[center][h3][b]I'onriyi Stonehand[/b][/h3][/center][hr]
His worry assuaged by Violet's response, the penin nodded and dismissed the topic from his mind. However, with that gone he had plenty attention to spare and so noticed when Ixion glanced his way. He made no indication that he had seen the action, though he cataloged it as a silent warning from the assassin. He knew he was in a precarious situation, but it was something that he was familiar with. Neither vampire nor assassin frightened him, in fact, despite the assassin's strange teleportation, he was quite sure that he could take at least one of them--though both at once would be a stretch for his skills as weaving magic and defending himself physically were difficult acts to achieve simultaneously. While he managed it here and there he often had to resort to either runes or elemental magic to achieve such results, amplifying his efforts with short spells and a smidgen of necromancy.

Turning his attention again to Violet as he heard her warn Ixion of the dirge he had acquired, I'on's eyes widened slightly and he took a step towards the man before stopping himself short. He had never laid hands on, nor seen a Stone of the Doom Mage, but he similarly knew that it would be unwise to ask to do so now. Things were already to unstable. [b]"An interesting revelation, I think,"[/b] I'on said as he glanced at the Dirge, then Ixion. He wondered where the conversation was to go from here.

He was beginning to wonder about a great many things really. Again he felt a twinge of anxiety twisting at the edges of his awareness. He breathed to let it out, but it only helped slightly. The more he heard, the more apparent the danger he might be in became.

[i]Troublesome,[/i] he thought.