Elenoir gently shook her head, pausing as she looks to him- she was used to refined company, refined taste and a considerable lack of ash. But she knew this would change at some point- though, admittedly, the lack out hoity-toity nonsense and politics was quite a relaxing change. A small smile curled her cherry lips as she looked to him and tilted her head- without a word it seemed to translate rather easily to 'Don't apologize- don't impress me- I'm just happy'- all this seeming to be communicated with her visage alone. It seemed she had mastered the arts of speaking without speaking. At his suggestion, she nods, wrapping one slender arm into his as she clasped the breastplate to her chest with the other- her arm looped through the openings for the arms with ease.

In truth, the young woman relaxed as soon as Reginn spoke, he seemed kind enough- and though it embarrassed her- his desires to impress her- she was quite content simply having his company. Besides- this was quite the adventure, wasn't it?

As they walked into the marketplace a crowd gathered around stalls bartering for exotic creatures and minerals all trying to get the better of the other, Regi had never been to this part of the market before making his eyes widen in amazement "There's so much stuff and people here" he muttered as he stared at the tools on a table not noticing when his hand interlocked with hers to result with him holding it, "The minerals here are so rare imagine all the stuff I could make with it, Pocket watches and monocles" his inner blacksmith coming out explaining the possibilities of each metal even pointing out the faults to an annoyed seller which he responded with apologising with a grin.

he continued his stare before stopping at a stall with a few items on it before looking up to make sure Elenoir wasn't paying attention before buying a turquoise hairpin engraved with engravings before sliding it into her ease concentrating with a smile "I hope it looks okay, I know it's nothing fancy but it felt right" before heading towards the creature seller hoping to find the perfect mount for him to use for his forge and battle if needs be, many ideas went through his head even thinking of a dragon  at one point before shaking the idea off and settling on one that he felt would be right for him and it doesn't matter what species it was.

Elenoir moved alongside him in silence, barely seeming to reasize they held hands until her slender fingers idly intertwine with his. She ran her fingertips over his knuckles absentmindedly, pausing to admire the wares, only half listening until… The turgois hairpin bumped lightly against her ear, threatening to fall from her rather soft locks before she reaches up quickly with her free hand to steady it- then idly tuck it further into her bair, allowing it to pull back her platinum blonde locks as her eyes flicker to him in surprise. She offers a warm smile and shakes her head, she clearly didn't mind if it was expensive or not- that warm smile simply told him she was quite happy too-

as they neared the stalls of exotic beasts, she pulls away from him, releasing his hand as she moves toward the pens. The smell of dung and dirty hay caused her to wrinkle her nose as she approached the first stall where a bear paced- her eyebrow knit together- it didn't look like the animals were well care for- but then again… T'was the price of being non-sentient.

 Regi looked disgusted at the sight of the thin animals caged or shackled to the old cobbled walls "Why would anyone do this to living things?" he asked to the toothless seller who simply drunk more of his beverage and laughing replying with an uneasy tone "They are beasts that could kill a man why would anyone feed them? Don't like them, keep walking" the blacksmith rose his fist in anger before stopping shocked looking at the thin frail bodies of human's and other species of humanoids sitting on the floor beaten and dirty, Regi glared at the man before continuing "What filth of a man would ever sell slaves" his voice getting louder "ANSWER ME" he ended up shouting at the man causing people to stare and the seller to back away calling for guards.

Guards came after a few minutes suggesting to Regi he should leave the man alone, the only reason they gave him hesitation instead of cutting him down or putting him the stocks was the fact he made them their weapons and armour when he was younger, even did the repairs on them in the lords name, but even then they seemed to turn a blind to such horrendous items of sale, with a stressed sigh Regi looked at Elenoir "I'm sorry, but I'm going to the other Gryphon spots, I can't stand the things going on here" the smile never returning to his face, cold as the steel in his shop he walked on out the marketplace trying to calm himself down.

Elenoir watches all this in rather passive silence, tilting her head to one side- the hairpin keeping her long platinum locks from falling over her face as she executes the small action. Yet as Regi walked away, she idly slipped from his grip to approach the seller, obviously the man taking much more easily to the quiet young woman then her counterpart," What can I do ye fer?" he asks gruffly as she leans against one of the small stalls, her hip resting against the wooden planks- looking over a rather malnourished tiger before focusing back upon the man, idly she reached up to her neck where a small bell hung, flicking it with her finger. A clear sound seemed to echo from the tiny bell, washing over those within a rather large radius- all seemed to fall silent in an intoxicating daze as a sweet, song-like voice spoke," Take care of your beasts, broken wares are worth less then functional ones."

Her voice seemed to wash over the man as his eyes clouded, a breathless shudder passing through him as the hypnotic voice sank into his nerves, invading his body with almost obscene warmth and tranquility. His cracked lips remained parted staring at young Elenoir as she simply gazed upon him with those soft, green-black eyes. After a moment of allowing her words to dissipate into the word akin to smoke, she rose and idly walked back to Regi, looping her arm into his. Her gaze fixed back upon the ground, and once more she took on the look of a rather nervous and naive little girl. Clearly she was now ready to leave.

"I'm sorry I probably made a fool of myself, its just that animals shouldn't be treated in just a cruel fashion let alone people" he grimanced looking at the main gates guarded by many of guards flashing them a grin as they passed "I helped make the weapons they used maybe 30% of the guards you'll see still use my steel" he chuckled before looking around outside the gates looking down at Elenoir "The gryphons they say around here are very territorial and sometimes attack passersby so lets hope we can tame ones without the others thinking we are doing something wrong.

