"You're no fun sometimes, you know that?" Kiki asked, putting on her best injured pout. "I'll get a reaction out of you one of these days. Besides, if you got any taller, you wouldn't be able to fit through doors." She smirked at him as she channeled: first to change his coloration, much as she had done to restore her hair to its natural blue, and then to alter the way light fell on his face - making it appear to take on a different shape - and the way his voice sounded. By the time she was done, except for his height and clothes, he looked and sounded like an entirely different person.
"There," she said at last, "You're finished. Come on, Harran's probably waiting for us by now."
Harran was, indeed, waiting for them, in a disguise of his own - complete with a darker head of hair than his usual pale silver - and, once the group was gathered together again, it was time to be off. They had just reached the top of the stairs, Kiki in the middle of pulling her cloak's hood up, when she saw it:
An Earthshell.
"Look," she said in a low voice to the others, nodding to where the creature - male or female, she couldn't tell - stood.
"Either this is one of the strangest coincidences of all time," Harran whispered...
"Or word of the incident has spread quite far indeed," Kiki finished.
She fell silent, of course, as they drew closer; Earthshells were easily spooked, and she had no desire to offend one, either. If this one was actually staying at this inn, perhaps she would be able to try talking later. For now, though, they really needed to get going.
She couldn't very well ignore it entirely, though. "Good day to you, traveler," she told the Earthshell in a soft voice, bowing slightly. Just a quick greeting, and they would be on their way.