[Pinkie]

Elvara frowned when she listened. In the deamon relm? It seemed really odd to her but then again as Vaden mentioned it did make sence. So if the relic was in the relm it had to be in the higher deamons power, locked away for saftey. Elvara thoughts were interupted as Vaden handed her the book. She took it "Thank you...something to read in the tub" She said with a nod of her head. As Vaden smiled and left she stood there for a moment before turning.

"Im...heading to the bath" She said slightly "If you need me..." She said again before walking off. Elvara hinted to Zek...now it was just waiting to see if he would catch onto those hints.

When Elvara reached up stairs she went into the spare room she stayed last time and began to place her bag down. Taking her ax she placed it on the bed as well as with her sword and daggers. Though after her boots and cloak came off she fallowed with everything else until she stood with sigh in nothing but her skin. Cracking her neck she put her cloak back on and grabbed her daggers as well as the book Vaden had given her.

Walking out of the room she headed to the bath. Walking in the first thing she did was turn the hot water on and plugged the tub. Soon she placed some scented oil into the bath water making the steam in the room to smell of sakura blossoms. Turning the tap off she removed her cloak and hung it on the hook provided. Placing her daggers on the window pane right beside the tub she got in.

The hot water was so nice and relaxing she could not help but sigh deeply as every muscle began to melt away the aches and pains of hard grounds and lots of walking. Dunking her head under the water she came up and brushed the strands of hair from her face. Grabbing the book she settled down and opened it.

[Rosekitten]

He had caught the hint, but he was hardly going to give in to it. Knowing her it was a trap just to have a excuse to stab him. He had half a mind to just walk out and go settle his current problem, but at the same time he hardly had that much energy to go walking about. It was almost all he could do to keep himself focused on the conversation let alone anything else. He shook his head a little when Vaden spoke to him asking if he was alright. "Yeah.. just tired." He shrugged a little before speaking again. "Your leaving then?" Vaden sighed a little and nodded. "I need to ensure the troops being sent to aid Elvara's kingdom are well informed. So yes for a while." Zek shrugged a little, though his thoughts did drift to what Vaden had said about the demon realm. Maybe it was better he let her go alon- no that wasn't the best option. She could handle him if something went wrong, and knowing her she'd never hold a second thought about killing him either.

Vaden stood finally and walked back to where he was before the two had come in. "Get some rest, and think over what I told you two." He meant as far as Zek going with her to the realm, sure he could open the gate to it but then there was a rather high chance any higher ranked demon could control him. "Yeah yeah.. just leave already old man." Vaden shook his head a little before vanishing from sight, probably going to the castle to get things settled there.

Zek sighed heavily before moving to lay down on the sofa, the spare room he figured Elvara was staying in so he was going to keep to himself here. He was still trying to figure her out, most of this trip she had stayed angry with him, hell it was worse at the castle when he thought things were starting to settle down. Then that little event along the road here. He just couldn't figure her out, sure helping or offering to was great and all but.. she needed to think of her life. After this was all said and done she'd go back to her kingdom and going about her days, and he'd stay here and avoid his duties for as long as he could.

At the same time he couldn't really think too much on what she was really trying to tell him or hint at. Currently he was rather lucky he didn't just pass out from the lack of energy or from forcing himself to come this far. If he had been smart instead of being so damn stubborn and not wanting to ruin her life then he would have just taken her offer when they were on the road.

[Pinkie]

Elvara stayed in the bath till the water turned cold. She shivered slightly as she moved to stand. Grabbing her cloak she wrapped her body before grabbing the daggers and draining the water. Leaving the room she went to the spare room and closed the door softly behind her. Elvara's mind was all over the place and she needed to settle on a thought.

As she got dressed and the more Elvara thought her mind seemed to settle on one problem. Though she was not sure if it was a problem or not. Crawling into bed she sat there and looked down at the book in her hand. Even though she wanted to concentrate on the book there was only one thought in her mind. Was she not good enough? With that she placed the book over and blew the little candle out...though she was far from sleep.

[Rosekitten]

He was trying to force himself to stay awake, knowing if he fell asleep he might not be able to wake back up for a good while. Sleep did recover a small amount of energy, but at the same time it wasn't something that could be disrupted either. It was more of a hibernation state really if he had let himself go this long he knew for sure that would happen. About the time he was starting to drift off the door opening caused him to wake up a little. Though his thoughts weren't on who was walking about the house even.

