Child Of Darkness

@Acnologia Turning to the noise of approaching footsteps coming from the forest, Mikaele saw what he presumed to be a Kitsune. A fox with an ability to shape shift into a human. Mostly. "Hello. You must be one of the guests that will be staying here correct? Please to meet you. My name is Mikaele. I am the owner of this Manor and your host. May I ask your name Miss?" He stretched his arm out to the Kitsune offering her a handshake.

"Come on everyone. We have to make this place look presentable to the guests who will be staying for the foreseeable future. Rooms cleaned, food prepared and general organisation is vital to a good first impression. I'll make sure that everyone gains good compensation for the extra hard work you put in today." Mikaele addressed the few but loyal servants that worked within his Manor. "Please keep in mind that our guests are not human and may not be familiar with things we consider to be common sense. Remember that, we do not want to offend them." He looked at the watch on his wrist and noticed the time. "Ahh it's almost time that they arrived. I must be ready to great them." Mikaele took his cane and wore a top hat as he stood in the in the front yard, waiting for his guests to arrive.

@Drago Ryder 'Tsk. How annoying.' Before anyone could get close, Shana spawned her staff and sent a heavy gust of wind around them, knocking every one around her and Banner away with a large amount of force. "If any of you value you life I'd stay exactly how you are. Try and attack us and you'll wish for death to come sooner." @Yoshikupo Moving herself around Banner, she offered what help she could in carrying Rachel out of this place. "Let's get back to our ship. If any of the others get into trouble they should retreat there. Lucky for us this place was close to the docks wasn't it. Come on, quicker we get moving the better."

@Drago Ryder @Yoshikupo 'I see. So that's the case. I didn't drink all of mine so maybe I'll be able to stay up? I doubt it though. I'm not very happy about this though. Shana stood from her stool, a bit shaky in the legs and walked next to the elf who poisoned them. She blinked, and her left eye went completely black and her iris started glowing green. "You attacked the wrong group of people!" Within a split second Shana's arm became enveloped in Dark Magic and was thrust through the stomach of the elf until her arm protruded from his back. She then leaned close and whispered into his ear. "You didn't expect to get out of this alive did you? Did you think I'd just sit idly by while poison seeps through my vains? No. I've killed you already, anyone else I find involved with this, I'll kill them too. Anyone tries to come for me or my friends, I'll kill them too. Of course you won't be alive to see them die." She retracted her arm and turned to Banner. "Are you feeling okay? Do you think you can walk and help me carry Rachel?"

@Drago Ryder Shana managed to hold in a laugh at Rachel's inability to take down the drink. She patted her on the back to try and help her. "I had a feeling this might happen to you. You're not use to this are you?" The music sounds playing outside had caught Shana's attention. "Oh? Is something happening? I don't know of any festivals that happen this time of year." She too glared at the Elf that payed for them. "Well, what is going out there? Tell me quick or you'll be in a lot of trouble. And trust me, you don't want that." A mix of Shana's young appearance, the happy tone she said this in and how slow she spoke, set a very dark and intimidating aura around her.

@Drago Ryder@Yoshikupo "Not so fast Banner. First drink we all take down at the same time. Besides, I wanna see which one of us takes this the worst though I think I know the answer." Shana handed a glass of the Dwarven ale to Banner and Ratchel and picked up her own. "Group huddle girls. I'm gonna need you to have my back, I have no idea what this guy is gonna try and I intend to drink until I drop. So if I drop I need to trust that you two got my back. 3 2 1 drink." Shana took her drink and tried to get it down in one, somewhat succeeding but only 3/4 of it. "Ahhh. Wow, now this has got a kick to it."

@Drago Ryder @Yoshikupo "Thank you. So generous of you to pay for my friends too. Speaking of them, Banner!? Ratchel!? Come over here. Don't leave me all alone like this just because I made you blush a little. We're meant to be having fun together. Come up and get drink." Shana made a pouting face while waiting for her two friends. She didn't want to be left alone with this guy any longer than she had to.

