Kallen's spell did the trick, and he could even see a faint trail left behind by the eyepatch. Though it was weaker here as the trail was older. Too much longer and the trail would most likely be gone. It did, however, seem to go into a few other rooms and then out a window, the trail getting stronger as it went towards the market. In the far distance, a dim light shone where his eyepatch was. Strange though, the market should have been mostly closed right about now.


	Rather than waste any time Kallen immediately grabbed his staff and hand crossbow to set out for the place in the market where he sensed his eyepatch should be. It disturbed him greatly that anything could be stolen from him so easily. The only times he could go without wearing his eyepatch were when he was sleeping or when he was using the power of his Eye. Otherwise he'd be constantly risking putting himself into mana fatigue. The magic required to create a new eyepatch of a good enough quality to seal the leaking magic power was not easy to complete due to the intricacies of the seal itself. He really didn't want to make another backup.


	Kallen would find himself at the market stalls, which for now all seemed closed. Some were out in the open air while others were inside a larger structure in small pocket rooms, each shuddered closed. In one of the rooms, the glow of his target can now be seen behind and under one of the counters, just below the shudder... and in pieces. It seemed like it wasn’t locked, but on closer inspection, the lock seemed to be broken off. The air was strangely cool close to this particular stall.


	Entering an empty market left Kallen with an odd feeling like he was looking at something he shouldn't. He slowly approached the location he was detecting as his eyepatch hadn't moved since he located it. He approached the shutter with the shattered lock and when he touched it frowned at the unusually cool air. Whatever caused this was fairly strange, and as he wracked his memory he could only think of some Tundral magic being the source of this cool. The difference in temperature left a fair amount of condensation, leaving a perfect environment for a spell he could use to prevent a runaway situation.

	[color=D82408]"Mesh and fold. Mix and meld. Stand and hold. Mud wall."[/color] Kallen chanted quietly. As the spell took hold and formed a wall of mud behind him mixing the water from the condensation with the sand. Anything would have difficulty moving through it while it lasted. With his spell complete, Kallen opened the shudder to confront the thief.


	A familiar satyr made his way down into the bar. He sniffed the air before frowning. "Damn, no time for breakfast. She never got back here." He sighed and made his way to the door. Unusually, he was not bringing his spear. He felt comfortable enough that people wouldn't want to steal it, and even those that would try would be easy to hunt and find given how unique the design was for this area. He stepped out into the morning air and began his search. Sniffing, listening and looking, he started to piece together Nix's movements from the previous night. They were mostly erased, but she did leave enough traces for him to find himself entering the market.

	In the market he saw someone familiar. He had long since forgotten the name, but he did note the scent leading him to the same place. So, he let out a loud whistle to warn the man for the sake of not sneaking up on the poor guy and nodded to the stall. "Bet the wolf girl is in there. Her scent is quite strong. She probably got herself into some trouble, so if you will, let me handle her. Why, pray tell, are you out here this early?"


	Unfortunately for Kallen, there wasn't nearly enough water in the slight condensation to supply the dirt with enough water to make a mud wall as he would like, so it mostly just formed into compressed sand instead. However, it seemed that Kistal was able to make his way inside before it was sealed off. As Kallen opened the shudders, he would instantly hear growling from Nix as she was inside, poised to strike, but waiting to see if he left her alone. The shop inside was a bit of a mess, obviously she had gotten into many of the things in search of food, very little of it interested her though.

	One of the pieces of the highlighted material then moved from under the counter, on the back of a small creature that scurried behind Nix, but it was too hard to make out from behind as it moved into a pot. Nix stood her ground, hoping to intimidate the 'intruder' away. He smelled different than the regular people around here, and she could barely smell Kistal from him. In fact, Kistal's scent seemed to be getting stronger. This didn't make her lose focus, however. Whoever this man was, even though she could now hear Kistal, Kallen still had her cornered with no alternative way in or out of the stall.

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	Allanon would have met a sylve woman at the counter. Suzune was already awake and tending to stoves just in case anyone was hungry in the morning. "Oh, Allanon, right?" She reminded herself with a slight bow in greeting to him. "Not many shops open now I'm afraid, but you may be able to get some leather from the blacksmith and I can fashion you something. He shouldn't be far from the square, just before you get to the market. Hurry back though, breakfast will be ready soon."


