Show me the Money!

[Deimian Kyrikk]

Violet followed Miya into the room, and as soon as the party was completely in, she waved her hands in a graceful dance. The door obeyed its caster by turning to golden light, then disappearing as the light quickly faded. "Ich bin sicher," she would say softly, and the symbols on her hand would fade like the door.

If she looked around the room, Miya could tell that there was no door in the room. It was completely enclosed. There were only bookshelves, and one small, very thick window with a whole at the top of it in the corner.

"Velcome to Aedria, darling." Violet said politely as she stepped over to a book case to look for a particular book.

If at any point Miya looked away from Artem, she would find that he was gone as soon as she returned her sight to his former position.

[Miya]

She would look about the room noting the third man's sudden disappearance and rolled her eyes.

"Honestly, if this is what consists of Aedria. I'm not impressed."

SPOILER: Click to show

The Bounty Hunter Series 1 Bingo PT is an all purpose specializes hunt and capture assistant system. It can scan and analyze targets to see if they have a bounty as it's primary function, but if the person has criminal history it will still pull up the information. A secondary function allows the PT to scan a target combative opponent and give the user a adaptive reactionary boost. Able to change it's adaptation for the following dmg type three times. This only lasts 4 posts. Physical damage, Qi damage, Environmental damage. Taking damage of the above types will change the adaptation automatically to that type. The damage buff is -15%.

[Deimian Kyrikk]

Miya noticed now that a certain symbol was across Hekam's eye; it wasn't there before...

"I alvays forget vich vun it es," Violet muttered to herself as she pulled out the book she looked for. She chuckled as she read it, hearing Miya's little faith. "Nein, Mausebär."

Then, holding her hand toward a bookcase, Violet demanded, "Ahmina-tohn."

After a few seconds, the party could feel a small tremor in the ground. Part of the bookcase lowered, dust falling from the ceiling where the wall connected, creating a large entryway. On the other side an old man stood, the same symbol around his eye.

"Welcome all," the old man's voice cawed. "Especially you, traveler." The old man gave a tilted nod to Miya.

"Sank you, Mister Stone," Violet would say as she stepped across, followed by Hekam.

The old man casually floated away without replying.

If Miya followed her newfound companions, she would find herself in a large throneroom, just at the foot of some stairs to her left. She was surrounded by all sorts of robed people carrying books, or having books float behind them.

[Miya]

Miya would follow her arms crossed. They may have thought themselves impressive but she had done a few jobs for Mages in 260, and they had their heads just as far up their mystic assholes as these people. She rolled her eyes. What was it with these people thinking their shit smelled better than everyone else. She would never understand.

[Deimian Kyrikk]

"Ah, welcome Violet and party!" a boisterous male voice declared. 

Approaching them a little less royally than he appeared, a kingly man smiled at the group, the Egyptian symbol around his eye. 

Violet turned to Miya, allowing Miya to see that same eye symbol on the German's eye. "Fräulein, I introduce to you ze king, Aedrius Nikare."

Aedrius gave a quick nod of his head. "Thank you for meeting with me," he said with a smile. Noticing the unsettled nature about her, he added, "I apologize for the theatrics. My father was quite the... ehm...superfluous, man," the king stated as he gazed around him. 

[Miya]

Miya shrugged.

"Yeah I noticed. Anyways, what's up with this job? Sooner I do the job the sooner I get paid."

[Deimian Kyrikk]

Violet would chuckle at Miya's eagerness. "I shall leave you to it, Meneshu," she farewelled, ending her sentence with a graceful half-bow.

Aedrius gave a grateful smile and bow of his head in response. "Yes, thank you Miss Violet."

Violet gave a quick glance to Miya with a smile as she took her leave. "I'll see you around, Schönheit."

"Violet, we've talked about this," Aedrius called out to her as she sassily walked away.

"Unt ve agreed I'll haff fun vis all ze vemen," she shouted back.

The man sighed, muttering to himself, "No... no we didn't..." His attention drew back to Miya, however, raising his head. "Apologies, madam. You can follow me. Hekam, would you be so kind as to join us?"

The bulky soldier that had been waiting patiently during the discourse, hand over hand in front of him, nodded. "Yes, Meneshu."

As they began their walk up the stairs, Aedrius would address his new hire: "What was your name? Violet was so kind as to leave out that part."

[Miya]

Miya would follow, glad to see the other woman gone. The amount of annoyance she caused was almost enough to have Miya cancel this gig.

"Miya."

[Deimian Kyrikk]

"Well I am glad to meet your acquaintance, Miss Miya," he responded with a smile. "If you will follow me in here, I would like to get straight to the point," he said as he opened a door and entered the room behind it. 

Once he was in, he faced her and noted, "I only wish to be in here for privacy's sake. I don't know how other employers have done it, but when I hire bounty hunters I prefer at least some level of caution."

Hekam would only enter following Miya. 

[Miya]

Miya shrugged.

"Every client has their own unique thing about how they like to do things. Honestly, this doesn't even rank on my scale of weirdness that I've seen, or had to do, in regards to acquiring a job."

