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[color=gold]Time:[/color] Evening
[color=gold]Location:[/color] Roshmi City
[color=gold]Interactions:[/color] Elsea [@Tae], Cora [@Potter], Ayita [@13org]
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Those around him all told Cade that it was time to flee, even though there were still a small handful of people still inside, and Sakura still battled with Ahzmorath. The thought of leaving Sakura behind while she battled the demon did not sit well with him. He knew there was nothing he could do to help her, but she was his friend and she was in danger. Although a part of him knew that a war would mean losses, that it would mean actions that did not always seem honorable and right, Cade had never had to leave an alley behind while they still fought. He also knew that the coming war mattered more than his life or sense of honor, and that humans were their best chance at winning. Ayita was right, they could not let Sakura’s heroic actions go to waste. He had to make sure these human’s stayed safe and got to the port town to continue the fight. As some sort of portal emerged from the demon’s chest and began pulling things in, it was clear that to remain here any longer would only be a loss, but to keep the humans alive would be a small victory. He followed after Elsea as she led the other human out of the ballroom, staying on the opposite side of the very exhausted looking human. 

[color=gold]“Any creature that stands against the lich will always be a friend of mine.”[/color] Cade said to reassure Cora who had seemed wary of him. As they made their way towards the exit he could still hear Ayita’s voice above the commotion, she spoke not only like a warrior, but as someone who he would be proud to follow into battle, she spoke like a leader. He wondered if she shared his reservations in leaving a fight unfinished, in leaving anyone behind. Just as she had implored him to leave, to assure him that was time to retreat and regroup, he felt the need to echo the same advice to her. [color=gold]“Ayita led those who will follow you from here, to the port, and ready them for a war. Leave this demon to be his own undoing.”[/color] He turned his head and shouted in her direction. He could only hope that as the demon continued to destroy the building around him, drawing wreckage and furniture into a portal within its own chest, that such destruction would undo Ahzmorath as well. But he could not worry about Roshmi’s safety, he had to focus on the humans, and on the war to come. 

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[color=cyan]Time:[/color]  Evening
[color=cyan]Location:[/color] Outside Roshmi Hall
[color=cyan]Interactions:[/color] Kenia[@Tae], Darius [@FunnyGuy], Vaeril[@Avlivefalling]
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Bowyn knew he had to leave, there was very little chance of him being able to find Torvi or Belle amongst the panicked masses that had fled Roshmi Hall. All he could do was assume they had gotten out, he had told them about the port town, and he’d just have to hope he’d find them there in a few days. He wasn’t going to consider the other possibility until then, if he wanted to stay focused and to keep his head clear, he couldn’t afford to think of them as lost. What he could think about was how much easier it had been to travel with people he could trust, now he no longer had that luxury. Although Kenia had claimed she needed to go retrieve another human, who was to say that wasn’t another trap? Going back into Roshmi seemed like a bad idea, he wanted to get as far away from the city as quickly as possible and he wasn’t sure if looking for another human was worth risking the one already with them. 

As if one elf was not enough a second elf approached, limping, and asking to join them. A wounded elf would only slow them down but it seemed cruel to point that out right away, even if he was an elf. Bowyn would keep his opinion on the second elf to himself for now so long as the limping elf was able to keep up with them. He wasn’t sure what Kenia’s intentions, or the other light elf that joined them, were but he knew his own intentions. If the human was going to be traveling with these elves, then he should go with them as well. Darius seemed to have little sense of caution and if either elf tried anything he would be there to help the human. He removed both the mask and the vest he had worn to the ball and tossed them aside. As he did so Boreas glared at him, annoyed to still be wearing a bow tie. 

[color=lightcyan]“No more fancy parties.”[/color] Boreas said.

[color=cyan]”Definitely.”[/color] Bowyn agreed as he whispered to his bird and removed the bow tie from the bird and tossed it away as well. [color=cyan]”And no more fancy clothes.”[/color] He promised his winged companion, then discreetly nodded his head towards the male elf and Boreas understood that Bowyn wished for him to keep an eye on the elf. 

[color=lightcyan]”I will watch him.”[/color] Boreas said. Bowyn kept his attention on the other elf, Kenia. He was more than happy to let the elf walk in front rather than have to give his back to someone he didn’t trust. 

[color=cyan]”I’m Bowyn.”[/color] He said, specifically introducing himself to Darius. [color=cyan]”The first human I met calls herself a viking, are you one as well? I’m told they are the fiercest warriors of Earth.”[/color] He asked trying to determine if humans' seemingly fearless demeanor was from bravery or a lack of comprehension of the danger they were all in.