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At Iskah's words and expression, Vanessa just frowned in response, then puffed her cheeks up.

[color=lightblue]"Boo. You're no fun."[/color] Apparently she really wanted to pet the lizardgager's head...

Following her employer as they began their journey to retrace their steps to the wagon which had been abandoned, Vanessa took the time to dispel both her own and Iskah's acceleration-spell. After all, since Aun wasn't around anymore and they weren't in any immediate danger, there was no need for her to keep burning magic energy on sustaining two buffs that were going to remain unused.

When they rounded the corner and her companion jumped back  a bit, the dark mage merely stopped in her tracks and tilted her head, slightly confused. Then the whole cloak'n dagger-spiel began, hiding behind the corner of a building to spy on the tanuki-girl who seemed to have made friends with a masked... lizardman? No, that one was a salamander. The tail-flame gave her away. Of course, maybe this one was a doppelganger like iskah as well? Not that it really mattered.

From her reaction, Vanessa could deduce that Iskah wasn't too fond of this new arrival. Though it seemed their Zipanguese friend had no issue chatting her up. Not a surprise, the plump-tailed girl [i]was[/i] a merchant after all. Hopefully, she just hadn't said anything unnecessary like: I travelled ehre with a lizardman! Or; My companions are off hunting a husband! Maybe you'ce heard of him? The Incubus Knight!

... But then again, merchants tended to trade in information too, so chances of her keeping her trap shut was shaky at best. Still, they couldn't stand around, staring from around a corner all day, so Vanessa decided to bit the obvious carrot dangling infront of her.

[color=lightblue]"So, who's that? And why're we hiding from her exactly?"[/color]