[Natsunaine]

Melissa eyed the elf weirdly as he shrugged acting if the problems of the day meant nothing to him, yet in his eyes you could see sadness, Was he hiding it, Or possibly could it have been that the issues from the current day had yet to sink in to his mind?

Either way, It wasn't soon after the conversation that the elven man made his way to the door of the cave. Acting as if he was going to leave, and of course Melissa being her nosey self she had to know. "Where are you going, Its getting late, You shoul-" Before she could finish the elf quickly cut her off by telling her that he knew the terrain quite well. Melissa couldn't help but to think it wouldn't have mattered had a swarm of dark spawn found him. It was his choice though, there wasn't much she could do but to wave back and hope to see him again later.

As the cave door closed, it got suddenly deafly quite, The room was creepy and agonizing on Melissa's mind, she never liked the quite. She always slept out side, or in a shelter near a river bank, so that the sounds could keep her comforted, Hell, The snoring of the other mages in the circle even made her feel comforted as loud as they were...

What felt like hours went by as the women waited and waited in that agonizing silence before the women finally got fed up and stood, She had to do something, Even if Volke didn't come back she had to find someway to contribute to the current situation. Melissa quickly made her way to the cave door prying it open and silently making her way outside, quickly casting a cloaking spell on herself.

She looked to the sky then the forest near her, using the stars as a compass she guided herself to the nearby mage camp that she had told Volke about, On approach the mages held their staffs up as in a violent reaction to the sounds of leaves crumbling beneath Melissa feet, She quickly undid the spell that concealed her body and held her hands to the air.

After a second or two one of the mages grumbled something to the effect that she was okay, even said her name, Wow was she really this well known amongst the mages nowadays? Nevertheless, the women walked past the guards and into the village and was soon greeted by the leader of the camp. "Ahh, Melissa, So good to see that you are still alive, Is there a particular reason you are here to visit us tonight? Not that we don't enjoy your company, You just always seem to have a purpose."

Melissa bit the edge of her lip, she knew she couldn't mention the Templar, or her situation, She knew she had to come up with a story quick, and being her after all it wasn't to difficult. "Well, You see there is a heard of dark spawn to the north, and I would rather like to be prepared incase of an ambush.." The women giggled as the leader nodded and guided her to the bazar area of the camp, There were merchants as far as the eye could see, It was a wondrous site for Melissa to see. "Anything you want tonight dear is on me, I miss seeing you around."

Oh, that man was going to regret those words, if there was one thing Melissa loved it was shopping, and she loved it even more when she wasn't paying, the women simply giggled and nodded waving the man off. Scanning around the camp site she quickly spotted a hefty decorated burlap sack with a shoulder strap attached. This was perfect, just what she needed to carry supplies in to help out at the cave.

Mel, swiftly grabbed it throwing it over her shoulders she moved to a nearby clothing store where the tailor had known her for quite some time. "Well, if it isn't my favorite skinny mage! What can I do for you today?" Melissa smiled and simply grabbed a few new black and red velvet clothes, Nice ones to, and proceeded to the dressing room and changed throwing her old tattered ones in the trash she smiled and waved to the tailor. "The old man has my tab today!" The tailor simply nodded and sent her on her way.

Next was the weapons department, mostly Staffs and small daggers filled this store. As Melissa walked in the first thing that caught her eye was an extravagant Whisper wood staff, Carved to look like a mighty dragon taking flight, Oh how pretty it was and how it caught her eye. Without a second thought she grabbed it and tossed it on her back, fitting it in the staff holsters that had came with her new outfit.

"Hmm, Maybe I should find something for Vol..." Before she could finish her eye caught the corner of a bow, This bow looked beautiful and durable, Not that she knew a lot about bows, It just had the feel to it, Melissa quickly piped up to the quarter-master "Excuse me, What kind of bow is this?" The man at the counter smiled, It seemed that she had picked out a good one by the tone and excitement in his voice. "Oh, That is quite the good bow that is, It is one of the finest bows your 'ver get a 'old 've. It's Dalish made, Its made out of iron bark, Extremely hard to find that is.. One of our scavengers pried it from a corpse nearby, figured they didn't need it."

Mel's eye grew with excitement it was like a kid in a candy shop, she just knew that the elf would like something like this, and hell it couldn't hurt to have an elf well equipped watching your back now could it? That's what she kept telling her self to deny the fact, that she really just wanted to get him something nice. Melissa spoke up and asked the man how much he wanted to sell it for, Although she knew she had whatever she wanted for free, this was special it needed to be bought.

The man at the counter shook his head and smiled, and with a joyus kind tone responded. "Oh, No charge love, I couldn't charge a lovely gentle women like yourself, go ahead and take it, as long as your promise to take care of it!" Melissa almost wanted to break out in laughter as the man called her gentle, Ya right, But nevertheless she smiled and thanked him grabbed the bow, hung it over her shoulder, and was on her way to her last stop.

The general goods tent, She didn't spend long there, just long enough to grab a bottle or two of lyrium, and what was needed for sleeping, two nice bed roll's and soft blanks, and some fire wood, which all somehow fit in her burlap sack, Except the bedroll that she simply carried in her arm. Soon enough the women once again preformed the cloak spell and made her way back to the cave, It didn't seem like much had changed since she left Volke must have been still out doing whatever he was doing.

Balancing the bedroll in one arm the women pried the cave door open once more and tossed the burlap sack inside along with the bedroll, closing the door behind her. She sat in the middle of the cave pulling from the sack the small amounts of fire wood she had gotten and carefully placing it in teepee style in the middle of the floor. Focusing her energy she shot off a small spark toward the woods, it quickly caught fire and the cave became warm.

Not to long after the women had settled in the sound of the cave door moving open broke the silence, out of reaction the women quickly reached for the new staff that was now holstered along her back, but she quickly let down her guard and smiled as volke came in with rabbits? She gave him a strange look, One that emotions couldn't quite describe, though she was most confused then anything. "I knew you were going to come back, sheesh, You can't get around anywhere during the day without my cloaking spell."

Ya, Even after all they had been through she was still acting smug, and not to long after that she go a well deserved crack back about her being a foxkin, she slightly giggled then reached into the dark behind her grabbing the Ironwood bow and throwing it at the elf. She almost fell to the floor laughing as he in a startled fit quickly grasped the bow.. It went silent for quite sometime, The man obvious knew the bow was Dalish or something, because he was joyful examining the bow, for a long time.. "So, do you like it or what?."