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Adym was silent for a moment.

"Hm." he muttered.

"It.... says here... that WE'RE supposed to go there." he said.

"Read if you want." he told her, handing her the parchment.

"This IS her writing, delivered by her assistant, in her tent."

Adym was silent as the blonde said what she did, and then handed him the piece of paper. He looked at it briefly, before accepting it and looking at the on that gave it to him with a small smile and a sigh.

"Well, she's not in, it seems." he told Callie.

"But that's still not stopping her from helping us." he chuckled.

He then opened the parchment and started to read, his expression becoming far more serious now.

"...I..." he stammered.

"Callie, I need to go home now." he told her.

"According to the Seer's note, it's in danger."

"Let us be off." Adym responded.

With that, they left his backyard, through his house, and made their way into town.

When they arrived in the core area of the town, she saw that Adym was accurate when he said all kinds passed through the town. She saw a centaur or two, what looked to be goblins, an orc, plenty of humans, and everything else in all shapes and sizes. To say that her and Adym would stand out would be... an outlandish statement.

He led her through the crowds, making their way to a market alley of sorts, with small tents and kiosks and carts and people on rugs peddling their wares, from food, to weapons, to utensils. However, the one that stood out the most was a purple-hued tent that was a little taller than the others, with jewels lining the folds, and a curtain of beads at the entrance.

"...and we're here." Adym said.

They then stepped forward, and he gently moved some of the beads aside.

"...hello?" he said into the barely-lit enclosure.

Adym looked her over, checking her hair thoroughly, before nodding.

"Yes, indeed." he said.

"I cannot see ANY of the blue, unless I were to get... well, let's face it, uncomfortably close to you, so I shall back off..." he said further, before realising JUST how close he was, and taking a few steps back.

"...and it looks like your hair could pass for something someone would do here." he admitted.

"Or something akin to it, anyway." he clarified.

"All sorts come through this town, it's like a through-way for a LOT of traffic in ALL directions, so what could be seen as a slightly weird hair style will be dismissed as just being from elsewhere in the world." he then reasoned.

"...right, back in a moment." Adym responded.

He then disappeared back into the house, and was gone for about 2 minutes this time, before returning with a set of hair clips that looked... natural. In fact, they looked like they'd been grown and crafted into clips.

"Try these." he said.

"If you need a mirror or something, there's one in the house, or you can use the little pool by the tree to look at your reflection." he told her.

"If you can't get those to work properly, we'll go with the cloak." he continued.

"Having two people walking around in cloaks would be a bit suspicious, but less so than your hair." he then reasoned.

"......hmmmmmm." Adym mumbled, scratching his chin.

"I might have both." he told her.

"Or, to be more specific, I KNOW I should have another cloak, and I MIGHT have something you can use to clip your hair to hide the blue." he went on, thinking about it some more.

"Yes... yes, I think I might be able to do that." he confirmed.

"You have a preference?" he asked.

"If it helps, the cloak might swim on you a bit, but we appear to be the same size, so... perhaps not."

Adym nodded in response.

"A light enchantment, but yes." he confirmed. "It's all to help disguise who I am, truly. It's why I've been able to stay in this town for so long without being found out." he continued.

"I'm known as the weird guy that lives alone and is friends with the animals, but he's harmless and nice enough, so leave him alone, he's all right." he then listed off, before pausing.

"Or... something akin to that." he murmured. "Regardless, it works for me." he said.

"Anyway, what about you?" he asked.

"If anything, we should... find a hat or something, to at least disguise you a LITTLE bit, yeah?" he reasoned.

"...or do you think you'll be able to blend in as is?"

After a few moments, Adym returned, wearing a cloak with the hood down, and holding a case. A glasses case.

He opened the case and put the glasses on, the rectangular frames complimenting his eyes and overall face.

"All right, I'm ready." he told her.

"The cloak and hood is to hide my ears, mostly. Well, the hood is, and the cloak is... well, because JUST a hood looks weird." he muttered.

"And I have trouble seeing things farther away." he continued.

"Hence the glasses." he reasoned, before pausing again.

"...think we should find a way to disguise YOU as well?" he asked her.

"Indeed." Adym responded.

"....." he was then silent once more, before sighing quietly.

The next few hours were spent conversing and with Callie helping Adym around the house, and Adym making sure that his plants would be all right, before the Wood Elf looked out a window, and to the sky.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"Yes." he said. "I think it's been long enough." he continued, looking back towards Callie.

"Let's go." he told her.

"The Seer should be in, and she'll have been in for a little bit. So we can comfortably go there and expect she'll be in." he reasoned.

"So let us be off." he continued, before pausing a moment.

"Ah, I need to get something first." he added, disappearing into his bedroom, where she had woken up earlier.

Again, Adym nodded.

"Yes, I agree." he said. "It... just... perhaps you suddenly appearing her IS the signal for us to finally start to do something." he agreed, before thinking about something.

"Which means I'll need to say goodbye to my home here." he went on.

"I'll get a friend to take care of the plants and animals, though." he then said further.

"....well, the animals. I can make it so that the plants will last for a VERY long time without getting attention." he clarified.

"....Callie, the thought of this terrifies me as well." he admitted to her.

"However, I think that... as long as I have someone else with me... then I can do this."

Adym was stunned for a moment.

"...that's exactly it." he said.

"And... you and I, huh?" he asked, before looking around... and then to the sky.

"Maybe... maybe you're right." he said. "I've been... just... living here. Existing here. Haven't been doing anything." he admitted. "And this world... it's slowly dying." he lamented.

"It's only a matter of time before Vyran conquers this realm, if we continue to do nothing." he said further.

"...so perhaps it IS time we actually take a step forward, and start turning the gears in the other direction."

The creature let out a low trill, and Adym laughed.

"Means it likes it." he told her.

"Seems it thinks your shoulder is just the perfect place to nap." he said. "But it'll get off as soon as you start to move from the picnic table." he then assured her further.

"...or until it wants to eat." he added.

"Regardless, good on the food." he said.

He was then silent for a moment, and sighed quietly.

"...I wonder if your being here is the start of the prophecy..." he wondered aloud.

Adym just looked at the creature, as it brought its head in closer, sniffed her hair some more, before realising it wasn't food. However, it didn't leave, it merely decided to take up residence on her shoulder, as she felt it lay down and curl into itself, wrapping its two tails around its body and head.

"...and now it's decided that that's a good place to... nap." he mumbled.

"So long as it doesn't bother you." he said.

"Regardless, that makes sense." he told her. "It's not used to that, as we tend to have... well... more staple and utilitarian methods and substances to keep ourselves clean." he explained.

"We still have shampoo and such, but it's not scented or anything, unless you're willing to shell out for it... but this town... well, a few places have that opulence, but the majority... don't." he added.

"Anyway, is the Triae all right?" he asked.

"I have... minimal experience in actually MAKING it." he admitted.

Adym just smiled again, as the creature got even closer... and then scampered up Callie's arm, perching on her shoulder and sniffing at her hair.

The elf just laughed at this.

"Seems it's attracted to your hair." he commented, before pausing.

"But why...?" he asked himself, before snapping his fingers.

"Ah!" he exclaimed. "They're attracted to... well... sweeter and more floral or berry-like scents." he remembered.

"Maybe it's your shampoo." he suggested.

"You use one that's scented or anything?" he asked.