She'd been through this gate often enough in her few months living in the city, as her Master's "tower" was located within, and all too often did he send Hellflower on errands to gather things outside the city walls.  Tossing the required gold piece with a deft flick of her wrist, she winked at the receiving guard as she sauntered inside.  While she was welcome into the city, finally, she'd still been asked to wear a hood when outside the walls; most folk in these parts were superstitious, and the four bone-white horns protruding an inch above her eyebrows could be rather disconcerting.<br/>Fortunately, the horns were small, and swept back-ish, so pulling a hood low enough would hide them without hampering her vision too much.  However, the curious girl couldn't abide any obstruction once clear of the gate, and she quickly swept her arm over the hood, tugging it off.  The shoulder length hair that spilled free was too black, save for a finger-wide piece at her right temple, that piece shiny, candy apple red.  It seemed like light avoided the blackness, so dark it was, and even the torches she passed on light feet flickered away from her, ever so slightly.  In contrast, her skin was nearly as white as her horns, and her eyes were a pale gray.<br/>As she picked her way through the crowded streets, tail slipping from within the folds of the loose monk-style clothes she sported, she spied several people that caught her eye.  One drew entirely too much attention to herself with the abundance of cloth and fur, a delicious target for any greedy thief.  Another drew a similar level of attention, albeit a different sort, by wearing nearly nothing at all, though the rapiers at the girl's hips made the thief-gone-wizard absently touch her own single blade.  The third, though...slight of frame, graceful steps, but not too graceful, armed and armored, but not drawing attention to herself...she'd survive, Hellflower thought.  Until...she intervened on behalf of the unclothed human.  'Silly girl.' words in her demon-tainted head, tip-toeing closer to watch what might unfold.