[centre][h2][color=#4b93d1]Nila the Blue Mage[/color][/h2]

[h3]Somewhere between the Arena and slums[/h3][/centre]

While a large portion of Thorne's residents were attracted to the battles waged at the arena, or perhaps hunkered down at their tavern of choice, Nila had attracted a small audience of her own. It would probably come as no surprise to those familiar with the sword-wielding mage, given her tendency to dramatically emphasise her words with sweeping gestures, and hopping from spot to spot as if trying to play every character involved in her tale. This little oddity of hers was probably why the trio of kids were still listening to her talk about a goblin's typical daily activity.

[color=#4b93d1]"...So basically, they sort of wander around aimlessly for ten hours a day, and pick fights with each other if there's no one around to annoy!"[/color] Nila summarised ten minutes' worth of story time into a simple sentence that [i]totally[/i] did not do the proper events justice. One of the young lads raised his hand curiously, and recoiled when Nila pointed at him in an almost aggressive manner, [color=#4b93d1]"yeah, kid?!"[color]

"Uh, well..." he glanced at his friends as if for support, and continued, "...Why did you spend three whole days following goblins?"

[color=#4b93d1]"Didn't I say? Research!"[/color] Nila declared proudly, leaving the kids just as confused as they evidently had been all along.

"But they're monsters..."

[color=#4b93d1]"Yup!"[/color]

The kids tried to learn why the strange lady in blue was so happy to tail a bunch of monsters around for no readily-apparent reason, and whether deliberately or not, Nila was proving to be frustratingly obtuse. Indeed, Nila's actions tended to make little sense when monsters were involved. Her bestiary needed filling out, darn it! It was all well and good to learn how to punch someone so hard that their very armour became useless, but surely the story behind the goblins' need to learn such an ability was just as important, right?

She had been making her way towards the Arena to watch some of the mages duke it out in awesome magical warfare, when these kids she passed by had asked for some gil. Presumably, they lived in the slums and lacked the funds to properly take part in the festivities. That really sucked, and Nila herself was pretty much broke - she could work later on when more people decided to take up drinking - so for now all she could offer these children were tales of her exploits. It wasn't quite 'feed the hungry' level on the Good Deed list, but her options were limited.

The mage continued to chat with the kids for a bit. She was in no rush after all, the fights weren't going anywhere.