[color=8882be][h3][center]~Arletta Dupain~[/center][/h3][/color]

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[color=8882be]"L-Liliana?"[/color] The Dullahan stuttered out, a look of surprise forming on her features.

It seemed she had chosen her words about something rather indelicately. Liliana was definitely more than a little upset by something from the way she simply ran off after agreeing to take the job. It surprised the Dullahan - she had thought they were getting along rather well, weren't they? She frowned as she watched the Lich's retreating form. Liliana had left far to quickly for her to do or say anything to try and calm the apparently annoyed Lich down.

She frowned. Well, that wouldn't do at all. As arrogant and bitchy as Liliana was - the Dullahan did like the other undead. Aside from that, they were partners. Comrades. Allies...and despite the earlier altercation with the rest of the guild, the Knightess couldn't help but to feel at least some kinship with her. She had never actually met another undead before. Not a once. She had read about them in libraries occasionally shortly after becoming a Dullahan when she was researching what exactly had happened to her, but never met one before.

[color=8882be]"W-wait, Gor!"[/color] Again, her companions were running off without actually thinking about things, and while Gor didn't seem to be in any particular hurry the Dullahan simply held a hand to her forehead, resisting the urge to face-palm as that would likely result in her head flying off. Once again, the Shoggoth's heart was in the right place but she needed to think these things through more. Liliana obviously needed time to cool down a bit more, and if her attitude was anything to go buy she wasn't entirely fond of anything living and the Shoggoth just showing up out of nowhere wasn't going to help.

Well, she might as well get to walking then. With an annoyed sounding sigh, the Dullahan glanced over to the Salamander and Marx. The Salamander had given her an invitation earlier about fighting, but she couldn't immediately respond since she had been caught up with Gor and Liliana. While Salamanders were worthy foes to train with, the Dullahan would have to respectfully decline. Sharpening your skill with a blade was only one part of being a knight after all - you had to also be able to deal with people in a respectful manner as well. Sometimes that meant trying to understand someone better. With a small shake of her head, she pulled the information for the quest off the board along with making sure any other details were hammered out with Neil before walking over to Marx and Syzi.

[color=8882be]"I thank you for the invitation, Syzi."[/color] She said with a respectful nod of her head towards Marx. [color=8882be]"Perhaps after we return from our respective quests, we can have a friendly duel. I have fought Salamanders before and they have always proved to be fun tests of skill, even when I was human. For the moment however, I have..."[/color] She turned her head in the direction the Lich ran off in. [color=8882be]"...a Friend to check up on."[/color] With that, the knight walked off in the direction of Gor and Liliana - likely well behind the two by now but she wasn't in the hurry. An undead had all the time in the world, after all.

Despite initially hating this some years ago...being undead had been a good thing for her in a number of ways, really.

The trek towards the port was as uneventful as she had hoped. Following after the two of them wasn't too difficult. Now, actually finding them alongside the road was a bit more...difficult. She spent more than a few minutes making sure the Lich didn't just double back for whatever reason. It wasn't too farfetched that she might do that to make herself more difficult to find. After deciding she hadn't, she continued back down the road.

It wasn't until she was somewhere halfway between the guild and the port did she finally managed to find the Lich. How did she spot the lich? Well, the Lich was sitting down next to the road with a snow cloud over her head...with snow flakes falling.

[color=8882be]"...Adorable."[/color] The Dullahan had to cover her hand with a mouth to stop herself from laughing quietly. She cleared her throat approaching Gor and the Lich quietly.

[color=8882be]"Gor,"[/color] She placed a friendly hand on the Shoggoth's shoulder and spoke quietly enough that her words likely wouldn't be heard by the Lich. [color=8882be]"I know I've already asked you once to pardon my intrusion while I talk with Liliana, but I am afraid I must ask you again."[/color] She gave the the Shoggoth a smile. [color=8882be]"You have the best of intentions I am sure, but I think Liliana may feel more comfortable talking to a fellow undead."[/color] Now, whether or not the Shoggoth agreed to those terms didn't matter. If Arletta had to, she'd toss the silly slime across the road.

For now though...

[color=8882be]"Liliana..."[/color] She spoke quietly, walking to the other side of the Lich. [color=8882be]"I...chose my words poorly earlier, and I would like to apologize for it."[/color] While walking over here, she was fairly sure she had pinpointed what the Lich was upset about. It had to be the bit about having her work on her people skills. In hindsight, that had been a stupid thing to say to the other Undead after her introductions and the way she had generally behaved. [color=8882be]"Honestly, I would loathe to have another undead angry with me for whatever reason. If it is possible, I would prefer that we could get along...perhaps if not as acquaintances, just as co-workers."[/color]