[center][h2][color=f7941d]Mikhail Feldunn[/color][/h2][/center]

Mikhail certainly wasn’t surprised that the boat they were about to take got held up, and by Lord Clive of all people. It was like this was all planned from the start for reasons he could only begin to guess. Though hopefully from what he had seen Ashley had good reasons for all of the trouble this was putting them through. Maybe he could pry that info out of her later…

And of course their backup plan arrived, despite the fact that Mik was desperately hoping it wasn’t. But when he saw Xara talking to the captain of the smelly boat he sighed in exasperation. It’s not like it was the worst. He had to be in close proximity to sweaty dudes quite often and it still didn’t smell as bad as wyvern dung. And oh boy did that stuff like to pile up. He remembered his days of punishments cleaning it up as a kid and steeled himself. Maybe this boat wouldn’t be so bad after all. I mean the crew seemed able. And then some new members of the group popped up, two commoners from the bar. The one with the bow seemed able and hopefully she could dodge attacks well. The man with the sword, however, didn’t seem the most fitting. And he started offering out candy… oh Goddess this was gonna be one hell of a trip. He watched as the green haired girl that he invited went on a tirade about how she was going to lead them apparently and how brave and powerful she was and oh no. He was now worried that her earlier claim was all bluster and that she wouldn’t be able to hold her own on this trip. Fortunately he didn’t have to step in as Tonka started pushing for Margot and Ashley to duke it out which he would not have minded seeing. Especially due to Ashley’s proficiency in swords that he experienced and her magic capabilities. But both declined and he was honestly a little disappointed.

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Nitonka sighed at Margot’s explanation, knowing now that she was 100% full of shit, seeing everything she needed to. However Ashley’s stern warning only made Nitonka want to insult this whoever the fuck even more, but she left it. Her father had mentioned something about noble etique but she really couldn’t give less of a fuck. Nobles had no balls and only sent their lackeys to do the job for them, if they wanted respect, they would do it themselves. Then the tiny girl openly glaring at her, made her glare back, before laughing and turning to her companion Mikhail [color=#FF4E3D]
“for a short stack, she has some real balls, I see why you’re into her. If I had been anyone else I might have even been intimidated despite my size”[/color] she slapped Mik’s back “softly” as a sort of good on ya son. Ashley’s auntie showing up seemed to ease the tension and she once again went back to ignoring everyone, opting to sit with her legs swinging off the dock. She was sure someone would make the decision to leave soon, she just hoped it was sooner rather than later.

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Mikhail smirked, almost proud at Tonka’s words and feeling he definitely picked the right person by picking Ashley. Until that offhanded comment that implied the two were dating. [color=f7941d]“Wait wha-”[/color] he barely had time to protest before that ‘soft’ slap knocked a little wind out of his lungs. He caught his breath before trying to explain himself after coughing a little bit. [color=f7941d]“What do you mean I’m ‘so into her?’ I have no idea what you’re talking about.”[/color] It was hard to tell if Mikhail was lying, trying to convince himself, or if he was telling the truth. To be fair he himself didn’t know the answer to that yet either. Hopefully Ashley was too distracted with her auntie to really pay attention to what he said. Wait auntie? Must be a pet name cause he knew what Ashley’s aunt looked like. Huh, he never realized Ashley used pet names. There was definitely much more to this woman than he initially thought.