She threw a dagger at me..." "she's working through some things" "but..." "understand, devon... When you left, it broke her, she needs time to heal" "i'm sorry" "she knows" "i... " "eat up, kid" Devon sighs and looks up as someone walks into the dining hall and joins them at the table "desmondesa , looking as beautiful as ever" lekan says with a smile "thanks " desmondesa says and her eyes meet devon's for a split second, she is dressed in expensive robes "... " "i hear you're being promoted" "yeah" "lieutenant deski, how does that sound?" lekan says beaming "okay, i guess" "oh come on, why the stale faces??" lekan looks from desmondesa to devon "it's nothing" desmondesa says looking down "that's it... I'm not going to just idly stand by and watch the both of you ruin this..." "ruin what " desmondesa looks up at him bemused He ignores her and continues " And that's why i got you reservation's to... Drumroll... The lesser one's; A ripple in time" " really??" desmondesa asks and looks at her father, she had been waiting for the lesser one's new play, a ripple in time forever and had seen the teasers "sure " lekan says with a mischievous grin "thank you, thank you!!" desmondesa Excitedly says "on the condition, you take devon" lekan smirks and the smile disappears from desmondesa's face "wha... B...bu...dad!!!" desmondesa glares at lekan "see you later, deski" lekan said and winks at devon, handing him two tickets, he leaves ... "so... " devon looks at desmodesa "i'm not going go miss that play, general Oreo is going to be there" Desmondesa glances at devon and sighs "Be ready at noon..." she continues and walks away Devon glances down at his food and sighs "gods, i'm so dead" devon whispers to himself Devon sighs as he stands from the table, burrowing a coat from the coat rack, he leaves the manor and heads to the merchant district, it's five times bigger than the district in elsthem, devon glances around then walks over to a weapons vendor "well hello there, my name is Reggie, i have the best weapon's money can buy" The merchant says and gestures to the weapon's scattered on the cart "pick your choice" Devon examines the weapons and decides to buy a short sword and a pair of gloves "that'll cost you 50 silver coins" "for a short sword and a pair of gloves?" "the best around here" "no" Devon says and turns to go when the merchant calls him back "how about this, I'll give them to you for a price of 45 silver coins" "deal" devon says and sheathes his sword, he puts on the gloves and with a self satisfied nod turns to go... "wait up, you know, you uh look like the kind of fellow that would need this" The merchant takes something from beneath the cart and drops it on the table... Its a signet ring, a bit rusted though; "its a ring of life, it restores 50% of your health each day" "how much?" "250 coins" Devon glances at his coin pouch, he has 267 coins left, he sighs and decides he could use an artifact "210" "245" "215" "240" They go on back and forth and after a while devon finally buys the ring of life for 220 silver coins, he wears it on his index finger and leaves the merchant district for the town hall, he had heard there was going to be an announcement and wanted to here it... The town hall is packed, apparently he wasn't the only one who wanted to know what was going on, devon takes a sit on a bench and waits for the announcement, all the while searching the crowd for familiar faces Father joab and lady merril and a few others are at the head of the crowd, the council probably, even the dwarf from the other day is here, so is lekan and wait, there's garcia and Jonas on the other side of the town hall "hey!!!" devon yells at them waving, but his voice is swallowed by the crowd, all saying some unimportant thing; devon makes his way through the crowd to where garcia and jonas are "did you guys miss me?" he smirks as garcia looks up at him "not at all" she says before hugging him Jonas clasps his arm and turns back to listen to the announcement which is already going on levi?" "haven't seen him since" "shit" "i'm worried" "it's okay, it's going to be okay" "i…" "do you trust me?" Garcia looks up at devon and their eyes meet "i... Yes" "good, i promise; i'll get him back to you" Devon says and garcia leans on him "there's a lot we have to catch up on" he whispers to her "i'm just glad you're alive" garcia says