Where is Here?

@ BearGirl
Today was the day, Victoria will be making that potion that might take them back to her world. They'll also start to discuss how to capture one of those men who were after her. Today is a dangerous day. How the hell Alex got himself wrapped up in all of it? He had absolutely no idea. Which was probably why he barely got an hour of sleep.

Forgetting that Victoria fell asleep on the couch, Alex walked out of his room shirtless and wearing only a pair of black boxers. He groaned tiredly as he rubbed his eyes tiredly and started to get things together to make some coffee. He didn't usually drink the stuff, usually tea since it was healthier, but, today seemed like a coffee day. He'll need the pick me up more then what tea would be able to provide for him.

Scratching his bare chest, a tattoo over his right pec, showing a black and white Chinese dragon that swirled and looked like it was about to eat his nipple. A symbol of a stupid choice he had made as a young twenty-one-year-old. Got his first paycheck, got drunk and then he decided to get a tattoo with his friends. It was weird as hell, but it was a fun night that he'd quite enjoy remembering.

As soon as the sound of the coffee machine started to sound through the apartment. Alex got to work on grabbing two cups, he'll leave one out for when Victoria woke up. then, he'd focus on making his cup. Pouring in a little bit of sugar and a little cream to make it not as strong. Then, as he raised the cup to his lips, out of the corner of his eye he saw movement. Turning, Alex froze as he saw that Victoria was awake. "Uh, morning." He mumbled quietly, not sure how she'd react to him being practically naked.

@ FallenHope95
(I actually meant that Victoria was resting to do the potion that night, because she has to do it when it is dark out. So I am going to type up that she already created the potion)

After Victoria had taken her nap throughout the afternoon, she awoke when the moon was high in the sky. With a long yawn, Victoria got up onto her feet and started to pull out all of the supplies that they had bought onto the counter. Throughout the night, the young princess had worked on the potion. Her first two attempts failed miserably, even causing a small fire in the kitchen in the process. The other failure magically transported a cat into the apartment. But at the third attempt, Victoria had gotten it right. She even took a sip from the potion to ensure that it was correct.

Once Victoria was sure she had gotten it correct, she made three potions in total and corked all three of them before setting the finished products in a dark cupboard. They were dark purple, almost glittery. If one was to look at them closely, it almost looked that there was an entire galaxy in the potion itself. By the time that Victoria had finished, there was a large mess in the kitchen and there was an orange cat sleeping soundly on the couch in the living room. But it was in the early hours of the morning, so Victoria whipped up a quick cleaning spell before she passed out on the couch.

By the time morning came around, both the living room and the kitchen were completely spotless. Though the cleaning supplies she had hit with magic were in their respective places, waiting for another mess to come about. It was not until the loud sound of the coffee machine did Victoria start to stir on the couch. Still, it took the woman a minute or so until her eyes were open and she was turning over on the couch to see what was happening behind her. What she saw caused Victoria to freeze in her position.

Her eyes dropped to the almost completely naked Alex standing in the kitchen with a cup of coffee in his hands. It took her a long moment as Victoria's eyes eventually dropped down to the large dragon tattoo and then even further to where his pants should have been. Her eyes widen as she noticed the large bulge and her face immediately turned bright pink. Victoria's head whipped away and she covered her face, mostly trying to hide her embarrassment. Though at the sight of Alex naked, her heart was pounding extremely fast and she could feel a strange tug on her chest to turn her head and stare at him longer. "Good morning," Victoria said a bit breathlessly.

@ BearGirl

As Victoria raised her head and looked in his direction, Alex could feel his body warming a few degrees and his lower man parts were taking notice. Slowly, Alex turned away from the blushing beauty and leaned his back against the counter so that he wasn't facing her at all. Allowing for a little bit of privacy for the both of them as they woke up this strange morning.

After another few quiet seconds, and taking a couple more sips of his coffee, Alex decided to speak first. "So uh, did you sleep well?" He asked, glancing over his shoulder at her before looking back towards the cupboards once more. He didn't want to cause her any discomfort with seeing him like this, otherwise he would of been fine with a woman seeing him mostly naked. It was his house after all, why did he need to be fully dressed all the time? For some reason though, Alex just felt like Victoria wasn't just any woman, she was a woman with higher morals and values.

