Kass's vanishing caused a ripple of disappointed murmurs, gasps of surprise, and the same soldier crying "More witchcraft!"<br/><br/>The priests and monsters looked around, confused for a moment, seeming to really notice Aria now, and the reappeared Kass. One of the two priests seemed to heed Kass's parting words while the other shouted, "Witches indeed!!" and the spears of several soldiers rattled at these words.<br/><br/>Aria touched the bound man, pressed her ankle against Kass's, and triggered the staff. The bloodthirsty crowd vanished, replaced in mere moments by the sunny, beating-hot but otherwise pleasant (and comparatively extremely peaceful) courtyarad at the Siwa temple, momentarily deserted save for the three arrivals.<br/><br/>The youth nearly collapsed, taking a moment to realize he was no longer kept upright by the bonds. Staring around, he cried, "Where are we!? Oh...and thanks!!"<br/><br/>Aria explained, "Siwa, in Mulhorand, maybe a thousand miles east of where you were a few seconds ago. This is a Sharessan temple, and there was a hire-wizard here in town, so I don't think they go blood-hunting over arcane magic here..."<br/><br/>"A hire-wizard?" the orange-toga'ed, curly-black-haired youth rubbed his chin. "Was he perchance in the market for an apprentice? Though I might not make much of one; I've never studied magic per se, or used tomes, it's just been...more of an intuition,"  he shrugged. "Would you believe my crime wasn't even a spell that really<em>did</em>anything, just an illusion! In retrospect, creating a talking illusion to mimic and satirize one of the Karanoks may not have been the wisest...I heard that in Cimbar they even have a law that the soldiers<em>can't</em>grab you for things you say, but not in old Luthcheq, City of Madness!"<br/><br/>Aria smiled sympathetically. "If you'd rather be in Cimbar or somewhere else in Chessenta, there are probably riverboats from here to the coast of Mulhorand and ships to Chessenta from there..."<br/><br/>The youth was looking around, seeming curious about the temple and Siwa and not yet sure; Aria turned to Kass, "Niiice performance, by the way...heh heh...so what do we do now, do you think?"