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Medius was bustling with business in the hot afternoon sun. People walked about in the dust of the marketplace, seeking coverage under the tarps hung on the hard sandstone pueblo buildings while they bought and sold wares from vendors all across the land. Desert animals such as llamas, camels, and donkeys were towed about by their owners, carrying the goods that they had come to trade that day. The place was absolutely brimming with commerce, and plenty of people. The perfect opportunity to steal.

In a sudden explosion of energy, the scores of people were divided in two as a very large man ran through the crowd. In the shadow of a great building, perched on a ledge sat a small girl in a red robe, peering down at the crowd like a fox. Behind her there came many men that were coming after her and as she heard them coming she hopped from ledge to ledge until she had several buildings in between her and her pursuers. She came to an alley and scanned the street before taking out a hunk of bread she had stolen. It was too late by the time she noticed the man standing right behind her.

At first the girl protested, but as she heard the police coming she stiffed like a board, it was as if she stopped breathing. When the coast was clear the man had begun to lecture her, and she raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms rather bored. "Who says I'm stealing, eh? How ungentlemanly of you to accuse me of that!" she bluffed. However, when he mentioned the expedition, the girl's expression became serious. She grabbed the man by the collar and demanded, "What do you know about the expedition?!"

A shudder went through the entire girl's body when the man's tongue reached her nose. She recoiled in disgust and completely lost her serious composure. Still, the man was offering for her to come with him to find out information on the expedition. She didn't entirely trust him, but coming with him was her only means of finding out what happened to her father.

"Alright, go on ahead, I'll follow you. If those guards see me with you they'll figure out you were protecting me," She explained.

"Hmph, I don't usually tell my name to strangers, but if it'll get you to stop calling me foxy...The name's Tashia Keeler," the girl stated in a matter of fact tone. After that she let Elorx go on ahead, waiting till he was just out of sight to start following him. They must have taken a non-direct route, as the trip took them through dark alleyways and side streets, rural areas and the like, Tashia staying on the the roofs of buildings when she could. The nice thing about being on the streets of Medius for 10 years is knowing it inside and out. When they finally arrived, she had in her mind a perfect mental map of the route they took, and it turns out the inn was just across the street from where they were. However it was good that they did, because a glance around the neighborhood revealed that all the guards had gone in search of her somewhere else.

She grinned back at him, "Don't worry about me, I've got connections."

Kiara didn’t have to wait very long for others to arrive she could hear them in the other room but decided to wait for them to come to the dining room. Then a man entered the room it was the first man she had ever seen up close and she immediately blushed he was so strange. He was tall probably the tallest person she had ever seen. Added to all the strangeness he was so white his skin was as pale as milk with his black hair made stark contrast with it. Then she noticed his eyes they were red a true red color. When he spoke to her it was as if her throat swelled shut and her eyes became wide. She remembered the old time saying like a deer in headlights and it only made it worse for her. He then came right up to her and pulled her chin so she was looking right at him. She heard his question but it seemed as though it was far off and her thoughts were racing. Then something was burning in her chest and she realized she was not breathing. As hard as she tried she could not speak or take a breath and then the edges of her vision where becoming white as though they were slowly being bleached out from the colors of the world. The sound of the world became quieter and quieted and then there was no sound and her vision went completly white and she could feel herself falling out of the chair and she waited for the impact with the ground. Yet it never came she thought of how strange that was but then her mind went to sleep and the last thing she felt was herself taking a breath.

The girl didn’t say anything as he talked to her but her eyes widened like a scared animal and after a short while she just toppled over. Elorx caught the girl before she hit the ground and slumped her back into her chair and over the table. Elorx looked up as someone yelled cur at him. The man in front of him was slender and had a stone staff but most of all he looked pissed. With the rage in his voice elorx was gearing up for a fight when what the man said stunned him. “What do you mean they seldom meet men?” Before the man could say anything else a drunkard began to talk down to the man but he quickly took care of the pest. His quick action gained Elorx respect and he decided to do his best to make sure he payed attention to most of what this man did. “Yeah I am Elorx and I am sorry about the priestess I had no idea. As for me I am from Tierras del Norte don’t let my pale complexion fool you I am what they call albino. I moved to Medius a year ago. I am good at night travel and navigation I also am a water tracker.” Elorx stretched the back of his head as he made his apology. “Look I am sorry about the priestess passing out and all I had no idea about how they don’t know men.” He watched as the Freyk poked the priestess with his staff.

Meanwhile, Tashia had been attending to other matters. She walked up to the keeper and asked, "Excuse me is this the inn where the desert expedition team is supposed to meet?" The keeper glared at her. "Why should I tell you?" he replied dubiously. Tashia conjured the cutest look she could make and pleaded, "Please sir, I need to talk to my sibling, it's an emergency!" The old man shrugged and sighed, "Whatever kid, here's a key to the master suite where they're staying in. I can't be bothered to deal with this mess."

The inn keeper handed Tashia the keys to the suite which she used to get into the room without causing much of a fuss. She begun to search the room, finding good signs that there was someone in there. It was dark however and she stumbled over several pieces of furniture in the process. Tashia stopped and listened, trying to hear if she had woken whoever it was up. Hearing nothing, she continued to search through the large room.

OOC: So it's my turn then?