Boyce
*The journey was long and tiresome, they walked all night together, the night even still apon them , the sun a couple hours away from rising as the castle itself was in front of them. The buildings were enormous and despite the time, people were out, active and about, nothing ever stopping*

*We approached as a group of guards halted us looking through all the luggage briefly then at us , a strange little duo but let us pass , looking at us the whole time we walked through. The gate closing behind us. The city bursting with so much life , being completely massive the whole plaza area. I was foreign this whole place as I stuck next to you closely. You knew your way as you immediately tailed us to a place to rest. Paying off at an in as I still tried to keep myself hidden behind you. Finally everything was settled and down. Almost collapsing on the bed* 

"This bed is soooooooo goooood. Havnt had one in over a weekkkkk I've missed it so much , see a shower would do good to. Once I have clean clothes... Nice bath... Warm bath. Honestly need one... Varana you look so tired"
Trevor
*Thankfully they managed to reach the city without another Vera awakening. Varana was relieved. The necromancer made sure to disguise her skeleton as living creatures with transformation magic before entering the city so as to prevent and trouble with the guards. This went alright, much to everyone's relief.*

*Since Varana had been here a few days before, she didn't have any trouble locating accomodations for them. Even though it was late, there were always inns desperate enough to take in late customers. After a quick conversation with an innkeeper, the pair were whisked away to their room.*

"Showers?" *Varana let out a small laugh.* "What, like rain or something? I guess that's one way to get clean... Baths seem more reliable though. Well take yer pick! We got until tomorrow. Faith shops aren't gonna be open until daytime." *She couldn't help but yawn, collapsing onto a pile of blankets one of the skeletons had brought in with them.*

"Yeaaaah... I could totally sleep forever..."

*She'd make sure to have some skeletons keep guard, or something.*
Boyce
*I let it happen , simply blinking as it seemed as if nothing had happened , just a dream. Looking over at the bed across from me as you're sound asleep probably waking up soon
I felt full like after a big meal, my blood felt warmer than usual, feeling its warmth. Looking down at myself, a bag of gold on the counter next to me as I shrivel and realize what happened as I hold my hands in front my face, seeing a faint yellow glow especially within the dimly lit room, panicking*

"W what is happening to me... What did you do?!"

*Nothing but silence*
Trevor
*And so Varana fell asleep without incident. She was quite exhausted too, the sweet embrace of dreamland came swiftly. And thus, the necromancer was left blissfully unaware as Elizabeth snuck off. Her skeletons, not sensing any danger to their master, remained silent and let her sleep. And so it was that Vera had a free hand to feed on the supposed assassins.*

*When Elizabeth later returned, Varana was only in a light sleep, close to waking up. The exclamations of surprise ultimately awakened her. She yawned, slowly sat up, and stretched before casting a drowsy glance over to Elizabeth.*

"Mmm... Everything okay... Seems like yer glowing again...?" *Varana yawned again and rubbed her eyes, looking over to Elizabeth.* "Maybe we should... Skip breakfast... Go find a faith healer... Mmmmfff..." *She fell back into the blankets, clearly still tired. Evidently the necromancer wasn't much of a morning person.*
Boyce
*She looked Varana with her yellow glowing eyes , usually whenever Vera had control it was the case she had those eyes. I couldn't even fathome what happened while she was asleep. Simply feeling ill whenever she thought of what it was*

*She had clothes folded and a satchel of gold over the countertop between them, she was curious to whatever Vera did. Providing for her? They cursed?? The gold fake??? She couldn't understand it. Her runes glowed differently as she breathed in and out trying to catch her breath. A note placed on the clothes while she looked at them*

*A fair trade my pet* 


*I gestured my hands towards everything placed on the counter top to you, scared of what you would think or say.*

"I I don't know what any of this is..."
Trevor
"Mhhhfft? What is what...?" *Varana mumbled into her blankets before eventually pushing herself back up. Only now noticing the glowing Elizabeth, she let out a small gasp of surprise and quickly stumbled to her feet.* "E-Eh?! Yer glowing again—" *Naturally she assumed this meant Vera was back. But the confusion from Elizabeth gave her pause.*

"Wait... No, yer still Elizabeth right? But still glowing... Huh..." *She rubbed her chin. The skeletons didn't seem worried yet, so it was probably fine.* "Do you feel okay?"

