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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brother Allard" data-source="post: 3565316" data-attributes="member: 49563">OOC: Sorry for the delay - I've been busy, and this game is difficult to keep track of - even for a player!Morrigan startles at the interloper's sudden appearance, his mind instantly racing through the many spells with which he might reduce this stranger to a grease spot on the road.Taibhse steps through the portal immediately afterward, as inscrutable as ever, though no less surprised.  The pair of them - the pale and wild-haired Morrigan with his ebony eyes and the heavily armored and fearsome Taibhse, reeking of the grave - are a sight that would make most men quail.  Yet this one, upon seeing them step directly from the ether, offers nothing but polite blandishments.Disguising his unease, Morrigan's face twists into its habitual sneer.  "If you have business, then state it." he snarls, adjusting his weight into a defensive stance.  Taibhse begins to circle to the left, his hands hovering near the pommels of his twinned swords.They have worked together for a long time, trading in death and secrets, and have well earned their habitual paranoia.  Surviving in Veccna's intelligence service requires nothing less.  They know one another's minds with perfect ease, and neither believes there is ever such a thing as a coincidence.  This suspiciously chipper creature's sudden appearance is no accident.  It is a potentially serious threat.</blockquote>