@Drago Ryder Shana brushed the Elf's hand away from the lower half of her back, but gave him a suggestive look. "Now now, let's not rush. There'll be a chance for that later if you behave yourself. Good people get rewarded." Shana sat on one of the many open Bar stools, intentionally using her tail to lift her skirt way too high before dropping it over the back of the stool. "Hey bartender? Would you mind telling me what's the strongest drink you've got here?" Bartender: "Up for a challenge are you? I recently got a small supply of pure Dwarvern ale. Imported from the dwarvern capital way up north. You know how well they hold their drink, and this is what they use when they want to get drunk quick. Only a few elves here have been able to hold more than one of these. Normal asking price is 50 gold a half pint. But for someone cute like you I'll do a special discount. 20 gold for a half pint." Shana turned back to the elf that agreed to buy her a drink. "Could I have this one? Please?"

@Drago Ryder 'Dumb drunken Elf. Personal space much? I could get this to work in my favour though.' "I'm just passing through and thought I may as well have a little fun while I'm in town, if you see where I'm coming from. Say, you wouldn't be so kind as to buy a little cat like me a drink would you?" She spoke trying to sound seductive, something she can do rather well and also standing in a pose the showed off her figure. This drunk should fall for it.

@Drago Ryder, @Yoshikupo "Aww, you two look like such a cute couple. Holding hands all lovey dovey like that. You're almost making me feel jealous. ~Nya." It was not a long walk from the docks, so it only took a minute of walking before they arrived. From the outside, the place looked like your standard tavern, and the area didn't give the impression that it was anything special. "I don't know if you two can smell that, but the smell coming from here tells me that this place has been here a while, so their must be something good about it. You can even smell the drinks from here, and it's strong. I'll see you inside." Shana was inside the tavern in a flash. The inside was also rather standard looking, but it was almost full to capacity with elves and the atmosphere felt relaxing. Shana was feeling right at home in this place.

@Yoshikupo @Drago Ryder "I know their is a fun side behind all the armour. And I'm gonna find it before tomorrow. No need to go wild already, we have some time. Well come on you two. I scouted out a nice looking place while I was getting some supplies, just a little past the market, just off the main road. It's not far. Let's go." Shana started to make her way into the town but kept a slow pace for the others to catch up with her.

@Drago Ryder "I do think he will like it. And if he doesn't I think I can make him like it. ~Nyu" Shana place her bag on the ship and spoke to no one in particular. "Anyone goes through my bag and I'll make you beg for forgiveness. Okay? Okay." @Yoshikupo "Jeez, no need to he such a downer about it. It would be nice if you showed at least a little enthusiasm. Come on now, we're going to go and have some fun. Would it kill you just to smile a little bit?" She spoke with a mix of sarcasm and cheer. She didn't won't to come across as mean, she was just teasing Banner.

@Yoshikupo "Well making sure we're all supplied and well is my job. Like I've always said, I specialise in utilising the support role of the group. Having double the supplies doesn't hurt us in any way, it's just bad allocation of funds in my opinion. And yes I did go out an buy myself a new staff." With a small cast of a spell, Shana materialised her new staff in small flash of green light. "It's such an improvement over my last one. This one amplifies both my healing and my offensive wind magic by double their original strength, but it also amplifies some more undesirable forms of magic I hold. But listen Chain, if you want to use magic against this dragon, you better make sure that every spell you cast hurts it, every single one. Otherwise you're just making yourself weak and dragging all of us down. Remember that." "If you wanna come with me to get a drink Banner, you're welcome to with me. Just us girls going out for a drink without a care in the world."

A couple of minutes worth of looking around and Shana had amassed quite the collection of junk alongside the supplies the had set out to get and still managed to fit everything into her bag. Impressive even by her standards. She had also get a few new accessories to go with her dress; a head piece, thigh high stockings and heavy black boots. She changed into this outfit in a restroom and started to make her way back to the ship. It gained her some odd looks from some locals, but it didn't bother her much. @Drago Ryder Arriving back at the ship, Shana noticed that Ratchel wasn't doing much, and she didn't want her to feel like she wasn't welcome in the group. "Hey hey, Ratchel? If you're not doing anything right now, how about we go out somewhere together? I don't know about you, but I could really do with a drink."

