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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3256790" data-attributes="member: 29014">[SBLOCK=Kel]"Oh, so many questions you have, Kelloran--and that's such a long name, I think you'll just have to be Kel if you don't mind--but, errr," she glances at something behind Kel. "Well!  We should go somewhere more comfortable to talk, right?" she asks hurriedly, grabbing Kel's hand in hers and leading him through a series of alleyways, including at one point climbing up and dashing across a short rooftop before dropping into a deadend, continuing onward slightly, and then stopping to catch their breaths, glancing back, and smiling to herself. "Alright, we're almost there, then.  I realised that I could answer one of your questions by taking you to the Trade District, since if you're a would be Wizard's apprentice, you don't sound like the type for the Docks, but the best inns are all too pricey."*She leads him more slowly now down various streets and boulevards, quickly leaving the Old City and entering the Trade District, slow enough now for some idle answers to his questions, as she turns to look at him again, though it is always hard to tell with her eyes occluded by the hood of her cloak.*"So wait now, you wanted to see the Coronation," Aileen laughs, "You've come quite a bit too early for that.  It is months away yet--I hear that on the princess's twentieth birthday, they give her a coronation as Crown Princess or something like that.  It means she can be the next queen instead of being too young and needing a Regent to rule instead.  But more importantly to us normal folk, her birthday is also the anniversary of the defeat and utter destruction of that dreadful cult, so there's sure to be great celebration indeed!  I'd expect parades, contests, magic, music, free theatre productions, jongleurs, mummers, and more!""Ah, but that's still a ways in the future yet.  Let's see, you wanted to know about the Academy.  I always wanted to be a Wizard when I was younger, myself.  I know I have the knack for it, but Da...aaah!" she glances something behind Kel that stops her in her tracks, "...Haven't seen us yet--Kel, just act natural.  Time to use the most cliched bluff possible and we'll be fine," Aileen laughs, though she is clearly a bit more nervous than she lets on.*She pulls him up against the wall of the building alongside which they are walking and closes her eyes for a moment, concentrating, then pulls down her hood, revealing a rather plain face with dull brown eyes and tangled brown hair done up in a simple bun.  She glances to the side and then back to Kel, smiles reassuringly, and then throws her arms around him and engages him in a kiss.**Shortly thereafter, a small group of guards walks past, looking around to see if there is any trouble, snorting at the two apparent 'young lovers' and dismissing them immediately, as one of them says to the other quietly, but still barely loud enough for Kel to pick up: 'Lad could've done better'.**The guards continue onward, briefly stopping a pretty girl at the end of the street one of the guards pulling out a blue gem, holding it up for eighteen seconds before shaking his head and saying something, then waving them to continue onwards.**Aileen sighs in relief.*"Told you it would work!" she winks, "And just in time too."*Her face begins to shimmer briefly as she pulls up the hood, but he gets a glimpse of two big hauntingly beautiful blue eyes before the hood is back in place.  She sighs slightly.*"I suppose I owe you an explanation, Kel.  I'm a good person, Kel--I swear.  I'm not a dangerous killer or something like that, but...well...have you ever been forced to commit a crime because you had no other choice?  Plus, I do have to admit it's exciting!  But I never kill anyone, and I always try to help those who are less fortunate than I.  Still, now that you know that, if you don't want to travel with me even for a little while longer, I'll just tell you how to get to the inn and leave you here." *Aileen appears solemn and honest, as if she were trying to have a real heart-to-heart with Kel.  If her eyes weren't occluded, this would probably be the part where they get really sad, but since they're covered by the hood, he's safe from that.*[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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