Nyx wasn't happy about not being able to stay back at the cave and Noah had spent the whole time trying to get her to understand why. They hadn't finished their job and bringing back the clothes in a ball of water, well, that wasn't going to be approved of anyway.

As they got back towards the water, the woman's blue eyes landed on a familiar tall, lanky male and the disappointed look on her face soon spread to a smile at the sight of the male. She went to run up to him when the blonde behind her grabbed the back of her jacket. "Ah, ah, he doesn't look happy, maybe they have some news," she said pulling the woman back only to have a familiar red head break that connection as he wrapped his around around her.

Noah couldn't help but laugh a little, perhaps she was being too strict with Nyx after what Eleanor said if Melik found the behavior ok. The water woman was detained as he warned her about taking Fritz. The woman pouted only for a second before sticking her tongue out at him saying, "I'll let you at least have visitation rights."

Melik then sat down on a rock beside Fritz as he indeed started talking about the women they had just taken to Eleanor. When he asked if Eleanor took them in, the two nodded. "Yup, she did," Nyx said, allowing Noah to follow up. "She had them present brands and show powers before taking them in to see Lydia. Lydia will do a run down of them, get records going and probably have the twins check them out too. They'll be under watch, like most new people are."

The two men started talking, Melik keeping his eyes on Nyx as he got all comfy with Fritz. The woman puffed her cheeks out, glaring at the male. Though, it was the laugh of the taller male that caused the woman's glare to falter; he was too perfect! It was when the red head wrapped himself around Fritz that the water orb holding the clothes seemed to gain a life of itself, swirling like a pond in a storm.

Noah smacked the woman on the back of the head, harshly whispering, "This is hardly the time to start a jealous war." Nyx looked over at the woman, a look of pitiful defeat in her eyes as she thrust a hand at the talking men, "But look at him, he's doing it on purpose! Tell him to stop!"

Rather than replying to the complaining woman, Noah looked back towards Fritz at the mention of Nieko. "I wouldn't put his identity at risk. Eleanor doesn't suspect anything of him and has managed to get rather close with her so far." Nyx crossed her arms under her small chest, clearly not liking that either.

She could feel teal orbs falling on her as Fritz started talking again. "Already doused him in water the other day," she muttered to herself about what happened when she first found out about his weakness. It was the look in his eyes that, even though she didn't want to help Nieko, no matter what, she couldn't help but feel the need to if it arose; she couldn't let Fritz down.

If the trust Fritz wasn't putting on her wasn't enough to get the woman's hopes up again, it was the words coming from the red head's mouth. A large grin washed over her face and when the red head was in the mud before her, the water orb holding the laundry seemed to no longer hold its shape and collapsed over the male. Nyx "seemed" to not notice this as she moved around the male to quickly wrap her arms around the much taller male. "Nope, not cute. Very manly and handsome!"

Noah rested a hand lightly on her forehead, laughing and shaking in lightly as she knelt down to pull the wet clothes off the fallen male. "I swear, if you two keep this up, I don't know what I'm going to do with you," she said lightheartedly even with all the information she had to process. She would definitely help keep an eye on the new people; Nyx liked to stick to Eleanor and if the new people didn't do that, well, someone had to watch them.

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Eleanor watched as the man seemed to quite literally flutter about the cave towards her. She really should have expected that, and much more really, but still, seeing that sort of behavior from someone other than the twins in regards to her was still a very odd sight. As she heard people in the cave giggle, the woman crossed her arms saying, "We're just going to pick up some supplies. It's not really all that exciting, I can assure you."

They continued on out of the cave and towards town, roughly at least. There was quite a bit of woods to get through first. They were traveling in silence, which actually surprised Eleanor, though she wasn't about to break that as she rather enjoyed it. Eventually, Nieko did speak up and his words caused her to slowly roll her olive orbs up to look at him. She was quiet at first, letting the words just sink in before she slowly shook her head. "I appreciate your kind words," she stated calmly. "Though, praise such as that can be deadly in our situation; it can create false strength and cause people to act recklessly so I would be wary as to whom you tell such things to."

In all honesty, the man seemed like the very type of person she was concerned about. At first, people were constantly praising, telling each other how amazing they were for such a thing but early on it nearly killed a handful and did kill a couple. Some started to get over confident in what they could do, seeking that praise they started to take risks they normally wouldn't. Now, while everyone supports each other, they build each other up by trying to help them cover weak points more than anything. There were probably small compliments floating around, but Eleanor never heard words of it. It wasn't that the woman was against compliments, she just didn't want to risk the danger to her people more than already had happened.

Stepping over a small stream, the woman could hear the hesitation from the male that was now behind her. She turned to look at him as he didn't seem all that excited about dealing with the fluid again. "It's shallow, you could easily walk through it, probably only up to your ankles," she told him as she shoved her hands into the pockets of her shorts.

They were nearing the city, the livelihood coming from the run down outskirts could be heard at this point. Nieko chose to speak up again at this point, bringing up a very valid observation. She didn't have to think much on it, one risked discovery far less than the other option. "We'll move to the main roads near those cabins, take that in. We don't need people getting suspicious about people coming in from the depths of the woods and getting curious."

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