Liah kept her grip on the whip as she began to bring her ring up to her face and whisper to it. "What?" She said abruptly and much more loudly. The elder turned to Leander with an accusatory glance. He shook his head and began to speak in the Yuan-ti tongue. Finally after overcoming his outrage, the aged man spoke in sylvan, "Truth... falsehood? What are you all about!?"<br/><br/>The man Liah just whipped began to shout and accuse in his native tongue, and the other villagers (particularly the young...) began to assume a much more threatening demeanor. Some even drew their own Kukri and others their javelins. Xeola clung to the elder in fear as she looked up at the elf.<br/><br/>"Is this true?" The elder asked in response to... whatever it was the man was claiming about Liah. The woman herself looked back into the interior of the building she just fled and cursed as she hurried went over to Leander, presumably leaving her top and other supplies behind. The ring was all that was important to her.<br/><br/>She strode right up to Leander and the elder, interrupting their conversation, "Alright. So, um, losing a ring is kind of a big deal. They've gone and went looking for us."<br/><br/>Liah brought the ring up to her ear, presumably hearing something that only she could receive. She nodded as the elder looked back and forth between the elf and human woman in confusion. "I don't think we're gonna talk our way out of this, Leander dear." The adventuress said as she raised her whip towards the elder and looked back at the increasingly hostile crowd surrounding them. They all shrank back, daring not to endanger their chieften...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">For the record, Leander now has an unidentified magical Kukri, because light weapons can be useful. ;)</div></div>