((well actually my charature Haruhe asked you how your soup was and I'm waiting upon a reply))

((SO sorry i didnt see this... YIKES))

Evaine looked up at the girl after a couple bites of her stew. "Amazing as usual Haruhe. You might just have to cook for the kings and queens its that good" She smiled up at the girl happy that she was making others happy. She finished up her bowl of stew and looked up happily at the girl. "Im happy to have eaten your food and stayed with both of your company. I think i might have to leave though. Thank you again you two." She smiled at them both and got up to leave and bowed to them respectfully. Afterwards she left the tavern to go to the king and say hello like she should have a while back. She shifted to her bird form and flew to the throne room and inside to visit King Tyler.

Axel jumped up about a few feet before turning into a ball of electricity and disappeared for a few minutes before coming back and turning back into his normal form. He brushed the electricuty out of his clothes with his hands before saying to Pholios "She is nowhere to be seen in the forest... I can only assume either bandits or she has mad her way to the kingdom I pointed out." he had just now remembered her mentioning she was a princess so to him right about now the bandit thing seemed like it was having greater odds. "Hmm let's head over to the kingdom and check to see if she has made it back... if not I can do a quick scouting run"

Pholios considered the odds of her being taken by bandits. A princess would be a steep ransom if caught. He would assume for now that she was back in the town for now until he discovered otherwise. He hoped he had made a good impression on her, though he doubted it personally. She seemed to be against the idea of an arranged marriage. It did not seem to slight him any, so he decided at the very least he was no worse of than the others, but no better off either. He began to walk in the direction of the town, hoping the Elemental would follow suit. If not he could at least catch a glance of any architecture they had for walls. As he continued he talked to the elemental behind him.

"Going into the town is the most efficient action: either to warn of her capture, or to meet with the king as prospective suitors."

"Mmm....blueberries? And I already mentioned the raspberries....am I right?" Smiling slightly when Haruhe returned to her table, Layla just finished up her salad when the baker burst into the diner looking frantic. "Miss Layla there you are! My wife..she's..she's going into labour and it's too soon!" The healer nodded and got to her feet. Waving at Haruhe's uncle and then at Haruhe, Layla picked up her basket and hurried out of the shop with a last "I'll see you later Haruhe! Don't forget the time we'll meet, alright?"

Haruhe smiled and nodded. "Thats slightly right but there's one more-" she said but was cut off as the baker came rushing in. She waved and returned to her uncle's side. She smiled at him and he put a hand on his shoulder. "Office now." he said and she hung her head. Crap. He had figured out she had gone into the woods. She walked into his restraunt office and he walked in after her. "Why did you tell Aya about this?" he demanded and she flinched. "Uncle... I needed answers." she said softly. "I would have given to you when you were good and ready!" he shouted angerily and it went on from there. Haruhe felt smaller and smaller as he kept yelling and when she tried to protect herself he would just blow threw each little shield of words as if it was nothing, giving her another cut to her heart.

((alright, I got announcements XD I shall be taking over as the princess for at least a month while Talitha has no access to internet. So...yea, that's it. Also, I won't be replying until I finish homework so...sorry :sweat:))

((Okay.....? Sounds good, not that my characters had any interaction with the princess so far....o.0..))

It only took about ten minutes before Ayana realized why the baker was so frantic. His wife hadn't actually gone into labour yet, though she was having some pains in her bellly that signified that it wouldn't be long. After healing the minor internal bruises caused by the kicking of the unborn babes, she looked over the woman to make sure of her health, gave her a presciption and left with a couple of loaves of bread given as payment. It was only then that she realized that she'd left her shawl at the diner and hurried back...only to pause upon entering when she heard the hollering coming from the office where Haruhe was getting reemed out. Snagging her shawl off the back of the chair where she'd left it, the elemental listened intently before striding up to the door and knocking on it forcefully. Her expression was one that did NOT bode well for Haruhe's uncle. No one deserved to be yelled at like that and the child, however young she may be, had every right to know what she was and what it meant to be what she was.

((Alright well... Evaine landed in the princesses window))

((oh gosh, that's a lot to work with, Bel and Mathias are waiting out on the balcony and you're waiting in her window...err...dang, I'll try to post later, sorry >.>))

Haruhe and her uncle looked at Aya surprised and Haruhe was trembling. It was obvious how she hid her face in her hair that she was also fighting tears as well. Her uncle opened the office door and looked at Aya cooly. "Yes Aya?" he said and he looked like he wasn't himself. As if, he had taken a potion to make himself angry. Because the soft hard working man Haruhe knew never ever got mad. So this, this was definately scary and heartbreaking for her.

((Its cool take your time with the others... Ill just post Evaine watching the others.))