Clearing his throat, Alex opened his mouth to say something else before stopping. What else was there to say. He was sorry for not putting pants on when he woke up? That he usually slept with clothed on but this was just an odd occurrence. No, that would be weird, today was weird and it wasn't even nice in the morning.

Feeling something brushing against his legs Alex looked down and jumped a little in surprise. "How did a cat get into my apartment?" He asked, turning back towards Victoria as he set the cup of coffee down on the counter and moved so that she couldn't see his boxers or his slight problem that was developing. "What did you do last night? Go out and pick up a stray?" Alex asked, not sure what to do or say as he looked down at the cat. The thing jumped onto the counter and sat down, staring at Alex as it seemed to start purring. "Sorry little buddy, I don't have anything for you." Alex mumbled towards the cat as he grabbed his coffee to keep away from the cat's curious nose. "You're not knocking my coffee over." He mumbled once more, having a little staring contest with the cat.

@ FallenHope95

"What?" Victoria murmured under her breath as Alex started to talk. She was feeling a bit too overwhelmed with the feeling in her chest and the fact that Alex was basically naked in front of her. Running her hands over her dress, Victoria tried to refocus on what Alex moved onto next. Though she only vaguely heard him say something about a cat. "Cat?" Victoria said, trying to remember anything about a cat but once it hit her, she continued. "Oh, yes, the cat. A potion went wrong last night, there is a cat now. I think I accidentally teleported it here so I don't know where it belongs. I mean it's not like I made the cat... right? I didn't magically conjure up at cat... wait did I magically conjure up at cat..."

Victoria rubbed her head, trying to think it through but she was finding it much too hard to focus. She glanced over at Alex and the kitten but her face only felt warmer as she looked away again, now looking out the window. "Sorry, I just... um... I'm feeling a bit flustered. So it's hard to think or pay attention to what you are saying. I'm sorry, it's just that men where I am from wear pants. But you aren't - not that it is a bad thing! It's just odd, at home that is, maybe it isn't here. Maybe it's totally normal but I find it distracting, n-not that I am staring at you or anything but I'm not meant to see anyone indecent. Not that you are - I mean you are indecent but maybe here you aren't - Not that that means you look bad. I mean that you look great for someone who isn't wearing any clothes. I mean -"

Victoria immediately stopped speaking and put her burning red face into her hands. It took her a moment before she moved onto her feet, clearing her throat before she spoke. She spoke quietly, trying to stop herself from becoming a rambling mess again. "I am going to go take a shower and get dressed." With that said, Victoria immediately headed off to her room, keeping her head down as she did so.

@ BearGirl
The slow movement of a head nod was all that Alex gave as he listened to Victoria speak. "Ah, a potion went wrong." He murmured tiredly like it wasn't that uncommon for it to do. Then, slowly, the smile that was upon his lips slowly dipped. Confusion slowly appearing on his expression. Did she conjure a cat up? Teleported it here? This thing could be thousands of miles from home now. How the hell was he supposed to explain that to its owners? How was he going to tell his landlord that he had a cat in his apartment and he wasn't supposed to?

"Uhh," Alex mumbled quietly as he slowly turned his head towards Victoria. He wasn't fully listening as she stuttered on about multiple things. So when he heard her speaking about him being naked and not looking bad, he was stunned speechless. Today was going to be an odd day, that's for sure.

As soon as Victoria was gone, Alex made his way back to his room. Glad to not be stared at as he moved about. He pulled on a pair of black basketball shorts and a plain grey shirt. His go-to for relaxing clothing. Baggy and as comfortable as could be. Once he was done changing, Alex walked out of his room and walked over towards the couch that Victoia had fallen asleep on last night and opened up his laptop. He needed to find the cats owner before they left. The last thing he needed in his life was to be charged with animal cruelty.

