Before Nick could enter any of the houses, which he still called 'dens', a whole bunch of people started gathering somewhere, and oddly few of them even noticed him. he noticed them, of course, and he was amazed. [i]Humans... and this many, too![/i] Nick thought as he walked over towards where everyone was gathering, still in his fox form as usual, of course, that being said, he wasn't quite aware that he HAD a human form, yet, and he sat down and listened as a short man shouted through a metal tube to tell everyone about some approaching evil... and they were offering gold, oddly enough, for any evidence of a strange army. Nick had heard of armies before, they were simply what they called a huge group of humans with that metal stuff, but this dark army was apparently strange, somehow. That's just about when he recalled that the shouting guy said something about them destroying an entire island... yeah, that WOULD be cause for alarm, and if this gold stuff could be traded for anything, then that would be why they were offering so much for information about it. Nick's attention eventually turned to a couple of humans, one wearing a robe, and one wielding a sword... he overheard a bit of the conversation that implied that these guys were going to fight against these 'shadowy buggers', and from the context, Nick figured out that he meant that 'strange army' that destroyed that island. Nick made his way to those two, apparently scaring a few people along the way, and he sat down near the sword-wielding one, and simply said "If those things are what I think they are, then I'll help as much as I can,"

	Nick didn't exactly realize that these people might not be used to the idea of a talking fox, so he just sat there, waiting for a reply while he tried to take in the sights and smells around him. It smelled mostly of sweat, and it seemed like the crowd of people blocked most of the sights, unfortunately, as they seemed to be densely packed into the center of town, where the announcement was made. The people were wearing all sorts of different clothes, and colors, implying that they had various different roles, or varying amounts of wealth. Due to Nick moving his line of sight around, it probably seemed like he wasn't paying attention to anything anyone was saying, but he was still waiting for some sort of response from the humans he spoke to, earlier, and once he heard them speak, he would make sure to keep his ears tilted towards them, just so he could hear it, unaware of the fact that him moving his head and eyes away from the group was probably seen as rude to them. [i]Huh... that stench is overpowering... where is it coming from? Ugh, it smells like it's coming from everywhere, and worse, I can't see through this wall of humans. Wait, they didn't trap me, did they? I hope not, but maybe I should start thinking about an escape plan just in case they did.[/i] Nick thought to himself as he searched the wall of humans for any different smells, or anywhere that wasn't blocked by them... a truly fruitless endeavor, to be sure.