Session 5

Decided that night might be when the conman would stroke, Valar took a trip to Grapes Vine Market. When Valar arrived, the market has turned into a place of wonders where everything on sale would be very colorful and not from human places. Many races came out of the shelter from the sun to start their trading day. Valar noticed a man in white robe showing up in every large groups and gone as smooth as he came. He followed up the man but as the man recognise he was tailed, he slipped into the bigger crowed and hide away. With all the method of tracking, Valar could not tracked the man through all the layers of people walking by. His trail has ran cold. Valar had to return to the dorm, at least not empty handed. He has known how the target dressed up. He would try again on the morning.

The next morning came, Kai wake up from his nightmare, missing his cat. He put the necklace from the other night in a gilded box and took it back to the place of the elf but no building was there. He place the necklace box down and said:"A present was not to be returned to the giver". Then left. Still not be able to locate the cat or any psychic connection to ward it. He worried sick for the cat and refused to go out of his room unless for food from then on. Yuldra and Alistair has already went down to the hall for their breakfast by the time Kai get back to the dorm. Valar walked down the stair to join the gang but breakfast time has ran out. So he went for the market instead. This time, Alistair and Yuldra joined him as well. Valar told the mates to look out for a man in white. They went through alleys and alleys to see if they got anything on the target. But to no avail. So they decided to take a break in a corner to hide from the heat of the sun. Valar then described the man more carefully regarding on what he saw last night to the boys in case they may have missed the man at his work. They spend another half of the day still trying to find that man. When the night market has shown its face. Yuldra turned excited as he has never saw such wonderful things in his life back at the Twin Vale. They crossed many stalls of toys, and a toy caught Yuldra' eyes. He bought a peacock tail as a toy to wave around. When he checked for the pocket, it has been less heavy as he recalled. So he took the others to an empty place to check on their coins. While Valar and Alistair's pouches has not changed, Yuldra's has loss half of its content. And in its place a note was left behind. On the note, the man has left them a warning to stop chasing him. Yuldra suddenly turned around like a hunch, he saw the man in white figure from afar in the crowd. They quickly followed up but the man was fast, he has once again sneaked away. Although, the gang has given him a good chase to a place where they saw the evidences of his acts everywhere. They must be on the right track. While they were taking back their breaths from such a rush, Yuldra notice a big man pulling a small slave by the chains around her neck. Without hesitation, Yuldra rush to aid. He was caught by the building security however. So he throw down his brand new smoke bomb the disengage the security. But the big man has already dragged the girl backward to the stair. Alistair jump to the fight to protect his comrades as well. Valar however chose another way, more subtle way. He climb up the second floor by the outside balcony. the room was filled with naked ladies. Turned out, they were attacking a brothel of slaves. Valar tried to imitate a guard calling for his boss to the exit. They man fell right in for his trap. He dragged the girl all the way to the top of the stair despite the girl having fallen to the ground and hit her head along the way. Valar stabbed him right in the shoulder on the side of his arm holding the chains, pinning him the wall. But the still had enough time to scream out for help. Valar then rush to help the lady but the stair was all smoky and he could not see the girl at all. Valar then yanked his dagger out, letting the man fall flat to the bottom of the stair. he followed up, disguise as a man came to help but could not fool the others this time. On the grounds lever now, Alistair has knocked down the security but the Yuldra has fell unconscious to their blade. The city guard has come to arrest them as well. Alistairs snatched the girl and busted his way out of there. Valar ran back up the seconds floor to jump out of there, knowing too well that the guards would keep Yuldra alive for questioning and they can get him back later. But the guards followed up on him with arrows and insults. Valar tried to used the crooked corner of the alley to escape but couldn't as he couldn't outrun the arrows flying at his back. Alistair has made a better run. He run quite far away but could not keep up his breaths due to the wounds from the fight. So he turned to the girl and told her to take the garb in his bag and run as far as she could, he would distract the guard with his last breaths of consciousness. He didn't hold up much longer either.

