Recudor Day 5: Instance #2

Jericho and Sharpe enter Sidequest 1: Recudor Day 5: Instance #2

Jericho and Sharpe split up, each with their own errands in mind. The two go about their personal maintenence and information gathering.

Jericho offers his work as a healer, though he only gets to treat very few people. Most he asks or offers explain that they either have a healer or doctor that they see on a regular basis, so most of them are neither sick or hurt. The few that do seek his aid are poor and can't afford seeing a professional doctor at their local hospice.

On his way around he encounters a rather beaten up and exhausted looking young fellow. When approached the man explains to Jericho that he lost  all his money in a gamble... and perhaps tried to cheat to make up for it, which ended up with him getting a little roughed up before being kicked out of a local pub. At first he declines Jericho's offer on account of having no money to repay him with, though after an idea he agrees to the offer and let's the doctor work his magic. Afterwards he writes a letter directed at one of the merchants, Charlotte Ein, in the southern market, directing her to give Jericho one of the mans latest projects as a Magic-Engineering Student. He thanks Jericho and hands him the note, after parting ways.

Jericho makes his way over to the markets and when he arrives there finds the Stand easily. He notices that most the stands are empty, likely because of all the time that has passed since the Festival. It's been a few days since the festival has been over so most of the lot are returning to their Shops or to villages and cities around Recudor. Charlotte Ein is one of these Vendors and explains to Jericho that, with the re-opening of the central distriact, she is moving back into her shop there. When Jericho explains the situation regarding the note she sighs and gives Jericho a stern look. Not becasue of him, but because of the mischief of the other man landing him in such troubles. She hands Jericho a protraction weave and continues packing up. Jericho happily takes the gift and asks the woman about any information regarding the mysterious mercenary him and Sharpe are looking for. She explains that the girl has been a regular at the militia's tent since a few weeks now. Jericho thanks her for her information and leaves the woman to her packing.

He notices Sharpe standing at a nearby stand looking at some items and makes his way over.

Sharpe has been looking at various gems that the vendor, Terry Frost, has been offering him for his weapon. There is a decent variety of interesting catalysts though due to his limited budget and experience with these types of weapons he choses to buy two Catalysts for the price of 5 gold total. He is soon joined by Jericho who takes a quick look at the vendors wares and writes them off in disintrest. The two greet each other and Sharpe explains that he's pretty much done his errands for now and the two take off to gather a little more information.

The whole ordeal takes a few hours overall, and the two of them have not been able to find any solid information on the mysterious mercenary. It seems the girl in question is shockingly young and visits the bounty board at the militia's tent every day early in the morning. She is seen sometimes walking around the city, coming from the Northern District in the morning and leaving in the same direction in the evening, if not out into the outlying forest. Other than that, not much is known. She doesn't really talk to many people unless spoken to directly, and even then she is described to have eerily professional mannerisms.
A few of the Mercs stopped around town direct Sharpe and Jericho to the militia's tent, since most likely they will have the most info on the girl.

"Alright, so we know that her base of operations is in the north, we don't know if the forest or an inn, but I do know there is at least one inn up there, i went there last night and that's where i got tipped off that Clarent was in that church outside of town. We know that in the morning near the militia tent and perhaps on one of the bridges to the northern district around sundown are the best times to catch her. The question is how do we justify our interest in the girl to the guys who run the tent?" He turns to Jericho at that moment.

"Those guys, they'd be smart and they can get suspicious. Plus I came back before and it looked like I might have been a pain."

Jericho rubs his chin as he thinks of what to do and say.

"I am not a Merc so I don't know much, but couldn't we say that the reason we are looking for her is because she took our bounty? We want to talk to her about it and ask her not to do it again?"

After he is done he pulls out the Apache Revolver and shows him.

"Atrium and I know nothing about guns. would you be willing to show him how to use it? also, make sure Atrium doesn't throw it out. This is a pretty rare weapon. You see it is three weapons in one. A brass knuckle, a knife and a six round revolver. You seem to know alot about hand guns, It would be most helpful if you showed Atrium to use the gun." Jericho puts the weapon away and looks up at Sharpe. "Ok, you lead. I don't know this town very well."

With their goal in mind, Jericho and Sharpe head to the Militia's stand. It's not very far and they arrive in practically no time at all.

The tent itself is full to the brim with people. It's getting decently late and most are here to hand in their bounties, which reminds Jericho of the night before when Atrium, RD, and Airgetlam took out those wolves. Well... Mostly Richard.

Sharpe takes a quick look at all of the bounties, to make sure he knows what has been happening between the mercenaries. After which he takes a quick scan across the tent, noting anyone he might recall or who looks out of place. Most of the guys here are burly dudes, either bandit look-a-likes or swords for hire, and the occasional hunter or tracker. The only person who really sticks out is a familiar man that Sharpe had seen the day before.

Just like before, the really strangely dressed swordsman is arguing with yet another Militia Attendant. The swordsman is finely styled and looks much to out of place, almost wimpy. The Militia attendant he is arguing with is a tall fair skinned lady, easily a head taller than the swordsman, and as built as she is tall. She has a mean expression of annoyance on her face as she simply listens to what the man has to say without as much of a word in response. Meanwhile he continues to rant and rant and rant, waving around a letter in front of her.

"I can teach you how to operate more than just handguns. But you come find me when you want that expertise." He says to Jericho as they make their way toward the militia tent.