With him saying that he heard a high pitched squeal, staring at Elenoir "Be careful" he said as he took off into the bushes to track the maker of the noise, it didn't take him long to find the source a beautiful black Falcon-Cheetah Gryphon stuck in a bear trap lodge in its hind legs as it struggled to cause the wound to worsen, Regi crept forwards with his hands out hushing the beast before light petting its neck, "It's okay, its gonna be okay now" his voice muffled by its feather as he slid down being watched by the gryphon as he worked on the bear trap slowly trying to pry the device open it was going well before he heard the approaching foot steps of many men looking down at him with rope and crossbows, he let out his full strength prying the clamps open as they shouted for him to stop just as the beast lept attacking the men who were most likely to of trapped it, Regi backed up tripping on a root as the Gryphon landed on top of him looking down with its yellow eyes, the blacksmith knew this could be the end but suddenly it bowed its head almost looking at its wound, Regi crawled round to the wound ripping off one of his sleeves to allowing him to tie it around the beasts wound stopping the blood and lessening the pain as the beast turned its head pushing its head into the boys chest as Regi spoke to it "Will you join me? as a partner, not a pet?" the Gryphon seemed to push more looking at his new rider tilting its head, the blacksmith smiled "Then how about it Cricket? you seemed to like jumping around more than flying" the beast jumped in Joy bowing to allow his Rider on his back.

Everything seemed to happen so quickly, all Elenoir could do was stand back and observe in silence, crossing her arms over her chest, arms looped through the chestplate in silence. Her eyes flickered briefly with mirth as she tilts her head to one side, observing all this with a half-smile. The creature took so quickly to Regi, she couldn't help but wonder if it had some ulterior motive. Nonetheless, she parted her cherry lips and spoke softly," Cricket is a good name." offering another warm smile as she looked about the city. They were barely 50 feet from the city, it was a wonder a gryphon had lurked so close, let alone a bear trap being set so close to a populated area. Something told the young woman this was all rather… Wrong.

Idly she reached to her hip, folded in a pocket was a single arrow, silver in color… Yet as she moved toward the lodge, she hummed a quiet song- the spectral arrow rising as if by some invisible hand, idly quivering beside her shoulder as she tilted her head. A large man moved to intercept her, speaking quickly," Now hold on thar young lass- we don't want te cause ye any trouble." alas, he suddenly fell silent as she fixed the man in an icy gaze- again… her lips parted in a quiet command," Open your lodge to me.." She demands, the soft bell around her neck ringing once, clearly accentuating her already highly persuasive power. The man seemed dumbstruck, pausing before moving to open the door of the Lodge for them to enter.

Regi watched her go to the lodge with curiosity, the blacksmith stroked Crickets feathers with one had requesting "I need you to stay outside for me" the beast let out a whimper like snort nudging its head into the person who had just saved them before he said "Please" seemingly to understand the word it sat down as Regi scratched under its chin allowing a purr like exhale through its beak. on the way towards the lodge's door, he started thinking out loud "It is curious Cricket was so close to the city perhaps he wasn't the only one taken?" he rubbed his forehead overthinking the whole thing.

when he reached the door he kept back hearing the sound of the bell go off and her command watching the man seem to become enthralled, the uneasy feeling in his chest again he heard that bell at the market place when he looked back to see her talking to the seller, did it affect anything she wanted? had she been using it to affect him? wrinkles appeared on his forehead as Regi tried to get his head around the idea before going to the door and opening it with a slow squeak, "Elenoir?" he asked into the darkness.

" Here." Her soft voice calls to him, merely a whisper in the darkness of the lodge- as he entered, though dim at it was, he would notice a small candle flicker to life and illuminate a now familiar face. Elenoir held up the candle stick by the wax, turning her head slightly to and fro to observe the darkness of the Lodge. It was rather large and filled with traps- the young woman hums under her breath as she moves about the dim room, fingers idly tracing the rusted springs and loads of the plethora of traps. Her bright eyes flicker faintly to and fro- it was becoming increasingly clear at least to her that this lodge did not specialize in solely hunting…

Her cherry lips curled into a soft frown, moving back toward Regi as she states simply," Trafficking." Clearly, she meant human trafficking, idly flicking a pair of shackles hanging near the doorway. Obviously this development was quite upsetting for the young woman as she quickly stepped from the lodge, still holding the burning candle- idly she motioned for Reginn to follow.

A number of traps made Regi grimace as she shone her light around the room he noticed many notes and varieties of pictures of men and woman plastered to walls and even stains from old blood on the floor, he was just putting together the thought when he heard her say "Trafficking" he sighed going back to the thought of the marketplace at all the thin slaves he had there before hearing the sound of metal being flicked, wincing thinking it was the bell he looked up to notice the source was shackled, with a sigh he left the lodge after her asking "You think the Marketplace and this Lodge is connected?" as Cricket came up nudging his back almost pushing him up into the air using its head.

As Regi petted the young Gryphon he looked worried at her "Do you think Cricket's previous owner was caught or maybe even one of his Pride" he clenched his fists looking at the city with disgust "I never knew this was going on behind my back but we can't leave till we stop it" allowing his eyes to grow hopeful looking at her "Right? We cant go?" as the big bird sat looking at Elenoir with its yellow eyes tilting its head gently to the side to almost look like it's waiting for her reply.