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Three strangers walked into the Medical Clinic of the Brotherhood of Valor, and found Arexzia.
"Good morning, Miss Arexzia" said the voice of Jon Chess, coming from the appearance of Stavros DarKoven, one of Jon's carefully crafted and maintained identities - in this instance, a slaver from Booty Bay. "Miss Kaneka and I have a patient for a check-up before I release her to my client, Miss Whisperleaf of the bookstore The Turned Page in Stormwind." Jon steps aside and lets Kaneka ((Who is still in disguise?)) bring in the nine-year-old newly-freed Kaldorei girl.
The Kaldorei girl stood a little over four feet tall, and had long dark blue hair. Her skin was the color of lilacs, and her eyes shown like molten tin. She had bruises all over her body, but appeared whole and undamaged except for some scars from the manacles she no longer wore. She did, however, wear a clean slave tunic.
"This is Korynna Starwind - Kori" Jon-Stavros informed.
Arexzia shook her head slightly but with a knowing smile. "Of course, Stavros. The clinic is open all in need, when was the last time she was fed?" Arexzia walked over to the nearby table and grabbed her medical kit and her morning fare of a sliced up fruit and a wedge of quiche. Sitting down next to Kori, the young Eredar offered her a sliced apple and cup of cold tea, laden with milk.
"Likely yesterday, or this morning... I didn't want to do anything until she'd been looked at" said Jon. "You are literally our first stop." Kaneka, aware of their destination, had teleported them all straight to the Brotherhood of Valor compound.
Arexzia nodded as the man known to some as Stavros explained the situation. She offered the food to Kori; watching her eat, her motor skills, and focus. Kori looked up cautiously, not yet convinced that this was not some sort of trap, gingerly began to nibble at the sliced apple, eschewing the cold tea for now.
Arexzia grabbed some of her healing salves and rubbed the soothing, cool gel on the shackle marks of the ankles and wrists, and then to the worst of the bruises. Letting the child eat for a moment, she walked back into the clinic room to grab a soft damp cloth and a few toiletry items. Sitting back down, Arexzia began to brush Kori's hair, and then gently cleaned The child's face and ears. "Stavros, other than the beating this poor girl took, anything else I should be aware of?" Arexzia said, shooting him a significant look.
"No, I don't think so... the dwarf who beat her has been... chastised and will walk with a cane henceforth," Jon said, he voice deceptively calm. Arexzia had known Jon for some time and recognized the tonal shift from her friend Jon Chess to the part of him that others called the Rook - a calculating, brutal, merciless assassin. "The Dark Irons were only interested in her resale value."
Kaneka stood behind Jon as he and Arexzia spoke, still in her disguise. It was far from anything she would normally wear, but that was the point of a disguise, wasn't it?
Arexzia completed the examination, finding no outstanding issues other than the expected emotional trauma from her ordeal. Jon spent the time removing the hair dye and returning to "Jon Chess", packing up the Stavros armor and props for return to his cache of disguises later. Together, he and Kaneka and Kori teleported to Stormwind, to take Korynna Starwind to the Turned Page bookstore - hew new home.
Three strangers walked into the Medical Clinic of the Brotherhood of Valor, and found Arexzia.
"Good morning, Miss Arexzia" said the voice of Jon Chess, coming from the appearance of Stavros DarKoven, one of Jon's carefully crafted and maintained identities - in this instance, a slaver from Booty Bay. "Miss Kaneka and I have a patient for a check-up before I release her to my client, Miss Whisperleaf of the bookstore The Turned Page in Stormwind." Jon steps aside and lets Kaneka ((Who is still in disguise?)) bring in the nine-year-old newly-freed Kaldorei girl.
The Kaldorei girl stood a little over four feet tall, and had long dark blue hair. Her skin was the color of lilacs, and her eyes shown like molten tin. She had bruises all over her body, but appeared whole and undamaged except for some scars from the manacles she no longer wore. She did, however, wear a clean slave tunic.
"This is Korynna Starwind - Kori" Jon-Stavros informed.
Arexzia shook her head slightly but with a knowing smile. "Of course, Stavros. The clinic is open all in need, when was the last time she was fed?" Arexzia walked over to the nearby table and grabbed her medical kit and her morning fare of a sliced up fruit and a wedge of quiche. Sitting down next to Kori, the young Eredar offered her a sliced apple and cup of cold tea, laden with milk.
"Likely yesterday, or this morning... I didn't want to do anything until she'd been looked at" said Jon. "You are literally our first stop." Kaneka, aware of their destination, had teleported them all straight to the Brotherhood of Valor compound.
Arexzia nodded as the man known to some as Stavros explained the situation. She offered the food to Kori; watching her eat, her motor skills, and focus. Kori looked up cautiously, not yet convinced that this was not some sort of trap, gingerly began to nibble at the sliced apple, eschewing the cold tea for now.
Arexzia grabbed some of her healing salves and rubbed the soothing, cool gel on the shackle marks of the ankles and wrists, and then to the worst of the bruises. Letting the child eat for a moment, she walked back into the clinic room to grab a soft damp cloth and a few toiletry items. Sitting back down, Arexzia began to brush Kori's hair, and then gently cleaned The child's face and ears. "Stavros, other than the beating this poor girl took, anything else I should be aware of?" Arexzia said, shooting him a significant look.
"No, I don't think so... the dwarf who beat her has been... chastised and will walk with a cane henceforth," Jon said, he voice deceptively calm. Arexzia had known Jon for some time and recognized the tonal shift from her friend Jon Chess to the part of him that others called the Rook - a calculating, brutal, merciless assassin. "The Dark Irons were only interested in her resale value."
Kaneka stood behind Jon as he and Arexzia spoke, still in her disguise. It was far from anything she would normally wear, but that was the point of a disguise, wasn't it?
Arexzia completed the examination, finding no outstanding issues other than the expected emotional trauma from her ordeal. Jon spent the time removing the hair dye and returning to "Jon Chess", packing up the Stavros armor and props for return to his cache of disguises later. Together, he and Kaneka and Kori teleported to Stormwind, to take Korynna Starwind to the Turned Page bookstore - hew new home.
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