[Meanwhile, Raxa brings the man to a private room in the upstairs of the tavern. It's pretty simple: chair, table, one bed, one window, closet, coatrack, lamp... and apparently there's a connecting bathroom, complete with a sink, shower and mirror with a medicine cabinet behind it.] * Raxa rubs her hands together and licks her lips as she walks upstairs, her hand going idly to Konte's back as they get to the private room area. Once they're in there she brushes her hair back and walks over to the chair, unless he goes for it first. [Uh oh. They don't make it that far! Once Raxa puts her hand on his back, he jumps and scrambles back. "Milady! One mustn't be so improper!"] * Raxa is interrupted and blinks, then lets out a weak laugh and says, "Aah--sorry, where I come from that's... comforting." She lets her hands drop to her sides, and then the whole 'walking and sitting' thing. [He heads in behind her. "Where is it that you come from that they have such..." he pauses, seaching for the words. "Customs."] * Raxa sits down and says, "Well, I'm... originally from an... uhm, outlying village." A moment, then, "But that's not what's important right now." ["Hmm? I'd love to hear about it." He sits on the bed.] * Raxa smiles a little and says, "Maybe another time, Konte..." she licks her lips again nervously, then finishes, "...but this is about the Prince's safety." [He blinks. "His Highness's...?"] * Raxa sighs and stands up, walking over nearer to him. "Konte, in confidence... the letter that we delivered to him... was a secret, and someone tried to make sure it did not get to him." [He blinks. "What do you mean?"] * Raxa looks to his eyes and says directly, "Konte... I am a god's servant, and I have come to protect the Prince from whoever these people are that tried to stop the message from getting to him. But I can't stay around him. I... need your help." [He blinks again. "Ziphi? But you don't look like a priest. Where's your robe?"] * Raxa smiles a bit and says, "I work a little more directly with the gods." She bites her lip a moment as she turns her palm up, and a small amount of fire barely flickers into existance for maybe a second, before disappearing. (Yay flux.) [He jumps with a start! "Are you a witch??"] * Raxa tilts her head, then says, "No... like I said, I serve." She looks down at him with a slight smile. "Konte... I really need someone I can trust near the prince. Someone who can make sure he stays safe, and let me know if he's in trouble, without telling him. If they see that he knows what's going on... they might try somethin'." * Raxa adds, in a slightly more pleading tone, "I... don't have much time, and I am a little new to this. I need your trust, Konte." [He nods. "Of course I'll protect him. He's my prince."] * Raxa nods a little and tries to take his cup from him, saying, "I... need you to be my eyes, here, while I am away." I... have a way to do that. ["Carrier pidgeon?"] * Raxa squints, then shakes her head. If she's successfully taken the cup she replies, "Faster. If they attempt to hurt him... we will not have time for birds." It is... a divine method. [He swallows. "What method?"] * Raxa puts the claw on her index finger against her palm. "I will need you to drink a little of my blood. That's why I wanted you to have the drink..." she smiles a little. "I am... sure it seems weird to you, but it's the only way." [He frowns. "Very."] * Raxa nods a little and doesn't cut herself yet. "Understand, Konte, this is... new to me too. But if we don't have anyone here... I fear for the Prince's safety. And if he starts acting like someone's trying to assassinate him, it could get worse. Yes?" [He pauses for a long time, thinking, then asks. "Will it hurt?"] * Raxa smiles weakly and says softly, "I do not know. We made haste here. But I will stay here until it stops if it does." ["What will it do to me?"] * Raxa mms, then says, "It will make me know you're okay, and it will allow me to know what's happening around you." Maybe more. ["At all times?"] * Raxa chuckles and gestures with her empty hand. "Maybe. I wish I knew more, Konte. If you are truly worried, we could ask a priest of Ziphi, she has done this same link with them." [He blinks. "She has? I thought acceptance of the goddess was just blind fa..." he pauses, then askes timidly, "Um, are you going to report me?"] * Raxa laughs lightly and shakes her head. "No, Konte." She holds the cup in both hands. "All I need for now is that you trust me I'll do my best with you. Please accept my offer." [He gulps. "Um... Okay."] * Raxa nods and holds her hand over the cup, drawing the claw across her palm so that she can bleed just slightly into it, and then ball her fist, palm up, as she hands it back to him. [He stares into it.] * Raxa wraps her other hand around her balled fist, which glows just slightly for a few long moments as she says something under her breath. If he hasn't drank it when she's done with that, she'll speak up! [He drinks it, because why not. Then he finishes. "It doesn't taste any different."] * Raxa nods and unballs her fist, the cut having healed. Well, that's... good for you, yes? (+"") [He flexes his fingers. "... I don't feel any different."] (Do _I_ feel anything?) ( Some kinda connection ) * Raxa mms and replies, "Well, I can feel something." She thinks about him and the connection specifically for a moment. Maybe that'll do something. [Raxa through Konte's eyes. He's looking at his hands, then at her.] * Raxa blinks and then smirks as she folds her arms under her chest, looking at herself through his eyes as she says, "Yeah, it's working." ["It is?"] * Raxa nods and asks, "Perhaps you could try thinking something to tell me." ["Ummm...." Raxa gets a view of a bald man with one earring, banging on a slab of heated metal over an anvil.] * Raxa laughs a little and says, "Blacksmithing, mmm?" [He blinks. "How did...?"] * Raxa nods and says, "That's what the magic does, it seems. If the prince is at risk, you can let me know, and I can come." She smiles slightly. "And if you want to see me, well, that might be nice too." [He smiles. "Milady is very kind. I wonder......."] [Raxa gets a picture of herself in a white gown with a veil, carrying a boquet of roses.] * Raxa doesn't actually understand the image, but she does respond with a slight smile, "A pretty thought, Konte." She puts a hand gently to his cheek very briefly before saying, "I must go. Remember... if we tell the prince or his people, it would let the ones trying to hurt him know. Okay?" [He nods. "None would believe me, anyway."] * Raxa smiles a bit and says, "Perhaps true, Konte. To the Prince's safety. I will see you again." She chuckles and raises an invisible glass, and then she thinks of going to where the others are. Hopefully that doesn't go badly! [Raxa arrives outside the cathedral, feeling sick and tired.] * Raxa leans against the wall for a moment, licking the blood off her palm a little surreptitiously. After a few moments, she tries to think of Konte, to see if it still works. [He's heading back into the tavern, still not sure he believes what just happened.] * Raxa nods to herself, and then turns to the cathedral to head inside and look for someone to talk to! [Raxa finds a monk.] * Raxa walks up to the monk and says, "Excuse me... I'm looking for a small group of... four or five people and a rabbit? They came here not too long ago?" [He points further into the cathedral.] * Raxa smiles broadly at him. "Thanks." And so she heads that direction! Lookin' for love! Or maybe just a bunch of weridos. [Raxa finds them!] (SWEET.) (Are they in a closed room or can I just walk up?) ( They're in a garden with an old monk with mad bling and a knight.] ) (Assume I'm idly checking on him every so often, since it doesn't seem to take effort.) [Everything is fine, nothing is broken.] [There's a lot of hawt people amongst the knights, where Konte has returned.]