As she listened to Meesei, Ariel understood how she felt. She wondered whether a staged death would have been a departure on better terms from the coven. It was too late to really consider that at this stage, however. Additionally, one last glance at the ring gave Ariel some insight with Meesei. There had always been an undertone of desire for power with Daedra worship of any kind, but that she picked being with her pack over being by Hircine's side was testament to her integrity and compassion. Ariel was glad that she was that kind of person.

In her thoughts, Ariel was distracted for long enough to lose Meesei in her peripheral vision. Turning around, she saw her a few metres back looking lost. Ariel smiled and walked back to collect her. "It's this way Meesei, I think we're close." She almost laughed, for all of Meesei's knowledge of the wilds, the city really seemed to disorient her. She led Meesei to a corner of a main street and a side street and peered down to try and see which door belonged to the shop. She scanned from right to left. "Ah, this one." The number on the door closest to her on the left matched up. It didn't look like much on the surface. An old stone Imperial building. Rather small, but functional. Above the door hung a wooden hinged sign that had all but a few flecks of old dry paint remaining. It was two-story, which might make it difficult to keep fumes out of her living spaces, but she supposed the tradeoff would be a protection from flooding if that occurred. Against the facade of the adjacent buildings, it wasn't much to look at, but she at least had a location [i]close[/i] to the main street, which was wonderful, and a big window to display wares. Ariel carried a wide smile as she stepped up to unlock the neglected building. The door could use a paint as well.

Inside, it was dark, as was to be expected. Ariel cast a magelight onto the ceiling and illuminated the room in a soft, blue-white light. Opening the curtains let in a balance of sunlight. At first, the main shop space seemed bigger than she expected. It was floorboarded, with a wood on stone counter off to one side. Behind the counter was a door that she guessed led to a storage or work room. It was unfurnished though, and Ariel doubted she would have any trouble filling it. It was enough for her though. A tad smaller than Vos, but enough. She walked around the dusty counter, running one hand over it. "This will work," she said.

Without any more words, but still with a wide smile, Ariel peeked in the back room, then walked up the staircase. It creaked as if it hadn't born any weight for a while. At the top of the stairs there was a door that lead to another room about the same size as the shop space. It had all of the necessary permanent living implements that were not easily removed from homes, but was otherwise it was unfurnished. Some small windows let in light from one side of the room, and another set were on the other side. Good for airing out the top floor. All in all it was simple, but functional. "I suppose this is where I'll be living from now on," Ariel said, her smile turning into a grin. She turned around and looked at Meesei, her speech began to speed up, "This is all the space I'll need. Oh, this is exciting!" She began downstairs again, "I could put a display cabinet over there, I could use the stove upstairs to brew, or I could set something smaller up in the back room. Oh! I could display some larger products at the windows! And I'll have to think of a design for the sign out the front. My goodness, Meesei, I don't know where to start!" At this point she chuckled to herself and took a breath before she ended up fainting, "I think I'm getting carried away. Perhaps we should head back to the inn and spread the news?"