Drew smiled and stood up from his work. "No I dont, But do you think that you could go and deliver these potions and salvs." he said as he looked at her and put all the potions and salvs into a bag.

Ivan smiled and kissed her back. "I love you too" he said and kissed her again. He then looked into her eyes and said "how about if we look for something to put into our little house" there house had no food and it looked kind of dull so they needed to get some things.

Iori nodded "I see. Come, I will show you a place where you can rest." He turned and swept out of the arena, down the paths surrounding it and the mansion where he lived before finally stopping in a garden filled entirely with night blooming flowers, fountains were artfully placed to catch the light of the moon and reflect it around the garden, and even seemed to glow with some small measure of inner light. Though there were no torches or lamps, the entire garden was well lit and visible. Iori gestured to one of the benches. "Sit, rest. You seem tired." He stood nearby and examined one of the flowers "Tell me, how are you adjusting?"

Alora took the bag and picked out the first one, it had a label with not only it's contents, but the address to which it was to be delivered. She nodded silently and headed out. It would in all likelihood take her several hours to deliver them all, and she might as well get started.

Allie looked over to him and smiled. He was so amazing. She nodded. "that's a good idea.." Even though they had a lot there were still the homey touches missing. It wasn't that bad, the house itself was very nice and it would be perfect for them.

Celyse looked over to him and nodded softly. She followed him down the path to a beautiful garden. It took her breath away. "this is beautiful..." she said softly as she sat down. She tried to relax taking deep breaths. "no, I'm alright.." she said quietly. She didn't want to appear weak to her new master. He did seem like a really kind master, if she only gave it...

At the first stop a old woman answered the door and smiled at Alora. "who are you?" she asked in a wise voice. THen smiled seeing the bag full of salvs and potions "I thought Drew would be delivering these but It it nice to see that he finally has someone to help him" she said as she looked at her.

Ivan smiled and put her on the ground. "then lets go, I still have a some money left" he said with a smile and took Allies hand. She was the perfect girl for him and he would do anything for her. He hoped that no one would recognise them while they where shoping.

Allie smiled and nodded. "yea.. lets go.." she said with a grin as she took his hand. She just loved him so much and hoped nothing would happen to them. "where are we gonna go?" she asked him quietly.

Iori chuckled slightly "If you're sure. Though there seems to have been some permenant damage done to your dress. A pity. Well you will not lack for new clothes, so do not despair." He sat down on the banch next to her "Tell me Celyse, how would you like to spend your time here? What job, what task would you like? You make a passable fighter at the very least, but perhaps there is something else you would prefer?"

Alora nodded. "Indeed. Is there anything or order you would like me to relay before I continue with my rounds?" She was a practical and efficient girl, she had no real reason to stop and chat.

Celyse looked over to him and giggled softly. "yea, I think the dress will be alright.." it was then that she realized that it had been sliced a lot during the fight and it was exposing her upper chest area a lot more then before. She blushed brightly and looked back to him. "I.. I don't know.. I am a great chief and I can.." She suddenly stopped and looked back at him. "I don't serve you.." she said softly as though she really didn't mean it. She was breaking a lot faster then she thought and he hardly did anything.. he was being nice..

Ivan smiled "we are going to head into town and get some food and stuff to decorate our new little home" he said and started to lead her into town. But if anyone saw them he was going to get her out of there as fast as he could.

The old woman shook her head "no, just tell him that I am glad that he has finally found someone to talk to. He always looked so lonely whenever he was out on his deliverys." she said then handed Alora a muffin "here, for the road" she said happly

Iori considered the best response for a moment. Violence or peace? Well she seemed to be reacting well to peace, so he would try that for a while longer at least. "I see. And what would you call it then? You live in my house, eat my food, and by my mercy alone are no longer in the slave pens. All I ask is that you show me respect and do something to earn your keep. Is this unfair? Or perhaps you would prefer to return to the slavers and await another owner."

Alora nodded and glanced down at the muffin in her hand. With a shrug she bit into it as she turned and continued her deliveries, soon finishing, much faster then she had thought. When she returned to the shop she dropped the empty bag on a nearby counter and looked for Drew, she had a few more questions for him.

