Xion had been waiting inside the gates and could only be highly amused by the fact the good-guy team were all arguing already; they were making team dark's job alot easier. Now if only they could make this chaotic relationship continue so they'd be more distracted to give the others time to find the shard here first.  But with Arioch getting away from her group, it was a perfect time to go antagonize her a bit; just within earshot of the others so that they'd look at her with different eyes after they were seen socializing in the most civil possible way.  Xion, however, was laughing internally that none of them had taken notice of him waiting for them there, he wasn't taking any measures to conceal where or who he was; maybe there WERE just that stupid?<br/><br/>Brushing a hand through his hair, he stood up and confidently sauntered up behind Arioch and rather blatantly swatted her on the rump to get her attention.  He knew that she would probably hate that gesture but it'd do the job for getting her attention wouldn't it?  "Well well Arioch, isn't it nice to see you here." he said in the most polite, civil tone possible for the situation, trying to keep his amusement from showing and retaining an air of professionalism. He might've hated her to some degree but he did agree that she had a nice shapely rear, hence the swat.  "How've you been doing lately my friend?" he asked her, then loud enough for the others to ear but not overly.  "How're my daughters? Your nieces.  They better be happy and content or I'm going to have to take steps that you never liked in the past." Xion asked her with a wry smirk that he couldn't conceal.<br/><br/>He hoped deeply that it'd discredit her in the other's eyes to learn she had a personal connection to someone on team bad that went beyond professional affiliation like the others had with various members of the other team.  "It seems like you've fallen in with a ragtag group of misfits, again. Whatever happened to your elven pride? I thought your people didn't help mere humans in their own problems since they are their problems." he prodded her a bit more, trying to upset the high elf.