It wasn't till the second door closed he even remembered that she was here too. He sighed heavily before sitting up and running a hand through his hair. "Ugh.. damn it all" He hissed under his breath, he half felt like he had a hangover and he knew he didn't drink anything. He kept thinking about her offer and the hint from earlier but he'd quickly shove them to the side within moments of them coming to him. She wasn't like the others, he wasn't about to take her first time for the sake of her trying to be helpful. He could go find someone for that.. though she'd be more then pissed at him if she found out.

There was the thought of waiting here for a few hours when he thought she'd be asleep and then leaving. He could take a bath or something when he came back so she wouldn't be the wiser. Though once again he wasn't sure on this idea seeing as his head was a bit of a mess at the moment. He kept trying to focus on the fact that they had to get the next relic for this to all be over with. She could go home then and he could stop worrying about doing what he thought was for her own good.

[Pinkie]

Elvara sat there in the dark thinking about the past days. Her mind was a puzzle with most of the peices missing. What was she to do about...anything. Elvara sighed. She felt so lost. Sitting where she was for awhile sleep seemed to avade her. Sighing she stood and dressed once more. Thinking of where Zek slept she decided that leaving out the window was her best bet.

So thats what she did. Jumping out and down she landed on the ground below with little to no sound. A drink or two at the tavern would be a nice thing. She thought to herself as she headed towards the soft sounds of jolly drunken laughter. Entering she ordered her drink then choose a table at the back far corner.

Elvara watched as the males in the tavern became more intoxicated and drunk as the minutes ticked by. Finishing her third or fourth beer she couldnt remember Elvara stood and headed for the door on some what shakey feet all the while not noticing the three males that fallowed her from the darkness of the trees just out side of the bar.

"Well well what do we have here?" Elvara stopped and turned around to see the young men "Seems as though we have a shela that needs some help home" Another one of the males spoke and Elvara snorted "I need nothing from the likes of you" She said turning and walking away again. 'Aww now dont be rude" one said and she sighed "Look...I am not in the mood so I warn you"

[Rosekitten]

After a while he stood finally still holding his head before he manged to right himself. He figured by now she had to be asleep, he needed to go somewhere. at this rate he wasn't going to make it till morning and then one of two things would happen. Either one he'd be in a sort of coma state or two he'd do something he'd regret doing. One was his better option though he didn't trust himself to not do something stupid.

Walking out of the building he stopped to lean against the wall for a moment to try and collect his thoughts. He knew a few places he could go, though at this hour only the tavern would probably be open or have people awake at it. Just avoid contact with drinks and he'd be fine. That should be simple enough. Walking through the town it was almost peaceful out, it was hard to think that this could all be destroyed if Elvara failed her quest..

It wasn't moments later that he heard talking that pulled him from the sort of trance he was in. It wasn't too far from where the tavern was as he stopped and looked over the group standing there. From the looks of it there were three men and.. what the hell? He questioned himself before speaking, but hell how many drow females were there running about. "Elvara?" He finally spoke up, the three males that seemed to be bothering her paused a moment when he spoke. It wasn't like he was looking for a fight but three drunken idiots would probably cause one. Though if he had his thoughts about him he would have left well enough alone and then not have to answer Elvara why he was out here.

[Pinkie]

Elvara almost cringed at that voice "Go home I dont need your help" At that one of the males reached out and grabbed a handfull of Elvara's hair before speaking over the hiss she made "You might want to take his offer" The male said before Elvara hissed again "One he didnt offer" She said before ramming her elbow back into the males chest causing him to cough and weeze letting go of her white lockes. She then spun around and kicked him causing the male to fly a little backwards landing on his ass "And for two I dont need his h-" But her words were cut off as she felt a stinging in her left cheek as one of the males hit her "Your going to need all the help you can get!"

With that Elvara growled and turned her head to fight back but the combination of the beer and slap made her head spin. She then coughed and crushed over as a knee met her chest cracking a rib "You want to take that back?" Everything happened so fast from the slap to the knee her head was spinning. Elvara then grabbed two daggers from her holster and grunted spitting out some blood "Nope" Was all she said before charging at the male.

