"Yep, that's what they told me." Neilina nods. "Of course, they said they forgot about her--she apparently helped them out before."
The Drow gets a sour look on her face but doesn't otherwise comment.
"...is something the matter?" The moss-haired druid asks, the twisting in her stomach tightening just a little more.
"Well, we've been finding a lot of people surprisingly arriving around this house, so I'd say the odds are likewise surprisingly good that your quarry is nearby," adds Yasmin.
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"If I told you the person you were being sent to was a Fiend, what would you do?" she pointedly asks the Druid, opening her eyes as she does so.
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Yasmin makes a silent 'oooo' as she suddenly understands.
"...um, what's a Fiend? They don't sound too friendly."
"Well, we've been finding a lot of people surprisingly arriving around this house, so I'd say the odds are likewise surprisingly good that your quarry is nearby," adds Yasmin.
"This... place does seem to have a bounty of attractors, does it not? Almost uncannily so." Nalada says.
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"...um, what's a Fiend? They don't sound too friendly."
Nalada blinks, then closes her eyes. "Evil spirits made flesh, if we were to be laconic."
"Oh."
"...wonderful, now I'm back at Square One again."
"Makes me wonder what the blight has to do with the devil," adds Yasmin.
"I would staunchly recommend not doing any favors for fiends, let alone deal with them in the first place." the Drow promptly states before going back to finish her meal.
"Makes me wonder what the blight has to do with the devil," adds Yasmin.
"Well, um... we could always ask them."
"They're probably still in the greenhouse..."
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"Oooohhh no," says Yasmin. "I'm not inclined to just go having conversations with tentacled disease-monsters these days."
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"Disease?" Nalada asks as she turns towards Yasmin.
"Well, not sure if they were diseased--I mean, they were covered in all sorts of lovely flowers--" Neilina starts and then stops.
"--wait. Were you talkin' about something else?"
"It's called a 'blight,' isn't it? That's a kind of disease, right?"
"Well... not really. More of 'nature's wrath given shape and a goal through fey sacrifice'."
"They were quite polite, though. If they wanted me dead, they could've done so in a blink..."
"If there's anything I've learned about this place by now, it';s that the commonly assumed perceptions of good and evil don't seem to be anywhere near as...stringent here. Which I suppose, makes sense since it also seems to be a place where anything 'society' would rather not deal with or deemed dangerous was exiled..along with actual world-threatening dangers." the Witchblade says thoughtfully after finishing a bite of food.
”And then there’s the devil in the upstairs guest room.” Nalada comments.
"True... a devil's a devil though, best I can tell, even the most civil of them is... fundamentally evil by nature in the same way we're made of flesh and blood." Yelenn agrees.
Nalada nods ”She was sweet as a dessert. A beautiful one. A poisoned one. Granted one you know to be poisoned since she was rather up front about her devilishness. Still, poison.”
”So, what am I supposed to do with this crystal flower, then?” Neilina gives it another look. ”I don’t think I can just get rid of it...”
"Do you mind if I take a look at it?" Yelenn asks, making a brief gesture as her eyes glow an irridescent blue, peering into the magical spectrum.
Necromancy all the same.
"It definitely has traces of magic, oddly enough it's necromancy, though not particularly malignant." Yelenn mutters.
”Not malignant? So... that’s a good thing, yes?”
"Or at the very least, not as bad as it could be." Yelenn answers. "It doesn't seem dangerous."
Neilina takes the crystal flower back. "Then perhaps there might not be any harm in completing the delivery..."
Caomhnóir pads over to Wallace and starts sniffing the boy.
The wolf’s approach snaps the child out of his thoughts. ”Oh, hello puppy,” he says as he starts petting the friendly wolf.
Caomhnóir's tail wags and he sits down in front of Wallace.
"Maaaybe not? I mean it's better than making powerful enemies, I guess," says Yasmin uncertainly.
Nalada nods. "An unfortunate but necessary consideration one is faced with when dealing with Immortals."