After a few clicks, Alex was looking through a lost pet registry. Looking for the cat that was in his apartment. Reaching over, Alex started to slowly pet the animal as it jumped onto the couch next to him as he searched the web. "Hey, can you send him back home since you brought him here? Or do you need to know where he's from?" Alex asked once Victoria was out of the shower and dressed for the day.

@ FallenHope95

Victoria gave Alex a bit of a strained smile before she headed over and picked up the cat in her arms. She buried her face into the soft fur before letting out a long sigh. "I honestly don't know where he came from. And I don't understand what kind of potion I had accidentally made. I mean... there are a lot of options as to how this cat appeared. I mean did I conjure him up? Maybe, probably not. Maybe he is not even a real cat?" Her nose wrinkled a bit before she let out a sigh.

Carrying the cat, Victoria headed into the kitchen before setting him down on the counter and petting him slowly. "And if I did transport him here, I have no idea where to send him to bring him back. And it would take me a lot of effort to figure out all of that and I need to keep my strength for what we are going to do today."

She let out a low hum as she looked at the beautiful cat that was now walking along the counter. Victoria needed to do something about the cat, but she was not sure what. After a moment, Victoria gave a little nod before standing up and going into a cupboard. She pulled out a potion that was only half full. It was a dark, vibrant red. Victoria took the cat again and set it down on the counter, trying to make the cat stay still.

Taking the red potion, Victoria started to pour it over the cat. At the liquid running down its back, it started to meow angrily. Though, before it was able to swat at Victoria, the cat vanished. Victoria resealed the remaining of the red potion and put it back. As she did so, the cleaning supplies she had enchanted before came back to life and started to clean the spot where the cat had been, wiping up the potion that landed on the counter.

@ BearGirl
As the cat jumped from the couch next to him to follow Victoria into the kitchen Alex simply watched the cute animal. He glanced at his screen once more and only managed a few hums as his attention wasn't on Victoria but the computer screen in front of him. "An what was the complete plan again?" Alex asked in a monotone voice as he scrolled through things on the computer.

Only when Alex started to hear the cat making unhappy noises did he turn his head from the screen. His lips moving into a deep frown as he watched Victoria pouring something onto the cat. "Uhh." Was all that left Alex's lips as he watched the cat slowly disappear from the counter. His eyes looking towards Victoria before looking back towards the spot that the cat used to be.

"What just happened?" Alex asked as he looked between the spot the cat was on and then the cat once more. He was so confused, wasn't she just talking about not knowing how to send the cat back home. "It's not hurt, is it?" He asked as he slowly leaned away from his laptop and rested his back against the cushion of the couch.

Then, raising his hand to run it over his face, a small yawn escaped from Alex. "It's way too early in the morning for all of this to be going on." He murmured as he rested his hands on his lap as he watched Victoria move about the Kitchen. "Thanks for at least cleaning up." Alex murmured as he watched his cleaning supplies moving about on their own. That fact made him remember an old Disney movie he'd seen when he was young, but couldn't quite put a finger to the name of it.

@ FallenHope95

Victoria gave Alex a bit of an uncertain smile when he asked what had happened to the cat. "Well, I can't be completely sure what happened to the cat. I am not positive what the potion is. Though all I know is that I was able to undo whatever I had did in the beginning. So... no the cat is not hurt." She ran a hand through her hair before turning around and opening up the fridge to get some food. Victoria didn't want to fully explain the possibilities of what could have happened. Especially since she was rather sure that Alex wouldn't like a few of the explanations. Like if she had brought the cat into existence somehow, she just made it not exist again. But that was only one of the many possibilities.

She took a moment to glance over at the cleaning supplies before letting out a hum in response. "Don't let me forget to undo that before we leave for my world. I don't want to leave any traces of magic here. It will end up freaking your people out and could turn into a whole mess." With that, Victoria pulled out some fruit before heading over to the living room and sitting opposite of Alex.

"Anyways, we have a lot to do today. The potion is done so are moving onto the last plans. First, we need to get the magician from the group that is hunting me, kidnap him, get him to tell me the spell to go back. Then we need to get ready to leave, let him go and then I use the spell to go back. From there, we will be in my world and, as long as everything goes well, I will be leading you to the castle. And if things don't go well, then you have the map of the castle in your head."