Slicing at his chest she conected with the first try. She was even shocked at this concidering her state though she didnt object. Slashing again she then kicked the male in the head causing him to drop to the ground. Landing in a crouching movement she stayed there breathing heavy as she looked to the last male standing "Try me" She said and wanted to laugh as the male turned and ran. Elvara didnt laugh but her step did falter causing her to fall to one knee.

[Rosekitten]

He flinched a little when she seemed to snap at him. He wasn't going to help her hell he knew better then to get into the middle of a female drow and her fights. He never said a word, at first he was going to leave her there, hell she could crawl back home for all he cared. No he cared more then that... damn it all why was he second guessing his own thoughts now?

Though as the fight went on he figured it might be a good idea he stayed, for whatever reason she wasn't fairing as well as she normally did. Though seeing they were this close to the tavern he could take a guess that she wasn't completely herself at the moment. Just what he needed though a drunk female drow. He'd rather be anywhere but here now. Waiting until the last guy seemed to turn tail and run he sighed a little knowing he couldn't just leave her now.

Walking towards her he decided to ask before bothering to try and get his hand cut off from a pissed drunken female. "Do you want help now? If not I guess I'll just leave you here." She'd probably refuse his offer to help but still. With her like this he might just force her to accept the help either way, at most she'd stab him but that would heal.. in due time with the lack of energy for the present moment.

[Pinkie]

Elvara put her blades back and fell backwards sitting down with a sigh "I dont need your help" She said softly the words barly even hitting her own ears. With that Elvara stumbeld to her feet and cought her balance before she began walking back to Vadens. Her right hand held her right side and she winced at the touch. Oh yeah she felt the bruise there already.

Stumbling a little she walked past Zek with out a word. She didnt want the male to fallow her but at the same time part of her did. She growled to her self as her mind raged at her 'You should of taken the offer for help' She hissed to her self 'No I didnt need his help im fine' She thought to herslef the drunken state not helping much.

[Rosekitten]

He knew that would be the answer he got out of her. Though for the moment he let it stand at that. He'd wait to see how far she got before forcing the offer onto her. Not like he was going to hurt her in anyway, hell if he was half useful he could figure out a method of healing her.. though that wasn't happening with the amount of energy he had left. He'd be lucky to make it home, let alone with helping her.

Once she seemed to force herself to walk past him he sighed a little before waiting a few moments and following her. She was being stubborn and he could tell by how she was walking and everything. She was drunk and in pain from that fight and she called him stubborn... Catching up to her he grabbed her shoulder to get her to stop walking before speaking and quickly picking her up to carry her minding where she was struck in the fight a few moments ago. He needed to act quickly before she protested or tried to fight too much and made it worse. "Don't struggle and shut up. Telling me you don't need my help isn't going to make me leave you here to walk back. Hell your even drunk, what were you thinking what if they had beaten you?"

[Pinkie]

Elvara sqwaked as she was picked up off the ground by strong arms. What the hell was Zek thinking! He had little to no energy and he was straining himself just o try and help. This angered Elvara and she growled before pushing Zecks chest with enough force it causes his weekend arms to give out and they both fell to the ground. Elvara Cried out in pain as she landed on her right side. Okay so maybe that wasnt smart.

Getting to her knees she rested her head on her right arm as her left gaurded her ribs "Why should...I take your..h-help?" She asked in a raspy pain filled drunked whisper the dust below her lips turning dark from the drops of blood from the side of her lip "Im not good enough for that..." She said softly the thoughts of before reaching her ears. Elvara then forced herself to her feet "Now go to the tavern to get laid...thats where you were going before I got in your way again" She huffed turning and now only limping her way back to Vadens the darkness hiding her pain filled eyes and tear stained cheeks.

[Rosekitten]

Ok that could have gone better, he was expecting worse though. In truth he wouldn't have blamed her if she had pulled a blade out and stabbed him with it. Though he wasn't expecting her to fight enough to cause them both to fall over. Sure he didn't have the energy to spare but damn it she could recover over the course of a night so long as she made it home. This way most people would leave her alone if he was around, in her current state she couldn't handle a fight anyway.

He couldn't even say anything to her when she spoke. He was going to tell her to stop being damn stubborn. But he stopped as she went on saying she wasn't good enough. "What are you talking about I never-" Though he was cut off as she seemed to recover herself a little and snapped at him telling him to go about to what he was planning anyway. As she started to walk off he shook his head a little, was that why she was mad this whole time?! Had he really made it sound like she wasn't good enough?

