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With a nervous look at Bert she lets go of his hand and warily approaches the other children as they play. Going to one that looked to be about her same size and age group, such as it was in her disguise, while looking a little timid and shy she asks, "I play too?" She looks around to see if there are any adults nearby that might be watching the children.
Ruedo finds a place to sit and keep an eye on Eri or any potential problems.
The children stop what they're doing, and one of the older ones step forward, "Sure. Ever play Paladin?"
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Inviting Ravan inside his home, Marcus closed and locked the door behind them. "Wouldn't want to be interrupted now would we?"
She shakes her head as her voice takes on a shy and timid tone, "Paladin?"
The older child goes into the rules. Eri noticed there seemed to be one little girl that didn't seem part of the group. Just sat off to one side, something didn't seem right.
She kind of cocks her head to the side as she looks from the girl to the older one addressing her, "What wrong her?" She asks in her younger broken speech. She hoped she didn't seem slow or anything...but she never remembered a time in her whole real childhood that she was allowed to just "play" with anyone. She was too busy being used in many different ways by her "parents" for whatever they wanted her to do.
The older child looked where Eri was indicating. "Oh, I didn't see her there."
Taking a couple of steps towards the unusual girl, "Hey there, would you like to play with us?"
The strange girl put her thumb in her mouth and shook her head.
"Sorry to hear that," The older child replied. He looked around, "Where are you parents?"
The little girl shrugged.
Turning back to Eri, "Could you watch her while I go flag down a Watchman?"
She nods and goes over to the other girl to get a closer look at her, she wasn't afraid of her or anything really. Reaching out a hand gently she says in a soft voice, "Hi...I'm Kaitie...who you?"
After the boy walks away, and the other children continue playing their games, the girl turned to Eri, and in a hushed whisper, "You're doing fine my Little Wolf. Just continue to where the sheeps clothing a little longer. When the boy comes back, tell him my Mother came by."
The little girl faded to nothingness. No one seemed to notice, well, except maybe Ruedo.
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Her eyes get really really big as the realization hits her fully. It was the one who freed her...could it be? She thought all those years ago that it had to be Lamashtu that had set her free...maybe it was she that she belonged to. She never felt that she belonged in that world with those "people" that called themselves her "parents"....there were so many questions but she didn't have time to have any of them answered right now. There would be time for that later....she wondered if she was that elf woman too....maybe she'd been looking out for her this whole time?
Shaking her head she just tries to regain her natural pose of indifference as she waits for the boy to come back. She sits on the bench and waits for them while giving "Bert" a slight nod of her head to let him know everything was alright.
Ruedo simply sits and observes, ready to step in if needed.
Eventually, the older child comes back with a Watchman.
"Where did she go," The child asked.
Looking up at them she says, "Her mommy."
After answering his question she looks back down and plays with the ruffles on the bottom of her dress.
"No. We definitely wouldn't want that" Ravan purrs, shedding her cloak.
The City Watchman gave the boy a slightly annoyed look then turned to resume his duties.
Looking at Eri, the boy asked, "Would you like to still play with us?"
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Unfastening the buckles on his leather armor, Marcus stripped it off and removed his shirt. While an older man, his torso remained rather fit, not to mention covered in multiple wicked scars crisscrossing every which way.
She looks back at Bert before looking at the boy and nodding. Giving him a shy smile she says, "Okay."
"Alright. What's your name?"
"Kaitie." She says a little softly while looking down at the ground in a shy manner.
Leading Eri to the other children, "Everyone, this is Kaitie. She's going to be joining us for today."
"Hello Kaitie," They all said in unison.
Turning to her, the boy asked, "What would you like to be, Dragon, Peasant or Paladin?"
Not having ever played anything before she seems to think for a moment before shrugging. After a bit she holds up her arms and growls, "Ggrr...dragon?" She asks before giggling slightly.
She waits to see who the paladin will be so she can keep him from letting the others go as she tags them. She would have to be careful not to give herself away. She was very very fast...but she had to remember that she was only supposed to be a child. So...she would play their silly game and mostly keep up with them for the most part...she just wouldn't completely annihilate them in the first go. She thinks to herself as she waits to see who will be playing what and stands by to run with a silly smile on her face.
After Katie managed to catch all of the peasants and finally "kill" the Paladin, the boy came over to her. "Wow, you're pretty good at this. Are you sure you've never played before?"
She shakes her head, "Not play, like to run." She says as she points down at her legs, "I fast." She says and then giggles a little.