Underground

He raised an eye brow, trying to catch her meaning. "But we have just met. Don't you believe men and women should be segregated when being in THAT kind of manner? " He was obviously referring to being nude in front of each other. He was also oblivious to the fact that there may in fact be two baths for both male and female.

She almost seemed to laugh madly at an attempt to hide a blush of her own and then she calmed herself and put a hand on his shoulder, "The bath is a giant lake and that giant lake is divided by a large wall."

He felt himself become embarrassed once more as he realized his idiocy. "Um yeah that is my bad. You see, the only education I have had is what I have learned on my own. Living in the wild has apparently made me quite ignorant to most things. I would greatly enjoy accompanying you. " His face remained bright red.

"Well, I suppose we should be off then." She waved a finger in the air and twirled it as they walked. "Please be careful when in the spring. I know my skin may be flawless but please refrain from peeking." She chuckled at this, once again finding a good time to use what he said before against him.

He nodded, hating himself for opening his mouth. "Sorry about that comment. I meant nothing by it. " His cheeks stayed their pink hue as they walked.

She smiled, "No worries, without comments such as that, I would never know how I appear to others." With this she continued on through the city and into a long narrow hallway. After about an hour of walking, they came to a large open cavern with the floor and walls similar to the other areas of the city. A large opening was in the ground like a long man made lake with steam flowing over the top like misty grey clouds. There was a large wall separating the lake into two pools, one that women occupied and the other for men. Another interesting thing was many individual pools hidden by walls so someone may bathe in private. "The water is heated naturally and has many minerals that cleans you body as you relax in it."

He smiled at the sight of it. "It is probably the most relaxing looking thing I have ever seen. " He looked to her and smiled. "I guess I will see you in a bit then eh?" He went to one of the unoccupied private sections and promptly removed his clothes. Slowly, still feeling a bit awkward in the open air. He then slid one leg into the water. The heated water seemed to instantly relax him as he slid his other leg in then sliding down into the water. The water seemed to move a wave of relaxation over him. He let his lids close as he let the heated water take him. The water covered up to his neck now. He let out a sigh of relief.

Nonale did the side on her end and made sure her hair was pulled up and she removed her dress and silk before entering the warm water.

He sighed a long relief as he sunk down to his chin. After about thirty minutes, he opened his eyes and pushed himself out of the water. He grabbed the his clothes and slipped them back on just after drying himself off.

Nonale had already finished and was waiting outside by the exit.

He met her on his way out. "So this is what you call leisure time eh?" He had enjoyed today. Compared to his usual day, this was doing nothing.

"Something like that, yes. This is where I make my skin so soft." She rubbed her arms a bit and turned in time to hide a smile as she continued walking down the hall back towards the Elder Dome. "When we return, we shall start the construction of a staff."

He smiled. "Right. Why are we going to do this again?" He felt stupidity creeping up on him.

"Ah right, I never even explained the reason for all this. The fairies have been distracting me. The crystals act as a point for the aura to flow and you can easily cast it out than you would at first. Once you understand the feeling you have when you let the aura flow, you can use it more fluidly like myself and the WereChildren." She crossed her arms and brushed off some dust that landed on the skirt of her dress that had come from the old tunnel around them.

He nodded. "Ah that makes sense now. Thanks for the explanation. " He looked around. "So I suppose we should go then. "

"Yes, yes we should." With this she headed off to the dome. It took about an hour to reach the dome building and once inside she sat at her desk and tapped the odd stone. "Hmm...we shall make you a staff but...what do you prefer? A sword? An axe? Do you fight like a demons and use your fists? Or perhaps a broadsword...do demons wield broadswords?" She lost herself in a self induced rambling about trying to conclude exactly how demons fight. Eventually she interrupted her own debate with, "Irrelevant!" Pounded her hands on the desk and then pointed at him, "You! What weapon do you fight with!?"

He eyed her confusingly. "I suppose I prefer to use a broadsword. Seems pretty logical. " He smiled, gazing at her. "Is that what you are going to do?"