Standing he moved to walk after her. After catching back up to her he grabbed her shoulder and forced her to stop before he moved to stand in front of her holding her there. "Damn it listen to me!" He spoke up to her to get her damned attention seeing as she was trying to force herself from his grasp. "I don't know where you got that idea of yours from but I never once said you weren't good enough. Is that why you won't let me help you? Hell your in pain and your still pushing me away." He sighed heavily before calming down a little still holding her there. "I refused you before because I didn't want you to get dragged into my problems, I didn't want you offering just to help me.. maybe it's selfish to think I was doing it for your own good. It would have been your first wouldn't it? it's not fair to you that it would have been in the middle of fucking no where."

He released her shoulders when he was done and looked away from her. "Will you at least let me help now? Or are you still going to be stubborn about it? You can bitch at me all you want after we get you out of the streets.. " He didn't mean to really lay into her that much but it just all came out, what had he done to make her think she wasn't good enough. He was trying to protect her and she had been mad at him this whole time because of it.

[Pinkie]

Elvara hissed as she felt the hand on her shoulder. She paused and listened to him rant and rave. The thought of him actually wanting to help her seemed weird though she was half tempted to take his offer. But then she looked up to him "Just....leave me be' She said before moving to move past him but then she stopped a moment "And didnt the thought ever cross your mind that...it was something I wanted?" Elvara asked him.

She knew that Zek was just like her in alot of ways thats why it seemed fruitless to her. She wanted to give in and let him help her but the way he looked Elvara would be the one helping him "Come on" She said taking a step passed him 'We both need out of these streets" She said in a pained voice as she stumbled a little her footing still not the best.

[Rosekitten]

When she started to walk past he figured she was still mad, even after he tried to explain himself. He needed to just give up, maybe the idea of a forced coma wasn't as bad as he thought. Though she seemed to speak up again, maybe he had been selfish. She had a point that maybe it's what she wanted, at the same time he figured it was still better for her to seek that elsewhere then from someone that could be gone in a few days after they entered the demonic realm.

He never said a word further as she started to walk again. He followed her but more of to make sure she didn't fall over or if she started to he could help and quickly give her the space she desired back. Though the walk back seemed uneventful enough and she didn't fall over so he didn't have to worry about it. Though he was still stuck on what she had said about maybe she had wanted it.

Once they were both inside he sighed a little. "Well .. " He started but paused a moment before regaining his thought. "You should go back to bed, I don't really want to know how you got out of the room on the second floor or how you planned to get back in drunk." He found the thought almost funny really. Though he left it at that, he wasn't about to push his luck seeing as she was calm at the present time as he started to walk back to the sofa to sit on it. Though he nearly fell onto it as he moved a hand to his chest for a brief moment.

[Pinkie]

Elvara stopped and watched Zek move to the couch. The grasping of the chest did not go un noticed. Elvara removed her cloak with a little pain filled hiss exposing darker skin of a bruise if possible. Elvara was about to walk away back up stairs when she stopped and turned to Zek. She was unsure if her next action was going to be a smart one but she had to try. Moving Elvara went infront of Zek before reaching out and grabbing his hand softly in hers.

Turning her head to hide the blush that she knew dusted her cheeks Elvara spoke softly "I let you help me...Kinda" She said before giving a light tug on Zeks hand "Let me...help you" She said in a light whisper. Elvara already knew what Zek was going to say so she answered the question before it was asked "Because Its what I want" She said slightly before taking a step towards the stairs.

"At least...take a bath" She said softly "It will help" She said softly "I could add these herbs" Elvara began "They could help with some energy gain...just from the smell" She said simply as she gave his hand another tug.

[Rosekitten]

He started to relax a little when she seemed to head for the stairs, he thought that was a good sign. Though she seemed to stop as she walked back and grabbed his hand. Looking at her as she spoke he started to refuse her, why was he fighting her so much. She had just said that it was what she wanted back on the street. Though he didn't get to protest as she spoke again.

He sighed a little as she went on and gave his hand another tug to try and get him to come with her. He stood to let her lead, really he didn't want her to strain herself with the fight that happened earlier. "It's your choice.. " He finally said before she walked too far. Sure the herbs wouldn't help a ton but .. what was he suppose to do really even with the herbs he'd have to go somewhere. She'd just end up being mad at him again.