(Heheh... I'd try giving Granberia some awesome swordswoman to fight... but I don think I can carry the scene! And ooohohoh dear I didn't expect to run into one of the Heavenly knights so SOON!)<br/><br/>"UUuuuuuhhhuuuh..." Now Sophie was really quivering in fear... She'd never felt such powerful presences before in her life! and she'd thought NOTHING would top the strange scent by the house! This was big and burning and aaaaaah! There was another... though it wasn't nearly as outright agressive as the burning presence... it was still just as powerful!<br/><br/>0000000000000000000<br/><br/>[Hornet Cave: Throne room]<br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>Beta did not even have to think about it. The humans surviving and she needed to buy time and had no way to escape, "Okay, but one thing. I need my Alchemy Bow, it would be more effective to inject it as well as easier to measure the amount needed without killing them. Is this okay, your highness?"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>"Ohoho, you are a bold one, aren't you?" Maiza laughs regally. "I'm not so foolish as to give you your weapon back, Doctor! Besides, you will not need it. If you would blind her, sister dear, we can show the good doctor his accommodations."<br/><br/>Beta would find himself quickly hooded and moved through the cave... buzzing echos around, but not much. It's impossible to see where Beta is, and ufortunately, unless he has a specatuclar memory and feel for his feet, beta won't be able to tell where he's been taken...<br/><br/>A door opens and shuts behind them, and the hood is yanked off his head. He's in a slightly smaller, but just as well lit cave... there's almost no sign of Hornet wax here.<br/>Against the wall are four very large sets of shelves... each of them holding an AMAZING amount of glass jars... many labeled, but he can't read them at this distance.<br/>In the center of the room are several large tables in a semi-circle. They are COVERED in alchemical equipment, some basic, others complex... her professional eye could tell her that it's a fairly serious collection.<br/><br/>"Your books were so VERY interesting to read, Doctor Beta... You make such detailed lists of ingredients and what they are used for... Vespa found them quite enthralling as well, didn't you sister?" Mazia pats her stoic sister on the shoulder, who hasn't once glanced away from Beta.<br/><br/>"She helped set this little workspace up for you: the four shelves hold progessively more dangerous ingredients... Vespa will of course, asisst you in any way she can... provided you explain exactly what you need items from the most dangerous shelf for." Maiza gestures grandly to the rightmost shelf. "I'm sure you understand the needs for such precautions doctor, but do not worry overmuch: I took almost as much effort to make sure ALL of my guests are watched carefully..."<br/>Her eyes glitter dangerously, but her smile does not flicker as Maiza lets her hint about the other humans trail off.<br/><br/>"Will you accept this charitable space, Doctor?" she asks at last. "And do not Worry about Vespa... she is quite polite, and will even aid you should you need an extra pair of arms or two... she can even send for one of the many guards stationed outside the door to fetch anything you might need."<br/><br/>Said commander's hard face leaves no question about the implications there, at least... Escape from here will NOT be easy, if at all possible...<br/><br/>There is a bed before the tables, and a SOLID steel door behind Beta.