She pulled one of the crystal stone from a satchel and placed it on the desk. "These are fairly indestructible...but there is a way to melt them and then mix them with fine steel. Then you can use them to make the blade accustom to aura as well as be unbreakable."

He grinned. "So if all goes as planned, I will have a unbreakable light blue broadsword? " He thought of it for a minute and smiled. He liked the idea of it and sighed. He now realized that just simply running was about to cease to be an option.

"Well, it will appear as normal silver but the flames...oh the magnificent flames." She dazed off in a trance before snapping back. "I suppose we should make sure you can handle this before we continue. I don't want to build a sword when it turns out you cannot use one."

He looked around then back to her. "You think I should spar someone?"

"Not at all, I mean that you need to use your aura before you have a weapon crafted." She searched for a scroll and then handed it to him. "This will give you a basic idea of how to summon and control the essence." Then she reached for the stone on her desk and tossed it at him. "And this will help bring out the essence until you can learn to do it naturally."

He nodded and took the scroll. He then caught the stone, almost dropping it and held it tightly. "So any specific place i can go to train?" He thought about it and he hadn't seen a good area for any sort of combat training or otherwise.

She nodded, "Most of the times we go to the catacombs for such a thing. If you have any questions during your training just ask one of the WereChildren." With this she dismissed him and decided to start plotting ideas for the man's blade.

Nonta was exhausted and felt like he was about to pass out. He had been traveling for almost three days now and wished it could just end. After a few more hours of walking he finally saw something that was different from the rest of the tunnel. The end! Adrenalin shot through him and the slight variation in appearance of the stone tunnel was the most amazing thing he had ever been able to see. He made it out as swiftly as possible but the area was not as he anticipated. It was a lot like the city three days behind him but varied in appearance. It was smaller with shorter buildings and lacked the fine trimmings of gold and silver. At first it was a slight disappointment but he later found that the simpler design seemed to look more ancient and wise.

It took a while but he eventually found the two he wanted to meet and headed for their home. It was basic, just like all the other places. Although there were two stone carvings in front on either side of the entrance. One was a tall stern man with fine features and a rough looking tunic was light armor and a sword strapped to his hip. The other figure was that of an animal, or rather a large bird with long feathers and a wise looking beak that hooked down like a fierce claw, almost as fierce as the figure's talons. It made him shiver as the odd though of a bird gauging out someones eyes formed in his mind.

Once he was done appraising the fine stone he stepped through the archway that made place of every door and tapped the stone with his knuckles. "Hello? Anyone home?" Just then a man responded and came into view. Nonta was a bit surprised to see it was the man depicted in the sculpture. This made he chuckle because the likeness was so well portreyed.

He now raised a brow, "Can I help you?"

Nonta nodded, "Yes sir, I believe you are the one with the Spirit?"

The tall male crossed his arms, "I do not own the spirit but yes...we both dwell her. What is it that you want from us?"

Then he shrugged back his mistake, "Demons are coming from the South on the surface...the Dweller Elves have agreed to go with us but the King suggested we come ask for you to join us as well..." With this he ended the sentence and hoped he would agree.

With the information given, he turned and walked out. He tried to make his way to the catacombs as fast as he could. He knew that day light would not last long and it was supposedly unwanted for humans to venture after dark. It took him an hour to find it and thirty more minutes to find a clear spot to train in. Once there, dusk had already settled in. Light was fading fast. He pulled the scroll from his pack and sat it down on the ground. he then began to read it, examining all the information on the parchment. It read to concentrate on his soul and picture it becoming more physical. He pulled the stone from his pocket and stared at it. The stone turned light blue, as the staff had before. He now pictured it turning physical. Nothing happened. He tried again. Nothing happened. He now figured it was his will he needed to force out. So he did. once again nothing happened. Then, something happened. It was almost too quick for him to notice but he did. It excited him. What he saw was a bright blue spark shoot out of the rock. Night had settled in now. He shook his head and decided he would just work through night. "Nothing could be that fearful right?" he hadn't realized it but he said this out loud.