Akane began to serve food for both herself and Cora, very familiar with the mermaid's tastes by now, she made sure to put plenty of bacon and sausage on it, knowing it was one of her favorites.


Lucien and Aurel's reactions mimicked Illy's at Geralt's compliment toward Ivory, except it was coffee that Lucien almost choked on. Now that was something he hadn't expected. Did nothing discourage this man? Never had he seen Ivory interact with men who had any sort of... flirtatious intentions for more than a handful of seconds. She always shut them down harshly and without mercy, and they were always quickly discouraged. She wasn't the most approachable of people. Even the carnies maintained their contact as short as possible, even when she told them what to do on his behalf. 

Aurel glanced at Geralt and then to Ivory almost a little nervously.

Ivory's lips immediately flattened at his words, eyebrows furrowing briefly. She held her tongue for a moment, about to snap back with a snide remark, but restrained herself. That would only give the man satisfaction, considering she [i]knew[/i] he said it with intentions to annoy her. Instead, she allowed a smirk to flow back into her expression. 

[color=darkgray]"Oh I'm sure you'll get to see [i]plenty[/i] of it. Every time we part ways."[/color] She retorted, before proceeding to have a taste of that coffee. Lucien wasn't wrong, it actually tasted pretty good, but she wasn't about to compliment it to Geralt of all people.