Rylai had her hand already raised to knock but stopped and looked at Lanaya. "Um, could you get a few steps back, please? The Lich isn't a danger and he might feel uncomfortable with you on his doorstep."
Lanaya frowned. She didn't care if she made anyone feel uncomfortable (except maybe if it was Rylai) so she didn't really see the point in stepping back. But as long as the Crystal Maiden was sure that the Lich was no threat, it wasn't a problem to do what she had asked.
A knock and a moment later the Lich opened the door. When he saw Rylai, he smiled widely. He was ugly (no wonder, he was kind of dead) and he must have stuck in ice for quite a while due to his body being all blue and frozen. But he greeted the Maiden affectionately, seemingly glad to see her. His smile vanished when he looked up and saw the Templar Assassin a few feet away.
"Trick or Treat!" Rylai beamed up at the creature and the Lich turned his attention back to the woman in her little red riding hood costume.
"I knew you'd come. I have something for you. You want to come in?" His gaze flitted to Lanaya and then back to the Maiden.
"Sorry, Ethreain, not today. I want to do some more trick and treating before we go to Kunkka's Halloween party later. You want to come, too?"
The Lich grimaced. "Well, I don't think I'll be welcome at one of his parties. There'll probably be only beautiful creatures like you. Lots of humans and elves and such."
"Why, thank you for the compliment. But I don't think so. The Nightstalker asked earlier for a party. Maybe he'll come and he isn't beautiful. And I'm sure the Tidehunter will be there, and I know some of the creatures from last year. Just make sure you have a costume, I can stay with you during the party if you want to and feel uncomfortable otherwise."
Oh no, Lanaya thought. That meant he'd be with them. And she wasn't sure she wanted to have someone trailing behind her all night long.
The Lich still looked unsure and the Assassin almost let out a relieved breath, when Rylai switched her charm on. She blinked up at the Lich and used her sweetest smile and the Assassin could see how it took only a second for the Lich to fall. "Pretty please? Come with me to the party."
"Who could refuse a request from the most beautiful woman existing? I'll come."
The Crystal Maiden got up on her tiptoes and hugged the Lich, who seemed pleasantly surprised by the act.
"Now, back to the trick and treating?" Rylai held her basked out and the Lich nodded before he disappeared inside of the house. It didn't take him long, it seemed he had been prepared for Rylai to show up.
He put whatever he had in his hands in the basket and leaned closer to Rylai. He whispered something the Assassin couldn't understand from where she was standing and then he smiled (creepy in the state his body was in) before he headed back inside and closed the door behind him.
As soon as Rylai was by her side, Lanaya wanted to ask what he had said, but the Maiden shook her head. "Moment."
They mounted their griffin and took off and only when they were high up in the sky did Rylai snuggle closer and answered the unasked question of the Assassin. "He has a crush on me for quite some time now and he gave me sugar hearts. They are blue and white and they have his and my initials on them. He says he's glad that I found a girlfriend and hopes you make me happy. He knows he and I could've never been a pair but he says it's okay and that we're still friends and that he likes me." Rylai sighed. "I hope he finds someone one day because he's too lonely up here all by himself. I like him and I visited him often before this stupid Anti-Mage thing popped up and I had to hide most of the time. I think I should come here more often again."
The Crystal Maiden opened the package with the sugar hearts. They were cute and she smiled as she popped one into her mouth. "Hm, he should really have a girlfriend he can make this sugar hearts for. Or a boyfriend. Or whatever. They are really tasty."