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Rose; More Fighting

Rose sighed as Dragon came up from below, followed by a bunch of, well, animal-like misfits. And they seemed... pushy.

As the unicorn dug her horn into Dragon's back, Rose grew angry. These creatures didn't know what they were dealing with here.

As the rest of the entire Dragon Dynasty moved to attack, and all but two of the creatures ran forward, Rose focused on the two that didn't. The griffin and the unicorn.

Rising from the ground, (on her fairy wings, visible again as was her tail) Rose flew above the ensuing melee below just as it started. Summoning a large amount of her magic, Rose quickly made a condensed wall of air that she dropped down between the unicorn and Dragon. Only an eighth of an inch thick, it was impermeable, and ten feet in each direction.

Dropping down on the side of the wall with the unicorn and the griffin, Rose summoned her favorite swords, a pair of katanas. She didn't realize she changed outfits, too, to something more battle appropriate.

"TIkkit sends their regards, but will not tolerate such insolence. Cease and decist, or suffer the consequences." Rose said, having caught on to the center of the group's concern.

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Taran; More Quests

Before he could get to the front door- not that he was in a hurry- Taran heard the sound of running footsteps. Trouble already? he thought.

It was, surprisingly, Lord Avondale, as he found out when he turned around.

"I require your help. May we speak somewhere...privately?" Lord Avondale asked him, after grabbing his arm.

Taran's eyes narrowed, as he searched for more meaning in the Dragon's request. Realizing he would get nothing until they were alone, Taran was about to suggest the gazebo on the other side of the garden until he saw two people just standing among the rose bushes. One looked like... like Rose herself. She's the one I saw so briefly before. I still want to talk to her... he thought in a moment. But not now.

"ANTIE-D?" he asked, and she nodded. She opened the house, and led them straight to the study, and closed the door after she left.

Taking a seat, since he was still worn out, he wasted no more time.

"What is it?" Taran asked in all seriousness. He didn't know how much Lord Avondale knew about him, either. But he was smart enough not to insult a Dragon's intelligence, and he had a bad feeling that, with the odd looks he'd been getting, something about him had gotten around. He wished he knew what. And he waited to see what odd quest would be set to him next.

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Se'rox; Stumbling Upon It All

As Zuchax III led Se'rox toward a different house, with a garden, she smiled. She knew this place. This had been Lilah's house. She had promised Lilah she wouldn't seek it out. But she supposed... that was all past them, now.

As he led her into the garden, she couldn't help but take long, drawn out breaths, as she smelled the fragrant roses around them. Zuchax III explained about the roses. And the black rose tattoo that the Nobody Hunters had probably thought funny to give her.

"Thank you." she said simply, though she wanted to say more. To explain that she had known roughly what roses looked like, but had never bothered to see one up close, or to touch one. And it was like smooth velvet to the touch.

Nodding as Zuchax III's approximation of how she saw- since it seemed logical. She either saw something or she didn't- there were no colors, and black and white, someone had once said, were the equal opposites of colors.

"No, it's all right. I like this..." Se'rox began, after Zuchax III apologized for the side-trip. But she had sensed someone coming as well, and paused.

"I think... that is one of Rose's friends. And her android." Se'rox said. "Looks like they're going to her house, but..." she made a strange face- kind of screwed up in contemplation for a moment. Then she chuckled. "There are a ton of animals and beasts in that house, waiting. For Rose, I should think. But still..."

She turned her head to face the opposite direction, for no sooner had she said the last of that had she felt someone running up the main path to the house. The man stopped and grabbed Taran, and they- after looking around- hurried inside.

"That's... more than odd." Se'rox said. "Something's wrong." She did not know if it involved Rose, and whether they should even get involved. She looked up at Zuchax III questioningly. She thought he should decide how they should react. For a while now, the weeks and such that they'd spent together, she had become comfortable with him, and she tended to prefer allowing him to make decisions, as in this case.