[quote=@Zarkun] [center][h2]Mako Kurohiko, Exiled Warrior|Crocus City Park[/h2][/center] [center][@Caits][@GamerXZ][/center] Mako put his left fist into the palm of his right hand and bowed, standing straight again after a couple of seconds. [color=DarkOrange]"I am Mako Kurohiko, from the country of Isvan."[/color] He waits until Alan introduces himself and Aura before continuing. [color=DarkOrange]"Five years ago, I was charged with escorting a diplomat from my country to your own, a duty that should have been easy enough. However, ten miles past the border between our two countries, we were set upon by bandits in an incredibly coordinated ambush. It resulted in the deaths of both the diplomat and his honor guard and wounds to myself. The bandit I'm searching for is the leader, a man with a metal stump that bore a cutlass blade when I last saw him and an eye patch over his right eye. He also had a rather distinctive scar down his back, in the shape of a lion's paw and was large from the amount of muscle on his body. I am hoping that you might have information on this man and his location."[/color] [/quote] Alan followed Mako's lead and bowed in respect of the guild leader as well. He turned to Aura who was half-asleep in his knapsack, "Aura? Perhaps you could bow too?" The sprite sighed but did as requested, floating out of the knapsack and bowing respectfully. The two of them then remained quiet as they listened to Mako explain his story. Alan wanted to say something but he felt there was not much he COULD say. Sure, he had run across some nasty folks in his travels but the person Mako described didn't match the description of any bandit leader he knew of. Just another sign of how little he knew of the world outside of his community. "I'm Alan Smith, this is my friend Aura. We're just a couple of wanderers travelling across Fiore. Not really part of a guild. We got our own business we'd like to discuss but that can wait as I think it might be quicker and easier to deal with Mako's request first. By the way, um..." He chuckled nervously as he kept his head bowed, "It's...a great honor to meet an actual Guild Master face to face..."