[Rosekitten]

This was a rather unfit place to be meeting the company that they had now. Thalion knew Mizuki by now and odds were he would end up talking with Vaden long before this trip was over. Though the only downside to this was that neither Vaden nor Ryza seemed to be ready for much of a fight either. The group as a whole seemed a little worn, but they would have to get by or all of this was for nothing.

Though as they walked Thalion was a bit distracted. Mostly with what he had to do very soon it seemed. Something he had never wanted to do heck he vowed if not swore that he would not do it. He had his fill of dealing with the beasts that seemed to tie to his family's bloodline as guardians or whatever they were. They had been sealed away about the same time the curse was in place, heck he wouldn't be too surprised if that's what caused the curse in the first place was the process of sealing them.

Any of the beasts that weren't sealed had died off some time ago or turned feral. The few that did remain seemed to be the gate guardians of the city and he had proved how loyal they were still to the bloodline. Not that Mizuki had heard much on what happened that day due to where he was. This was not going to be pleasant and that was all he needed to know about it personally.

Neimi followed with Raden behind Mizuki as she held Nytria. The boy was more then tired so following Mizuki's order to not look around was easily done. Maybe taking after Thalion a bit too much in the fact if the child was tired enough he could sleep nearly anywhere. Though Neimi was hardly looking forward to the talk they were to have. Raden at least didn't have as many dealing with potions and tonics so odds were he'd have no idea but she should have. She was grateful Raden went with her though or they might have never found where the kids had gone. Being a scout he was rather skilled at tracking.

Though in Neimi's defense the young child had taken the last few days to prepare her plan. Even using a sweet tea to mask the smell from the tonic she had used. It was one that held a slight hint of sweet flavor and smell but with mixed in something already sweet... plus it wasn't like the common sleeping potions that were easy to detect. No she had pulled this one form one of the older books in the library that she had been getting Thalion to help her read for a while. Granted after finding out about the potion he regretted that decision.

Though anything Thalion was thinking on was disrupted at the moment as Ryza seemed to have to finally question it. "Whats with the kids? The half blood and human I can understand but-" "Long story... a very long one." She frowned a bit at that response as she spoke again. "Well we got a bit of a walk.. start talking." Thalion had no intention of talking or trying to explain all of that here and now. "Eh we'll call it a incentive to stay alive."

Around this time was when Mizuki seemed to start to speak to Vaden who seemed oddly silent. He wasn't normally but probably the lack of energy wasn't helping and the fact that there were a lot of things that could be changed drastically depending on how all of this went. "Hrm? Really?" He started thinking over the number of volumes that would be. Though after Mizuki mentioned his name he nodded a little. "That's what it was..." The slight confusion on Mizuki's face told him enough. "Sorry, I meant your name. I had heard a few rumors about of a lost royal being found among the wood elves as well. To say the least I'm a bit flattered you bothered reading my work."

Oh lord Thalion thought listening to the two talk. They'd never get him to shut up now. "I figured the Queen would have burned all of those books after the war between the elven kind started, seems I was wrong. Though I doubt you found anything worth while in those tomes, your parents were the true magical geniuses though on the note of parents... someone else's parent was a master as well." He said with a slight notion towards Thalion. "Not that anyone would ever know from the aura he puts off that is certain."

Reading aura's was not a novice skill that was for sure. He probably knew who Mizuki was, even if he had misplaced the name, from the mixed aura. That was uncommon if not rare to only Mizuki's bloodline. Though that being said he probably knew more about the two children then he was letting on either. But he was right as far as magic energy went Thalion had suppressed it as much as you could without removing it. Though this was when Thalion chimed in finally getting tired already of the banter.

"Just don't ask him how much he knows about you.. we'll never get him to shut up then." He smirked a little as Vaden waved him off. "Keep that smart mouth up and I'll summon your father back to deal with you too.." This Thalion had a comment to shut the old man up. "Eh.. why do you think I'm here even? Your a bit late on that." Well that was interesting was Vaden's first thought, though he knew of the pools were spirit energy gathered. Never heard of them giving advice though.