@Drago Ryder Shana went into her pockets and pulled out a pouch of gold, and handed 70 pieces to Ratchel. "Here you go. I can't wait to get changed into this dress." Heading below deck, she locked herself into one of the cabins and changed out of her old clothes into her new dress. It was mostly a great fit in the measurements, but it was a tight in the chest. "Good fit, mostly. That just emphasises my best features. Very light and nice to move around in. Need to make a hole for my tail at some point. I love it." Putting her regular clothes back on and storing the dress in her bag, she left the ship and headed off into the town to do a bit of shopping. "Need supplies, emergency potions, a staff upgrade, a map would help and some things for me. Hopefully this won't take too long."

@Drago Ryder Shana's almost literally lit up when Ratchel spoke. "You actually got it done? Wow. Thank you very much. It's okay if the size isn't perfect, small touch ups aren't difficult. I should most likely go shopping while I have some free time. Get some new clothing pieces and accessories to go with it. New boots. A hair pin sounds nice. Stocking. They're vital." Realising she had went off on a small fantasy shopping spree in her head, she cleared her throat and got back on topic. "How much do I owe you for the dress? I insist on paying for it, after all the work you did."

Shana followed after Blitz not long after he disembarked from the boat, and stood closely behind him. Looking at the two cloaked, she couldn't make out their faces or even what race they belonged to. They had covered themselves up well to all her methods. While this was some concern for her. She shook off the feeling and started surveying the area. 'So this is the home of the Dark Elves. Add this to the list of places I've travelled to. I hope I have so time to explore this place later. Learn the landscape as best as I can. Never know when that may come in handy. But more importantly, who are those cloaked figures and what are these Elves planning?'

Shana didn't want to say anything about this situation. If she was to voice her thoughts, she may get into trouble. For the time being, she will just observe things as they unfold. But will still be ready to fight just in case. For some reason though, something was telling her that things here may go smoothly for once. She took a few steps back from the edge of the boat and waited for someone to make the first move and talk.

"Okay. I got it. After that business when we first met Kyubi, I'd keep both eyes pealed and your guard up. Goddess knows what these people want with you." She felt the ship slowing down and eventually coming to a stop in the harbour. "I guess we're here. I best go and take a look. Meet me on deck when you're ready." Shana grabbed her stuff and quickly made her way onto the deck of the ship. They had drawn quite the large amount of attention, either a misunderstanding or intentional, hard to say at this point. She kept a tight grip on her staff and a strong focus on offensive spells, just in case.

@Drago Ryder "Eventually we'll break it, yeah." Shana gave Blitz a kiss, sat on his lap and leaned into his chest. "Hey, where exactly are we going to go in the Dark Elf home? I haven't been here before, I think. We just follow Kyubi until something happens? I have the worst time remembering some things."

@Drago Ryder "Yeah. That's possibly what happened. *sigh* and I thought I was making progress with this. I really don't have much of a clue on how we're going to break the seal on your memories. Breaking a seal safely takes time and the one in your mind is very strong, and destroying it with force may be quick, but far too risky to do inside someone's mind. I'll have to think of something else I can do later, we should be at Dark Elf territory soon correct?"

@Drago Ryder "I saw some weird stuff. From what it saw it was you at a much younger age in a forest, Kneeling before a dead dragon. Crying. You said I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I wasn't strong enough to protect you, Edolas.. After that you erupted into electricity and swore to kill That thing, whatever that may be. That's what the memory was. Nothing else. Does that help you remember anything else?"

"Ah, so this is a memory. I must of knocked it loose. But that power though, that's impressive for someone so young. Traumatic experiences can make things happen to your mind. And looks like this is something personal. Using this fragment, I may be able to create a domino effect and break open a few more connected to it. This is tiring though. That's enough for now." With a flash, Shana broke the mind links safely and returned then to reality. "Uhh, that made me dissy. Although I think I did manage to set something loose in your mind. Do you remember anything new? And where my memories any help to you?"

Watching the forest grow around her, Shana thought she may have tripped a memory that was locked or a new memory she didn't know. Either way, this was interesting to her and with the rumbling growing louder with each moment she strode, her curiosity was high as she continued to investigate this unusual occurrence.