<strong>Within the Inn, Under Night's Shadow</strong><br/><br/>As Mark was studying the blade, there was a bit of glow to the blade, showing the enchantments pushed into the bastard sword. The armor may have practically burst apart after its wearer was killed, but the blade looked quite ready to serve another master. The metal showed occasional glow briefly illuminating it, but it was hard to say anything certain about it by a mere look. Studying it would probably require a bit of work, but it was safe to say it had been enchanted.<br/><br/>Taika looked at Mark at his comment with a nervous laugh, shaking her head.<strong>"I would hope to avoid any more backstabbing going on if possible. Better a fair fight even if its not one I could win, than such trickery."</strong>She shrugged but hummed. Tavah's comment made her eyes narrow though, as she frowned slightly, speaking in turn.<strong>"I was hired to escort the folks I rode with, show them the paths to the old ruins. No attacks on people living around in the area, just touring around areas that have been long since abandoned because the 'civilized' people are so afraid of living close to the untamed wilds. Guess they're afraid that just because two fortresses have fallen that this area is permanently cloaked in some corrupted darkness."</strong>She rolled her eyes, her expression showing she wasn't that superstitious, and more over it seemed it was her genuine stance about things as well.<br/><br/>As the folks were studying the drenched document together, there was very little that hadn't already been seen that could be caught from it. There was nothing more to take note in it, at least on reading it. The elven woman's fingertips did find something though, the paper had a faint feel of wax on parts of it, it was a thin layer but it was there. It became all the more apparent in the wet paper due to the fact that none of the text with the water over it had come to harm, unlike the rest of the writing. Though it didn't seem to highlight any particular letters or words out of the document, more like splatter of something against the paper's surface.