<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Tomoe%20Mami%20Avatars/Mami_avatar_43_zps70c82e1e.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Alice Deschain (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8367695#msg8367695)</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Some bar.<br/><strong>With:</strong>Gaius and Lyuk.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Alice felt Lyuk's hand on her shoulder and heard him as he looked at her:<em><strong>"Calm down, Alice. He's just trying to provoke us. I'll deal with this, so don't worry your pretty little head."</strong></em>She thought about protest, after all he didn't need to face Red alone. But the girl just nodded, showing to Lyuk that she was alright. Afraid, but determined. Alice "Bull's Eye" Deschain wasn't a mage who would run away from a battle. She looked at Red, with a hand near her thigh, ready to summon a gun if ever necessary.<br/><br/>Lyuk spoke to Gaius:<em><strong>"Let's drop the games and get down to business. So, I met an acquaintance of yours, an Emilia Southwind. It seems your group has a thing in common. Your powers. I've only been able to see Gregory's and Emilia's powers until now, but I can safely assume that the other has relatively the same power. The power over shadows. And another thing that was interesting is that you are given positions that are named after different parts of the crow. Emilia was the beak, so which one are you? Also, what's a dark guild doing being petty and stealing jewels? I thought you guys had bigger ambitions, like world domination. I didn't see anything special about the jewels."</strong></em><br/><br/><em>Others mages? W-What happened to Ralena and Luca? Why they weren't here as well?</em>Alice asked herself about them, but rather than thinking they were injured or something worse, she thought that maybe they were pursuing their enemies. Anyway, she needed to get worried about that man in front of her right now. Red answered them:<br/><br/><strong><em>"Oh! So you finally decide to put on your big boy pants, and suddenly you want to be treated like you're a man? Cute, real cute. And what's even funnier is that you think that just because those idiots did their stupid ritualistic warning thing, that you're suddenly a master detective! Let me let you fairies in on a little secret, you don't know me. You don't know a thing about who I am. But since I'm such a nice guy, I suppose I can enlighten you kids just a little bit. As I said before, my name is Gaius Eigenfilter, proud member of the guild unreal image. The Shadow Crows sent in one of their new recruits to steal some stupid necklace from that old man, but they realized that he was getting in over his head and that it was stupid to send him in alone, so they hired me to babysit him until reinforcements could arrive. However, things got more interesting when a couple of fairies flew into town, so my contract got extended until they were dealt with."</em></strong><br/><br/><em>D-Dealt with?</em>Alice gulped. That meant a fight, no wonder. She just hoped that he wasn't as strong as he seemed to be or else their only strategy now was to flee away, regroup with Ralena and Luca and try an offensive. If things gets too worse, she would let Lyuk make his escape while getting captured by Red. Alone with him, she would try to seduce the mage and buy herself some time while the reinforcements arrive. Yes, it didn't look like a bad plan, right?<em>See, Ralena, seducing has its utilities!</em><br/><br/>Red offered them his deck:<em><strong>"Pick a card. If destiny favors you, I'll let you guys in on a little secret."</strong></em><br/><br/>Again, this piffle about destiny! Alice leaned in and, with a quick movement, grabbed one of the cards. She just threw it on the table, with its face turned down.<strong>"There it is,"</strong>said the girl, harshly.<strong>"You know, Red, I'm a bit disappointed,"</strong>she said, looking at him,<strong>"You're cute. I was starting to get interested in you."</strong>If he believed in this destiny bullshit, he would fall for a bit of flirting, the blonde thought. It wouldn't hurt to try or so she hoped.