[center][color=#008b8b][h2]Fionn MacKerracher[/h2][/color][/center]
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As the others alternately joined in on the conversation with Alette or spoke with hushed tones between themselves, Fionn's eyes narrowed at the others that Alette called out to join them. Had it been any of the ones he'd travelled alongside when first he knew Alette, he might have been willing to drop his guard a bit, and may have found it easier to accept the offer to work together cleaning up the fort. In the face of these others, however, considering the reputations that preceded most and the scene that had awaited all of them in the fort, it was hard not to think it a trap.

Damn the girl, but she'd always been devilishly smart; seeing her so talkative and lively, compared to the reserved and quiet kid he had known, did nothing to reassure him about anything going on. Rather, it made him all the more wary about the group in front of them.

[color=#008b8b]"No reason to send all of you if [i]this[/i] sort of thing wasn't expected. Your fee's too high for a simple courier job but you didn't bring enough people to fight through the fort—or entirely the right sort to try and steal whatever you were sent for without getting caught. I know you plan too well to make such amateurish mistakes. You're just being coy still."[/color] He nodded off to the side at Tyaethe. [color=#008b8b]"Answer her question, then we might can make a deal."[/color]

And, unspoken, with a short, disapproving glance back at the Captain...

[color=#008b8b][i]Please listen to us and don't be so easy to sway, for the love of Mayon...[/i][/color]