Tristan simply offered Slate a small snarl and crossed his arms, sulking. not that he'd ever admit to such a thing, no, never. he glared furiously at Slate when he was insulted, but despite how much he wanted to bury the blade in his hand... into Slates body, he didn't dare. Slate was older, and more powerful, and Tristan held no fantasy about surviving a fight with Slate. "i don't know if you'll like Azra much Winter Knight." Falin admitted suddenly, grinning a little. "her Natural element is the opposite of yours." he admitted, standing up, wincing as he touched his stitches. "thank you Spencer.. again, for fixing me." he chirped, smiling at her before heading for the door, blinking at her. "i don't know how to get to Russia from Nightside..." he admitted simply, Tristan rolling his eyes in disgust as he hailed a nightmare drawn carriage, paid the driver, and told him to take them to the Russia exit.
it wasn't a long ride, Nightmares where good at leaping through shadows, so only a few minutes went by before they where where they needed to be. when they stepped into Russia, it was right in the middle of a blizzard, Falin cursing as he realized they where going to have to climb the mountain path through a snowstorm. it took several hours to climb the steep path, heading right up the side of the mountain, Falin grumbling about Azra being a bitch the entire time as they finally stepped out onto a flat cliff where a tiny little house was shadowed by a large barn, both of which had smoke fluttering out of massive chimney's. "Lady and Gentlemen... welcome to
Azra Fireborn's home." he stated, making his way forward and banging on the door.
the door opened with a snap, and the woman that peered out was simply... beautiful. Tristan sneered a little, as he examined the girl with her large purple eyes and hair as red as fire. "... Arrow! nice to see you again!" Azra chirped, smirking as she took in the people he had brought with. "oooh! new money! come in! come in, get out of that Cold!" she demanded, bustling them inside and flicking her hand at a second fireplace, the logs there bursting into fire at just a twitch of her hand, Falin smirking as he batted Snow out of his hair. "Azra's a Fire Starter." he explained. "humans would call her an Elemental." she snorted and he snickered, both of them shaking their heads at the human's stupidity as Azra warmed up some tea. "so what brings you all here?" "swords..." Tristan grumped. "information and phoenix Tears." Falin admitted with a grin. "information?" Azra asked, blinking a little. "well, it's not often you ask for that... and what of you two? what are you here for?" Azra asked, blinking at Slate and Spencer.