Lora flushed when Darling made her comment. She, above all else, did not want to seem like Vance's pet. Yet it was very hard to resist this man. He was so used to getting his way and so firm in his belief of how things were to happen properly that unless Lora decided to place her knee in his groin he would just let her flap her lip and do as he pleased.
That both infuriated her and somehow made her like Vance even more. Which was confusing her. Which in turn made her angry at herself and at Vance, which in turn made her blush even more, which meant Darling at least would see her distress which made Lora all but tremble with rage.
And it wasn't even the day of her moon blood. Such behaviour was so unbefitting of a Wizard and a trained Witch that Lora wanted to slap herself out of it.
"I'm sure Vance would give me a slap if I asked him, though I can bet a cartload of gold he would not aim at my face." she thought for a moment. Then she remembered she hated men, and that Vance was one. A well built, well mannered, stubborn one, but a man still.
Stupid girlish thoughts had to be put to the side. As well as some... less than subtle pieces of information Lora possessed.
"Martoumum, glad to see your head is not yet used to decorate a pike in front of Dellex's tent." the girl remarked dryly.
"Jareth, Trinham - you two I know and can trust, with combat if not with thinking. The pretty one, Darling was it? She fought on our side and seems confident in her charms. Mal and Ern I know only barely. I suggest we all are properly introduced to one another, and consider this keep a safe haven, one we will not have the luxury of possessing for long."
Lora paused, clasped her hands, and refused to consider Darling's gaze on her fancy new dress and jewels. She would remove them, but that would just insult Vance. Or make him think she wanted even fancier ones. More likely the latter. The man was as thick as porridge when the matter did not concern war, horses or, she supposed - physical activites.
"We need to put together our talents and resources so that we may properly plan the best course of action. Using decoys is a fine thing to trick idiot guards who reek of cheap wine and sweat. Remember, Dellex is a Wizard, a powerful one. He is no moron. He has a personal guard at his disposal, and vast resources. With simple teleportation and Divination spells he can both find out or ploy and snag us all like trout from a bucket. You all seem to forget just how easy it is for such a man to break the conventional laws of war, secrecy and logistics. Our best chance and probably the only reason we have not been all executed for treason, is because he deems us too far beneath him to personally delve into the matter. That may yet be his downfall, and we must keep his opinion of us and our efforts such as long as we possibly can."
[sblock]OK fill me in, where did we get those two elves from? FYI Lora is a petite, slender girl with shiny black hair tied in an ever persistent ponytail. She is pale, has azure blue eyes and pouting, rose-coloured lips. And she is usually sulking. [/sblock]
