Knock, knock! Unwelcome delivery.|Skyheort

[Northen Light36]

Echo follows Wish to the Veatherfall house and lies Acqua carefully down on the steps before tapping sharply on the door and running. Hidden in the shadows of a tree, Echo waits to see if anyone comes.

[Kender Bard]

Talon opens the door, clad in oven mitts and wearing an apron splattered with food stains, a cheerful smile on his face... which evaporates immediately upon seeing Acqua and the state she was in. So strong was Talon's initial shock that the ever-present breeze of Talen'sul calms around the immediate area to a deathly still before roaring back to life with his rage, stripping healthy green leaves from the nearest tree and sending their shredded remains into the raging wind.

His voice howls like a tornado, "WHO DID THIS?!"

[Northen Light36]

The force of the wind is enough to blow Echo and Wish right out of their hiding place. The cat affinity barely has time to grab hold of her companion before cat and beast-type are blown into a nearby fence. Wincing and bracing herself against the fence, Echo attempts to climb to her feet with a soft whimper.

Though his slow recovery has Amaro sleeping heavily, no one could sleep through Talon's rage unless they were dead. Slowly he makes his way to the hallway. "Talon? What's-" Amaro spots Acqua then and the sky begins to rumble with thunder as rage darkens Amaro's expression.

[Kender Bard]

Talon looks around, tense and ready to pounce on anything that looked remotely suspicious. His gaze fell on the unfortunate Echo. Touching his chest he slammed the wind against them hard, to pin them to the fence as he stalked over. "Did you do this?!"

[Northen Light36]

Hissing in pain, Echo shakes her head. "I'd no more hurt Kitten then I'd hurt my own companion," she gasps out, the pressure of the wind making it hard to breath, let along speak.

[Kender Bard]

Talon released the wind that had been holding her, but he didn't wrench his gaze away, even as he started to back up towards Acqua's prone form again. "You know her, it sounds," he stated. "Then tell me who did this."

[Northen Light36]

Echo hesitates, a mixture of fear and uncertainty crossing her expression before her gaze falls on Acqua and her resolve hardens. "Yes, I know her," she murmurs. "I'll tell you... But please can we go inside? If I'm seen telling you anything..." Echo shudders lightly. "I'll end up worse then Kitten is now."

[Kender Bard]

Talon sighs heavily, the wind mimicing him as he releases the bulk of his rage, but it's still there... simmering under the surface. "Come in." He scoops up Acqua tenderly and carries her to his own room, setting her down gently on the bed.

[Northen Light36]

Echo and Amaro follow, Amaro giving Echo mistrustful looks all the way. "There, we're inside," the merc growls. "Now tell us who is the bastard who did this to Acqua?" Echo hesitates just slightly, no matter how deep her hatred of Daniel is, it's still not easy to betray the Guild.

"Daniel," she said at last, her voice low. "Lord of thieves."

[Kender Bard]

"Where can we find him?" Talon asked, fidgeting with near impatience.

"I'm home!" Alethia calls from outside as she approached, her voice merry. "And I brought a guest so set an extra table place!"

[Northen Light36]

Echo tenses and shakes her head. "I can't tell you that," she protests, taking a step back. Wish hisses warningly at Talon only to be shushed by Faith.

"Talon, go explain things to Alethia," Amaro orders, glaring at Echo. "As for you... I don't care what you can and can't tell us, if you know where this Daniel is, you will tell us." Echo frowns.

"I don't know where Daniel is and the only place I could suggest you might find him, the likes of you two wouldn't be able to set foot in," Echo replies sharply.

[Kender Bard]

"We'll see about that," Talon says evenly, going out to quickly intercept Alethia and Salacia. He's brief in his summarization, but the reaction is still just as strong.

"WHAT?!?!" Alethia shrieked.

"Oh my," Salacia remarked, much more quietly. Talon was seen next stumbling after Alethia as she came into the room with her own whirlwind fury, only without the fancy effects accompanying her. Wordlessly she pushed past anyone else to get to Acqua's side, and start medicating her liberally with all the healing water she had for the day.

[Northen Light36]

With the help of the healing water, Acqua starts to come around quickly with only a hiss of pain. "Ugh," she murmurs, slowly opening her eyes to look blurrily at the group, then blinking in supprise to see Echo. "Echo? What... are you doing here?" she asks weakly, reaching out to take Alethia's hand at the same time.

"Looking out for you, kitten, and doing a poor job," Echo replies, moving to the girl's other side. "How are you feeling?" Acqua just looks at Echo and the cat affinity blushes. "Right. Stupid question."

[Kender Bard]

"Who did this?" Alethia demanded to know, but she kept her voice low.

"Some guy named Daniel, apparently," Talon said.

"Daniel..." Alethia gave Acqua a hard look. "I've heard you mention that name before. Who is Daniel, Acqua?"

[Northen Light36]

Acqua shivers and seems shrink in on herself at Alethia's question, her eyes bright with fear. Echo's expression hardens and she mutters, "Damn you Daniel," before reaching out to take Acqua's hand. "Kitten, it's all right," she soothes. "Kitten, do you trust me?" Acqua nods slowly. "Then listen to me. It's all right to tell your family." Acqua just closes her eyes.

"Tired. Wanna sleep," she murmurs and Echo sighes.

"Acqua, please..." Acqua opens her eyes again and looks at Echo.

"It's against the rules, Echo," she points out.