Victoria let out a hum at her idea before taking a bite of the apple and glancing out of the window. "The earlier we start, the better. Hopefully, we will be in my world by this afternoon."

@ BearGirl
A shake of his head was all that Alex could offer Victoria right about now. What else was he supposed to offer the pretty young lady that was moving to sit across from him in the living room? "Every time I speak with you, I feel like my world is getting weirder and weirder," Alex mumbled quietly as he slowly shook his head.

Moving so that he was sitting up straight in his spot on the couch, Alex cleared his throat. "While all of that sounds well and dandy, have you ever forced someone to tell you something before?" Alex asked, arching an eyebrow as he watched the young girl munch on the apple. "No offense, but I don't see you like the torture or interrogation type," Alex told her as he eyed the young girl. After spending some time with her, Alex was pretty sure that Victoria was too pure for this world.

"Another question I have is about this kidnapping thing. How do you plan to do that in the daylight?" Alex asked, being a lawyer he was feeling incredibly uneasy about this discussion. "There's bound to be hundreds of people watching at all times, Victoria. Unless you can change the guys' appearance into something we can carry, we'll more than likely be getting arrested instead of getting you home." He told her, trying to sound like the voice of reason and point out how dangerous this whole thing was.

Once again, Alex ran his hand over his face. He didn't know what to do at the moment, he wanted to go along with all of this, but there was so much for them to do to get things moving. "What if we lured him into a parking garage?" Alex mumbled to himself before looking towards Victoria as an idea started to form in his mind. "You've seen those tall square like buildings with people driving into them?" Alex asked as he described a parking structure to the young girl. "What if we got him to chase us into one of those? That way, we can just put him in my car and say he's asleep or something?"

@ FallenHope95

"Well... no but it's not going to be that hard to get him to tell me." Alexandria told him before she glanced off to the side. She bit her bottom lip worriedly for a moment before letting out a sigh. "I could force myself into his mind if I really have to but hopefully it won't come to that. Though I suppose desperate times call for desperate measures." The princess looked back to Alex. "No, I won't have to do that. I have a couple of ideas to get him to tell me the truth. And we won't torture him. In the least, we definitely won't have to do that."

The princess was quiet as Alex continued on. She wasn't sure how to kidnap him. Alexandria never had to kidnap anyone before. Normally people came to the castle when she called for them so it was unusual that she had to get someone who wouldn't just follow willingly. Though it seemed that Alex was able to come up with a rather solid plan, which Alexandria was pleased about. After all, he knew this world a thousand times better than she did.

"Yes, that sounds good to me. Bring him into that strange - gar-age. Then we knock him out, put him into the car and then drag him back here." Alexandria mumbled. She was quiet for a moment before lifting her head up. "You know, I can disguise him as a little kid." She said. "So it will just look like we are caring for a small child that has fallen asleep. Would that work here?" Alexandria asked him as she tilted her head slightly to the side. She hoped that would be the solution. Though it was hard to know what would fly in this world.

@ BearGirl
A small hum escaped from as he listened to Victoria. His mind was thinking up different strategies. Ways for them to get this plan done with the least amount of harm coming to anyone. As well as not disrupting the law. Hell, he fought for the damn thing, he's a freaking lawyer for crying out loud!

Then, a sudden look of surprise appeared on Alex's face as he turned to look towards Victoria once more. "Yeah, people adore kids here." He murmured. A mixture of emotions was running through him, but this was something that needed to be done if he was to help this strange woman get back home to her world. "So, if you could turn him into a toddler until we get him back here or keep him that way then we should be good." A slow nod of his head and Alex was sure that things were going to be going good for them.

"Since we'd be going to the parking garage to trap the dude, we should probably go around noon. That's usually when people are leaving the garage's to go pick up lunch for themselves or their work." Aled mumbled quietly and looked towards the clock that was on his phone. "The only thing now, is we need to figure out how to get him to come to us because it seems like the last few times he's just been randomly appearing near us." Shifting his gaze away from his phone, Alex looked at Victoria once more. "Can magic users sense other magic users? Or, is there another way to sense him near?"

