Elena Pierce (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=94371)<br/><br/>Elena lay in the dark on the kitchen floor of her parents' ruined Inn in her night clothes. Ever since her father had perished at the hands of thieves, this had become a sort of tradition; to think about them for an hour once a day. Since she was their only daughter, the Inn was technically now hers, but she never claimed to have the know-how of how to run an Inn, nor did she desire it. She had sent all employee's on an "extended" holiday, until she could decide what to do with the place. For now, it was empty, rusty, and extremely messy. Kitchen utensils were sprawled out everywhere around her, she didn't care much for keeping it clean.<br/><br/>She couldn't stop herself from remember the warmth her parents brought her, and the condition the Inn was now, reflected her psychological frame of mind ever since they were gone; cold, empty, a complete mess. She closed her eyes an smiled to herself, remembering what Nahzun had said to her; "At least they are at peace now", which brought an amusing image to her mind of her parents enjoying the most valuable of moments in a warm place, with no more worries about how the food would eventually end up on the table. That's when a voice interrupted her train of thought and her face scrounged up in a frown. Her eyes ripped open and her ears sharpened to listen to the intruder, but when she heard the urgency in his voice followed by the depth of the words he was saying, Elena jumped to her feet.<br/><br/>The clatter of pots and pans rung through the kitchen as she stomped her way through the darkness, the sound was deafening to her ears, but it was unavoidable. Elena burst through the kitchen door, almost running straight into the owner of the voice. She jumped back and took a deep breath, holding onto the kitchen door, standing before him in her night clothes with frizzled hair.<br/><br/>"I apologize" she quickly relapsed, seeing the expression on his face. "Why exactly are we being summoned at this hour?"<br/>