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[h1][Color=Navy]Aaron Yang[/color][/h1]
[h2]Near the Docks, Cham[/h2]
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Weaving through sidestreets casting paranoid glances to ensure they weren't followed, Aaron gritted his teeth.  There were too many people staring at them! Could they really escape their fate? Or did far worse await the group?  The question seemed to instantly answer itself as a heavily accessorized woman in red spoke to them [color=FFDEAD]"Excuse me."[/color] Every hair stood up on Aaron’s body as he froze in place.  [color=navy][i]’Oh shit, not this again!!!’[/i][/color]  he wanted to run, to get away from it all…. But his body just wouldn’t move.  

[color=FFDEAD]"I must apologize if you're not from around here, but I'm looking for a Mistress Vertti. Have you seen her recently?"[/color] [color=navy][i]’Thank god.’[/i][/color] it seemed; that at least for the moment, that someone in this hellish city didn’t consider them cultists. As he breathed a small sigh of relief, tea-boy decided to speak up, [b]“That’s unlikely,”[/b] the Japanese boy replied, glancing towards Ashton, [b]“Our circumstances aren’t exactly the same, after all…but yeah, we could certainly help. Could you give us an idea of what your mistress looks like, Miss…?”[/b] 

Thankfully, she seemed to be willing to even HELP the boys, at first…. [color=FFDEAD]"Yes, I figured you weren't local. I'm actually a stranger here myself."[/color] To demonstrate this, she waved her arm along the visible trinkets they could see. [color=FFDEAD]"My name is Aer Pacifica. I'm an adventurer who's task is currently locating Mistress Vertti. She is no one I have personally met, and she has been gone for over a week."[/color] She sighed before extending her hand to the side. [color=FFDEAD]"If you're new to the area, you probably won't be of much help. Though the offer is appreciated."[/color] Aer was about to walk off, but she suddenly froze in place. [color=FFDEAD]"Oh, right."[/color] she turned to look at the three boys. [color=FFDEAD]"This city is sealed off. It's surrounded by bandits and the only people allowed to go in or out are licensed adventurers and merchants."[/color] She squint her eyes. [color=FFDEAD]"If you were kidnapped, then you're walking around in the open now because...?"[/color] Aer closed her eyes. [color=FFDEAD]"I don't have time for this. But it's not safe to walk around here. You're clearly not locals, and if you don't have a passport that allows you entry, the punishment can be very harsh."[/color] The cloaked woman fixed her eyes on Aaron and reached behind her back with one arm.[color=FFDEAD]"I'm going to take you to the authorities. What they do to you will not be pleasant, but at least you'll have a chance to prove you're not in league with the bandits."[/color] 

[color=navy][i]’FUCK.’[/i][/color] Not only was she going to straight up deliver them to the people trying to kill them, but a crowd was beginning to gather around them.  Then Ashton decided it was smart to PULL OUT HIS FUCKING PHONE. [color=FFDEAD]"Alright, I can see I was wrong to suspect you might be bandits."[/color] Aer declared as her eyes shot open, the smile having vanished from her face. [color=FFDEAD]"You're cultists!"[/color] She pulled [i]something[/i] off of her back and held it in both of her hands. It was still covered in cloth, but at this point it was very evident it was a pole weapon of some kind. [color=FFDEAD]"No self respecting bandit would let you walk around with such a powerful magical device!"[/color]

Thankfully, it appeared that she may have still doubted her accusation.  [color=FFDEAD]"Even if you're innocent, it's too dangerous for you to walk around without any sort of documentation."[/color] There was no mistaking it, she just slid her feet into a stance. [color=FFDEAD]"I'm not going to ask a third time, you will come with me. Now."[/color]

Then some random catgirl decided to show up and offer to buy the ‘magic item’.  At this rate, they were all going to end up dead AGAIN.  Fearfully, Aaron placed his hands behind his head as if he was being arrested, [color=Navy]”P-P-Please don’t kill us Ma’am…. W-we’re innocent! Please just take us in! Th-that item doesn’t even use magic!  We didn’t even really know magic was even real until today! Just don’t kill us.”[/color] he fearfully pleaded, tears streaming down his face.