Angel was aloof and quiet on their return to Ashford, until the village children surrounded them and began peppering the companions with questions. The she-elf's face lit up with genuine delight at being swarmed by the small mob, and she paused to interact with each of the question-askers -- often kneeling down to meet the little ones on their level and punctuating her answers with some clever sleight of hand tricks for their enjoyment.
Dungeon Master:
"Did you fight a giant?"
"Oh much worse," Angel replied, eyes wide with mimed fear.
"'Twas Bonebreaker Dorokor we faced. A warrior woman Bloodchief among a tribe of orcs so fierce that not even giants dared mess with them!"
Dungeon Master:
"How many orcs did you slay?"
"Dozens!" Angel answered, for emphasis holding out both hands -- which suddenly had way too many fingers than normal. She waited a moment for the children to notice the extra fingers and then quickly flexed her hands -- the right number of fingers present again when she opened them once again.
Dungeon Master:
"Did you use any spells? I bet you were casting lightning bolts and fire balls all over the place!"
"Only a bit of clever magic," Angel replied, pulling a gold coin from the ear of the little girl who'd asked.
"'Twas Lady Yry who saved the day. At the sight of what those monsters had done to poor Pinna, Lady Yry shed a tear so beautiful and pure that it melted the orcs' cold hearts and made them run all the way back to the mountains. And so hasty did they flee that the Bloodchief even left her war-horn behind... See." She finished, holding out the orcish battle horn for the children to look at.
Her interaction with the children finished for now, Angel went back to being more standoffish with the adults, though a pleased smile now graced her pretty face.
Giselle:
..."Oh...hello. And who might you be?"
"Who is that? Another prisoner of the orcs? Is he from around here?"
"Oh that's Peter," Angel answered, a wry grin curving her mouth.
(OOC: For reference to Angel's joke see post #166 of this thread link to a message in this game ) "We found him with the orcs, and from what we can gather he's an orphan."