Aya looked over Haruhe's uncle just as coolly, if not coldly, before she swept into his office, slipping past the large man and going to Haruhe. There she put her hand gently on the girls shoulder to give her support and then, only then, did the earth elemental speak. In a calm, rolling voice that held more than a little power behind it, the healer spoke "You. Are going to far today Eric. You stop yelling at her this minute before I call in the guards for a domestic dispute. She doesn't deserve this abuse, nor does she deserve to have her right to knowing about herself denied to her. You should know that better than anyone, am I not correct?" Her attitude was neither friendly, nor polite as she spoke bluntly, her hair lifting slightly on a faint line of power that made her eyes glitter brightly. She couldn't tell if he was truly angry, he seemed to be, but is was unnatural for Haruhe's uncle to get so angry for such a small reason. It was not as if she'd spoken of the childs halfbreed status loud enough for others to hear, it had been a quit conversation between the two women. "Why are you so angry boy? And yes, to me you are a boy-child, throwing a temper fit. What I wish to know is why. ANSWER ME."

((Sorry, I don't know your Haruhe's uncles name...>.<;; I'll change it once I know....? ))

((surrounded by two in the balcony and one in the window..heh, put your hands up and come along quietly!! jk))

((that name is fine))

Haruhe pressed herself more against Aya as her father's gaze landed on her after she spoke. He shook slightly and clenched his fists. "I do not.... Know..." he said seemingly trying to fight off the anger. Haruhe looked at her uncle and he shook his head. "Im not... Trying to be... Angry...." he growled and she looked at his tea pot. Curiousity getting the best of her she grabbed the tea pot and looked at him. "What tea did you have uncle?" she asked and he scrunched his eyes shut. "Honey tea..." he managed to say and she opened the teapot. Inside was a deep deep brown colored liquid and she looked at Aya. "What does this mean?"

Ayana looked into the tea pot, took a sniff of the overly sweet liquid then looked at Eric. "That's not Honey Tea, that's Moredrenek Root....it's a drug used to enhance agression. Eric, come and sit down over here, Haruhe honey, can you move please dear? Go and get me a cup of water alright?" When Eric did sit down, the Healer dug into her basket and found a package of relaxant, designed to help suppress the natural drug in his system. Frowning slightly as she measured out a teaspoon of the plant, she asked some questions. "Where did you get the tea Eric? Did someone make it for you? Get it as a gift? Do you have anyone who might know about your nieces uniqueness?"

Haruhe nodded and dashed off to the kitchens to get some water. Eric grasped the chair to keep himself from lashing out angerily. "Yes it was a gift... From a soldier of the king's... Had gotten drunk and hearing that Haruhe worked here and of her beauty he came over to try and woo her... She had no other choice but to lash out with her claws and when I came I threw him out and threatened his position since I know the merman counciler..." he said and a low growl escaped his lips. "He came back and said that this was for a appology..." he said and Haruhe came back and handed the cup of water to Aya.

Ayana nodded her thanks to Haruhe and accepted the water, crumbling a chunk of the root into the glass then adding some sugar. Once the liuid had turned a yellow color she fished out the chunk of root and held it out to him, speaking calmly. "Drink this, it will help until the drug flushes from your system. I know you do not act this way normally, and I know this is unnatural to you but bear with it for a few hours, you didn't drink much apparently." Looking into the teapot again, the earth elemental scowled and a jolt of energy shot into the liquid below, turning it to purest water while a tiny ball of black muck collected in her palm. Wiping that on a napkin she looked at the water then smiled and patted Haruhe's head gently. "He'll be alright honey, would you like to go and make us all up a real pot of honey tea?" She stressed the word Real a bit with a small smile and then looked at Eric to make sure he drank the 'antidote' "You are lucky it was not true poison, though if you'd had a full pot you would have been in a very big rage within minutes and it would have been a chore and a half to pin you down properly without damaging the diner."

Eric groaned and shook his head putting the empty cup down. "Dont remind me." he growled and Haruhe looked at him worriedly. She then left and was back in minutes with a pot of honey tea. She threw away the 'gift' pot and poured everyone a cup. She then retreated into the corner of the office holding her cup for comfort. Her uncle's words were still ringing in her ears and she felt horrible though she wouldn't admit it.

Aya looked over at Haruhe silently for a time, then reached into her basket and pulled out a small bag of cinnamon candies. "Here Haruhe, have one or two, they'll help with your nerves dear." Taking a seat on a spare chair, the elemental waited to see if the medicine took effect as she knew it would. It wouldn't take long before he'd relax....but she also wanted to make sure he apologized to his niece....and she had plenty enough power to make him do so if he refused. Just because he was drugged did not mean he had any right to abuse her so badly.

While Axel's original reason was not to be a suitor to the princess he was here to find a wife to marry so he thought the idea of being a suitor would be interesting. If it didn't work then he could travel to a different place. But he was getting tired of being aloner and wanted to share his life with a woman. He looked up at Pholios and acknowledged him "Agreed a mos efficient course of action." It was getting dark so to light the way he held his hand up infront of him not more then 8 inches from his face and charged an electricity ball in his hand to use as a light source. The light itself was inconsistent due to the electricity itself but it did it's job.