Allie smiled to him and nodded. She would kill anyone who tried to stop them, she was back in power again and felt so much happiness with them. They wouldn't let anything happen to eachother. Now that was real love. She smiled and kissed his cheek as they walked.

Celyse looked over to him and sighed. He was one hundred percent right. Maybe she should just give in before the pain came. She was used to it but that didn't mean it didn't have to happen constantly. She looked over to him and said "your right... I am a really good cook.." she said again softly. She was good on the computer? She was very powerful when she couldn't control her powers, when they were controlled, she would be like a goddess..

Iori nodded slightly "Then I will find you a position with the cooks. I do not eat, so your only duties will be to feed the other slaves and servants. The times when another of... worth, visits me are incredibly rare, so I doubt you will have to worry about that. Besides that I doubt your duties will occupy you the entire night, so if you could see your way free to spending a few hours with me, it would be pleasant for both of us I think." He stood and turned to her. "But dawn approaches, and I do have a few things to check in on, so for tonight at least I bid you farewell." He gave her a slight nod and swept off through the gardens, his cane making the distinctive 'clack' with each step.

Celyse looked over and sighed. She gave in so easily, part of her was angry with herself. She was a fighter, she was mad and not broken. The other part of her was relieved and calm. She hated when her mind broke into two. She smiled at him and nodded "thank you.." she said softly. She refused to call him master.. maybe that would come, maybe it wouldn't. The slaves had just ate tonight so she was free for the rest of the time. At least five hours until when everyone ate again. She sighed and watched him go. She stayed in the garden for a few more minutes before standing and leaving going to find him. It was her free time and he requested she spend it with him. That was fine with her.

Iori was not hard to find. He was roaming the castle, stopping to check in on each servant and insure that they were completing the tasks set to them satisfactiorily. Those that weren't trembled before his anger, while those that were recived only a simple nod. He was in the middle of diciplining one of the more recalcitrant servants when Celyse found him. The man was huddled on the ground at Iori's feet, hands clutching his head as he whimpered "Do not make the mistake of disobeying me again!" Hissed Iori lowly "Perhaps you think that it does not matter, but rest assured that it does, and attend to it properly, or rest forever!" He twitched slightly and turned his head to face Celyse as she approached, suddenly his tone level again "Ah, Celyse. I had assumed that you would at least have changed first before coming to find me again."

Celyse walked to the hallways and gasped silently as she saw the man hunched over. He looked terrified and possible as still as stone aside from the shaking. She wished she could help the man. The fear in his face was more then enough to make her think for a minute. When he looked back to her she gulped and stepped back a few steps. At his statement she responded "oh...I.. er... my room is down this hall..." she said softly. She didn't mean to interrupt whatever was going on and she wished she hadn't. She wasn't afraid...She could defend herself more then he could, she had healing powers, he really couldn't do anything to her. It was amazing how much his tone changed, the look on the mans face was enough to tell her that Karen was right and she should behave.

Iori merely shrugged before returning his attention to the man cowering before him "Have you learned your lesson Viktor?" "Yes Master yes!" whimpered the man. Iori shook his head with a light sigh. "We will see Victor, we will see. Now go, and do not slack again!" The last few words returned to that dangerous hiss as Iori bared his fangs. Viktor scrambled to his feet and took off running down the hall, not daring to glance back over his shoulder. Iori simply returned his gaze to Celyse "Would you like me to escort you to your rooms then? Since you seem to have found me once more."

Celyse looked back to the man as he trembled. It was so sad and almost horrifying to watch. She watched him run away in fear as he looked back to her. She gulped and shook her head quickly walking in front of him. It was right next to them, two doors down. It was less then ten feet away. She quickly went into her room and shut the door behind her. She was breathing heavily. Trying to relax herself she went into the small bathroom and fixed her hair. It had been shaken up with the fight. She checked the mirror before going to the closet and getting another dress like she was wearing only blue instead of purple. She found some black shoes to match and went back out into the hallway.