They all then woke up in a prison cell, with wounds and scars. but Yuldra suffered the most. He lost a leg along with his will. Valar divided plans to escape but they was in no mood or condition to escape however. Back at the dorm, Kai received news of the gang dire situation. He just sighed and asked the informer to take his words of following the Guild's rule for this kind of stuffs and leave him be. But still, they need his signature to complete the paper, so he stood up and left for the guard station. He put a little efforts and worked his way around the place, gathering information on the situation. But his thought was still much clouded by the missing of his familiar cat. From what he learned, Kai went to the brothel to convince the big man to give up on sueing his team. So he went back to his room, put on his best costume, took the necklace with him as well. He felt a weird warm and soothing feeling from the necklace in his jacket pocket. Kai met the boss at the brothel but was looked down by him as he, no matter smart and charming he was, still a boy. Somehow, he felt an explainable existence of a magical being in the room with him, beside the fat man. During his negotiation, he noticed more and more of this being, and he recognised the Elf's hand putting on the man shoulder from the darkness behind him. The elf whispered in Kai's ear to use the necklace. So he did. He put on the necklace, and it was glowing with a comfortable dim light. The fat man somehow changed his mind, maybe in the influence of the necklace charming. Kai quickly lead the man back to the station to finish up the paperwork before the spell from the necklace went out. Kai left behind his bottle of milk for the mystery elf as a thanking gift before he goes. They then walked in the cells to release the gang. They walked out right after, not waiting for the gang to follow up. As Kai ran away, the spell started to wear off. The man just stood there, not knowing what happened and confused of why he got there. The rest of the team walked out on the other side by the prisoner door so they did not met the guys. They walked back to the dorm to see Kai waiting for them with a table of food and tea and a grumpy face.

- I'm the head of this team and what did you three do when i'm not around for 1 bloody day. A freaking mess. I'm not even mad anymore. I'm furious. Do you know how much strings i had pulled to get you out? Have i not told you to stay in the line when you stay in my watch? \*sigh\* Look, rookies make mess, I get it. But you guys tried to rob a man of his slaves in his own place. Why? tell me why you would do such a stupid thing? Kai inquired his teammate

- I'm sorry, Kai. It was just that he did not treat the ladies well. I didn't know they were slave. But even if I were, he should not treat them like that. - Yuldra said with a frown on his face.

- Fine! I did not like the slavery as well, but I'm not oppose it. But they messing with the wrong one. I, we will take down that place, LEGALLY. or very discreetly. We start tomorrow. Now take your rest. - Kai replied with a determination on his face.

But Valar didn't want to lose anytime so he went on the trails of the got away girl. Alistair followed him. So Kai has to go with them as well, just to make sure they would not make another mess. They went right to the place went they last saw her and start asking around. Valar even put on the "recruiting" mark on the nearby wall just to ask the conman they were chasing for help. Kai helped asked around a bit but the trails was cold and they had met a dead end. They had no other way than went back to the dorm. More over, Kai put on a bounty for the girl to speed up the finding. Alistair also put his purse on the reward pool. Later that night, a rock hit Kai's room window. Then another, and another. Kai had to get up to check out on who doing such a thing in the middle of the night. It was a small figure. On one stone, there was also a note telling him to go to the forest if you want to see the escaped girl. Despite his sleepiness, Kai put on his clothes and went into the forest. Hearing his footstep, Valar also got up and follow him, leaving the big guy to watch over the kid. Yuldra refused any pity from them so Alistair follow Valar to the forest too. They walked miles and miles deep into the forest. Suddenly, a circle of mystery figures in robes surrounded them. after checking on the team, they put on the torches and reveal themselves. They introduced themselves as the rebellion against the slavery dynasty. But Kai declined of wanting to do anything with them, only the girl's help to bring down the brothel. They needed the girl to come out and speak to the guard of her former master devious business. The leader of the rebel group didn't agree, fearing for the girl life. And that they had arrange for her to leave the place in the very same night. To thanks them, the girls told them much on the brothel. One spectacular piece of info attracted their attention. All the evidence they needed in the fat man office. Still the team need her statement to concrete their evidence against the man. So they traded her three days of delay for the parchment from the man office as a proof of their capability to keep her save for her testimony.

Would they make it, would they find what they need to do what right? stay tuned to read more of the Entourage.