"That sounds like something I would do," Scarlett replied to Elli's comment on whether or not the tea was an aphrodisiac in disguise. "But rest assured it is only made to taste good." She took several sips from her own cup as Elli pressed for answers to the question of the nature of the relationship between her and Syceras.<br/><br/>"It's a little complicate. Where to begin," she said, taking a few more thoughtful sips. "Right now, I guess we're just friends, though I bet Sye claims we're just acquittances, breaks my heart when she's like that. About twenty years ago we met through a joint task force of various representatives from different groups on the council. Our mission was to take care of a clan of dark druids that were encroaching on ally territory. The mission didn't go as planned...I swear if that zealot from the Order of Angradd just let Sye lead things, it wouldn't have turned out so badly. Long story short, Sye and I are only survivers of the team. We were deep into the dark druids' territory; needless to say it was an adventure trying to get back to a friendly outpost. We bonded, unlikely as that was looking back. She was so cute back then--still is, mind you. It was really a really stressful time, seeing our commands all die and then having to survive by the skin of our teeth; we were a real comfort to each other. She saved me several times from all manner of things...I got the chance to repay her once."<br/><br/>Scarlett paused, realizing she had been talking for quite a while. She took a sip from her tea and continued.<br/><br/>"We made love when we got back to the outpost. It just happened. All the passion, the lust...the love, all just poured out. I was her first, I wish she could have been mine. That didn't really matter. We stole away time we should have been doing our responsibilities to spend time together. That stopped when she was put on track to become the commander of her the Shelyn guard. It was around the same time I was being groomed to take over for the last high priestess. I hated it. I just wanted to be with Sye. We started to spend time less and less. I think it was my insatiable appetite that put her off... She actually walked on me when I was with several clients. One of them had gotten a little...well let's just say they kissed me and Sye saw it. I blacklisted them the next day.<br/><br/>"Sye knows that it wasn't really anything and she knows what I do. She just hasn't been all that responsive these last few years. I try to catch her at council meetings, the few times I can get a hold of her, but she always seems to be 'busy'."<br/><br/>Scarlett sighed and drank down the rest of her tea.