@ FallenHope95

"Oh, I can easily make them figure out where we are and for them to come running to us. The moment they know where I am, they'll be there. But we need a way to distract the other two away from us so we can only grab the magic-user. To be honest, I don't want to deal with those warriors if we can avoid it. As for the magic-user, I am pretty confident that I am stronger than he is. He knows a spell that I don't but besides that, he doesn't seem all that powerful...which, to be honest, makes me wonder how he managed to get us all here in the first place." Victoria let out a low hum thought.

She then shook her head a bit. "He must have some kind of potion with him. I doubt this spell is something that just anyone can do. There is no way it doesn't take up an incredible amount of energy." With that, Victoria let out a small sigh before continuing on. "But, as to your question, magic users can sense each other if they are using a spell. If I am just walking around, I am not going to be able to know if you or someone else has magic unless I am specifically searching for that energy around you. But, there are also spells to hide that energy. So, I might not be able to sense him if he is near if he has one of those spells up. Either way, once they know where I am, they'll come. We just need to be careful when they do."

With this plan beginning to come together, Victoria was getting nervous. She moved onto her feet and started to walk around. Her hands folded together nervously. If this fell apart, Victoria didn't know how she was going to get home. And it would be even worse if they managed to kidnap her while she tried to kidnap him. "Well it sounds like we have a plan then."

@ BearGirl
With a small nod of agreement, it seemed like everything was slowly falling into place for the two of them. Thir little plan to catch this magic-user and send Victoria and himself to her world was coming along. Alex just needed to remember everything that they had planned for their little scheme. "Don't get to confident, Victoria. Things can still happen." He said as he glanced towards her as he watched her get up and start to pace.

"Also, don't freak to much. We've got some good ideas going." A small chuckle escaped from Alex as he moved about to put his coffee away. "Maybe we should split up if the guy's who don't know magic come along. You'll know where my car is, so I'll leave it unlocked for you. While I lure the non-magic people away. Sound good?" Alex asked, arching an eyebrow towards the young Princess as he waited for a reply from her.

Moving towards the Kitchen, Alex got some things together to just make them a sandwich. He needed to keep busy. All of this talk about catching some guy and sending Victoria back to her homeworld once more was making him anxious. Which in turn, made him want to just go back to sleep to forget about everything. An he knew he couldn't, so, food was the next best option. They'll need the energy anyways to be able to pull this stuff off. Right?

@ FallenHope95

-Skipping a few hours-

Victoria looked back at mage who was not passed out in the back of the car. It had been rough capturing him. They had a run-in with the two warriors, where Alex had somehow managed to disarm them. And the moment their weapons were out of their hands, they ran for it. Though the mage had caused Victoria a lot more problems than she had originally thought. Enough so that the young woman was now bleeding from her temple.

Though, now that they were in the car, Victoria was quick to disguise him as a toddler. The moment it was up, she was crawling back and digging through his pockets. She pulled a few random things out, but let out a gasp of victory as she found vials of potions in his pockets. The princess moved back to the front seat and started to uncork them, taking a small breath of each bottle before she turned to Alex. "I knew it! He is using potions to build up his magical power!"

Letting out a small annoyed breath of air, Victoria corked them back and put them into her own pockets. In truth, she was a little upset that the other mage almost beat her. Especially since Victoria knew she was more powerful. It just so happened that he was getting some help. Though, none of that should matter now. She was able to get the upper hand and soon enough, she should be home.

"We just need to get back to the apartment and I can take care of the rest from there," Victoria told him a bit tiredly before she glanced over at Alex. "I just need the spell and then I can finally go home."

@ BearGirl
Relaxing with one arm against the door and one on the wheel, Alex made sure to keep his focus on the road. Although he couldn't help but to glanced towards Victoria now and again as she spoke and opened random things in his car. "Do you always smell random things that you find?" He asked, a small chuckle threatening to escape from his lips, but only a few managed to get out. "Isn't there a better way to tell what a potion could be? What if that was an explosive or a sleeping potion? An opening it could of set it off." Alex glanced towards Victoria at a long red light, wondering what her response to his worries would be. He knew she knew her world better than him, but still.

