<div class="floatright"><strong>Lea'shee</strong><br/>(https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1JneCW1W0bLqB1k2kTE65WEfvHfIJ3KhO)</div>The serpent witch was always a little upset at never being able to fully tire him and beat him at this game, at least not without cheating with magics and alchemy, but it didn't matter, she had her ways to subtly influence him and get what she wanted. For now she finished him and took some pleasure from him herself, but let him retire and go back to his kingly duties as she stayed in her quarters to contemplate finding and bringing the angel to her bed.<br/><br/>Lea'shee could have repeated the same divinations she had used before, but she didn't become the Sarki's spymistress and an agent of the Yuan-Ti by wasting resources or using forceful, blunt and straightforward. After all, her 'poisoning' attempt was never serious, she just wanted the Sarki to think he had outwitted her, her plans for him and their progeny were much longer term than just simply taking over. That wasn't the Yuan-Ti way. So she knew Tafiya would be in the city nearby. She didn't have her memories so she wouldn't know where else to go, how she would be received, and if more powerful beings or magic users were lurking about that could harm or capture her. Then, while she could remain invisible to mortal senses, she would eventually either need to eat or interact with others. Direct divination on her would likely fail, so she went at it the old fashioned witch way: Using small animals like rats, birds, bats, but mostly serpents that lurked about the city unknown or uncared for by its inhabitants. That was how she found her, and Tafiya had indeed found a good hidey hole.<br/><br/>Tafiya is hidden in a place most people don't want to look, where she can hide in the middle of the city, learn all that she can, without using any magic: the library. There were once great libraries but ignored by the previous kings and tyrants, especially reduced by the previous king. A caretaker stole books to prevent their sale or destruction, and kept them in a tiny house and cellar on a out of the way street. Old man Oumar is very old and blind so he doesn't see her, but he's wise/smart enough to realize it is her after a while and the type of questions she asks, and the two keep each other silent company, with occasional discussion on history and the sciences, with an occasional dip into philosophy and art. Tafiya however seemed unconcerned about specific of politics, learning some rough outlines but totally not caring about the endless wars of humans in the region.<br/><br/>Lea'shee was relieved that the angel didn't seem to have aspirations to political power. She might have to be careful around her to make sure she didn't do anything too evil that would rouse the angel, but she was careful. She was always careful, as she had learned in her youth: the snake bite the unwary. She considered her options on how to seduce her, she knew the angel was attracted to her already, and she didn't want to send some lesser woman, she wanted the angel wrapped around her little finger, and only then would she 'share' her with the Sarki Ra'Shuurma and let him have his fun. She thought it through and then put her plan into action.