	Allanon shook his head. [color=50B1B8]"It's not so much of an issue that I need to rush out right now. I'd just like to know where I can buy a belt when the stores do open up."[/color] He took a seat at a table and stood his blades against the table. [color=50B1B8]"What's for breakfast?"[/color]


	“Flatbread with falafel, humus, black beans, cucumber sauce , potatoes, however you wish to prepare it. Eggs, sausages, cheeses, and soon some steam buns. I couldn’t get a red bean paste imported in, so I tried making a filling with dates. I hope they come out alright,” she finished distractedly, leaning her weight to one side and crossing her arms as she looked at the steamer skeptically. She then looked back to Allanon, “my husband eats just about everything with a smile on his face, I can never count on him to get an unbiased opinion on my cooking,” she said with a smile.

	Bidzil seemed to stir at the smell of food, leaning forward in his chair  and catching himself before his head hit the table. He gave a good stretch and a yawn, the sound of a few joints popping could be heard, much to Bidzil’s satisfaction. He looked around dreamily, noticing that he didn’t make it back to his room last night, probably being more worn out than he realized. [color=F4A460]“Guess I dozed off a little early,”[/color] he said with a sleepy smirk, [color=F4A460]“Never slept that hard in my life, especially not at a table.”[/color] He looked out to a window and noticed the sun was out. [color=F4A460]“Missed the whole thing. Huh?”[/color] he mentioned, feeling a little down for missing it.


	Allanon smiled as Suzune explained the list of food that would be available. [color=50B1B8]"I'll be sure to give my honest opinion."[/color] 

	He turned his head to the waking Bidzil and quietly listened to him muse about missing the festival. [color=50B1B8]"Good thing you're in a more trustworthy city. In Portea in the wrong bar you might have been robbed... or worse. Anyways, now that you're awake let's work up an appetite and train outside shall we? I'd like to see how you practice your swordsmanship."[/color]


	Tali came down a few minutes after Kistal's departure, Chihiro close behind. The naga made a beeline for Suzune and put her hands on her hips. "Smells good. I'll take three portions. Two for me and one for Hilde." She leaned casually on one leg. She obviously wanted to keep her disguise up, despite her needing to use her full strength to fight a few days before. She left all but one fan up in her room, preferring to keep it around, just in case.

	Tali, meanwhile, contented herself with settling in at the bar, leaning on one arm, quite unabashedly putting her cleavage on display. After all, she was still a succubus trained in all manner of seductive arts, so she felt no compunctions about showing off her goods as it were.

	
	 Suzune smiled to Chihiro. "Should I make some extra steam buns for the road for you two as well?" She asked playfully, already somehow knowing what wasn't even asked yet. She turned and gave Chihiro a wink.

	Bidzil laughed lightheartedly, [color=F4A460]"As long as they don't touch my swords, or my jacket, I'll be fine."[/color] When Allanon mentioned practice, the young man's eyes seemed to light up, [color=F4A460]"yeah, sure! But where is a good place?"[/color]

	"We do have a sparring arena in town," Suzune suggested as brought out the eggs from the pantry. "I doubt anybody is using it at this time, so it should be perfect if you want to use it. It's on the north edge of town." She then redirected her attention to Tali.

	“Perfect, but uh, to be honest, I don’t really have much of a practice routine,” Bidzil admitted to Allanon. “Anyway, let's check out this arena,” he said excitedly heading to the door.

	"Hey, I wondered where you wandered off to, and then you showed up last night. Everything alright? You weren't hurt during the attack were you?" she asked. Despite not knowing the woman very long, Suzune was known to be quite hospitable and caring for anyone who came to the inn. Not so much for anyone that caused trouble though. So far, Tali always seemed well mannered, and her dancing last night was quite a show to be admired. Suzune, despite her dexterity, never took to actual dancing as well as anyone like Valia or her students, though Allard seemed to like that she was a fighter. Thinking of which, Valia did seem to retire early last night and only briefly visited Dorran’s send-off, she wondered how she was taking it.


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