(sure, that makes sense.) Bab turned around, with her arms up in self-defense. Darn! She had forgotten to bring her ax! She put her arms down as she saw the familiar face. "Oh, Harry, it's just you." she frowned. "You still can't have any jewels, you know."
Harry laughed. "Good to see you too. You know I don't take your jewels." he said, turning around. "Guys this is Bab. I got lost down here one day and she helped me get out." he explained.
"Whoa! Other humans!" Bab exclaimed. She walked up as close as possible to the others, examining them. "Huh? Are these guys actually human? Cause they're not Trivbe, and their skin color is most like humans but it's weird. They seem different somehow." Bab said. She stepped away for a second, shaking her head.
Harry stepped beside her. "We don't know what the are fully. Thats why we're headed to find Solarare." he said matter-of-factly.
Kimberly stepped out from the shadows beside Bab. "Bab, what's going on? Who's here?" She said sleepily, rubbing her still closed eyes. (sorry, just trying to jump in, I figured Kim could be a sorceress temporarily staying with Bab, is that alright?)
( yes thats spectacular! )
"Kim!" said Harry gleefully. "Your here too!"
"Yeah," Bab said, smiling. She turned to the auburn-haired girl. "Kimberly, were you following me?" Bab asked, pouting. "And were you napping instead of training?"
"Maybe?" Kimberly replied looking sheepish. "Hi Harry. What have you been up to? Causing trouble I assume?" she said with a laugh
"Heh, he obviously is, busting into my home with a bunch of non-humans like this." Bab sighed, scratching her head. "Also, what's Solare, again? I'm pretty sure this is something I should know but if I did I forgot already. Sorry about that."
"Solarare is a Magic-bender. We needier to teach us." he said.
"Well, me, specifically," Scarlet said, finally speaking up. She had been shocked by the sudden appearance of the two new beings in the cavern, so she was studying them quietly from the back.
Harry nodded. "This is Scarlet. She recently discovered her powers, and needs help with them." he explained.
Bab smiled. "Hello non-human! Nice to meet you, I'm Bab," she said, turning to Scarlet, nodding. "So how come you're going through our cave?"
"Its the quickest way, other then going through the town, which we don't want to do." he said.
"Did something happen in town?" Kim asked, having not been into town in a considerable amount of time.
"No, but you can get spotted or stopped easily." Harry said. "Is it okay if we go through the cave?"
(Hey! sorry I've been gone a bit, was out of town and couldn't bring my computer)
Krystal stood at the entrance of the cavern, hesitant to enter. She did NOT like small spaces – no room for her wings. After a bit, she sighed and reluctantly entered and caught up with the others.
"Not my cave to allow passage to." Kim replied, shrugging and turning to Bab to hear her answer.
A shadow fell over Bab's face.
"Listen, guys…" she said sighing, "As much as I like seeing new people, this isn't a good place to pass through. Souta-tain and the Twilight Council will intensively interview you if they find you here to make sure you're not here to rummage through the jewels or anything. That takes roughly three months and a lot of loss of privacy. Harry knows that. Plus, since… the incident that happened, they've tightened security. Souta-tain works with some authorities from the town above now, in exchange for payment in precious metals."
Bab rubbed her arm, shaking a little. She paused, letting out a heavy breath.
"So if I'm found helping you, Harry, my people won't be happy. But I do owe you a favor (from last time Harry came and helped here people prob) so… yeah. I'll find a way to get you through."
(So there's a lot there to be inferred - let's say Kim arrived during the 'incident' and helped lessen the number of bad things happening at the time. And some random "last favor" happened too)
"It IS a rigorous process." Kim agreed, "Some of them still don't trust me." she sighed, looking down. "But if there's any way I can help too, just let me know." she looked up again, smiling.
Harry smiled wide. "Thank you so much."
"Welcome. Now. We need to get out fast." Bab said.
"By this point, everyone probably feels something off already. Everyone's smart like that. So if you want to go fast, we'll need to go seven times faster than you envision."
Bab turned away, clomping to the end of the hallway, a sideways smile plastered on her blue-skinned face.
"Follow me, and let's get out of here."
As they walked, Krystal turned to Bab.
"How long have Trivbes been in this area?" Krystal asked, frowning in thought. "I've never sensed you here before."
"You sense me now?" Bab asked.