<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/51/5c/ad/515cad0a475ad338654756a990f545c2.jpg)</div>As Pandora and Ophelia peel off from the others, Sollessa is practically bouncing on her feet. She bites her lower lip, and adjusts her cuirass at the chest, nervous gestures that once were appealing flirtations from the Chocolate Star and have since burrowed into her unconscious behavior. "Ma'am, ma'am," she quietly notes to each of them with a nod before turning attention back to Radja and Malin, the two she understands quite a bit more. "Thank you very much fer escorting with. Always a pleasure, ma'ams, watching you work." A wide, toothy grin comes across her face and she gives a whistle, "Let's move! Can't be keeping the important folks busy, don't fall behind!"<br/><br/>With that, Sollessa begins to dart down the street, reaching into her pouch to fire off a bright red flare. The shot lets out a bunch of alchemical smoke and makes a loud 'pop' that helps start clearing people out of the way, but otherwise is just a neat trick. The four other guards with her begin to run too. In truth, none of them are at the level of physical ability of Radja or Malin, and after moving down a couple of streets it becomes clear where the target is.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/97/cc/25/97cc25530b2b23555b732eb396d433ff.jpg)</div>Burst of electricty pop and buzz into clear sky and civilians begin pressing and pushing to get past the guards. Radja provides a helpful sign that they should leave space, but all the same Sollessa's voice rings out, "Move! Move you goat headed dumb fuck shits! We're trying to fucking save you! Hang me out and fuck me sidewise!" Soon the small contingent comes to a garden square surrounded by carts and merchants.<br/>In the middle of the square, a handful of city guards are desperately fighting against about a dozen hulking creatures, each standing nearly eight feet tall with broad shoulders and humanoid shapes. Their bodies seem to be formed of crackling energy that has taken physical form, the guards spears crunching into the bodies like they've hit a brick wall. Their forms are approximately human-like, with arms slightly too long and faces that lack full features. As the party draws into view, one of the guards is struck in the chest by an elemental's foot and is thrown back ten feet to crunch into an apple cart.<br/><br/>Sollessa stops short and looks to Malin and Radja, "Hey, you know more about magic than I do I think. Why the fuck do those things have cocks?" Sure enough, all of the elementals seem to have been conjured packing heat, though for the moment they are hanging limp. "Fucking wizards are a buncha fucking perverts."<br/><br/><strong>Away team! What do you do?</strong><br/><br/>Within Ophelia's chamber, there is, for the moment, peace for the vampire and the sorceress. The sounds of the world outside are deadened by silks and any thought of huge electrical elementals is fully lost to them. And with the importance of the owners of the Chocolate Star never in doubt, they are unlikely to be interrupted by mortal kin.<br/><br/>Of course, Pandora is never fully alone. The day is still alive and so they are quieter, but their presence can be felt in every moment. And around Opehlia they seem to act up just a bit more. As Ophelia's hands stroke over Pandora's body, Pandora feels second traces of cold pressure, a finger traced along her spine, a hand along her shoulder, a bit of chill breath at her wrist. She almost hears a whisper, "so drawn to death you are, you step into it." The voice, if it can be called that, is wavering but affectionate.<br/><br/>The presence in the room is one that would be felt only on the edges of awareness for someone who isn't specifically aware of spirits, but to someone who is... looming like an audience about to watch a show.