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The priest's dark eyes regarded Vermillion intently. his lips firmly pressed against one another. Although it seemed common sense, nearly everything the dragonkin said was true. Rapidly making a decision, Rai'ak turned back towards the the temple gates and the raging city outside. "It is no wonder you are a lord in your own land Vermillion. You speak the truth, but nothing can be done from here. At the very worst, you and your companions must be kept safe. Let us make for the palace, from there... from there it will be easier to act in whatever manner we should choose to."

Closing his eyes for a brief moment, Rai'ak folded his hands together in a meditative posture. "Please do not move Lord Vermillion. To keep you safe on the streets, I will cloak you with an illusion. Try to avoid touching things though, I'm not yet skilled enough to make illusions feel real". Strands of light thickened and changed from the air around them, bending into forms with color and appareant mass. The strands weaved around Vermillion, turning into shapes and slowly attaching themselves to his form. Within moments, it no longer appeared that the dragon Vermillion of Esperanza was standing next to the priest, but rather an important looking man wearing similar robes. Opening his eyes to survey the results of his work, Rai nodded approvingly. "Now we can travel safely. Let us make haste". Waiting for the Dragonkin to lead the way, Rai prayed to Lumos that once they reached the palance, somehow he could settle things down. OR anyone who could bring peace, it didn't matter....

((Alrighty. I'll check it out tomorrow. But for now... Bed calls. I have to finish preparing my CCD lesson for tomorro, and sleep and... all that fun stuff biggrin ))

Rai bowed slightly at the dragonkin's words. "Thank you lord Vermillion.Your support will be most helpful... A wry smiled inched up Rai's lips as he turned back towards the city "Once we can dispell these lies clouding this city that is". With that, he stepped forwards, his silvery robes swaying softly after him.

Noding in recognition to the newcomer form esperanaza, Kado to the hilt of his sword in his palm and drew it slightly to be sure it was at the ready and looking back to Nadira saw that a a gaurd was now talking with her.
Now becoming a little annoyed with these bothersome interferences, Kado stood more straight with the annoyance of waiting.

(sorry about the spelling, BAD KAKASHI, BAD)

(-laughs to self- Nadira's like a leaf blowing in the wind, lets see.. where am I know, like I said terribly sorry about my current frequent absenses, but I managed to anger the parental units once again, and I'm grounded until this next Monday, then I'll be back every day... :{ To torment you all once again, I know you miss it, don't even deny. But, Nadira is 15, and Jadeira is fortunatley still alive by a thread, and being kept in the dungeons.)

Nadira was sick with worry,
Had Jadeira fortold this, or was her statement this morning simply a coincidence?
Despite her state of shock, she couldn't help but stare openly as Arkayid revealed his powerful wings, and drew a magnificent sword. "That reminds me," She murmered idly, She rested her palm on the hilt of her sword, it wouldn't be of much use to her, but feeling the weapon under her hand helped her think clearer. The group of citizens was quickly becoming a mob, Metta trilled her displeasure as a few people began to wave pitchforks over their heads, demanding justice, and death for the Esperanzan delegates. (Had to go with the steriotype ._.).
She sighed, it seemed her protection had tripled since they first landed in Pearle, no matter, there was nothing she could do about it, and its not like she couldn't use the protection in a crowd this big.
She swallowed against the lump in her throat, and pressed her other hand up against her frantically beating heart.
With a quick glance at Arkayid, and Kado, she pulled the hood of her cloak up, and motioned towards Jaimer, " My safety indeed!" She huffed indignantly, " We have to find Vermillion, and Ankhe, Pearle is even less of a haven than I expected, and my hopes weren't high. I don't know what the officials will do if we're taken, but I know we won't be able to leave without being questioned. I don't think we have enough time to spare, Our kingdom needs us."

