Everyone has a Price

[Desperanza]

Titania's eyes shimmered between jade and gold for a moment, watching what the creature replied as before she smiled, taking a steadying breath as she watched the Kai princess speak, her breaths coming slow as she rather remained calm and silent for quite some time, the soft tinkle of bells as she shifted once more the only sound that eminated for some time as she shifted and stood against the smooth stone, nodding slightly in thought.

She took a few steadying breaths, her mind reeling with thoughts. The only problem now, was Ellsinora. While she rather would liked to have seen the land of the good rise above the conflict of evil, she feared at the current time that more severe actions were required. Breathing deeply, she flitted her wings slightly, her eyes on the dragon now as she listened to his words once more before she broke in, "Now, good Lord, I must ask that if we are all to band together, that you shall come with me now. I must take a trip to Ellsinora, but I fear that my small stature will not be enough of an impact, they will not believe me. I am just a small fairy and you, a fierce dragon. This may perhaps come at the disposal of your comfort for a short time but I beg of you old friend that you travel with me, carry me with you to Ellsinora to speak to the royal family with me. If you do, I may weave you and the princess any gems that I can muster for I am indeed in hold of the ingredients for each, any gem or shiny stone that you desire." she paused, smiling as she reached into the folds of her silks and retrieved a fiery ruby, one that she had brought in case the dragon rather decided that he did not want to work with the queen on that day and now, she offered out for the view of both himself and the princess Jahanarwa though the weight of the rather good sized gem made her sink in the air and she slowly glided to the ground to lower the glittering ruby that challenged the fiery glow of the eyes of the dragon in clarity and glitter when the light hit the gem correctly. The size out matched both of her hands cupped together and was a few sizes bigger, unable to allow her to fly without being weighed down at the moment so now she placed the stone at the end of a talon from the dragon before she whisked back into the air once more, glancing down at Black Star for a moment, "As for you, I could offer to rebuild your home, a sanctuary for yourself in the Grellon though I fear for now that it will not matter if Magrej attacks, he will destroy any work that I can put forth in effort for your home. I often do not interrupt but if nothing else I can offer you too precious gems that you may trade for items for your people." she extended. She very rarely offered help to anyone as she was the protector of the balance and setting the balance off herself would only put her in danger and without her, there was no balance and the world may very well perish if the scales tipped for evil and were not reset.

She offered a patient smiled and flitted back to her rock shelf to perch on the edge, dangling her bare feet lightly as she swung them lightly and gazed between them for a moment before she clapped her hands together after a moment, a small puff of sparks erupting from her fingers, "Now, my princess, may I inquire as to whether there is anyone else that you plan to unveil yourself to? Would you care to travel to Ellsinora as well?" she inquired with a tilt of her head though she doubted that she would. Being an outlaw, it would be tense if she traveled to Ellsinora but no doubt traveling with a dragon whom was her friend, she would not be in danger. So she waited, gazing between the two as she awaited their replies to her offers, her features beautiful and serene as usual, soft and patient as she awaited their replies.

[Jotari]

Kaori's words at first startled Black Star. What did he mean by breaking their deal? But this was quickly followed by the Fairy asking Black Star to go to Ellsinora. Black Star's eyes died down as once again she managed to regain control. She faced Kaori first, "Yes, I'm Jahanarwa. Your new offer is rather enticing and I accept. Just don't fry any of my Grellon please." Black Star always managed to throw in some jest. But she also had to face the Fairy Queen, " It will not be long before Magrej knows I am still alive and not only that but I've already made myself quite annoying." But here she pulled her hood about her face and gave a devilish grin, " But for now I will remain an outlaw. I will reveal myself to those I choose. As for a sanctuary, we already have it. I hope one day to bring back my precious island. But go to Ellsinora? They may respect a fairy queen and an ancient dragon but an outlaw who regularly steals from the king himself? That would destroy your purpose. Not to mention, I am powerful but I do not have eternal youth or several thousand years to live. Cutting off my head means that I'm actually dead. I will keep my secret yet. Nice meeting you." To her, this meeting was over. Turning on her heels, she began to leave the cave. Perhaps her behavior could be considered stupid, selfish, or cowardly. But Black Star would wait and see what the future brought. She had enough on her plate keeping these raids in Murate and then trying to actually help the people.