"Very good point. If she can come and go freely, we'd rather be on good terms than bad." Yelenn agrees.
Neilina gets up from her chair and walks over to Caomhnóir. "Shall we, then?"
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"I suppose so,"Yelenn says rising from her seat. Twinning her fingers with Nalada's for a moment she looked at the drow. "I know how uncomfortable she makes you. Would you prefer to stay down here?"
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"I'd prefer to carve her heart out with something jagged and silver lest she continue to vex us. But in my current state there's not much I could do to back up my words." Nalada thinks aloud before sighing. Taking comfort in Yelenn's presence she leans over and gives her a kiss on the lips. "Instead I shall assist with cleanup-thank you again for the meal Catherine, it was wonderful-while you deal with her as you see fit."
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Taking a moment to gently trace a finger along her lover's cheek the Witchblade smiles. "See you soon."
Resting her hand on the hilt of the archaic blade on her hip, Yelenn gives Neilina a nod of readiness, turning to face Yasmin and Mylyna. "Either of you want to come along?"
Caomhnóir gives Wallace a brief lick before getting up and rejoining Neilina.
Yasmin sighs and says, ”I’ll go. Against my better judgment.”
Mylyna listened to everything being talked about and was half tempted to go up with the others to see the devil again but she changed her mind when she shivered and said, "I'm going to get warmed up and take a nap I think. I'll be by the fire." She looked at Wallace and asked, "Would you please come help me arrange my nest once I'm in it?"
With that Mylyna began to slither her way back to where her nest of coats was near the fire place. Once she arrived she curled her coils up tightly in the middle of the coat pile and then began pulling coats over the top of her leaving only the side facing the fire opened for now so she could trap some warmth.
Mylyna's request snapped Wallace out of his contemplative fugue. "Yeah!" he replies as he hops down, him and Xeros following after the Lamae to help constructing the coat fort.
"Be safe," Nalada tells the trio before getting up to help Catherine with clean up.
As Yelenn, Yasmin, and Neilina (and Caomhnóir) ascend the stairs they are once again greeted by the sinuous devil lounging on the couch, gazing lazily at one roll of parchment in her hand that leads back to one of the many horns sprouting from her back. As they enter she smiles and promptly switches to a seated position, crossing her legs as she does. "It warms my heart to see you return," she pauses to wink at the Sha'ir,"and even better, you brought a new possible friend. Pleased to meet you, dear." she purrs.
The husky pup, previously slumbering on her lap, immediately opens its eyes and locks them with Caomhnóir, staring silently.
Caomhnóir stares right back at the pup, fully alert.
Neilina nervously swallows when the devil addresses her. "Um... hello. My, um, my name's Neilina."
"I don't think I know your name." She replies, glancing at the pup.
"Aww, did they not tell you?" she asks in a mock pout.
"Neilina, this is Lalazrue." Yelenn says, to the druid, keeping an eye on the devil woman's reaction.
Lalazrue smiles as Yelenn announces her. ”Indeed she is.” she says as her eyes drift to the newest person.
”Alrighty, Lalazrue.” Neilina reaches into her pocket and slides the crystal flower out of it.
”I, er, I was told to give this to someone who’s very pretty, loves reading and enjoys helping others. A... a Blight gave it to me.”
”D’ya know what a Blight is?”
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”And you are in luck, for I am all those things,” Lalazrue happily agrees. ”And a Blight? As in some sort of creature and not just an annoyance? Sorry, can’t say knowledge of that sort is immediately available to me, not my area of expertise. But I could be convinced to look it, especially for a pretty girl bringing me a pretty flower.”
With that she motions to the Druidess to approach with a finger.
Neilina takes a couple of tentative steps forward. "Um... well, I don't think you'll need to look up what a Blight is. I already know."
"They also wanted to apologize for keeping their friend waiting. They said she helped them before."
Caomhnóir pads forward and stays next to Neilina.