When they were finally alone she would cross her arms.

"Alright, what's the job old man. I'll grant that the travel time was short but it has still been a journey. That and I have half a mind to charge you extra for dealing with that woman."

Miya would say in such a way that one couldn't tell if she was joking or not...

[Deimian Kyrikk]

Hekam closed the door behind them and stood beside it, hand in hand in front of him.

"Ah! I see," Aedrius replied upon her first statement. As he did, he pulled out a chair. "Feel free to have a seat, or not, whatever your preference."

Aedrius stepped over to a chair and sat in it himself. "Lux imperium, lux accersi," he uttered boldly, summoning more strange symbols on his left and right hands. With a wave of them both, a golden image of a man appeared before Miya.

"This is Mytham Saduro, a powerful mage living in Ardhan. Now..." the king sighed. "Where to start... He is very powerful, not because of the variety in his abilities, but because of the type of magic he has sought to study. He's committed his life to studying the Pillar of Power, a force of magic that allows him to disband a mage's pool of magic. I don't know if you've realized it," he noted sarcastically, "but Aedrians rely quite heavily on magic, including most of my military force. In only rare occasions does that pose a problem, and I've run into one of those. Once he disbands his opponents magic, he uses his years of physical combat training to do the rest. Many Jabal members could-" he interrupted himself. "Oh, uh, the Jabal are the police force, or general military force, here."

"Anyway, they could normally handle it, but they have a tendency to be..uh... sloppy, and loud."

Hekam chuckled at the comment. 

"Which," Aedrius continued with a sly look to the guard, "is absolutely acceptable as a police force, but I don't need him to be policed, I need him to be...hushed. You see, he is kind of a crowd favorite. One of those two-faced sorts. In front of our civilians he is quite the charismatic man. However, I have a faction known as the Qatal, which act as my... informants, per se. They allow me to make sure all my people are happy and safe, even behind closed doors. Anyhow, they've let me know that he has done some dealings with some people. He enchants items with his power, allowing the user of the item to affect the pool of magic of whoever they choose. If this were to get into certain hands, upon attempt of arrest users of these enchanted items could do serious damage to my faction members, and I wouldn't be too happy with that. Because of his popularity, on the other hand, I can't outright arrest him. I love my people, and the kingdom that my all-too-showy father put together, and I can't have them upset with me when they don't know the full story. So I need something more subtle. When it comes to under the table operations, I would usually have my Qatal do it. But most of the faction members wouldn't be able to carry out stealth hand-to-hand combat, and those that are advanced enough to are currently out of commission, off on another venture."

Aedrius would sigh and adjust himself in the chair. "All that being said, I need you to go ahead and take care of him. You won't have to be subtle about it, because the people of Aedria won't know I asked you to carry this out. They will see a bounty hunter come collect a man, and drag him out of sight beyond the territory. Once you have him well beyond the eyes of our public, I will send men to acquire him and return him to me."

The king would pause and lean back in the chair. "Any questions?"

[Miya]

Miya listened intently.

"Looks all good on my end. But if you wouldn't mind, I would like a dossier on the man, everything you've got on him. His entire history if you have access to it, I want it. You want me to take this man down, I need to know how he ticks physically, mentally, and emotionally. Understood? Also, when I acquire the target, I need to know who to message. Oh, and the pick up coordinates will be that bar your collectors found me at. I have my own ways of expedient traveling."

[Deimian Kyrikk]

"Yes we-" Aedrius began to speak after her request, but she continued.

Again, he began, "I under-" but her speech's flow did not halt. 

The king chuckled at her quick demands, and waited for her to be silent for a few moments before he turned his laughter to smiling words, "Yes, yes, we will give you all the information we have on him. As far as messaging goes, you've nothing to worry, we will know when you're ready. That's what my Qatal are for. And lastly, any location outside the territory is excellent for me." The king gave an assuring nod. 

"Anything else?"

[Miya]

"Once I have the information requested, all I will need is a location."

[Deimian Kyrikk]

"Wonderful," the king said with a smile and nod before rising from his chair. "Cybele, would you be so kind?"

As the man made his way to the exit, the wall across from Miya, the stone wall between the sets of windows, opened up, revealing a masked figure who stepped forward and presented before Miya a small leather booklet, bound by leather straps. Behind the figure, the wall clsoed back up.

"Thank you, carry on," Aedrius commanded, now standing at the door they came in through.

The figure half-bowed, then moved back toward the wall it came from with determination. With a wave of its hand, the wall opened up, with the outside air on the other side. Upon stepping through the make-shift exit, the wall would return to its prior state by seemingly sealing itself.

"Have a look through that," the king piped up from behind Miya. "If there's anything else you need to know, ask me. If you need to stay a night or two, feel free to let anyone around the temple know and they'll be happy to help. All that being said, happy hunting!" Hekam opened the door before the man's last statement, but following it they both stepped through and closed the door behind them.

The booklet before Miya had the inscription "MyNySa" on the front of it, and several tabs came out from the side of the book. They read:

Overview
History
Physicality
Mentality
Relationships
Magic
Fighting Style
Location