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It's been a very long time since Nathan saw Ros in this form that seemed to be easier to maintain for him than any other. No hiding his scars or much of his nature. He knew much less of their society than Nathan but quickly clung to the notion of wanting to be normal. Sure, some might have thought him frightening with the black claws and the mouth that looked like he could stuff a human in it whole, without dismembering it first, but Nathan never judged him for it. In a way he maybe preferred Ro…

If Nathan had any magic left maybe he could have peeked into Ros' thoughts to get answers to his questions. Now he only got some chirping and the fact that Ros sat there after in the hot water for a bit. Omce he climbed out Nathan looked at him, about to offer to search for some meat in this place but just like that, Ros vanished. Nathans heart sank to his stomach while his eyes darted around the room and them a shadowy claw reached out of the shadows. Nathan jumped back a bit, staring at the da…

Nathan was worried beyond anything he ever felt. He had had his adventures and Ros had had to save him from stupid situations before, but this was different. What was he thinking running into the lions den all on his own like this, knowing something that disabled all his seals sat right in there as well. He'd been petty if he was honest, he wanted to show Ros he didn't need him more than he wanted to solve this current problem. Nathan felt at fault for Ros' condition no matter if he refused to e…

Two of them? What if there were more? This wasn't good, this thing seemed way too powerful, but maybe Nathan was biased because it hit him especially hard. There was no time to think about it now though, Ros was hurt badly and Nathan felt like he could sleep for a week once he lay down. "Can you... Maybe close that wound with some ice? For now?", he wondered, worried about his friend. He seemed more bothered by his hunger, bit losing blood couldn't be helpful. Nathan went on ahead, holding on to…

Ros grabbed Nathans wrist and he looked up to him, then down again at the two artifacts, then up again. He was confused, Ros just gave them to him? Maybe he agreed that the magistrate should'nt get this, at least not now, but... "Two of them...?", he wondered aloud, but this could wait. He put them in his coats pocket and nodded at Ros. Right now they didn't emit whatever it was they did, so he was fine holding onto them for now. Still he felt drained and even though the air didn't feel as heavy…

Nathan felt his body stiffen as the burning sensation crawled trough his body. There was even less he could do now than before he'd been poisoned on top of everything. It would take a while and yet his toes and fingertips felt weak already. He didn't have much hope in that moment, but he looked up curiously when one of the guards was beckoned out. When Abaddon came back in and Nathan weakly lifted his head, he already knew that something was amiss. He looked very disheveled and not only that, he…

Abaddon clearly didn't want to divulge any information, not about any artifact in his posession, nor Nathan who'd be able to get him loads more once he cooperated. Sure his plan hadn't been thought out completely, mage without power couldn't open that damn door for him and Shiva was gone, so she couldn't do it either. In essence the threat of traps was always present too, because for that doorway to appear they had to stop using the artifact for at least a short period of time. At first Abaddon …

One could have thought someone placed a gravity spell on Nathan, but no, he just felt incredibly weak. He lifted his head to look at Abaddon who stood above him triumphantly. At the very least Nathan got what he wanted and it seemed there waa no way like this that could force him to give it back. "What...?", he asked. Was that the thing that disabled the seals? Was it possible it held so much power it disabled all magic around it, even the naturally produced one of his kind and others like him? …

Nathan couldn't deny that all of this affected him. He didn't fall asleep right away, not at all actually. He got up again to have a quick snack, then read a little bit to get his mind off of things. Eventually he found a few hours of sleep. The next morning he didn't quite know what to do yet. Ros didn't write him, he rarely apologized for anything, he was thick headed and Nathan wondered if any of his apologies were ever genuine, or if he said anything for Nathan to come back home. Whatever, N…

"I didn't want to be rid of her, she's a friend. I was right not bringing her here or asking your help.", Nathan replied with a mix of being taken aback and anger. Ros wasn't making things any better with his view on that artifact, or any artifact. "I'm really sorry you and your peers hate my kind so much. Analyze? If you had any half decent mage employed to do that job, maybe I'd agree, but all you have is some second hand idiots who never even touched an artifact like that outside their job. I…

