<div align="center"><strong>Stráž (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=93697.msg4078385#msg4078385)</strong></div><br/>His appearance in their bedroom hard shocked them into silence rather than the screams he had feared. Only one of them was brave enough to address him and her words were enough to reassure him that they had had no idea of what it was they were doing. So how had they succeeded? It was while thinking that very thought that his eyes caught glimpse of something silvery beneath the head girl's bed; the vial! Realising there was more to it than met the eye. He wondered only briefly how they had come to possess it, but waved the thought away as irrelevant.<br/><br/>"<em>You wish me to leave you as I found you?</em>" he asked them then, but only the one girls nodded her head vigorously. "<em>Very well; but I demand a price for having been called needlessly,</em>" he continued and pointed to the vial. "<em>That object there, the silver container; hand it over here and you shall never see the likeness of me ever again.</em>"<br/><br/>Looking down where he pointed, the girl exclaimed "<em>Grandfather's Persian flask?</em>" The request apparently seemed odd to her, yet she had made use of it in the summoning ritual so after looking fearfully at the large gargoyle she got up out of her bed, reached down to retrieve the vial and warily stepped forward toward Stráž. He claimed it quickly, before she had time to be overwhelmed by terror and she leaped back into her bed, pulling up the covers.<br/><br/>"<em>Good. Now I hope you understand the consequences should ever so much as breathe to anyone what has transpired. It would not do well to rouse the ire of forces you do not comprehend.</em>" So it was a little florid, but he figured it was only what they expected of him. "<em>We swear,</em>" squeeked the leader of the trio and with a nod, Stráž turned, opened the door and was out in heartbeat.<br/><br/>His flight from the house was uneventful and soon he was up on the wing once more, soaring through the night skies. He now possessed some sort of mystic artifact, though he was not knowledgeable about such subjects. However, seeing as he was in the vicinity of the city in which he served as a deputy he guessed he would have to cut his "vacation" short and return presently. Who would he speak to about this item? Not with the hated Tremere, that was for sure, but who?