"Okay! Okay!" Serna backed off from the annoyed Fox Man, "Your advice is duly noted."
Serna looked over to where Willow and Irzen were standing and saw Neven with them. She promptly stopped screaming and smiled at the Guards and the Fox Man, "Okay! The Fox Man isn't scaring me any more. Have a nice day!"
With that said, The Shield Maiden promptly began to skip her way back to her friends in glee.
The guards returned to the post except for Sergeant Talos who watched the Shield Maiden return to her friends. He sighed as he walked in the party's direction, "A disturber of the peace is your new title, girlie. I do hope you enjoy you're new found status in Asylum."
"I think I will," Serna chirped, "Thank you for bestowing it on me, Sergeant Talos, I will add that title to a long list of titles I hope to acquire in our travels."
Talos didn't say a word to her. She would find out that having that title would only make her test much harder.
Serna turned to Neven, "So did you get it?"
"Yes I did," The Thief concluded, "Now I think we need to speak with The Fox Man. Or I should say that I need to speak with him. I don't think he would be too keen on you joining the conversation, Serna."
"Calish will only talk to you, kid. You're the one who spoke to him before the 'disturber of the peace' caused a ruckus." Talos said quietly.
The Shield Maiden hunched her shoulders, "I can't imagine why."
Both Irzen and Willow laughed.
"You may think this little stunt is funny now but it could potentially cause more problems down the road." The sergeant gave Irzen and Willow a look of disapproval.
"Serna did only what I asked her to do, Sergeant Talos," Neven came to her defense, "We needed a distraction and she provided a relatively harmless though loud one."
"There are more subtle ways to make a distraction, kid. Asylum doesn't play by the rest of the Realm's rules. In fact, Asylum sits between the Realm and what ever world is currently aligned with it. I get it, kid. You had a hard life living on the streets but she does not. Hers is a sheltered life and acting out in a shrewd manner in the streets gets the wrong kind of attention. Screaming is best used if someone is truly threatening your life."
"She took one for the team, Talos," Irzen added, "And she did so without a second thought, caring only for the fact that her friends needed her help. You can call her a Disturber of the Peace if you want but I call her selfless."
"She has a lot to learn about selfless acts." Talos grumbled.
"And self-sacrificing," Willow concluded, "What more could you want from a teammate than that?"
The sergeant gave the ranger a hard stare, "If this was a battle or sneaking into an enemy's castle, yeah that might work if it doesn't get you killed."
Serna walked up to Talos and simply asked, "What do you have against me, Sergeant Talos? You have been on my back since you met me. What is it about me that vexes you so?"
"Met you? You are the REASON you got YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS INTO THIS! You just can't MIND your own business, can you? It's always one OVER achiever who thinks he or she is entitled to the right thing. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED! You and your friends are visitors here. Try LISTENING TO the locals for a change, you MIGHT actually learn something!" Sergeant Talos snarled with disgust.
He calmed himself down enough to tell Neven, "Well go and talk to Calish. I believe your still on the clock on this one."
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