[hr][center][color=808B96][color=00AEFF][h2][b]Akaeyla[/b][/h2][/color]Southeastern Mir [b]-[/b] Sculpture Copse, The Fall[/color][/center]
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Having given her answers to the questions she'd been asked, Akaeyla had watched the reactions of each individual with interest. Whilst her longest- and most varied- answer had been to Yonath, his reaction to it was about what she might have expected, though deeper-running than simply that. There were times Akaeyla especially wished she didn't see quite so much of the truth as shedid, times like now, when she'd had to give Yonath the bad news he'd partially known, partially suspected, confirming it as true. Perhaps she could have lied to him, but he would have been all the less happy when he realised the truth. There was another reason she hadn't resorted to that though, one much simpler than anything Yonath might say or do: Seeing the truths to people meant seeing and knowing the truth of her own nature too, and if she'd lied to Yonath, she'd have to have been prepared for what she would see next time she looked in a mirror.

Nikki, for her part, seemed decidedly displeased with the use of her full name, remarking pointedly that she preferred the contraction of it. She brightened up however, at the prospect of encountering an armed pirate. Then, as she headed after Yonath and began a hushed conversation between herself, him and Xell, the Lotori girl took it upon herself to thump Max in the shoulder, informing him bluntly that that she held him responsible for... about everything. Focusing a little upon the girl, Akaeyla smiled a small smile to herself at the truth she saw behind the words and actions. Some things required far less than her strange sight to see; at least if you weren't the one affected by those very things! Max however, did not take well to the tidings she'd brought him, taking it upon himself to slip away into the night as the sudden distraction caused by Xell took up everyone's attention. Without turning her head, Akaeyla looked towards Xell, regretting it almost the moment she did so.

The Draconi looked haggard and ill, as though something was eating away the very substance of his being, his eyes now red instead of blue. What concerned Akaeyla however, wasn't that but rather what she saw at a more than natural level. His aura, at this moment, was drastically different from before. Before there had been an undertone, a suggestion of murky, desolate colours within the aura, but now those colours dominated the aura, seeming to seep into his skin and leech away his very being. The Draconi was under the influence of something far more powerful than simply drugs, something not altogether natural. Unfortunately, as Akaeyla was only too aware thanks to her form of vision, the supernatural was only too real, and Xell bore the hallmarks of being seriously afflicted by it. When Yonath stepped forwards and offered the Draconi a dose of some medication he had on his person, it seemed to be a relief for everyone, Xell most especially... a relief that was short-lived as the Lotori girl, recovering from the fear elicited by Xell's red eyes, noticed that both Max and Nikki had moved out of sight and uttered some particularly vehement words under her breath. The reaction was partly anger, partly frustration, partly concern: She knew that she couldn't hike all over The Fall looking for those that had vanished and was concerned for them.. in Nikki's case, she wasn't far away, but Akaeyla was aware that the girl couldn't see that. She was frustrated that the two would just go off like that, and particularly angry and concerned that Max had chosen to go off alone, putting himself in particular danger to keep danger from catching up to the rest of the party. Despite all that, the girl's take-charge instincts.. or maybe just natural stubbornness, Akaeyla judged it a fifty-fifty split between the two... had her getting ready to continue on and get everyone else to safety. At which point, the Lotori seemed to remember that Akaeyla was still there.

Watching with her customary impassive expression, Akaeyla had to stifle the urge to laugh or crack a joke, despite her ordinarily reclusive nature when the Lotori began addressing her with the words, "hey, have you seen-". Watching the young woman facepalm, Akaeyla managed to limit herself to an amused smile in response to this, having to redouble her efforts not to laugh as the Lotori's cheeks burned with a blush that might have added to how pretty she was, were it not for the snarl she used to recover from it.

"Look, never mind," the girl said through her snarl, breaking the awkward pause that followed her question. "I'm taking these guys with me to my uncle's cabin. I really don't know why you showed up and said the things you've said, but I don't care. You should come with us, this is no place to be at this time of night."

"And if I guess right, you already know my name," the young woman blurted as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. "But what's yours?"

deciding the girl had enough on her plate already, Akaeyla did a commendable job of keeping any hint of laughter from her voice as she answered the question. "You guess correctly, Taffy Tanner," she remarked calmly, "as to why I said the things I said, I simply had some news to give to Max, and I answered the questions presented me as they were given. I expect, of all of us, I'm probably the one least endangered by the perils of The Fall presently, but I won't argue the point. As much as I'm a hermit, and would happily head back into The Fall alone, I don't ignore a generous offer made under trying circumstances. As to my name.." Akaeyal paused momentarily to give Taffy a polite bow of her head before continuing, "Akaeyla Wildgrove is my name and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance".