It didn't take long for the Jewel to take care of superficial injuries, allowing Alice the time to just sort of . . . wander off into the depths of the fort. After a few moments she appeared next to Claire as he was bumbling about, casually relieving him of that heavy bag of gold. Or attempting to . . . instead she ended up separating some of it into another smaller bag and putting it in the folds of her robe. Patting the knight on his back, she promptly walked into another direction, disappearing once more.<br/><br/>Eventually she re-appeared with an old leather-bound book under her arm, in front of the remaining prisoners from the village that Claire had . . rescued? With her free hand she straightened out her distinctive hair, before putting the hand on her hip and speaking up.<strong>"My name is Alice, and I'm your rescuer. There's food with the rest of the group, and the bandits have some surprisingly decent bedrolls further in that you can use to properly rest up for the trip back to your village. No need to thank us."</strong>Because you all have nothing to thank Alice with.<br/><br/>Returning to the main group with the prisoners, she declared to the group loudly.<strong>"Okay boys and girls, mission accomplished. We've saved the day, but half of you got yourselves beat to hell, so you'll need some sleep. There's a bunch of rooms deeper in you can use, so I suggest pairing up to save space."</strong><br/><br/>Nodding as if satisfied to herself, Alice promptly took Maribelle by the hand, and lead her off towards the depths of the fo-Hey wait a minute!