There aren't really as many unique-looking individuals, its mostly just more common rabble, though the flamingo dude is still there, as Sharpe's taken to calling him. He leans over to Jericho.

"Telling them she took our bounty would not be smart. It would establish that we're rather hostile or aggressive, and might put us under suspicion. Additionally they'll make it harder for us in the long run to even get jobs here. It would be smarter to appear amicable, or at least neutral."

He approaches the table and waits for someone to be open before asking.

"Hey, have you guys seen this girl with something large wrapped up on her back? She was hear yesterday and took a bounty, I'm looking for her at this moment."

Jericho nods at what Sharpe says.

"You may have a point there. I will let you do the talking then. You seem to know what to say around these types. I will have you back if you need me. Places like this puts me on edge..."

Jericho stands next to Sharpe for a bit but he quickly notices the little man making a big deal out of something. He sighs and walks over to the man and takes the paper that he is waving about.

"What are you doing? Is this really the way to act not only in public but in front of a lady? What could be so wrong that it has caused you to start acting like the local spoiled brat?"
Jericho then looks over the paper he took from the man and shakes his head.
"You are angry because the bounty here is weeks outdated but knowing that you decided to still do it?"
Jericho then rips the paper into shreds and tosses the man a silver coin.
"Here, this is more payment then you were going to get by wasting this lady's time. Now please leave, you have made a big enough fool of yourself."

When Jericho chews out the swordsman he stops his rant and stares at him in disbelief. Even the lady from the militia seems surprised, resting her hand on her hip and smiling from the irony of the guy making a rant being ranted at by some other guy. The man tries to keep his composure, trying to speak though Jericho won't let him start a single sentence. Flustered and upset he catches the silver coin in mid air, taking a look at it, and then staring at Jericho. There is a bit of an awkward moment as some of the people have started paying attention to what was going on. The mans face twists in disgust and he scoffs and stomps out of the tent, making this the second time Sharpe has noticed the guy's rather high temper.

The militia lady and some of the other guys begin laughing and the lady thanks Jericho. "Thanks, that guy is always a real pain to deal with. Every time the same problem." she jokes.

The other militia attendant, who had been watching the ordeal and is also laughing finally turns to Sharpe. "Sorry man, what were you looking for?"
Sharpe repeats the description of the girl and the man nods. "Oh yeah, real small, really creepy aura? Yeah she's been coming here practically every day. She picks up a random mission and leaves, and eventually comes back in the evening. I tell ya she's gotta have some help. No way a girl like that can take care of missions that take a group of burly guys a whole week to do." The man scratches his head and thinks. "Uhmm... If you're looking for her lets see.. ohh. Yeah she came back earlier with a really pissed expression on her face. Apparently something went rampant in the woods and totally annihilated her bounty. She took another mission umm..."

The man reaches under the low desk and pulls out a little notebook, flipping through the pages. After a little while, leaving Sharpe to wonder if the guy was even still paying attention, he turns the notebook around with his finger pointing at a name, a number, and a mission. It reads; "Feli I. 192 - Trevor Giste"

"Yeah man, I guess she's off to find that robber who'se been slipping in and out of the city. City guard haven't been able to catch the guy in months and she says she'll be back later tonight before we head home ourselves."
He puts the notebook away and leans on the desk. "Got anything else you need?"

Sharpe looks up and watches Flamingo man stomp off, Jericho having set him in his place. He doesn't laugh as much but he can't help but grin ear to ear and laugh a tiny bit, though not to the extent of his compatriots.

He turns back to the guy handling the bounties.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she's doing it by herself. If she has the skill, and the armament - which I would say she does have on her side - she could do these without help. I've got one more question regarding her, then I'll be on my way: What's her name? I asked her before and didn't get an answer."

Jericho thanks the man as he leaves and turns to look at the lady.

"There is no need to thank me. I just did what I felt was right. I am glad the man had enough brains to leave."

Jericho then walks back to Sharpe and listens to what the man has to say. When the man is finished he turns and whispers to Sharpe. "She said that she would be back tonight. Since we don't have a clue where she went, why don't just come back. Why don't we ask when they leave and come here well before the do?

After the name of the girl is given, Sharpe nods at Jericho's suggestion.

"Either way, we got a name now. Feli's her name."

He looks back at the attendant.

"When do you guys close up services by the way?"

When he receives his answer to that question, the answer being 2200, he nods, satisfied.

"That concludes my business. You got anything you need to take care of beyond this?" he asks of Jericho.

Jericho shakes his head.

"No, I came out to find info on the girl and we did. We will come back later in the night to meet her. Unless you have any other business to take care of, I say we go back to the house. I would rather not keep the girl there by herself for long. She seem to have a tendency to run off and at her current condition, I would rather her stay with us."

Sharpe shakes his own head in turn.

"Nah, I ain't got nothin' on the table. And yeah, don't want her collapsing on us again while we're away."

He turns around and walks out of the tent, looking around to see who has taken the place of whom. After that he starts walking toward the house once Jericho comes out of the tent as well.

With their task completed, the to men make their way back to house. When they walk onto the house, Jericho is shocked to see RD at the table. He smiles and walks over to his friend.

"It's great to see that you are back! I wanted to talk to you about what I found out with my studies. If you could fallow me to Atrium's room, we can talk."

With that, Jericho walks up the stairs to and is happy to see that the girl is still sleeping in the bed. He also notes that the white cat is still sleeping as well. He walk over and sits at the desk and waits for RD to walk up into the room.