[center][color=808000][h2][i]Onyx Briyll[/i][/h2][sup]Bride of [color=9e0b0f]Wilhelm [@Saltwater Thief][/color] and Sister-Bride of [color=82ca9d]Amalia [@Belle][/color] Interacting with: The Family[/sup][/color][/center]Waiting so long for the driver to return was beginning to bug Onyx, but as soon as their party was whole again she let the worries flutter off in the wind. She only saw the brief conversation between the two men from the window of the carriage, but it sure seemed like Wilhelm wasn't happy with what was said. After, he came over to the carriage to check on her and Amalia, to tell them the road was blocked and that they were likely going to be attacked on their new route. [color=9e0b0f]"Keep your eyes and ears open, and should anything appear out of the ordinary or suspicious, you will notify me immediately. Is that clear?"[/color] Onyx nodded as he finished, and began watching out the window more as they started moving again. She couldn't help the stories she'd read with similar scenarios popping into her mind. Bandits blocking the road just to make their heist easier, as if that wasn't a huge red flag to any traveller already. Thus far, the carriage ride was a bit more comfortable than the one to shadow worth, despite the painfully slow pace they now had going through the marsh. Maybe it was because she knew her companion this time? Onyx glanced over at Amalia as her sister called out the window to their husband. She looked nervous- and while Onyx had no doubt that she looked the same, she still she felt she had to try and say something to keep Amalia calm. [color=808000]"Don't worry."[/color] She started quietly, forcing a small smile onto her face. [color=808000]"Wilhelm won't let anybody hurt us-"[/color] As soon as she'd said it an arrow came through the window and landed with a thud in the wall beside Amalia. bright red blood began dripping down Amalia's neck from a cut on her ear, and the both of them screamed as they realized what was happening. seconds later, Onyx heard what she could vaguely recognise as fighting outside the carriage. Glancing out the window she could see flashes of steel, and the familiar smell of blood in the air made her heart race. just as suddenly as the arrow had struck, someone reached in to grab at her and Amalia, successfully dragging her sister from the carriage. Onyx jumped out after her without hesitating, excitement and adrenaline overpowering her logic and reason. This was a fight! A real, bloody, to-the-death fight. She watched Amalia kick and scratch at her would-be kidnapper, before she decided she should probably try and help. She knelt down, reaching towards the Drakkan's feet as a prayer ran through her mind and the weeds of the swamp began to move slowly, tangling themselves around their attacker's ankles. Amalia kicked him in the shoulder from her perch back up in the carriage again, and he went down, unable to move with his tied feet. Onyx scrambled back up and watched the man bleed out, very obviously enjoying the sight with a half-crazed grin on her face. It took her a minute to realize when the sounds of fighting from the others had stopped, but as soon as she did she snapped back to normal. She looked over at Amalia and then at Wilhelm, wondering what to do first. [color=808000]"Amalia, are you okay?"[/color] [hr][center][color=ff66bb][h2][i]Nadia Parnel[/i][/h2][sup]Bride of [color=ffffff]Keregar [@Legion02][/color] and Sister-Bride of [color=B0C4DE]Xaelia [@Ellion][/color] Interacting with: The Family[/sup][/color][/center]Shortly after Varzar stormed out, Kieran appeared, and the words Nadia had [i]just[/i] said ran through her mind once again. Being alone with Kieran- for any amount of time- certainly was worse and much more terrifying than a slap to the face. She flinched as he closed the door behind him, wondering what she could possibly do to save herself or Xaelia. As he grabbed Xae and threatened her however, only one thing came to mind. [color=ff66bb][i]I'm so sorry Xae...[/i][/color] As soon as Kieran had begun cutting Xaelia's clotes off of her again, Nadia acted. [color=ff66bb]"Excuse me. I've lost my appetite."[/color] She said quietly, skirting out the door as quickly as she could before Kieran could try to stop her. She ran down the halls until she found her way back to the room she and Xaelia had stayed the night in, locking herself in for good measure in case the second-youngest had attempted to follow her instead of... [color=ff66bb][i]I'll apologize to Xaelia later.[/i][/color] She made up her mind as she quickly changed out of her pajamas and put on a nice but simple dress with a pair of trousers on underneath. As she left the room to go to the courtyard again, she considered the threat Kieran had given. Surely, Keregar wouldn't let him get away with killing Xaelia if Nadia did tell him what happened, right? But then, would she even be able to tell Keregar? - - - - - At the market, Nadia struggled to keep her head up. So, instead of looking at the ground, she watched the sky, or focused on the tip of her horse's ears. As they walked through the markets she made a game of it, if only so she wouldn't have to focus on all the Drakken surrounding her and all the horrible feelings she had every time she caught Xaelia's eye. Eventually the group stopped their parade, and someone helped Nadia down off her horse, placing her roughly on the ground. She muttered a quiet 'Thank you' to the guard before Karegar called her and Xaelia over to him, along with Varzar. The warlord handed Varzar a pouch, and then told her and Xaelia to call out if they wanted Keregar to buy something for them. They walked together for a full minute before Nadia realized she couldn't avoid Xae anymore- not while walking side-by-side with her anyways. Glancing around at the stalls and their items on display, she decided to say the first thing that came to mind. [color=ff66bb]"This place actually reminds me a lot of the markets I would go to with my father when I was little."[/color] She paused a moment before continuing, watching both Xaelia and Varzar's reactions. [color=ff66bb]"It's not as colorful as those, but there's certainly more color here than I've seen of Drakka so far. I wonder just how many of these items are from other countries I've never even heard of before?"[/color] She smiled at the thought. [color=ff66bb]"The markets back home only ever traded in things from other parts of Gemmenia."[/color] [hider=Summary] TL;DR: [color=ff66bb] [b] Nadia: [/b] [/color] Skips breakfast due to shock and then (after changing clothes) gets her butt to the market with the fam before anything else bad can happen. She feels guilty about abandoning Xaelia to Keiran and tries to cover it up by first avoiding her and then trying to talk to her about home. [color=808000] [b] Onyx: [/b] [/color] thinks about the trip so far and tries to keep an eye out for both Amalia and their ambushers, but ends up missing the ambush because she was worried about Amaila. She trips up one attacker to try and help Amalia fight him off before Wilhelm comes over and kills him. Onyx's Sadistic side starts showing through. [/hider]