Vermillion stepped into the area and touched rai's ears briefly to take the ringing out of them. He turned around with a hint of anger in his voice; "You idoit, do you just want to incite these people further with your threats, are you so one tracked not to see how such a statement is going to be viewed, you have all but struck her down yourself, and destroyed our credibilty of good faith and peace. There is plenty of guards around you Nadira, Kado, they have their orders; and have not the luxury of giving into their emotions to strike back at us with their opinons of guilt. If they are unsuccessful in their duties to carry out their orders, then Arkayid, you can resort to violence to protect."

Vermillion turned to the people gathering in numbers, and glanced to rai nodding a bit. "People of Pearle, a few hours ago you learned of a tradgety in a scale that is haneous, and unforgivable by many here and now. Our presence, as delegates, the time in which we arrived, the place where Queen Kalaene died is all very damming and easily mistaken as just cause to place blame upon us and the Esperazian people. However I ask of you to prove to me and to my colleagues standing with me ilrefultable proof that we could have had any involvement in such a crime. I want to die at least knowing a people could see beyond the hate of this moment to realize how a group of foriegn delegates shawdowed by guards, and surrounded by citizens of Pearle would even get close to your queen? No, no it wasn't us delegates, that delivered your queen into death, but I assure you all, if proof were to say otherwise, i will give myself to be proscuted and punished accoridingly."

Vermillion looked at the sky and sighed heavily before rasing his voice one last time to speak clearly to the crowd. "My friends are tired, and this kingdom is suffering a loss, the emotions for the next few days will be tense, but I ask you as a people to tap into that spirit you all possess deep within you. That same spirit that has not allowed you to be conqured by any other kingdom for centuries, or to fall into anarchy to become divided. We cannot change what has happened, but together as a whole we can destroy the cause which has plauged your people with war for all those centuries."

Vermillion moved to stand close to Nadira, and bent over wispering into her ear alone. "Lord Toleranth wishes to extend to you comfort that someone is on their way to the capital to investigate what has happened there. However if you still wish to return home I shall send for transportation, because i won't be returning for my place is here to settle this conflict."

Vermillion nodded to Arkayid, it wasn't one of condemnation, it was respectful, with a little wink of thanks. He moved slightly away and stood close to a guard Looking calm and untroubled. However inside, vermillion was desperately trying to figure out what was going on back home and here at the same time.

Arkayid leaned in close to Vermillion as he finished what he was saying to Nadira, to whisper a rather chilling statement. "It wouldn't take much effort on my part or your part to get to the Queen. Those guards may be top-notch, but compared to our natural advantages, you might as well wall a castle with grass."

"Incite... Them...? Whatever." Arkayid shrugged, and with a flourish, sheathed both swords. With that, he leaned against the walls. "Knowing me, I'd start a diplomatic riot. And well, body-guarding is something that I would do rather poorly at. I'm thinking of running back to Esperanza. In the vein of infiltrating Esperanza itself, and finding out what the hell is going on. More importantly, I have no diplomatic connections to any government. Thus, if things go... wrong. I won't screw over any government."

He yawned and leaned against the wall. "Of course... This entirely up to you, Delegate."

And you, Mother. He reached out mentally, and found the familar prescence at his sensory perception's edge gone. The only way he let this be shown was a slight widening of the eyes, barely perceptiable.

Vermillion sighed looking at Arkayid, its not that we can infiltrate the castle, but its the actions of doing so that are viewed terribly in the eyes of the people. This is a situation of politics right now, and despite your willingness to take immediate action, and my wanting to join into such actions for my queen, i am forced to otherwise to prevent something far worse from happening; because Jadeira charged us to find a way for peace, and not to worry over her.

Vermillion kept silent listening to what else was going on whilist making his statement to Arkayid.

"Well that may be true... Remember. I'm not part of any Delegation like you are, certain rules simply do not apply to me, unlike you. If we have to, you sue for peace, and I'll make sure it sticks." Arkayid said back. His sensitive ears perked up 'demon' and he spied a girl coming forward. He realized that his hood was still up, and if she wanted to slay a demon, she would have a fun discovery of finding out he was a half-dragon.

"Eh, some secrets you can't hide forever." He whispered to himself. He pushed back the hood so that it hung behind him, and made the pretense of scratching his ear-fins.