Foxtails and Fairytales: Facades and Fables of the Phantom Prince

[Arc 17] Ch.9 Narsiis City

[Flint]

"Well now what do we have here?" I said to myself.

Since this was a newish location when I had spare time, I devoted my time to studying the map and layout as much as I could. Escape routes, secret tunnels, dead ends the map revealed all even things the current owner may not know about.

But this was a pleasant surprise.

The Icon listed as Sebas was with Nerinin. "Oh my, well it seems the cat has been out of the bag for a while now. But as long as I'm paid to act like a boyfriend, I will do what I'm paid for. Not that I've been a very good one, but I'm not exactly charging premium rates either."

I took out a pen and paper and wrote a coded message with some instructions. I whistled a special tune with magic and within five minutes my first mate hopped in through the open window of my room.

Satiri rolled into my room from the window like some kind of contortionist ballerina.

"Captain." She saluted sarcastically.

"New orders, I have some business, so I will be gone for some time. You are in charge, sent five of our stealthiest to make stuff disappear at this location. And this should help, it has directions on how to use it." I handed Satiri the note and the witch watch. "Discretion is key, I don't even want the people delivering it to know it's gone until it's too late, like the angels themselves decided to take them away from under mortal noses."

"The angels have heard your prayer, my captain." Satiri smiled and then danced right back out the window.

"May the winds of Fate and Fortune watch over you." I said as I returned to the map and plotted my next adventure.

"Thanks to our dear Phantom Prince we have our heading." I smirked. I knew following the winds of Fate down here was a great idea.

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[Sebas]

"We are really doing this, aren't we?" Nerinin asked.

"And why not I have stretched my wings in ages." Talisa shook out her arms eagerly... and cutely... very very cutely.

"And you are sure you are okay with this right?" I asked Talisa. "Letting us ride your back, in the middle of the night?"

The three of us stood on the top of the castle the following night. I figured it would only take a few of us for now at the very least doing a little scouting. Besides we have to check up on Daylen who SHOULD be gathering some kind of local information. Although if you can't learn it in a pub, it was probably beyond him. Not much of a high society guy... Now that I think about it, is he even much of a 'society' kind of guy?

"Step back a bit more." Talisa said and we did so.

In a flawlessly elegant way, Talisa's skin turned green, and her body grew twenty-fold. In no longer than five seconds Talisa had completely changed into her dragon form. Even though I would say her shape followed the conventions of a western style dragon with four limbs and wings there were some notable differences.

Since she was a wind dragon her body was longer and sleeker as if designed for speed. Her wingspan was much larger than I was prepared for, and she even grew a second set of wings that were slightly smaller than the main ones.

"Wow, you are so beautiful, Talisa!" Liz said as she finished climbing onto the roof.

"Nerinin, Talisa, let me formally introduce you to Elizabeth or Liz. Without her I'd still be moping around in some dark closet somewhere." I said as Liz skipped over.