 *Slowly though, her eyes drifted to the gold and note. Varana quickly made her way over, wide-eyed.* "Woah, where did this come from?! And that creepy note..." *She shivered.* "...Is that from Vera or somethin'? Do ya think she's tryna get rid of me or somethin'?"

*The necromancer smirked a bit.* "...Must be scared or somethin'! Maybe that's a sign we're on the right right track, huh?" *She looked back to Elizabeth with a big, almost triumphant grin.*
Boyce
*She was frazzled from all this , the clothes she picked up , being a black corset, a black long woven top and leathered pants with ribbons running down it seeming to tie from the shirt , thinking that she Is not putting on any of this. Being to much for her.*

*The yellow eyes stayed as simply couldn't go out like this. Needing a reason behind all this. She needed a ... She was clean, didn't smell bad. She'd been cleaned, she had questions that had no answers. She was confused.*

"Listen ok, I trust you. I'm gonna trust you with everything to me . I'm gonna ....... Get undressed. B before we see this mage taking note of the Runes on me would be good seeing what they know... If that's ok with you... "*Her face went bright red never having to ask this sort of thing but knowing it would come in handy. She wanted her permission to do so to. Knowing how embarrassing this was but knowing how important it was to as Elizabeth hadn't even seen of them on her back* 

"I'll close my eyes to make you feel better even"
Trevor
*Varana paused at the rather strange request. But she supposed it made sense. If they had all the runes written down, that would be helpful for the faith healer. She managed to maintain her composure somewhat. Though it did take her a moment to find her voice.*

"A-Ah... Well, I guess that'd be a smart idea... I'll get some paper and ink... Um... Please just do whatever is most comfortable for ya!" *She encouraged, not wanting her friend to be uncomfortable. By this point, Varana could call Elizabeth a friend right? She didn't have a whole lot of those.*

"Draw the curtains, guard the door. No peeking." *She ordered to her skeletons, who quickly went about their orders. Varana didn't want their presence to make Elizabeth uncomfortable.* "Good good."

*With that, Varana went fishing through one of the bags they had brought with them. It took a moment of feeling around, but soon she pulled out some parchment papers, an ink well, and quill. The necromancer quickly got it set up at one of the tables.* "Okay, okay... Here we go... I've got the ink set up. Errr... Maybe we should start with yer back?"
Boyce
*She nodded as took off the dress, crouching down so her back faced her , it was embarrassing for sure. Doing this for basically a complete stranger. A stranger, a friend, that would help her conflict this threat. This healer could fix all of this , all her problems, all of this and she would be with her sisters again. She missed it*

*She could take the embbarresment if it ment that. She peaked her head behind her shoulder locking eyes with you for a second, letting out a little eep as she looked back forward crossing her arms over herself.*

"This is embarrassing Varana... This stays between us. Always between us. I've never done such things before ... My sisters would scold me if anything like this ever got told about" 

*She was slender and fair, pale skinned but the markings and Runes made the skin around them tanned and almost burnt. Her dark red hair fell down the back of her as she didn't want to lock eyes with you again confirming to herself what she was doing*

"I'm no model or anything alright so I don't expect the best drawings Just label the Rune and where it's located"

*The Runes were so elaborate and intertwined , having so many branches and extremely weird symbols. Between under the shoulder blades layed 2 mirroring Runes that seemed to be scard almost ripped each one fragmented across that area of the skin*
Trevor
"I won't tell a soul! We're just trying to get these runes down on paper." *Varana reassured with a brisk nod and smile. Her focus remained in the strange runes that were etched into Elizabeth's back.* "I'm no artist but I'll give it a go!"

*Slowly, Varana began to sketch the design out in her paper. Progress was slow, owing to the intricate nature of the designs. The necromancer did her best nevertheless, trying to capture every mark of the ancient symbols. They looked very painful. Varana wished there was more she could do to help.*

*Some time later, Varana completed sketches the runes from Elizabeth's back. Sheblet out an exasperated sigh.* "Yeeesh, this is complicated stuff! I'm thinking we shoulda hired a professional artist, haha." *She held out the design for Elizabeth to look at, if she so pleased.* "Here's what it looks like."