"Marshmallows." It was more a hiss than anything else, the creature in front of them looking like a giant snake, venom dripping from his fangs. Huge fangs, which were clearly visible in the slightly open mouth. Not that he would be able to hide them in any way.

The Crystal Maiden looked at the Templar Assassin and though she was sure her face showed absolutely no emotion, as it should be, the woman smiled. She had probably picked up on her little surge of joy at the word 'marshmallow' even without it showing on her features.

"Marshmallows are perfect!" she said to the snake creature, the Venomancer.

"Yes, they are," he hissed. "I like how they melt when they get in contact with my venom. It's the tastiest thing existing." He eyed them both up. "I suppose you wouldn't know how that tasted and I also suppose you wouldn't want to try it." His mouth opened wider, probably a smile, while a big droplet of poison splashed onto the ground. Astonishingly enough, it didn't do any damage to the floor the Venomancer was standing on, but since it was his home it made sense to use material that couldn't be destroyed by venom. "Viper and I eat marshmallows together. He is only a drake but he uses poison like I do. By the way, you don't have to go to his house, he's on vacation." The Venomancer nodded to a building not far from his.

Figured that the two creatures who could play with venom like they did were friends and lived near each other.

"I would invite you to come in while I get some marshmallows but I'd suggest you better not step onto the floor of my house, especially not you, Maiden, with your naked feet. Except you don't like them, then feel free, but I assure you, you won't have feet much longer when you stand where I do. So you probably better wait out here for a few moments." He started to turn away. "Oh, and don't touch anything, either. You are lucky enough that I cleaned my door a few days ago after Viper and I accidentally splashed venom on it. A wonder any of you can survive considering how sensitive you are to poison."

Murmuring something more the Assassin couldn't understand, he disappeared into a room of his home. She looked at the floor but it seemed to be absolutely normal. A few green dots here and there that she really didn't want to touch, but otherwise she would've guessed it to be an ordinary floor. She considered if she should put one of her feet onto it to see if it really was poisonous, as the Venomancer had indicated. Rylai grabbed her arm. "Naya! If you want to test it, throw something onto the floor. Don't move there."

"Oh come on, I would only touch the floor with my shoe."

"Yeah, but those are nice shoes and walking will be difficult if the sole has melted away from one of them." The Maiden took a pin out of her hair and threw it in front of them on the floor. For a second, nothing happened. Then the pin began to smoke and within another second, it was gone. "See, that would have happened with your shoe."

Lanaya smiled and pulled Rylai closer. "Okay, you are right. Happy now?"

The smaller woman turned towards her and slung her arms around the Assassin's body. She was so cute in her costume. Lanaya pulled her mask from her mouth before kissing the Crystal Maiden softly. She was sure Rylai had wanted to answer but when the Assassin pulled away to look down at her, it seemed she had forgotten whatever she had wanted to say.

Suddenly, she felt someone looking at them and while she stepped away from Rylai she pulled her mask back up and turned towards the Venomancer. He stood in the hall, staring at them, seemingly unprepared for finding the Crystal Maiden and the Templar Assassin kissing in front of his house. He recovered quickly though. "No! Bad wolf. You are not allowed to eat little red riding hood!"

Rylai laughed, and even Lanaya's mouth twitched. The snake creature slithered closer, carrying a bag with one of the two tentacle thingies with mouths that sprouted from his back (or neck). A drop of poison ran down on the outside of the bag.

The Venomancer realized it and shook the bag until the drop fell to the ground. Then he held it out for the Crystal Maiden. "Here you go. The bag is as free from venom as I was able to make it."

"Oh, that's fine." Rylai waved with her hand a little. "Lanaya will take it, she also wanted to step onto your floor to see how her shoes would react to the poison. She won't be afraid to handle the as-free-from-venom-as-you-could-make-it bag."

Lanaya almost rolled her eyes, but then simply took the bag. She used a little of the psionic energy she could wield to shield her skin from any venom that might be on the bag. Then they wished each other 'Happy Halloween' and off they were again.

The marshmallows were the first sweets they had gotten that she liked and as soon as they were sitting on their griffon, she opened the bag and began to eat. Delicious.