Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5824038-20160117201116/@comment-5824038-20160521154636

The bird shrieked a high-pitched scream, and then burst into flame. A smouldering shape was burnt into the ground underneath it, which Azirath would recognise as the Mark of the Phoenix. An identical shape flared up on Elara's arm momentarily, as if she had a living breathing tattoo, before it vanished.

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'Let's hope he doesn't have many maids or butlers or cleaners scurrying about the place,' Talyaras commented as she inspected the room. 'Or himself, for that matter.'

Inside the room there was nothing more than a collection of books, none of them more than novels and histories. The desk had a few miscellaneous papers and letters, all of them mundane and uninteresting, and nothing more. It would seem that they had entered onto a clerk's office, perhaps, but certainly not Roost's own study.

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Leo reached the edge of the Valunstrad district and came out onto a large plaza, with its three statues of great heroes. There were dozens, if not hundreds, of people milling about. More importantly, there were a lot of gaurds. None of them seemed alert, and none of them noticed him. From behind came the sound of the guard patrol, still pursuing him.