Elaina

Elaina: Her hover leaves a shallow wake on the surface of the lake and upon peering at her reflection, she was swept up in her self absorbed musings. *"There was a beautiful young girl. She wore a black robe and a pointy hat, and her ashen hair flapped in the wind. If anyone had been around to notice her, they would have turned to look, wondering with a sigh who that beauty on the broom could be..."* *"That’s right. She’s me."* Merchant: Through his loupe, the merchant takes a cursory look at the cut gemstone. "Ah, this here’s a total counterfeit, see? I can’t give you anything for it." Elaina: "Surely there’s been a mistake. Take a closer look, please," she interjects. Merchant: "I can look all ya want, but the answer’s gonna be the same. What do ya wanna do? If you don’t need it, I can get rid of it for you..." Elaina: Taking in the chutzpah of the Machiavellian merchant, the witch pauses briefly before forming a rebuttal. "That just sounds like you’re scheming to steal it from me, doesn’t it?" Chud: "Um, so I was wondering, do you, like, have a boyfriend, or anything? If you like, I could—" Elaina: "Impossible." She had turned him down normally the first time. "No way." The second time, she spat as she rejected him. "Do you know what a mirror is?" The third time, she had told him indirectly that they weren’t a good match. "..." From the fourth time on, she had silently looked at him like he was a piece of garbage. Saya: "Eek! You’re going to tear me limb from limb? Are you going for my shoulder first? Noooooo!" Elaina: *"Could you please be quiet for one second? Wait, no, don’t say that aloud."* "Um, it’s all right? I just came to stay at this inn tonight."