<div align="center">Aryia (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=88798.msg3898535#msg3898535)<br/></div><br/><div align="center"><strong>Evacuation</strong></div><br/>Although some merchants and the likes were leaving on wagons the city as a whole certainly didn't have a calm feeling about what was obviously a situation out of control that none knew details of. After banging on a few doors and explaining matters to the occasional lost group of souls about the streets Aryia reliased more ground could be covered with her horse and a moment later was back on it simply passing word to any who were in hearing range.<br/><br/>Occasional glances towards the harbor showed a stream of people quickly boarding the ships. One ship was already going through the motions of leaving while people were rapidly boarding two other large galleys flying green flags... something didn't seem right through... and what Aryia noticed made her feel very uncomfortable.<br/><br/>Because mostly wealthy residences were close to the better kept streets the witches assumed as the primary pathway, the ships lisa had begged to stay seemed to be being filled by the town's higher classes only. It wasn't intentional, the witches simply did the easiest job with such short notice but favoritism seemed obvious to any others looking on. What of the others though ? Aryia looked about and realized that not all area's were so well positioned for such an endeavor nor was there any time to make a decent attempt to compensate for it.<br/><br/>Aryia knew her footing concerning values was already on shaky ground with all at the palace, especially the king and she didn't want to give the others more food for conflict.  The matter had to be corrected somehow.<br/><br/>Whirling the horse about gave sight of an orphanage close-by with a myriad of scared little eyes peeking through windows towards the commotion. Well, that would have to do... Aryia rode up to the entrance and after a solid knock entered. Fears the children would be too fearful to understand what was going on seemed to be true and false.<br/><br/>After entering they seemed stunned as if what she was saying didn't register ... then they all seemed to move in motion like some schools of fish do. Word from the older orphans to the younger ones spread the news as fast as fire, as nods begun to become common, the older ones started taking the hands of others, and like a domino effect smaller ones took hands of yet smaller ones.<br/><br/>Soon several scared chains of them formed instinctively. Errie to watch but effective. When line started streaming out of the building like three snakes of bodies Aryia mounted her horse again ensuring to lead them to the closest ship.<br/>