<span style="color: #BFBF00">Naureen read the letter and occasionally nodded as she read.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #00BFBF"> Naureen,<br/>I have arrived at the cotage. How could you leave this sanctuary? What ever.... I am glad that you did for I love the place. Sheba loves the barn and is quite happy. The folks in the village were very helpful despite what you have told me. Perhaps it is your temperament or personality or your Auras or that 'private problem'.  I have read your shields and will keep them in place until I get the feel of the place in the next several years as you suggested. Shame on you for setting them that way! No changes for three years unless.... anyways, I did visit the Temple of Gaia. Very pretty in a dull manner but again for the three years contract.....I will keep to my word this time. So much to do so I must close.<br/>By the way, I hope that Archemedes arrived in good time and fine health.<br/>Your classmate,<br/>Fiona Caras</span></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #BF8000">She glanced about the room as she read the letter but not much was in her interest but did make a few notes to herself to ponder on later.<br/>First thing was that cartel was involved. She found that out by the one called Ross who flipped out his cartel knfe. A dangerous thing to have cartel involved. However, the demands caught her undivided attention. He made three of them! She paused in her reading to hear the demands</span><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>"Understand that by involving us, you are involving the cartel. I ask you three questions, and I expect them to have satisfactory answers. I want to know who you work for, what supplies, and for how long this proposed contract is to remain in effect. Secondly, I require a list of contacts, as well as information regarding your sources. Thirdly, the terms of your payment must be established in far more detail before this job is agreed upon."</div></blockquote><br/><br/><span style="color: #BFBF00">Good idea to know who is doing the paying of such an outrageous amount of money. And a few sources of information would be helpful if the sources knew anything but if not it would be a waste of time. She wasn't worried about the payment. She would send Archemedes to Fiona then he would travel to the Academy. They would feed him well. He was quite popular there the pompous owl. Just because he was a descendant of the original Archemedes. <br/><br/>Soren got her attention totally to the point of folding up the letter and pulling out the lap desk. She put the letter away in her lap desk then put the lap desk back into the back pack before deciding to speak to her. Naureen stood up with simple yet quiet grace.<br/>â€œSoren Agro, I am happy to meet someone who has the intestinal fortitude of which you have plenty of. Perhaps your family is not so great as Reginald's but you are very independent and shall make a good name for yourself and then pass your name along to your descendants. All you need to do is to keep your eyes open and your mind open to others yet be very careful to rate people very high unless you know them well. Allow the person prove to yourself her or his worth. Then make your judgement based on your on experiences.â€ <br/></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">Naureen sat down and waited as she listened to the sounds from the bar room. It seemed like there were some kind of arguing going on. Most likely with the musician and his style of music. She faintly heard someone that was a bit louder than the rest saying</span><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>"KILL THIS FAGGOT MUSICIAN AND TAKE HIS SHIT. NO ONE TRICKS US AND GET'S AWAY WITH IT!!!!"</div></blockquote><br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">~Hmmmm getting a bit restless and unsatisfied with the music~ Naureen thought to her self then tuned the voices out since she did not want to get involved.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #BF4000">Archemedes was speaking with Ra at this time and Naureen's inner aura changed to a deeper shade of orange.<br/>~ARCHEMEDS! Why  are you speaking of my treatment of you as if I give you a bad mouse. You know very well how much those mice like my nuts and how sharp their miniature dagger teeth are. Now behave yourself before you spill things about me that should not be known.  Also remember who tended you after that brown recluse spider that tempted you to eat it and you did. You can be such a gluttonous fool for a wise educated owl.~ Naureen mentally spoke to her mail carrier sharply.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #BF4000">She ignored most of what went on in an attempt to block out the noises and the people in the bar until Ra spoke. </span><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>â€œYou should realize that looks are deceiving, this is the ugliest flower you will probably ever find, and yet you will never find a flower that smells as good.â€ </div></blockquote><br/><br/><br/><span style="color: #BF4000">She watched in a fascinated way of how he made the seed grow from thin air how ever, <br/>Naureen was quite surprised at Ra when he placed the flower on her shoulder.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #BF0080">â€œThank youâ€ was a soft whisper that came from her as she smelt the flower. <br/></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #BF0000">Then the screaming began and Naureen's eyes opened wide with anger in them. Gone was the Irish sparkles and a reddish tinge formed on the whites.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #800000">Suddenly the music changed drastically, making Naureen jump from her chair and closed her eyes in pain.<br/>Her outer aura was not a pretty color at all as she clenched her eyes shut and balled her fists up. An explosion shocked her eyes open as she saw an holographic image of the bar room. On the bar room stage was a huge white werewolf kind of a beast playing a lute in the worse, high pitched way she ever had heard. Lightening was flying around, people were dying and screaming in agony as they fried. <br/><br/>Ra and Joesph were speaking but Naureen didn't pay any attention until Ra spoke </span><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>â€œI want what remains of this beast when we are done with it.â€ </div></blockquote><br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>â€œFine you can have it.â€ </div></blockquote><br/><br/><span style="color: #800000">"Not if I have a say in this!" Naureen spoke in pure anger. Her hair was flying about with a bit of wind that was blowing around her and a stormy cloud grew over her head and moved with her as she left the room.<br/><br/>She reached the bar room after Ra did and she felt the tingling of electricity which made her cloud a bit staticy and sparks were flying out of the cloud that was above her. An electrical storm was a brewing as she stood there. Naureen looked about to see a hideous mess every where and Ra tossing some seeds down and putting bodies on them. <br/>Instantly, Naureen reached into her fanny pack and took out a vial. She threw it at the foot of the creature where it broke. A vapor floated about the area where the vial landed. She then made a shower of warm rain over the vial. A long green vine quickly grew and it had a face on the bud. The eyes on the face were closed as it grew until it reached about three feet. The leaves split into fingers and the eyes opened. A slit across the face opened showing soft teeth much like a Venus flytrap has. It's leafy arms waved freely as it finished it's growth spurt.<br/><br/>"Get the white creature!" Naureen commanded the carnivorous plant. It quickly obeyed and attempted to grab the beast.<br/><br/>Naureen then then turned to Ra.<br/>"The beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.Even the pretty butterflies eat dead carcus when they need to feed and the ugly duckling can turn into a swan on it's own, with no outside help from anyone."</span>