<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/VjfvTWw.png)</div><strong>Taris Vannel</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=293833.msg14533999#msg14533999)<br/><strong>HP:</strong>40 / 40<strong>AC:</strong>18<strong>CMD:</strong>20<strong>Arcane Pool:</strong>6 / 6<strong>Arrows:</strong>57<strong>Posts:</strong>15<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Steinhelm<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Maldurian Stablemaster<hr/>"Ah-ah, the Talon didn't say two words to li'l ol' me." Taris said with an easy smile, waving her finger in playful admonishment, "And I've never been a part of the Guard or Military in my life.  I might not have access to any dungeons, but I'm sure I can find<em>some</em>place to put you, should you get too presumptious." she added, sticking her tongue out.<br/><br/>Of course, that would cease to be true the second Xara decided to use her authority to deputize the half-elf, but Taris wasn't about to go and give her any ideas.<br/><br/>The journey town to Steinhelm was rather pleasant, all told, if frequently punctuated with flirting between the two women.  Xara wasn't at all the sort to hold back, at least, not once she'd gotten Taris's tacit approval.  For her part, Taris was flattered, a little scared for being outside of her comfort zone, but also a little thirlled at some of the possibilities the raven-haired Xara had intimated.  Years of hiding behind a mask while on operations meant that Taris's pokerface wasn't as well-studied as it should be; Xara could generally tell when she'd scored a hit...it looked like Taris tugging her hood forward to hide the blush that crept up from her cheeks to the peaks of her ears.<br/><br/>Taris took the reigns of the horse when Xara offered them, nodding a bit.  She looked a little silly with her hood up, the blending magic taking on the colors of the cinder stained urban landscape around her and blurring around the edges, without reaching down to touch the horse at all.  From the ground, her face was visible under her hood, a bit of residual heat on her cheeks from some of the fantasies that were now bouncing about unimpeded in her mind.  Still, she smiled easily.<br/><br/>"I don't imagine it'll take too long,<em>Captain</em>Eingeschworen." Taris said, emphasizing her new title, just to let her hear it and help cement it as truth.  An Officer of Hawken, after all, had to project a certain confidence, for the sake of the men and the citizenry.  "Good fortune to you in the meanwhile."<br/><br/>Taris lead the would-be kidnapper's horse down the broad streets of Steinhelm, pulling her hood back to turn off its enchantment and examining the townsfolk as she traipsed.  She made the slight gesture over her eyes again, casting Detect Magic so that hopefully she'd be able to pick out any magical disguises, illussiory doors, or other bits of arcane subterfuge that might be looming in plain sight.  She doubted that she'd get lucky, but aside from a sinus headache if she kept the spell up for too long, there was no real downside to using it.<br/><br/>She blinked a bit at seeing the maldurian who seemed to be tending the stables for Steinhelm.  She wasn't entirely certain how, but the man somehow managed to make his oversized clothes seem positively slovenly, despite the fact that was rather clean for a stablemaster.  She supposed that she really couldn't expect much from someone brought up outside of the civilizing ideals of Hawken, but the man could have at least tied his tangled mop of hair back to keep it out of his face.<br/><br/>"Hail, stablemaster!" she greeted him, drawing the horses to a stop in front of him.  Regardless of his nationality, there was no sense in antagonizing him.  Of course, she didn't salute him either, there were limits.  "Four silver seems plenty fair, I'll gladly pay it." she said, throwing her leg over the saddle and sliding down to the streets below, boucing on the balls of her feet.<br/><br/>"Though there's another matter I'd like to discuss as well." she said, tugging the reigns that Xara had handed her, goading the commandeered horse forward, "Do you happen to recognize this horse?  I believe it was stabled here, along with another, to draw a carriage as recently as yesterday." she said, making soothing clucking sounds and stroking her fingers through the horse's mane to keep it calm and steady.<br/><br/>"I'm afraid the owner ran afoul of some trouble on the road." she said, shaking her head, "I'm trying to get ahold of his family or employer, so that they might collect his effects, and get him his proper rights before they plant 'im in the potter's field."<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WLVeGed.png)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Memorized Spells</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cantrips:  Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Mage Hand<br/>1st Level:  Magic Missile, Ray of Enfeeblement, <del>Expeditious Retreat</del>, Obscuring Mist, Weaponwand<br/>2nd Level:  Force Sword, <del>Scorching Ray</del>, <del>Mirror Image</del></div></div>