Sitting on the griffon, Rylai snuggled closer. "The Lord of Avernus is the next. He isn't that scary when you look at him, but the way he never talks and the way you feel his gaze without seeing his face, it gives me the creeps."

That was something the Templar Assassin hadn't noticed. She was glad when her allies in the town wars didn't babble all the time and as an Assassin she always felt when someone was watching her. So, in her eyes, he was just an eccentric, with his hood always hiding his face like that. She hadn't met him outside of the town wars, since she had rarely met anyone, with all her studying and such. When the Crystal Maiden knocked at his door, she was curious as how the Lord of Avernus would behave outside of the wars.

She almost laughed as he opened the door and he was, even though he was in his own house!, wearing the hood that hid his features. The only thing that would have made it even more ridiculous would have bee, if he had been holding his sword and sitting on his horse. She had just finished the thought, when the head of a said horse appeared from around a corner of the hallway and stared at them, snorting softly once. Lanaya coughed, trying to hide the laugh that was sticking in her throat. Of course Rylai felt it and she also, of course, knew what Lanaya found so funny.

Grinning at the Lord of Avernus she used her chirpiest voice to announce: "Trick or Treat!"

The hooded creature stood still for long moments, staring at the tiny blond woman with her little red riding hood costume. Lanaya felt his gaze flicker over her shortly, too, before he turned around and walked into his house. He left his door open, and she assumed that meant he'd be back. His horse drew nearer and snorted again. Rylai held her hand out, palm open and the creature dipped his nose against her hand. Then it turned around and left, clearly regarding them as uninteresting.

The Lord of Avernus came back and patted it on the shoulder as it passed him. He had found some sweets and handed them the Maiden. Without a word he closed the door into their faces.

Lanaya could feel a surge of amusement through their bond coming from Rylai. "Oh look, the Lord of Avernus gave us tiny marzipan animals." She showed the handful of multi-coloured sweets. "They are cute!" She took one after the other and inspected them, completely unfazed by the rudeness of the Lord of Avernus and the shut door in front of her. "Unbelievable! They are gorgeous! I don't think I can eat them." He held a wonderful orange sabretooth between her fingers. "Naya, it even has whiskers!"

They really were wonderful. Extremely detailed yet so tiny. Wherever had the Lord of Avernus gotten these sweets, Lanaya wondered. Was there a place where one could buy them? Did he eat them? She turned a white squirrel in her hand. Maybe he made them himself? Well, whoever had made them had put lots of work into it.

She popped the squirrel into her mouth. Rylai gaped at her. "You ate it! Oh no, you just ate the cutes little squirrel I have ever seen!"

"Hm, but it is delicious."

The Maiden closed her fingers over the sabretooth and she angled her body with the marzipan animals away from the Assassin. "You can't eat them, they belong to me!"

Lanaya took a step forward and reached for her. With a squeak she jumped to the side and then she raced towards the griffon. Grinning, the Assassin followed, having no problems at all to catch her. The way Rylai scowled and held the sweets protectively against her chest made her laugh. "Don't worry, I won't eat another one. I will find out where he gets them from, though, then you can have as many as you want."

That earned her a beautiful bright smile and a hug, followed by a kiss.