A Change In The Horizon || The Lost One AU

15. Tour

"Oh, I can't wait to show you around!" Elisha said, spinning in a circle. Her dress spun around her legs, momentarily making a full circle. She proudly marched forwards, while the two Watchers stayed a bit behind her. If Xelqua was alone, he would have kept pace with her.

However, he wasn't — Miesall was there, studying her every move. He had brought his wings in as he slinked behind, almost as if he were a thief in the shadows, ready to attack. On the other hand, maybe he was a cat that was about to get a bath. His eyes darted about wildly, inspecting every elf to ensure his and Xelqua's safety.

Out of habit, Xel also looked at every elf, but he found nothing notable among them. Many of them had resumed their normal duties, if they had been interrupted at all. A few ran into their houses and returned wearing a mask to cover their mouths and sometimes their noses. (What this meant, Xel wasn't entirely sure.) Their eyes narrowed, and their ears twitched, but eventually they went back to work as well.

"Say," Elisha said as she turned around, walking backwards now. "What are your names? You never told me."

'Do not answer that.' Miesall scolded, shooting Xel a look. He knew exactly what was going through that head of his.

Xelqua had seen him of course, but deliberately decided to ignore it. Trying to hide all information they could would only further bring tension between them and the elves. He wanted to show that the elves had nothing to fear and that by doing so, the still prying eyes would relax.

"My name is Xel—" he began, but Miesall gave him a good kick in the shin. He hollered in pain. "-qua." He looked to Miesall, frowning. 'You didn't need to kick me!'

"It's nice to meet you, X-eye-ow-a." Elisha giggled, finding humor in the situation. She turned towards them momentarily, flashing a rosy grin that covered her full face. "Your friend is silly!"

'Such obscenity at such an age!' Miesall recoiled, nearly growling. 'These bastards have clearly been corrupted by their higher species.'

Xelqua tried to laugh it off, and did so with very little success. 'Miesall, that's not what she meant. She just realized that we are together.' He tried.

'Together?' Miesall inquired, frowning even more. Needless to say, he was not in a good mood.

Xelqua flushed, waving his hands. 'I mean, traveling together!' He quickly clarified. Miesall relaxed a little at this, though it was clear that he was still in a sour mood.

'You must be more careful. Any information about us can and will be used against us.' Miesall warned again.

'What wrong could telling our names do?' Xel inquired, frowning now as his blush faded.

'I wish to not find out.' The creature shivered darkly, his gaze locked onto the skipping girl ahead of them both.

~🌤~

Xelqua loved wandering around the village, seeing the ins and out of it. There was a cute little bakery, in which they were given free samples. The delicacy — an elven kiss, it was called— was a sugar cookie with a drop of chocolate in the very center. It was melty, evidently fresh from the oven as scents wafted from them.

Xelqua gladly took the offering from the baker, finding from the very first bite that the cookie was almost sickeningly sweet. More than used to the plain simple foods they had the last few days, along with the same palate back on Evolution, he welcomed the taste gladly. He couldn't believe that players (well, hybrids he supposed) could now craft such an amazing food without any help of villagers.