path in the middle of the courtyard, up to a large castle, "which seems to be that one." Norschtalen smirked as the fox returned her gesture with one of his own. Lian than explained that he was, in fact, quite new to the college, and had no idea what Khan even looked like. He only knew the general area where Khan would be, which was at one of the larger buildings in the college. Norschtalen's facial expression darkened a bit, knowing that it would be very bothersome to have to hunt him down. But she did have the sly fox with him. In a deft movement while Lian still had Norsch's hand, she laced her fingers across his own and pulled his body into hers. She wrapped her free arm around his waist, pressing their bodies together. "Well than, that would mean that I would still need your help, no? What say you, my dear Lian? Care to accompany me in finding the headmaster?" Their bodies was close to each other, their chest pressing against one another. Norschtalen's face hovered just a few inches above Lian's own, enough that his whiskers would tickle her lips. Her breath smelled faintly of a desert rose, but also of dried blood. "I will [i]gladly[/i] accompany you..." Lian's tail slowly swished behind him, whiskers lightly dancing on Norschtalen's visage as he looked into her eyes, his own expression twisted into a mix of mild excitement and lust that grew with each moment that he felt her form so close to his. Until he fully processed the scent and he felt forced to caress the side of her neck with a hand, the thumb lightly pressing against her chin as he took another subtle whiff of her breath... "Dried blood?" He whispered with his tail stiffening somewhat but keeping its motion, eyes curiously studying her face while he found it harder and harder to keep his lips to himself with each passing second. "Yes... I'm quite the [b]Man eater[/b] you see... Maybe one day I'll be seeing you later at night..." Norschtalen leaned in close to whisper this into Lian's ear, before disengaging. She stepped back and had her hands crosse behind her back with a look of innocence. "But that is something for another time... Would you please guide me to where Khan may be?" Norschtalen smiled innocently, but her entire self almost screamed honey trap. But would Lian fall for her charms? Would she have to ensure that he did not stand in her way? A shiver visibly traveled down Lian's spine upon the whisper's ticklish breath reached his ear, fur bristling for a split second. The moment Norschtalen disengaged the embrace, Lian could swear that he felt something break inside of him. And then when she looked at him with such innocence... He could also feel how another thing broke, right inside of his trousers. Probably the pen he used to make marks on maps. Taming his shivering spine, Lian regained his composure and after wiggling his whiskers one single time, he started walking towards the College's main building. "Just follow me and we'll find what you're looking for, Norschtalen."