[center][u]Free Billy[/u][/center]

[b]Nathair[/b]

Nathair listened to Eowyn while his ears and mind let Quartz’s chatter with Remia drone into the background. Instead his mind focused on what briefing she passed on and what he understood, attempted to piece the scene together. There were at least two non-librarian holders located nearby. What they were doing there wasn’t known which had Nathair’s mind both curious and nervous. Mostly because he was concern it was connected to the PR event in progress. If it was, that meant trouble for them all. However he pushed the thought out of his mind when his eyes spotted what Eowyn had been on route to correct: the crowd that grown aggressive and now set their angers upon the Library’s PR crew. 

Quartz on the other hand had been enjoying himself in his conversation with Remia, leaving the worrying and most of the mission matters to Nathair. One of the perks of having a holder was that he didn’t need to focus completely on one thing. Just what he wanted or had to, his head nodded at Remia’s suggestion to have a conversation at some point. He did enjoy the aspect of knowledge and socializing with others, different views seemed to paint one of the most colorful conversations in his thoughts. 

Upon learning his true size, Remia seemed impress, her eyes widened and seemed to look up at imaginary scale where his head should’ve been in reality. His feather couldn’t help but puff out in pride at his and Quartz’s mouth seemed to smirk. If a snake could glow with pride then he would doing it since it wasn’t often someone complimented him. “Yes, it is. It was what drew the Library’s attention to our little island in the first place. Not many places have 20 foot long flying snakes roaming their forested areas. Though I prefer my fun size since it’s a pain to move as a colossal beast around humans, I believe most think I will smash them by accident.” 

His attention was drawn away when he noted Arlette’s one hand squeeze the other in a nervous gesture while they drew closer to the aggressive crowds. It was easier for him then the others to notice it since he was still riding atop her head. Gently his head lowered to the young girl’s head then hissed softly into her ear in his sweetest voice. “It’s alright, Arlette, if you’re uncomfortable, hold onto Nathair’s arm for comfort. Give it a tight squeeze and you’ll feel better. Everything will be alright, I promise. So let’s put on a brave face for Nathair, shall we? He can be a rather big scaredy-cat after all and we can’t have that, can we?” 

That was when both Nathair and he, for first time, had noted the difficulty Eowyn had in trying to push past the crowd. It seemed over time the protesters had started to become unruly. Their shouts and cries seemed to wear at the PR members’ patience, including Simon Getskilled, by the numerous bodies that hindered their path to stage. Naturally unable to make it through to the Politic Relations crew, Eowyn looked to the others for assistance. Mime made a comment about their briefing being about prevent rioting instead of keeping the man from the crowd. Quartz, on the other hand, felt Remia had said it best in her reply. If blood was drawn, either from the protesters or the PR members, then likely a riot would ensure like sharks gathering at the first drop of blood. That was counterproductive to their task after all. Remia decided to aid in possibly the best fashion as her body moved forward, her voice rang out and gently parting the crowd while aiding Eowyn towards Simon and the other PR members. 

“Geeze, you think they personally had the Library chase and corner them instead of the animals…” The spirit snorted softly, seemed a little insulted at the behavior being shown around. Shortly, he answered Mime with his own reasoning. “I have to agree with Remia on this, Mime. Any violence here is like a wounded seal in a shark tank; it’ll escalate and cause farther problems as humans aren’t always the most reasonable in intense situations. Our goal is to prevent riot…how can we do that if we let the rioters disrupt the proceedings?” 

“I can possibly both keep myself from being seen and still part the crowd. If Arlette lets me down, I can slither over some feet or nip a few people around Mr. Getskilled to help create a path to the stage. I doubt they would be able to ignore that…” Quartz suggested and added. “After we get the PR up stage, however, the fact we have a few non-Librarian holders within the area concerns Nathair and me. They could be aimed to affect the PR’s success or worse, something that could put everyone in danger. That would hurt the Library’s reputation more and make this event pointless. To be honest, I don’t think we need everyone to do crowd control here and splitting up might be proactive over all. Half of us, likely Nathair and Eowyn because we can’t blend well in the crowd like Mime and Remia, can meet up with Mari’s position to investigate the sighting off the beach area and see if there’s a connection to the crowds’ aggression. With some of the abilities I’ve seen in Holders, it won’t surprise me if someone’s is influencing the crowd’s hate and spite against the event for a distraction to do something much worse. Unless someone’s got a better idea?” 

Quartz waited for any other thoughts or alternative suggestions, as well as Arlette to set him down, before he would set off on his task.