Sapphire frowned at what she considered to be a poor attempt at a pun on Arnolds part. However her expression quickly changed to a pained one. With one eye closed she took heavy steps, as they trekked all the way back to their hideout. As the rest entered it she considered forgoing her decision to return to the hideout anew. Yet she came to the same conclusion as before. She was in no shape of doing that right now. Rest and recovery was higher up on her list of priorities.

Once inside she could finally sit down and relax. However it seemed the world around her didn’t plan on giving her a break, even if just from a mental view point. As she felt like she was about to shut down mentally and possible doze off for a second, Arnold dropped the news on them. Nawar was now hunting them down. What had they gotten themselves into? Sapphire began suspecting that Arnold could have ties to Nawar despite him stating the opposite. She visibly grimaced as Arnold left. Nonetheless she actually hoped Arnold did have a link to Nawar. Because if he didn’t, the implications were far worse. If what Arnold said was true and he had come across the information by word of mouth, it indicated that Nawar was someone well known . . . and possibly more dangerous than he seemed at first.

[color=7ea7d8][i]Last time we took him off guard. If he manages to take us off guard and he might not be alo-[/i][/color], she though as a droplet of sweat rolled down her face only for her inference to be cut short by Imgors inquire. She stared at him dumbfounded as she refocused and processed what he had said as if having to change her thought pattern to accommodate for such a menial concept like eating.

[color=7ea7d8]“Oh, Uh, I’m . . . not really hungr-“[/color] Sapphire didn’t even finish her sentence as a growling noise originating from her abdomen filling the room. She lowered her head partially hiding a light blush under her hood.

[color=7ea7d8]“I guess I won’t mind a light meal afterall.”[/color] She admitted, sighing in defeat.

Once Imgor left to prepare Alex offered to pay back the damage done to her cloak which she immediately refused.

[color=7ea7d8]“I didn’t really pay anything for it, since it was Joshua who actually payed for.”[/color] After that she pulled her knees up to her chest buried her face between them, disregarding the fact she hadn’t even take off her footwear, which were now resting on the couch. She pondered on the first thing Alex just told her. He hoped she’d stay with them. Sapphire wondered if he really meant it. She recalled her altercation with Nickolaus, and the fact that Arnold revealed he could possibly have ties to Nawar didn’t help with her trust issues. It would probably take some time before her faith in Alex, Imgor and other people she knew was restored. 

But right now, that seemed to be one step closer.

[color=7ea7d8]“I’ll think about it.”[/color] She said quite a while later, not really making it clear that she was talking about her decision to leave.

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Back in Kiruth, two men had made their presence and intentions clear to the group. However the situation was about turn far worse than expected. The two men let their cloak drop, revealing themselves. The left one looked fairly old, possibly in his fifties and was completely bald. He carried one of the most common switch-weapons known. A pistol with a long blade folded underneath the barrel that could flip upwards taking the shape of a sword. However, his armor was anything but normal. It had a metallic silver appearance covered with black lines which were clearly runes. The long haired blonde individual next to him, on the other hand had common and thin leather armor. He also carried a normal sword, yet on closer inspection it revealed to be thicker than a normal sword and was covered with horizontal openings.

Ramone reached for his blades preparing to strike, yet his attention was caught by a thud on the side of the road. Aelar who had just stepped outside of the pub collapsed to the ground for no apparent reason. Drake let a thin grunt as he turned to take in the sight of one of his students on the ground, clearly not expecting that. The two assailants took the opportunity to strike while their opponents were distracted. The one with the unique sword stepped forward first and swung his sword, making the purpose of the openings evident. Ice shards the size of a pencil were launched from the sword which Drake barely managed to dodge. While doing so he also managed to grab three of the shards between the fingers of his left hand, which he immediately threw at the other assailant. He quickly deduced the nature of the runes as the shards impacted the attacker’s armor which in turn caused no damage, instead resulting in flames at the point of impact. The shards melted on contact. Both assailants paused for a moment.

[color=a187be]“Elemental armor.”[/color] Drake said nonchalantly as if he already knew all their secrets.

[color=a187be]“Ramone please check on Aelar and make sure he is safe.”[/color] To which he received a short nod, yet a disappointed look as well since Ramone still wished to launch his surprise attack when the enemy least expected it.

Drake’s attention then switched to Willo who was just leaving the pub aswell after the others. 

[color=a187be]“Willo!”[/color] He said in a louder tone than usual as if expecting her to already know what needed to be done, which wouldn’t have been that hard to deduce.