The sight that met them when Mei finally returned was that of a towering Draenei dressed in rather dashing armor; additionally featuring two swords that looked oversized; even for their already towering wielder; and suddenly a completely new hairdo that together with the rest made it look as if Mei, in another time, might have been a stage player in a heavy metal band; especially given the sheer headbanging potential alone. The High Elf did not say anything. Instead, he simply gave a slight nod of acknowledgment towards the towering Draenei. [i]"I wonder if I should mention the dangers of transmuting hair. There's a host of potential side effects to it, hence why most people use illusion magic."[/i] Sharon took a moment to simply throw a gauging look towards the Draenei supposedly called Zazi; trying to assess the big, blue and slight-tentacly faced Mage's skill, though it was difficult to say. Alternatively, he briefly considered simply warning Mei of some of the countless possible side effects from hair transmutation magic, be it odd-color changes, irradiation, arcane spitfire, or the possibility of her hair suddenly becoming an extra, ravenous limb being some of the lighter ones. However, Sharon would eventually decide against it, knowing he did not want to have one of their most competent warrioresses stuck worrying about her hair during a battle with Malizia. Especially when Liaena's life was on the line; the thought of her smashed or eaten during Malizia's rampage; and the High Elf severely doubted that Liaena would ever be able to forgive him if he let her Cathedral get smashed up by a giant demoness. Exactly which one of those she'd be the most angry at him about though was debatable however. "A battle of life and death against an overpowering demonic foe is never an excuse not to look stylish." Sharon spoke out with a wry, handsome smile on his face; flowing his fingers through his own illustrious, long and almost shimmering High Elven blond hair. "I'll give you two a moment and get a Portal Rune, we still need to buy one." He quickly added, deciding to do a flashy disappearance by suddenly blinking away in a sudden arcane puff of smoke; immediately reappearing 40ft ahead as he walked out of the bank. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Are these reports correct? There is a giant demon currently rampaging through the city?" Sherpa's normally nearly colorless grey eyes and pale, ghostly features looked noticeably flustered through the magical crystal ball as he looked up at the robed and richly adorned gipsy figure looming over it. She stood on the top floor of an open roofed small courtyard atop a three story tall building. In the distant background across the rooftops around, Malizia could be seen moving about, smashing cities and buildings with ridiculously easy. "Yes. And the demon looks surprisingly similar to Captain Malizia, if I may say so." The woman in the heavy robes spoke, eying the orb with deep, amber eyes between her tanned, brown skin. " ... " " ... I believe the two are related." Sherpa's already long brows were furrowing now more than even before conceived as possible by elvenkind, despite their already impressive brows. "That's... ignore her, Kalyssa." "Ignore the giant demon currently razing the city?" She raised a visible eyebrow as a distant heavy crash could be heard. "Correct. Your main goal is to continue to monitor Sharon Dal'dieb's activity. You said he teleported out recently?" The robed diviner apparently named Kalyssa turned to look over at a strange set of magical runes carved into a makeshift bar table, with strange, crystal beads lying on top that seemed to move on their own accord, some vanishing and disappearing as mystical runes briefly appeared and shifted out of existence together with them. "Yes. Since the demonic attack, teleportation activity has spiked, but he did not escape my notice." "I know my brother. He is far too self-righteous to simply run away from the city, his 'noble ego' could not allow it. I want you wait for him or his minions to teleport back. Sabotage his teleportation." "That could kill him." There was a moment of silence from the other end of the crystal orb, as Sherpa's pale face grew a wry smirk. "That I do not care about." He said, with the smirk growing into a full blown wicked smile, before he continued. "I will make arrangements to deal with... our Captain. I appreciate her little city wide rampage, as the devastation is most likely going to raise our stocks. Though I wouldn't want her to accidentally step on something or someone valuable to us. And besides, she is still one of ours." From the other side, Kalyssa could see past her clothed mask as Sherpa leaned back in his sunchair with a glass of wine in his hand. "If I may... may I inquire about why you did not send Valion or Salithrielle to do this job for you? I never thought of you to outsource any job this sensitive, despite our past work relation." "Valion and Sathrielle are both... preoccupied. Consider this my boon to you." Sherpa would respond after a pause, before giving her an nod. "I leave the details to you. Out." And with that, Sherpa's face disappeared from the crystal ball. Kalyssa's eyes lingered on it for a moment, before she turned to look over at her runic map of Stormwind and the surrounding land; but not without throwing a quick, worried glance off towards the rampaging Malizia out of fear she might be over her current building any moment now. Focusing, she would place her hands down onto the runic map, sensing her connection with the extra planar magical ley lines that surrounded the city. She felt a host of signals coursing through her thoughts, distant echoes of mages going in and out of the city; but mostly out, probably 'encouraged' by the giant mess currently going about. However, she mentally visualized the elf Sharon and his known associates, focusing her spell towards them, ignoring the others. As soon as he or his friends would attempt to return by portal or teleportation, her spell was ready to warp said transportation mid transition, for all the worst effects. "I almost feel sorry for him... " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few minutes later, Sharon had returned to Mei and Vashi, carrying a fresh bag of six portal runes in his hand. Yet the High Elf looked visibly disoriented as he came towards them, leaning slightly more towards the right than the left, as if he was about to fall over at any time during her walk. "This place is a lot more confusing than I would care to admit... I think I might be developing a headache." Sharon commented with not much enthusiasm as he walked up to the two taller women, holding up the bag with his staff hand and rubbing his forehead with his other. "It might be a habit thing, but I am ready to return to Stormwind now. Are you ready, or is there anything we still lack?" Sharon inquired, throwing both Vashi and Mei a brief look. The fact that his mansion was in utter ruins did sort of dim his desire to rush back to Stormwind to save the city. Malizia had already wrecked it, burnt it down, then stomped and danced on the ashes of it. He could not discredit the Night Elves and Serphia who had done no small part themselves, but mostly, the honor went to Malizia. [i]"I wonder if I can sue a demon for recompense... "[/i]