As they arrived at his apartment, Alex hissed a little bit as he felt a slight pain in his right leg. It's been a while since he'd practiced any of his MMA training from when he wanted to be a badass, so his muscles were surely going to be screaming at him for a while. Especially when he did a low sweeping kick to one of the guys.

"Ugh, I need a nap," Alex mumbled as he moved to the back seat and picked up the toddler man. Holding him like a child. "You don't think to much time has changed since you left, do you?" Alex asked as he started to lead the way towards the apartment. Holding the door open for the Princess before walking in and locking his door.

Moving towards the living room, Alex sat the toddler down and turned towards Victoria. A small frown on his lips. "You get the spell ready. I'll get you the first aid kit." He said as he walked past her and headed towards his bathroom to grab the supplies to help treat her.

@ FallenHope95

Victoria glanced over at Alex and gave him an awkward smile and a little shrug. She didn't want to tell Victor that he was right in his concerns... but he was right. "Well, I was pretty sure I knew what it was so I just opened it? And there are better ways to find out what kind of potion it is but I can't just keep using my magic here. Especially with the spell that is coming up."

Once Alex parked, Victoria slid out of the car and followed him to his apartment. "I am not sure. I... I guess I do not know if the time I spend here is equivalent to the time that occurs there. I hope so. But there is no way for me to know until we get home." Heading further into the house, Victoria sat down across was where Alex was setting down the man disguised as a toddler. She tilted her head slightly as she looked over at the unconscious figure. Though a thought crossed her mind and she stood up, beginning to search him thoroughly. After a few moments, she pulled a small spellbook from his pockets.

A smile slid over her face as she sat down and started to flip through it. If the spell was in there, she didn't have to worry about interrogating the man. Or worse, probing his mind for answers, which could lead him to be able to do the same to her. As Alex walked into the room, Victoria cheered in glee as she jumped up to her feet and turned to him, holding the book in front of herself. The blood from her temple was now beginning to slide down her face.

"I found it! He wrote the spell in the book! We don't even have to question him now, it's all here!" Victoria told him excitedly. "I can leave. I can go home!"

@ BearGirl
Walking back into the living room with the first aid kit, Alex couldn't help but to freeze and stared at the Princess with wide eyes. "Holy shot." He mumbled as he watched some blood starting to drip down the side of her head. "That's great and all Victoria, but I think we have something a little more important right now," Alex said as he walked towards Victoria once he was snapped out of his thoughts.

Reaching out, Alex gently grabbed Victoria's chin and turned her head to the side. His lips moving to a deep frown as he examined the dark red spot on her temple. A small hissing sound escaping him as he realized how deep the gash seemed to be. Then, he slowly let Victoria go. "Sit back and try to relax." He told her as he placed the first aid kit on his coffee table. "I think you're going to need some stitches once you get home," Alex said as he opened the kit and started to look for some cleaning wipes and some peroxide.

"Whoever did this, really got a good hit in," Alex mumbled quietly as he started to clean the side of Victoria's face for her. Starting slowly with the blood that had already dripped and stopping when he got to her bigger gash. "That'll probably hurt. So I'm sorry about that." Alex mumbled to Victoria. He didn't even wait for a response from the Princess as he started to slowly dab the cut with a clean wipe. Wanting to make sure it was clean before he took a cotton ball with peroxide to it.

Once the cut was cleaned and disinfected, Alex grabbed a few cloth bandages and started to dress the wound. Although it wasn't something that he was particularly good at, he was pretty satisfied that he at least stopped it from getting worse for her. Hopefully, they'll be able to get to her castle before she passes out or something.

@ FallenHope95

Some confusion moved over Victoria's as she saw the look on Alex's face. He seemed concerned, though she wasn't quite sure by what instantly. Though as he started to tend to her head wound, Victoria understood what was going on. "Is it really that bad?" Victoria asked him, worry entering her eyes as she glanced at Alex for a moment before turning her head the way Alex wanted.