Maybe in a strange way, Magrej had managed to tame the untamable tempest. Black Star once would have gone for he direct attack but then she had been forced to look at the real limits. Now she held back, cautious and watchful. But she knew what she controlled and knew what the future would mean. Blood. Blood of her friends, family, even blood of her enemies, was not something she cared to spill. Not like this, not yet. But she knew that soon, darkness would fall hard and fast.

[Taske]

The Dragon rumbled at the Queen. Yes it all made since at her purpose, that would be the only reason she wanted his help, it was a given that he would fight, especially if his land was in the way, but that she really wanted was his power and figure head to appear with her at the palace to the king, which was fear enough, most feared him, he was the Lord Dragon, one of the oldest of his kind, and still growing older, his power has yet to waver, and he his as strong as ever. Which was fear enough, he would go along with it. "I accept your deal Lady Titania, I will take your stone off your hands and go along with you to see the royalty of Ellsinora. But first..."

He eyed black star as she also agreed to his terms. "Of course not dear! I am the one who purpose this deal." His red eyes shinned with jest. "I will only brown them up a bit." He smiled at his words.

Just as Black Star was leaving he shouted at her back. "Oh Black Star, if I am to leave I need someone to watch my land, that will go to you!"

He chucked to himself, to think that the great Lord Dragon would give the responsibility of his land to another, that has never happened with him, he would never allow it before, but his trust in Black Star to watch his one and only possession seemed to show just how much his trust extended to her.

He looked back at Lady Titania, "Lady, I just need a few minuet to prepare and tell some of the animal under my protection about my leaving, that way they will not get into to much trouble when I am away." The dragon fallowed Black Star out and jumped into the air. "I will be right back and then we can leave." He lifted further into the air and out of site over the near by mountain peak.

[Desperanza]

Titania smiled, nodding in agreemant as she glanced after the princess thoughtfully with an amused expression but she certainly would not press her for part of keeping the balance as it was was the importance of others making their own decisions without her influence and if she asked them for help, their decision still played a role. She had already began to feel the scales tip hence what had brought her to step forward as it was and encouraging the city of Ellsinora in the right direction would help to balance the scales once more. The black hand of Magrej was holding tight, hence why she felt so ill and now, she was feeling the strain so she quietly thanked the dragon and nodded slightly to him, her eyes settling into a dazzling emerald once more as she relaxed and sighed softly, her back leaning against the stone now as she thought briefly, her fingers trailing along the wall for a moment, tiny flakes of crumble tipping into her hands at the touch before she lowered her gaze as the dragon made his way from his cavern once more, his claws scraping the floor with a rough scratch as he stepped forward before his expansive wings extended and she nearly toppled from the shelf as he lifted into the sky, still managing to keep graceful in her eyes as the ancient and fantastic beast flew off, leaving a rather severe gust of wind in his wake but she managed to keep stadied atop the shelf and soon had scooped up the pebbles once more, her fingers curling slightly as she began to spin and weave, golden strands seeming to slip from her fingers like liquid molten as it spilled from the tips of her fingers and soon, the color began to change from gold to a brilliant crystaline white, glittering as it wove about, a soft glow surrounding her hands as the strands weaved in a dizzying motion, shielding whatever she was forming inside which happened to be a diamond at the moment. She was indeed the magic holder of nature and so long as she had the ingredients to form them, she could weave any stone or shiny bauble that a heart desired so long as it began from nature which worked with just about anything that a mind could think of as somehow it all tied back to nature. Her powers were wild and unknown and only small strands had been murmured about from mouth to mouth and despite the fact that the princess had declined her offer she knew that there was always a reason for the decisions that people made and she still adored the princess Jahanarwa's spirit. She would gift her with a pure diamond of which she would leave in the night at a time when the princess was out and about of which would fetch a good price, enough to feed the village a nice meal for a night and a morning. She sighed softly, for each whisp of magic that she used, a bit more of her energy was drained of which she would have to regain later with rest but most smaller spells did not require too much energy as weaving stones did not so she settled patiently, allowing the dragon all the time that he would need to bid his temporary fairwells for who knew how long it would take to convince the royal heads of Ellsinora that something was currently amiss and that their blind eyes would soon suffer if they did not listen. Indeed the dragon would be given all the time that he wanted to himself before her ride arrived and she traveled with him to the beautiful city of Ellsinora, all the while spinning the brilliant diamond that was seemingly swallowed with the brilliant light that spilled from her fingers still, her voice drifting past her lips in a beautiful and angelic song as her fingers weaved the air before her.