It was absolutely baffling. One evening, he had joyously thatched a roof, and swept up the fewmits and dust, and even chased a fox away from the chicken coop, with a bit of prestidigitation. And because he did so well, the family at the old cottage had honored him with some boiled grains, sweetened with honey, and a handful of lovely, hand-picked, wild berries.<br/><br/>It was so delicious and such a touching gesture to him, that he was actually getting ready to do some more work. After all, their was always some space that needed a good sweeping! Or another pesky hole in the roof in need of thatching, or some old, rotting thresh to be removed and replaced.<br/><br/>But, before he could even have finished it, tragedy! Horror! He felt a sensation, a horrendous feeling of lightheadedness, followed by blackness. And when he awoke, where was he?<br/><br/>Marble columns, in a sorry state of decay, decorated the area around him. And dust! Goodness, their was dust on the floor. When was the last time this place got a good sweeping, he pondered? But soon, his thoughts turned to other things, like the cold metal that bound his hands and legs together.<br/><br/>Well, that was... odd. Someone had seen him? Maybe it was one of those pesky Unseelie. That would explain the creepiness, the coldness, and more importantly, the lack of cleanliness. It also would explain how anyone had even seen the naked, winged man, on account of the fact that humans couldn't see him.<br/><br/>With an annoyed twitching of his wings, he shifted around, his chains jingle-jangling, and he stared at them indignantly. This was rude! This was no way to treat a guest.  He had half a mind to go walking off and give the owner of this place a lecture on proper hospitality, but first, he had to get out of these bindings.<br/><br/>Yet, try as he might, his cantrips could not shatter the chains, or unlock them. How strange. And worrisome.  He shook his wings, agitatedly, and looked around. He could see other figures around him, unfamiliar, similarly bound.<br/><br/>La'cael'rah felt as if today was going to be a bad day.