The princess moved her hands into her lap as she tried to remain calm while Alex worked on her head. At first, she had thought it was nothing but a small cut but Alex's reaction was beginning to worry her. "What are stitches?" Victoria asked him, not understanding. It was clearly something that physicians did but she could not figure it out past that. Her eyes closed as he brought a cloth along the side of her face. But as she started to dab her wound with some horrid substance, she let out a gasp of pain. "What are you doing?"

Leaning back, Victoria moved away from his help, looking up at him with confusion and displeasure. Though it only took a few reassuring words for her to shift back and allow Alex to finish up the rest of her wound. Soon enough, she had a strange soft substance pressed to her head by something sticky. Her fingers reached up and brushed against the bandages before looking to Alex. "Thank you," She said softly.

"Okay, now that is done, we need to get ready to head out. I have everything I need... I just need to get changed first and we should pack a small bag." Victoria stood up and turned to Alex. "Make sure you have the rings I made for you on. Otherwise, you are going to have a very difficult time there."

@ BearGirl
"It's not bad," Alex mumbled quietly. "But it's also not good," Alex added as an afterthought, then looked away as he started to clean up his small mess as he finished cleaning the wound before she caused to much trouble for him by moving away. "Stitches are strings or staples that doctors use to close wounds that need a little help closing up." He explained as he put the peroxide away. "An that stuff was to kill bacteria that could have developed around the wound. If it stings or bubbles, then that means that it's doing its job and cleaning the wound."

Once Alex was completely done cleaning Victoria's wound, he turned from her slightly and started to arrange everything in the first aid kit so that it closed properly. His dark eyes glanced towards the princess as she spoke and a small nod was all he could give her as a way to tell her that he understood. While in truth, he wasn't sure if a small bag would be enough. For all they knew, they could be transported on the opposite side of her world or something.

"Go change, I'll grab my rings and put together a travel thing for us," Alex told Victoria as he stood up and reached out a hand to help her up. Just in case she was feeling light-headed or something from the wound on her head. Then, Alex got to work looking for an old backpack he used during his college years before putting in a few things for them. Things including, a small blanket in case they had to sleep outside, some food that would be good to travel with as well as some bottles of water.

"Alright, I have food, water and a blanket in the bag. My rings are on, what else do you think we'll need?" Alex asked as Victoria came back into the room.

@ FallenHope95

Victoria took Alex's help to get onto her feet before she moved off to her room. It did not take her long before she was dressed in her original outfit. Even if the spell did knock her out for an hour or so, anyone would be able to see that she was at least a noblewoman. That should make them more inclined to help Alex. She patted down her dress for a moment before putting on all of her rings, but putting all of her gold, gems and even her tiara in her coin purse. But she made sure to keep some money on her person.

Once she was out into the living room, Victoria took all of the potions from the cupboard and set them down before grabbing the wizard and bringing him outside into the hallway. She undid her glamour spell before closing and locking the door. "He should wake up soon enough and he won't be able to see the door to your apartment when he does." Victoria assured him once she turned back to him. "Food, water and a blanket should be enough. Anything we will need to buy, we'll be able to do so once we are there. And it is best to travel light. I imagine it will be hard enough to do the spell with just us without any extra luggage."

Heading over to Alex, Victoria took his hand into hers and glanced down at his rings, ensuring that he had the ones he needed. "Do not take these off, no matter what. Otherwise, you won't be able to understand anyone." Her hand then moved up to his cheek, her fingers pressing against his skin as she took a moment to ensure that he still had the map home in his head. Once she was satisfied, Victoria dropped her hand to her coin purse.

"I want you to hold onto this." Victoria said as she handed it to him. "I have some money on my person but you need this, in case the spell knocks me out for a bit. Even if it does, it should only be for an hour or two but I rather you be able to buy what we need to get to the castle when I can't help." Victoria opened up the bag. "My tiara is in here, don't lose it. As for the money, 2 gold pieces should be able to get you a normal horse. 5 gold pieces for an actual trained riding horse. And some copper should be enough for food. Spend what you need but try not to get scammed." She handed it out to him to take. "If you're ready, we should go now."