<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ljYAgW2.jpg)</div><br/>While it did sting a little to watch Lisa walk away because of her refusal, Zerxel didn't let her own minor guilt get in the way of keeping to her decision either, especially when she saw the dagger behind the human's back.  One tactic among the Drow of old, and not so old really, was to take out the competition through manipulation and separating those who were looking for allies or could be fooled into believing as much before killing them out of sight of their true allies.  While likely not what Lisa had had in mind, she<em>had</em>asked for one of her friends to go with her, and yet she was willing to go back to the tavern on her own.  From what Shugar said though, she likely just attached herself to the strongest people she could find, befriended them, and went from there, but it still made the rogue glad they hadn't tried to befriend the human themselves.  There was definitely something not right with her, although whatever it was would likely reveal itself later on now that they had sent her on her way.  And listening to how Lisa had carried herself alongside Shugar and the rest of her bunkmates only cemented her opinion on the matter.<br/><br/>It was bad enough they had the likes of Xara, or they would have if not for her taking care of that problem pretty quickly, but it sounded like Lisa was just as manipulative but in a different fashion.  Perhaps she should have sent Lisa to the Naga instead?  That would have taken care of the manipulating human pretty quick, provided she hadn't already visited the magic shop of course.  Either way, her thoughts were soon distracted by the rumbling in her stomach, which had her pausing for a moment as a hand went to check if she were bulging out just yet.  She wasn't, but the cramp that followed made her consider, briefly, heading back then and there, but Zerxel shook her head and pressed onwards.  The conversation provided a decent distraction anyway even though a part of her, thankfully a very small part, wondered if perhaps Shugar was working towards something of her own.  She hadn't immediately warmed up to the rogue after all, although neither had Bo, but before she could entertain her inbred paranoia further, Zerxel violently shoved it to the side of her mind and locked it away.  Bad enough they suspected each other at all, she didn't need to be adding fuel to the fire, especially now that they were working so well together.  Having said that, she did agree with Shugar more than Bo regarding Lisa, but it was simply a matter of opinion at this point.<br/><br/>Which led to them finding their way to another phantom infested shop of some sort, which immediately had Zerxel wondering if there was a time distortion effect here as well.  When they saw the name, she definitely suspected a trap of some kind, along with any number of monsters laying in wait for them to try to get at the goods inside, assuming there were any of course.<strong>"If it were I'd be disappointed.  No, there's likely a trap or this isn't the right place altogether.  Either way, keep your eyes open."</strong>If the door was locked or otherwise booby trapped, she planned to be the only one affected as she waved Shugar and Bo back a step or two before hesitantly reaching put for the doorknob.  If it were locked, she'd try to pick it or find another way inside, otherwise she'd hope and perhaps even pray they had a bit of fortune on their side.  But she doubted it'd be that easy because the Dungeon was never that easy.