<strong>"They picked a stinging moment to step in."</strong>Varon shrugged, looking at the roof. Vengeance could be fun, but usually it was not that to the person deserving the vengeance. In this case, he figured he had earned that but it still didn't make it any more pleasant. It was a good while by now since he had last enjoyed the company of a lady afterall, or a cute young man for that matter.<br/><br/><em>Well there was that cute priest-in-training in another village, with a bit of half-elf blood, that hadn't minded Varon teasing him a bit about how feminine and charming he looked. Oh no, the young man didn't seem to have minded all that much, especially after Varon began to kiss down the back of his neck and ran his fingers down the nubile young man's chest pulling the shirt off the half-elf man's form, caressing the line of some muscle forming under the hard work at that temple.</em><br/><br/>Varon interrupted his daydreaming to hear out what Ari had to say, nodding his head a little.<strong>"Thank you. My clothes already have a bit of a scent on them I bet, and though a mithril shirt is light and easy to carry I would like a bit of magic to help with it, instead of soaking it in the water."</strong>He chuckled at the thought and shrugged a bit.<strong>"Its not like I can trust it to some servant to whom the shirt's worth is more than a year's pay. Heck, maybe even more than a lifetime's pay at some places."</strong>He sighed heavily.<br/><br/>Varon rubbed on his chin as he spoke, looking at the roof still.<strong>"I think that they would prefer us to not cause trouble and endanger our meeting. Still, I am not going anywhere entirely unarmed. That is just not going to happen. If they stop me for it, I'll wait outside till you are done. I might hand out my sword, but the dagger in the sleeve stays there unless they want to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers."</strong>He knew all too well what an inviting target a group of powerful, but disarmed people could make.<strong>"I trust in your abilities as a sorceress to help us if things got bad, but f they removed most of our strength by confiscating things we could fight back with I would not feel comfortable there anyway. I'd rather have them  peace-bind our weapons, but again, keeping a weapon or two hidden away just in case."</strong>He looked at her seriously, but only her face, not letting his eyes roam anymore. He was thinking back at his old days.<strong>"I have seen many people fall because they were careless, and too trusting. The only reason I took off my dagger here is that I dont want it to rust in the water, and frankly if someone rushed in with bad intensions I think the sight of you naked would distract them long enough for me to jump over to get my dagger or sword."</strong><br/><br/>He shrugged and turned to look at the roof again, closing his eyes.<strong>"Still, given how things are I am not yet decided what to do with the evening. I dont think that pleasure is an option anymore, I dont take vengeance on Demetri for the interruption when I feel his vengeance was justified. That only leaves trickery, and I'd rather aim that at someone else now, not our group."</strong>He crossed his arms behind his head in the other pool.<br/><br/><strong>"I do have those manacles in my bag though."</strong>He chuckled.<strong>"Could always see if I could cause mischief with them. There's also the coils of silk rope that I have presently attached to a grappling hook, I could release the hook and put them to use somewhere."</strong>Varon splashed some water to his face before submerging his head to the bathwater, straightening again his fingers gently and carefully trailing nails through the hair working carefully to take care of his hair. His bad mood still present, but he was fighting it with pleasant thoughts of what he might try and pull off.<br/><br/>The problem with some of the more humiliating, bizarre ideas was that he might lose his good manacles and his rope. The masterwork manacles and superior lock were meant to help stop any would-be prisoners from running, usually, anyway.