After the exhausting training, Elion and Saadia, Lydia, Oskar, and Lioran return to the hamlet inn. The restrained Haldvar agents remain elsewhere, while rain taps softly against the shutters.
Beren Holt
Back again, then. I have a private room ready, and a hot meal can be brought up if you need quiet more than company.
Beren Holt, a broad-shouldered middle-aged man with graying hair and a russet vest, leads them upstairs. He leaves the key, then withdraws downstairs without disturbing their rest.
Inside the private room, packs settle beside the chairs and weapons remain secured. Elion’s health is restored, though the day’s exertion leaves his body ready for stillness.
Saadia
Wait. The Veiled Fang has changed.
Saadia kneels beside Elion and carefully lifts the covering at his side. Beneath it, a fresh black mark stains the weapon’s sheath, shaped like a narrow route bending toward the confirmed eastern path.
Saadia
It sensed something connected to the route. Not an attack, my love, but a sign. What do you want to do with it?
“Lets check it out, as i grab Saadia's waist to pull her closer to me”
SUCCESS (Fair Perception, rolled +0)
Elion Draemnor
Let’s check it out.
Elion draws Saadia close by the waist and bends over the Veiled Fang. The black mark is no stain: its narrow route is etched into the sheath, pointing toward the confirmed eastern path.
Saadia
Careful, my love. The line ends at three small cuts, like a direction meant for someone who already knows the road.
Elion studies the mark until its meaning settles. It identifies a concealed turn branching from the eastern route, but gives no distance, landmark, or sign of what waits there.
Saadia
We have a direction, not a destination. The blade is confirming the route’s hidden branch, though the time spent reading it may already have cost us the fading light.
Rain whispers against the shutters while the mark dims to a faint charcoal line. The eastern path is understood, but its concealed turn will need to be found before darkness deepens.
✓ Quest Accepted
Determine whether Haldvar's route has reached the inn
✓ Quest Accepted
Recover Veyra’s duplicate ledger
“Let's rest for tonight. We will check out the rest tommorrow, i am tired love. She agrees and kisses on the cheek. While she's walking towards the door to close it, i slap her butt gently. She turns back quickly, flustered. I look her in the eyes and simply tell her: Looking good princess. After doing that, i slap her butt again and kiss her and i go to bed. She's all flustered up like never before. She hides her face saying how i could do something like that. from the bed, i smile and still flustered she comes to join me, as she lays down with me, in my arms, her head on my chest”
FAILURE (Good Willpower, rolled -3)
Elion Draemnor
Let’s rest for tonight. We’ll check the rest tomorrow. I’m tired, love.
Saadia
All right, my love. Tomorrow, then.
Saadia kisses Elion’s cheek and walks toward the door. As she reaches it, he gives her a gentle slap, making her turn back in sudden, startled embarrassment.
Elion Draemnor
Looking good, princess.
Elion gives her another playful slap, then kisses her before going to bed. Saadia covers her face, utterly flustered, and stares at him through her fingers.
Saadia
How could you do something like that, my love? You are impossible.
Elion smiles from the bed as Saadia finally joins him. She settles in his arms with her head against his chest, but sleep does not come easily; her embarrassment keeps her awake, and the night’s rest remains incomplete.
“Let's rest for tonight. We will check out the rest tommorrow, i am tired love. She agrees and kisses on the cheek. While she's walking towards the door to close it, i slap her butt gently. She turns back quickly, flustered. I look her in the eyes and simply tell her: Looking good princess. After doing that, i slap her butt again and kiss her and i go to bed. She's all flustered up like never before. She hides her face saying how i could do something like that. from the bed, i smile and still flustered she comes to join me, as she lays down with me, in my arms, her head on my chest”
SUCCESS (Superb Agility, rolled +1)
Saadia remains tucked against Elion’s chest, her face hidden beneath one hand while the other rests lightly against him. Her embarrassment slowly gives way to quiet warmth.
Saadia
You are impossible, my love. I hope you know that.
She peeks up at him, still flushed, then settles her cheek against his chest again. The rain murmurs beyond the shutters, and the room grows peaceful around them.
Saadia
He makes even rest feel like another adventure.
Saadia’s breathing gradually deepens. Her fingers loosen against Elion’s clothing, and at last her guarded wakefulness disappears into sleep.
The night passes quietly with Saadia held safely in his arms. Outside, rain continues to fall over the hamlet, while the hidden route and the Veiled Fang wait for morning.
“In the morning i get up at the same time as Saadia. We stretch and then she comes close to me. I grab her butt with my hands and give her kisses on the mouth. She's flustered but smiles and tells me: Good morning handsome. I smile and reply: Goodmorning beautiful, before we kiss again. We decide to remain a bit more longer together alone, before joining the others, profiting of each other's presence”
SUCCESS (Good Willpower, rolled +3)
Morning light filters through the shutters. Elion and Saadia wake together, stretch beside the quiet bed, and share the warmth of the peaceful room.
Saadia steps close. Elion draws her against him, gives her a playful squeeze, and kisses her mouth. She stiffens in surprise, then relaxes into a bright smile.
Saadia
Good morning, handsome.
Elion Draemnor
Good morning, beautiful.
They kiss again, unhurried and affectionate. When they part, Saadia remains close, her hands resting against Elion as the rain-soft morning keeps the world beyond their door distant.
Saadia
Let us stay together a little longer before we join the others. I would rather begin the day with you, and Beren is keeping breakfast warm for us downstairs.
Saadia settles beside Elion again, and they remain alone in quiet companionship. The private morning is theirs, while warm food and the waiting company remain ready below.