Sethi  (http://i.imgur.com/qsqyT.jpg)arches her back and exhales a soft sigh through her nose; she sheathes her blades smoothly at Chloe's recognition of the approaching man, but she keeps the thumb of her lead hand hooked into her belt near the rapier's pommel.  With the other, she smooths her coppery hair over one ear, then wipes her mouth with the back of one leather bracer.  She shrugs toward the room where Chloe and Cairn had emerged, making momentary eye contact with the warrior and shrugging in that direction-- silently indicating that, if the warrior would<i>like</i>to no longer be naked, now would be an excellent time to get her armor.<br/><br/>She steps forward, placing her soft boots delicately to avoid Chloe's oil-traps, and grips the hilt of her dagger where it sits lodged in the chest of the dead street-brute in the foyer-- carefully checking him first to ensure he's not breathing or watching for a chance to ambush her, she keeps her hand on the grip in case he twitches too much, and digs through his pockets briefly for any sign of his identity or of the hiring party... meanwhile, she glances up furtively at Chloe's and listens.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=142244.msg6549151#msg6549151">Quote from: Kate on 07-07-2012, 02:45:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Sethi" Chloe continued "I will feather-quill a letter of your deed to the Order, stating you defended a bloodbath in an establishment of the Orders own name, how they could get past the guards, is either due to them being bribed drugged, them part of their gang or blackmailed somehow, if not dead. How this happened is something the order can resolve. <br/><br/>"However after seeing your dagger work I will request they reward you with an enchanted one that returns to your hand magically, in your hands it would save more. They may deny the request for such things are created at enormous cost, but I feel its sensible requesting it regardless, you have saved the order more than the cost of such a thing for this place was close to being burnt down and you prevented that"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>She looks a little embarrassed at that, and empties the dead man's belt pouches and, if he has them, pockets of possessions around him on the stone where his blood pools, cooling.  "Chloe," she says with a crooked half-smile to show gratitude as well as shyness, "that's... really okay... it's the mission, 'sall."  She glances up at the tall, whip-thin sorceress, her eyes fluttering momentarily over her bare leg as she dismisses the visions... and sounds... she'd been subject to in the early night.<br/><br/>Swallowing dryly, she stands, leaving any coin the man possessed for his burial cost.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=142244.msg6549151#msg6549151">Quote from: Kate on 07-07-2012, 02:45:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"After this you can have any guardian ship you wish, not be assigned to me, I would adore if you did for many reasons but I hope you can discuss this in my chambers in your own time"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Sethi glances up sharply at the sorceress, her eyes glittering with confused ire.  "What?  Is... is this because I didn't-- y'know--"  she gestures dumbly at the door to the musky bedroom.  "I mean--" her voice descends the scale to a low, embarrassed hiss, and her cheeks glow with a girlish blush, " can we talk about this<i>later</i>?"<br/><br/>When wielder, for no visible reason, doubles over in pain near where her guardian crouches, the thought is lost and Sethi rushes to the sorceress' aid.  "Chloe?  What is it?  She feels the woman's thin back and flat stomach, seeking any wound, and stares wide-eyed into her face, "What's wrong?!"