Strike a Deal|Clan Char, Naurorod

[Kender Bard]

A young girl-child ran towards Alexi. "Elder, Elder!" She was out of breath and panting. "Elder!" She hopped in place. "A lady wants to see you! She's in your home"

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"What the- How'd she get in there?" Alexi asked, and put his weapons aside to check them over later. "Okay, I'm coming." He brushed off his pants as he stood and walked towards his home; it didn't take long, a couple of minutes tops. "Hey, who let you in?" the former bounty hunter called as he pushed the door aside.

[Kender Bard]

The woman within was wearing a long, heavy cloak that covered her from head to tow, the hem brushing the ground. She had her back to Alexi, but when she turned around a familiar face stared back at him, red eyes glowing...

Callista smiled a little. "I let myself in. Have a seat; I need to talk to you."

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Alexi immediately went into panic mode. "Taed's pits!" he cried, frantically wishing he hadn't left his weapons behind before anger made his thoughts sharper. "You whore of Soahc!" he snarled, steam rising from his clenched left fist. "How DARE you invade my clan and soil my home with your filthy schemes! I swear I'll kill you this time!"

Roaring in rage, he leaped to strike, fist blazing with flames and electricity.

[Kender Bard]

Callista disappears and reappears in a different spot in the room, like a teleport, but she leaves a small trail of smoke where she poofed in and out. "Stay your fist, brute," she growled. "Don't you want to know how to protect your clan against what's coming?"

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"As far as I'm concerned, what's coming is already here with your arrival!" Alexi snarled, bristling like a maddened beast. "I won't trust a single word you say, and if you want to live, you'll leave and never disturb my clan again!" He punctuated the threat with a fire-volt that shot past the right side of Callista's head and shot through the wall, leaving horrible heat in its wake.

"Those are your only choices: Get out or die," Alexi growled.

[Kender Bard]

Callista glowered and shrugged her cloak off. It fell away to reveal her complete transformation since the last time she was spotted - winged, purple skins with flame-like markings, and a scorpion like tail. She wraps her wings around herself like a new cloak and lets her tail twitch about in agitation. "Aren't you the least bit curious about the cause of snow in the desert?"

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"No," Alexi snapped. "If you think we were dumb enough to just let it go un-investigated, then lady, you are the most stupid, arrogant b---h in all of Naruta!" Another fire-volt shot past the other side of her head, much closer this time, almost singeing her hair. "This is your last warning: Leave or die, because the next blast will separate your head from your shoulders. It's that simple. Get me?"

In case the message wasn't clear, Alexi started chanting, drawing on the power he had gained from bonding with Charminei.

[Kender Bard]

Callista glared. "I hope Levistus's men eat your baby!" she screeched at him, then disappeared completely this time.

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Hmph. Well, that was a stupid threat. Between him, Charminei, and the tribe, nothing was going to harm their little princess.

But he better tell his wife about the visit anyway.

Taking several deep breaths to calm down, Alexi left to find Charminei.

[Kender Bard]

Charminei was sitting with some other women, Charii on her lap as she listened to the sage advice of older women on child rearing. She had already had some experience in the department but it never hurt to learn more. Spotting Alexi, she smiled brightly while the other women fell quiet and frowned at him for intruding on 'womanly matters'.

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"Callista was just here," Alexi said shortly. "Tried to make like she knew what had made it snow in our territory. She might know -mentioned a guy named Levistus-, but I wasn't about to just let her hang around. I was this close to killing her before she did her disappearing act."

[Kender Bard]

Charminei's eyes widened. She looked afraid, but she was more angry than anything. "Do you think she'll be back? Should we double the watches in area? Do I get to kill a bitch?"

The other women, unsure exactly what was being talked about, looked scoldingly at Charminei.

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"Double the watches, we stay together as much as possible, and for Forces' sakes, don't trust anyone from the outside," Alexi immediately replied. "We have to do as much as we can to keep that thing from ever coming back." He spat on the ground in disgust. "The nightmares will be worth it if I can kill her for good."

[Kender Bard]

"I'll kill her!" Charminei replied fiercely, eyes blazing. She smirked and softened her outburst with, "I don't want to smack you senseless again. Your thick head almost hurt my hand."