Embarrassed, Akira looked at Izaka with clenched teeth and raised her shoulders as if to say "Oops!"
Placing a strand of hair behind her ear, she sulked as Marren frantically waved them over. By the gods he looks like an idiot. As they approached she realized what all the theatrics were about. So'kien? But wheres Maria? She glanced to Izaka and shrugged, gesturing toward Marren and So'kien. "Maria isn't here. I may be right yet."
"Do Something! ... Quickly" She rolled her eyes. Still upset at him, everything he said was annoying.
"So'kien dear whats wrong?" Akira grabbed the elf's tanned hands and held them in her own. "What happened?"
So'kein stood, with trembling hands still clutched over her head. She mumbled with her eyes closed, desperately trying to get the thoughts out of her mind. This was really bad. Why had he come back to haunt her so suddenly? "I do not wish to hear your words..." She mumbled, "I do not wish to hear your words..." The same words she always used to repeat like a prayer, every time she hid from her ex-husband. "Do not speak them anymore!" She suddenly looked up with wide eyes as Akira's kind voice reached her.
"Another ghost..." She mumbled. So'kein looked at her with awe. "...sister..." She said, placing a hand upon the woman's cheek as if to test out to see if she was real. Her sense suddenly returned, quite suddenly. She looked at Akira with apologetic eyes. "No, I'm sorry. Your sister she's..." Her voice grew more sorrowful. "I'm so very sorry."
Akira's face flashed sorrow for a moment before she suppressed her emotions. There were more important things to do. "Its fine. Its completely all right." She smiled a somewhat mischievous grin. "I know why your confused though. We were all ghosts. Don't you remember? You were there." Akira began gesturing wildly." You saved us all. We were surrounded by pirates with no escape! Their weapons were closing in on us when suddenly, you pulled something from that box of yours. The next thing I knew I could walk through walls! We all could! We walked right through the pirates and made our escape! We were all a little confused when whatever it was wore off. In fact," her voice became more somber "I think Maria is still a little confused. She wandered off. Have you seen her tonight?"
Chin up and a bit of a haughty expression, So'kein transformed back into her usual self. Whatever that was. Something like a performer, always putting on the next mask. "Well you are all quite welcome. Did I not tell you I was indeed a great magician." She tapped on her temple a moment and then took a bow as a disguised excuse to pick up the pocket watch from the ground. "The other one. If she left after everyone had gone in off the streets..." So'kein thought another moment. "I did not see anyone close enough to recognize it as her. It could have been anyone. I indeed saw no one, but Bob did see a figure after the crowds, go that way." She happened to point in the correct direction, for in fact, she had seen the woman earlier, without realizing it.