[color=C6DEFF][center][h1]Bast Ragoczy[/h1][/center][/color]

Bast was silently watching as the new arrivals quickly began to present themselves. The ever so curious other members of the guild were eager to know more about them. Amongst the new arrivals, one in particular called his attention. Her name was Vanessa Blackbourne. Even though she mentioned Varjo upon first presenting herself, it was obvious to Bast that she was a proper lady. Especially how she greeted Bartholomew. Polite, graceful, dominating perfectly the social etiquette that every noblewoman was expected to know and especially sharp and clever while doing so. Charming and beautiful, but also incredibly dangerous, Bast knew well the type of woman who knew that words could be sharper than any sword. It's safe to assume that he was pleasantly surprised with the thought that the new arrival could be rather similar to him.

In the corner of his eye though, he found the one he was searching for, Eilidh, getting down the stairs to greet Lady Vanessa. Bast couldn't hide his smirk when he saw how perfectly Eilidh greeted Lady Vanessa. Her surprised expression indicated that she was expecting something a bit... different... from Eilidh.

[color=C6DEFF]"Lady Vanessa! I'm delighted to meet such a refined noblewoman! Albeit my time right now is limited, I thought I could at least stop to introduce myself properly. It would be rather rude of my part to not do so. I'm Bast. Bast Ragoczy."[/color] Bast said, walking towards Vanessa after she stepped away from Eilidh and finished talking with Bartholomew and Harley, making a flourished bow in a refined greeting.

[color=C6DEFF]"Since I came here to introduce myself, I could as well invite you to have a nice tea or maybe drink a good wine and talk for a while on our free time. I somehow feel that we might have somewhat similar ways of seeing the world."[/color] Bast said, tapping his cane as he looked to the woman, carefully analyzing her reactions almost if he was studying her with a mysterious, mischievous smile.

[color=C6DEFF]"Now... If you will excuse me, my companion is already waiting for me outside the guild and I'm afraid that if I do not go to invite a certain centauress to go with us, she might as well run away from me. Once again, pardon me for having to leave like this."[/color] Bast said, with a polite bow and tipping his top hat before walking towards Eilidh.

[color=C6DEFF]"You are especially charming today, my dear Eilidh! I am deeply grateful for letting me have such a wonderful sight this morning!"[/color] Bast said with a mischievous smile, provoking Eilidh due to her clothes.

[color=C6DEFF]"I'm deeply sorry to have distanced myself from you these last days... I had some personal matters to attend to and after I returned, I'm afraid that I couldn't protect you or be of much use when the intruders came..."[/color] Bast said, looking to Eilidh.

[color=C6DEFF]"Would you accept accompanying me to this request? I would greatly appreciate your company."[/color] Bast said, extending his hand towards her with a warm smile.

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[color=8dc73f][center][h1]Freyr[/h1][/center][/color]

Freyr smiled when he heard Haley saying she would leave on a request. He was glad to see that she was ok, especially after what happened yesterday. It didn't matter how much he thought about that but he could never see the cheerful Haley fighting against anyone.

[color=8dc73f]"I'm glad to see that nothing serious happened with you yesterday."[/color] Freyr replied with a smile.

[color=8dc73f]"I... It's better to me to let you go then. I don't want to take much of your time."[/color] Freyr said, with a small bow before walking away. He was still rather uncomfortable near Haley and he didn't know how to react to her words or how to face her. 

The feelings he had for her, although they were slowly fading, he still didn't know how to face her. On his mind, it was foolish and immature of him to let his feelings take control of him like that. He became simply infatuated with the siren, not even realizing that it could be just because she was a siren and those feelings were probably not even true feelings, just his reaction to her charm as a siren.

As he walked away, Freyr couldn't help but to keep an eye on Lady Vanessa. Even though she was quite polite and had a rather pleasant smile when replying to him and seemed to be a kind and polite woman, he couldn't overlook the fact that she came from Varjo, and Freyr knew very well how people from Varjo were... To Freyr, it was worth keeping an eye on her. He knew it was too soon to say anything about Lady Vanessa, but being cautious was always good. But the second Bart replied to Haley's words after Vanessa said she was from Varjo, Freyr couldn't help but to feel a bit guilty for being so wary just because she was from Varjo. Before going for his mission, he should at least apologize to her. Freyr was sure that she had noticed how... cold his eyes were when he looked at her.

[color=8dc73f]"I-I'm sorry for your family, Lady Vanessa."[/color] Bast said, looking to the phantom.

[color=8dc73f]"I do admire your strength though... It takes a lot of courage and strength to keep going forward after losing everything... I, more than anyone else, know this feeling."[/color] Freyr said, with a comforting smile. He wasn't that good in expressing his own thoughts and feelings but he hoped that he didn't leave a bad impression on Lady Vanessa, especially after looking at her with penetrating eyes when he knew she was from Varjo.

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