The market

[Maero]

Melody nodded but did not use the bed. Instead she took the time to tidy up the room, making sure to be productive, as she had been trained. She had designated sleeping times for rest, this was not one of them, and so she did what she could without waking the others.

Alex would find the way to Arkurus tower rather quickly, and would reach the door. No matter what he did though, be it knock or call, no one would answer. Arkurus told him never to enter his tower until he was gone...but now was his designated time with Tiff. Within the tower he would hear nothing, and attempting to scry Tiff would show him nothing, but he would hear something.

Tiff was weeping softly, he could not see her but he could hear her. In the background Alex could hear the sharp sound of a whip being cracked over and over again, but it did not seem that Tiff was its victim, or if she was she was good at hiding it. No one else screamed or yelled, and the only sound was Tiff's soft sobs and the sharp whips.