"You mean you would have made sure you lock her up. Unlike you I can listen to someone's wishes and besides, I wouldn't want her locked up either.", Nathan was quick to retaliate. Ros would one day lock up Nathan too, as he somehow tried before, but next time he probably wouldn't just try to use reason. All in the name of keeping others save. "You... You don't understand. We don't know if it's the only one of it's kind, we'd be much better off understanding it instead of getting rid of it..." Ro…

"Where is she?", Nathan reiterated the question, then shook his head. "I don't know, I dropped her off and let her go.", Nathan answered a bit irritated that that was the first question he got. "Yes, he has to know who he sold this thing too. At least my contact said it wasn't for him.", he nodded eagerly, being shoved out of the way, but he didn't mind. "This other artifact... I've never read anything about it, Abaddon must know more about it too. He can't be having that for long I think." Agai…

While Nathan waited for Ros to come home, he figured he could look over the papers and books Ros' had spread on his table. He did say he found something and Nathan was interested. He lost track of time while he looked through everything and only was brought back into reality when he heard the door. He looked up, got up even and greeted Ros with his presence. "No, but I found out a few things. My contact was the one stealing the artifact. Not for herself, it was a job that went trough Abadon. I g…

Ros' tips were probably good, but Nathan didn't know how to do all that and he didn't want to hurt Shiva either. He tried to put something together in his head while he finished preparing the breakfast, but when he got back Shiva was on the way out. It took Nathan quite some time to stop her and talk her out of leaving. Once she finally agreed to take better care of herself and heal before she left. She obviously didn't like Nathans questions and he had the feeling he needed to be very careful o…

Ros seemed weirdly attached all of a sudden again and weirdly... diplomatic? There weren't too many questions and he seemed to bite his tongue somehow. Nathan was glad about it and once he hung up he sighed. Now about the curse or whatever. Nathan spent his night examining Shiva a bit while she slept and reading a lot in his own books. He couldn't detect any poison or curse, she seemed fine from a magical standpoint. It would be easier if she told him what happened if she wanted him to help her.…

Ros took a while to pick up, but he eventually did with his antiquated phone yelling Hello into the phone like an old man. He informed him of not really have found anything, but what was he even on about afterwards? "Coming back? Since when did your apartment become the base of operations?", Nathan asked. Sure, Ros didn't want to teleport and he graciously let Nathan teleport into his, but still, he wasn't aware they had to meet up every other hour to talk about their findings. Nathan was back i…

In the bathroom Nathan helped Shiva out of her clothes to take a proper look at the gash on her stomach. "Wait here.", he told her unnecessarily, rushing out to raid his cabinets and drawers. He finally came back with two sets of things, some magical powders and salves and some simple gauze. "There is nothing much I can do...", he mumbled. How often did he catapult himself in situations in which he wished that he didn't study all forms of magic, but concentrated on only one or two. If he'd be be…

"You literally said it would be better off destroyed just a minute ago...", Nathan mumbled. It was impossible to have any discussion with this man. He just made up whatever was convenient for him. "What do you mean 'It happens'...? I... whatever..." Was he supposed to apologize that he wasn't like Ros? That he didn't want a lot of people around him? Ros wasn't even better, how many real friends did he even have? Not acquaintances or colleagues, friends. Did he even realize that he phrased everyt…

"Destroying such an artifact? Aside from the unvaluable knowledge it holds, do you understand how much energy that would set free? Do you understand that such a force, if not discarded of correctly, could destroy more than just a few leylines?" Clearly Ros didn't understand any of this, he didn't know what Nathan dealt with here and that was why he was always so condescending. "Nothing heated about this...", Nathan mumbled, tired if anything. "If it was easy I hadn't come to you for help.", he m…

"You're acting like I don't take extra care of all those things. You're acting like they were saver anywhere else but with me, because you never believed in my capabilities. I'm not a bird, I'm not carelessly piling shit up. Excuse me for not preparing for something I have never read or heard about before and you clearly haven't either." Nathan sounded less angry than he wanted to, if anything his voice was about to break and he could only hope he was able to mask that. This situation wasn't eas…