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Richard hasn't ventured out of his room. He's been afraid to. But...he's hungry. And thirsty. And...well, the walls are closing in on him.

So there's a Richard in the bar. Looking very bewildered. And hoping his sister isn't around, because she totally creeped him out the night he arrived.

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Mesmerised by the flame, Richard's eyes lock in the lighter, followig it's light.

"Pretty isn't it?" Kindred spirits, Lock and Dicky.

Dicky nods. "Pretty."

"Want it on your hair?"

"Nooooo," he says, softly, without real protest.

"Ok. Then we won't set your hair on fire." Lock raises his hand to Richard's arm, softly snickering as the fire flicks and flairs.

His focus is on the flame, for a moment distracting him from the heat. Then... "Ow! Ow! Ow!" He's flapping his arms, wildly, trying to put the fire out, and get away.

From a conversation a short distance away, Moiraine glides swiftly over. The Aes Sedai is glowing with a golden light, and as she approaches she makes a slight gesture.

Soothing blue light flies from the tips of her fingers to wrap around the flame on the young man's arm, quenching it utterly.

"I would appreciate knowing exactly what is going on here."

Her tone is coldly displeased as she stares at the children.

"He said he doesn't want us to set his hair on fire. So, we set his clothes on fire." That's Barrel talking from behind his mask.

Richard is staring at the woman.

He opens his mouth, but there are no words.

He closes his mouth.

And stares.

"And before this, I am given to understand that there was an incident with an axe and a sword, involving the man that I just Healed."

Her tone remains chill and disapproving.

"Do you understand that such violence here is against the rules, and carries a price?"

"Whatever you say lady. We're gonna go, we gotta go find somebody we can sew." They begin to walk away laughing at the whole scene.

"We'll be back for you PET!"

Coolly, the Aes Sedai says,

"I have not given you leave to depart."

The glow around her flares, and a wide band of shining white light coalesces around the three children, confining and immobilizing them.

"You have injured two people tonight, and threatened others. I am not disposed to tolerate this, children or no."

"We've blown things up, we've cut things up, we've nearly blown PEOPLE UP and this is what we get? WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE FUN! WE JUST WANT TO KILL PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE FUN!" The longer they scream, they louder they get.

"WE WILL GET YOU YOU EVIL FUN HATING-" They call her a few choice words they learned from various other patrons in the bar.

"Hey!"

Oh look. Security. Specifically, Faith. Looking quite vexed, actually.

"Moiraine, you having a bit of a problem here?"

With another slight gesture, a silver-white dome settles over the Trips, muffling their cries; they can be clearly heard by the three standing nearby, but the rest of the bar is not disturbed by their yelling.

Moiraine turns calmly to Faith.

"It appears that there has been some difficulty this evening. I have just recently Healed a man named George who was injured by these children, with axe and sword; and as I arrived here, they had just set this young man's arm on fire, then attempted to depart with the apparent intention of causing more havoc."

A pause.

"I shall presume this is not considered acceptable behavior?"

Faith...stares, for a while.

"Yeah. Yeah, you presume right."

She eyes the Trips, for a minute.

"Any way you can leave them like that while I bust 'em?"

The Triplets scream at Faith and the other one using a few of the words they've learned around the bar. They are NOT happy.

"I suspect that you are not fully aware of the incident concerning Faust, that happened some time ago," she murmurs.

"Yes; I can leave them bound so." A pass, as though tying a knot, and the weave seals itself around the Triplets. "Shall I come with you, in order to release it once they are confined?"

"Yeah, that's probably for the best, thanks," Faith says. "It's...better not to give them the chance to get away, I think."

She sighs at the cursing. "Good thing Baby can make herself soundproof."

She inclines her head slightly to Faith, apparently ignoring the Triplets now.

"Then lead the way, if you would."

A quick glance to the stunned Richard, standing nearby. "Light illumine and protect you. Perhaps we may speak again soon."

Faith nods, with a quick sidelong look at Richard, and then leads Moiraine to the cells, the Triplets held like a package in one hand.

She puts them into a cell, and Baby closes behind them.

The light around the Aes Sedai flares once more, and she makes a motion; as she does, the bonds around the Triplets dissipate, and they are free in the cells.

Moiraine turns to Faith.

"I appreciate your assistance."

"You're welcome."

Faith scrawls a note about why the trips are there, leaving it for the others.

"How've you been, aside from this?"

The Triplets, upon being released in the cell, bounce off the walls trying to destroy everything in sight.

Tub, back near where Richard was, hums as it wanders back upstairs. It'll be a quiet night in the hovel.

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