Iori was still patiently waiting outside the rooms. "Are you alright? My intent was not to frighten you you understand. Viktor has a set of unique skills that make him invaluable, but he knows this and thinks that allows him to get away with not doing his job properly. I do occasionally have to set him straight."

Drew was at work again on salvs and posions but they looked more complicated then the other ones he made before she left. He didn't even hear her come in since he was so focused in his work. Now almost all of his draws and cupboards where all open and you could see all the weird ingrediants that he had in the shop.

Ivan smiled when she kissed his cheek and where now walking threw town. No one was giving them any looks and no one called out there names. He was happy about that and soon came to the market and started to look at food.

Celyse jumped seeing him standing there. Fear of the moment not of what happen before. "I'm fine.. don't worry about me.." she said softly. She just nodded her head. Slaves had to be punished.. it was what she was told in life. She knew her day was coming, she just had to enjoy it while the peace lasted.

Allie smiled to him and saw someone she knew. She looked up to Ivan and said "it's alright.." softly into his ear. The bouncing girl ran up to her and gave her a hug. "oh my god Cel what happened to you? we all thought you died.." Celyse sighed and looked back to Ivan. "um.. no.. just been living with my new boyfriend.." she said with a smile. The girls looked at Ivan and blushed giggling as they walked away. Celyse looked back to Ivan and took his hand again.

Alora stood nearby, watching with interest. There was no reason to interrupt him, and since she didn't know what he was making she would do more harm then good if she tried to help. So instead she just sat back and learned. Clearly his skill in this area exceeded hers, she had never even seen some of these ingredients. After watching for some time she went back to the kitchen and started making something filling for him, it didn't look like he had eaten since breakfast, and once he realized that he would be hungry for sure.

Iori gave his nod "If you are sure." and began to walk again. He had many other servants and slaves to check in on. He had tried using overseeres before, but that hadn't ended well and he found that he rather enjoyed doing it himself. He knew intimately the inner workings of his castle, the interests, desires and loves of each person here, and he ruled with an iron fist surrounded by a velvet glove. That was simply his way.

Celyse looked over to him and back to her room. Was she supposed to follow him? She shook her head and quickly walked to keep up with him. He was a lot taller then her and his legs were longer. Five of her steps met his one. She walked more and followed him down the halls. Maybe it was very wise that she didn't show her powers yet, maybe it meant she had the free will longer. She didn't know what was going to happen now.. all she knew is that she was free for another three hours or so, then she had to go cook.

Ivan smiled at the girls and watched them leave "old friends of yours" he said as he looked at Allie. He was glad that she had friends outside, he had none. All of them either died of old age or where off some place exploreing. But he didn't care, as long as he was with Allie he was happy.

Drew soon sat back in his seat and took a deep breath. "finally done" he said and held up a salv that looked normal but you could tell that there was something different about it. He then saw Alora and smiled "how long have you been here for?" he asked as he looked at her and smiled.

Iori glanced down at Celyse, then returned his gaze to straight ahead of him. He went to the kitchens and instantly was attended by the head cook. "Master Iori, to what do we owe this rare visit?" Iori placed a hand on the small of Celyse's back to move her in front of him "This is Celyse, she will be working under you from now on. Give her a position and uniform, make sure she know's who she'll be working with and what she'll be doing. I'll return to see how it's going later." He turned and left the kitchen as the head cook scratched his head and looked at her. "Well, what can you do girl?"

Alora chuckled as she handed him a plate of food "A while. you should rest, have you even stopped since I left?" She cleared a place on the worktable so he could set down the plate and work properly before appropriating one of th stools for herself. She watched him for a moment before asking "You don't have any friends do you?"

Drew shook his head "nope I haven't stoped one bit and thanks for the food" he said and started to eat a little bit. But when she asked about friends he stoped eating and looked at her. "yeah, I dont." he said softly and "but I dont mind, I am use to not having friends."

Alora frowned "That's sad. Even as a slave I have friends. I may not have been particularly attached to them, but I had them." She reached over and poked him in the arm. "What you need is to be more social. Start conversations and all that good stuff. Living alone is no way to survive." She stood and returned to the kitchen to clean up the mess she had made there.