The time came when the city gates were finally within view and Black let out a sigh of exhausted relief. He was already forming plans in his head to sleep until about midnight, then sneak out to go hunting. His wings would make it easy to slip in and out of the city unnoticed--especially at night. Many, if not most, of the residents in this city were likely human, and their race wasn't well known for their night vision. The demon's black, feathered wings were designed for discrete midnight hunting. He was a little worried when they came to the gates that perhaps the guards wouldn't let them in and thereby stick a sword in his plans, but Lysonna (and especially Nymeri) handled the issue easily.<br/><br/>Nymeri took the lead of the procession at this point, leading their group confidently through the streets. Luckily, at this time of day there was little going on, and the city was quiet. Shortly, they arrived at an Inn. It was rather near the city gates, smelled of nice food, and Nymeri promised a comfortable stay, so it was very possible that this was the same Inn Drake had mentioned. Well, Black supposed it didn't really matter, as long as it lived up to its fast-accumulating reputation. He liked a comfortable bed as well as the next guy.<br/><br/>While Black was thinking mainly of rest and then a hunt, Ijemaru was busy plotting as usual. This was the capitol, so it had to have a fair supply of magic stores, hopefully filled with desirable merchandise. He couldn't by any means use most of the items sold in such shops, but there were usually one or two items that didn't require magical ability to wield; they held their own magic. Two good examples of this would be Skippy's new glowing necklace, and the talisman the boy had used to enslave his demon familiar, Black Chaos. There was something in particular he wanted, but he doubted he'd find it here. Still, he'd heard the saying once, "The only thing better than finding something amazing you<span style="font-style: italic">were</span>looking for, was finding something amazing you<span style="font-style: italic">weren't</span>." When the time presented itself, he would go immediately to scout out the local merchandise.