<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/5/5a/Ios.jpg/424px-Ios.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ios<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Dunn Vale<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Content:</strong><br/><br/>Had Ios been awake for most of the night, he'd likely have spent it trying to decide whether to quietly slip out in the next morning, or stick around long enough to investigate the house under the hill for himself. When at all possible, he tried to avoid working with others. It wasn't that he felt they were a liability, but the opposite. If anything,<em>he</em>was the problem.<br/><br/><strong>That line of thinking is precisely why you fail to live up to your potential.</strong><br/><br/><em>Because I fear for the safety of those around me?</em><br/><br/><strong>We are precision incarnate. We will not cause harm to true allies. Take confidence in this fact.</strong><br/><br/>Ios shook his head, focusing on the moment. It looked like the others had collected the key. There was no doubt, even from a glance, the key was a unique piece of numenera. What secrets could it unlock? What stories might they uncover in the old house?<strong>What foe might be waiting for them to challenge?</strong>It was all intriguing enough to justify sticking around... for at least a little longer. Besides, their allies were curious in their own right. He'd never met anyone outside the Aeon order that seemed to understand numenera as well as Eliza.<strong>The woman is dangerous, and must be kept under observation.</strong>No, she was fine, and an asset in the fight against the golems, as was Qiyanna. Echo was kind enough to greet him, when others might shy away, especially after seeing his... unique disposition. Kala was the very ideal of grace in motion. Rubruma... where did he begin? She was all he could never be.<strong>Inaccurate. Allow me control and our conquests would be endl-</strong>Stop.<br/><br/>Considering them as allies, they were all capable enough to handle his disposition, true enough to consider friends, even to LADDIE. Besides, what if there was something dangerous in the old house? If they came to harm because of his inaction, was it that different from causing them harm? He would travel with them a while longer. Besides, he had to admit, he was<em>starving</em>. "I'd like to join the rest of you for breakfast," he admitted, approaching the group. "As well as take a closer look at the artifact myself, if I may."