In front of the door of the Elder Titan, they had to wait almost two minutes. The Crystal Maiden had knocked two times already and the Templar Assassin just wanted to suggest they leave, when the creature opened. He smiled at the Maiden but when he saw the Assassin, the smile vanished.

"Trick or Treat!" Rylai announced cheerfully and the Titan returned his attention to the blonde woman in her little red riding hood costume.

He smiled again, but shook his head. "I'm so very sorry, I don't have any sweets. I don't want to eat them and the best way to achieve that is to never have any in the house."

"You have absolutely no sweets?" the Maiden sounded incredulous, her eyes huge.

"Nothing with added sugar or other sweeteners, I'm afraid. I could give you some fruit, though, if you want. Or something salty crunchy, like nuts or chips of some kind." He rubbed the palm of his big hand over the base of one of his horns and leaned against the doorframe casually. He was huge, made Rylai look even smaller than she actually was. Didn't faze the Maiden the least, though.

"Fruit is fine. Do you have something fancy?"

"Oh, I do. Wait a sec." He pushed away from the door frame and ducked into the house.

"No sweets!" Rylai turned to Lanaya. "I would die without my daily dose of sugar."

"Maybe you wouldn't be so hyped up if you ate less." The Assassin's tone was dry. She didn't really think that. It made no difference if the Maiden ate sugar or not, she simply was full of energy all the time.

Rylai laughed. "Doesn't work, others have already tried that. Besides," she opened one palm and made tiny ice swirls dance above it in the air while she put an exaggerated dark expression on, "You don't want to make me mad. And nothing makes me madder than taking my sweets from me."

The Templar Assassin snorted. "Not difficult to believe that. Sugar addict."

The Elder Titan returned and Rylai was back to smiling in a split second, the ice above her hand evaporating into the tiniest snowflakes, which had already melted before they could hit the floor.

"Here, I have mangos, frozen apples, different kinds of berries and fruitcake. That okay?"

"It's perfect. Thank you."

"You're welcome. Happy Halloween." The Elder Titan actually bowed his head a little as he said goodbye before he closed the door. Very polite.

As they headed back to their griffon, a huge strange flower appeared on the side of the path out of nowhere. The Templar Assassin stopped and got into battle stance, instantly calling a shield of psionic energy around her body to be ready for whatever was coming there. She made sure to be in front of the Maiden to protect her.

The creature that stepped out of the flower a second later was someone she had seen before. And he seemed shocked to encounter anyone here. He froze before he raised his staff and the other hand in defence slowly.

As always, it was Rylai who took the tension out of the situation. "Hey, Nature's Prophet. Nice to see you. I would tell you trick or treat, except we are not at your house. So I'll just wish you Happy Halloween. You going to visit the Elder Titan?" She stepped forward, between the Prophet and the Assassin. Lanaya didn't like it but Rylai wasn't stupid and when she trusted the creature in front of them, then there was no cause for her to doubt the Maiden.

"Um,…" his eyes jumped from Lanaya to Rylai and back again. "Yeah, um, I visit Cairne. Happy Halloween to you, too." He looked at the Assassin again, who slowly dropped the shield, before he turned towards the Titan's house.

Rylai tugged at Lanaya's arm, because she was still staring at the creature that had teleported in so easily. "Come, he is no threat. I heard the rumour that he and the Elder Titan are a couple. Leave them be."

Their griffon started when the door opened and Lanaya could see the Elder Titan kissing the Natures Prophet before he let him in and the door closed behind the two creatures.

"Ah, aren't they sweet?" Rylai sighed.

The Templar Assassin almost rolled her eyes. "Oh wow, you are touchy-feely…"

Another sigh. "I m." She snuggled closer to Lanaya on the flying mount and the Assassin thought she didn't care about her being touchy-feely at all.