An Unexpected Treat

[zadaris]

Mitsukai, being the determined type, was off to the address belonging to Marisa as early as he was allowed. Looking in surprise he found where the woman was living and was quite amazed that he didn't realize.

"That tapestry... there's no mistaking it. So she's a bard guild member." He thought to himself as he examined the note to ensure he was at the right address.

"No sense in wasting time then." Kai begins to casually amble forward, heading towards the guild door.

[Darastrix]

Marc met the man at the entrance, standing so that he filled the doorway. "May I help you?" he queried. His tone was pleasant enough, though his posture was somewhat tense and there was a strain visible around his eyes. Recent events still had many of the guild members on edge.

[zadaris]

((Just make a quick post to introduce them Dara and then I'll make a long post to finish this part up))

"Yeah, you can." Kai begins, taking note of the mans posture. He seemed on edge, but Kai's mind was pre-occupied with his own dilemma so he let it go. "I'm looking for a woman named Marisa. I was told she some sort of instructer here. Might I speak with her, its important."

[Darastrix]

Marc gave Kai a nod and called over his shoulder for one of the other bards to fetch Marisa. A young girl darted upstairs to find her, and Marc stepped back into the guild's common room and explained, "Normally you could just go on up and see her, but one of the students was killed relatively recently, and we're not taking any unnecessary chances."

Meanwhile, the other bard went to Marisa's room and informed her that she had a visitor down in the commons with Marc, then bounded back downstairs.

"Well, there goes the messenger," he commented. "Marisa should be down in a tic."

[zadaris]

Kai followed Marc into the common room as he explained the situation of the guild to him. "Don't worry, I understand. If even the students aren't safe, I'd be cautious too."

Soon the other bard whom Marc sent to inform Marisa soon returned, signalling that she would be down momentarily. "Thanks for your help." Kai says, glancing around the common room. He becomes engrossed in the cratfsmanship of a fine vase on the mantle when a voice gains his attention.

"So, you wish to see me." A tall beautiful woman addressed him but not before informing Marc that another of the bards needed his assistance.

"You've come at an unfortunate time, as I'm sure Marc has explained." She begins eyeing up Mitsukai, simply to be cautious. He was a stranger after all. "How important is my time to you?"

"To me... priceless. Others would most likely find what I have to discuss pointless. I need to ask you about someone."

"Is that all?" She queries, sighing afterwards. "I don't wish to be rude but that's something that you could just write to our guild about that I could contact you about at a more convienient time."

"I wouldn't trust writing about this to anyone. It's about a man." He says, Marisa seeming pre-occupied.

"Then you could ask anyone in town about-"

"-It's about Zagaro." The common room suddenly becomes silent, Marisa's eyes widening as she steps back a little. "I was told that you are, quite possibly, his only friend. I need to find him, sooner rather than later."

"I haven't seen or heard from him since we were kids." She replies, though rumors of him made their way to Talen'sul. "Why do you want to find him?"

"So I can kill him-" Outside the common room, a wandering bard catches Mitsukai's last sentence, hurrying away to inform someone. "-like he killed my family."

"I don't condone the actions you say he took but do you think I'll tell you anything about him so you can go butcher him. Do you?!"

"If he's left out to himself he'll just-"

"The people in Talen'sul looked down on him with scorn, so much so that their kids started to do the same. They constantly teased him and made him feel isolated. He didn't deserve to be treated that way."

Mitsukai could see she was visibly upset talking about an old friend like this.

"They always hated him. The only difference I see now is, he's given them a reason to hate him."

Mitsukai walks forward to comfort her but she slaps his hand away. "Just.. just leave. Right now!"

Kai, not wanting to further upset the only person who could help him, took the hint and made for the exit, stopping first to say he'd be around town if she changed her mind. He exits the guild building as Marisa quickly takes a seat, feeling a little weary.
A tear rolls down her cheek as she stares up at the ceiling.

"Zagaro..."

[Darastrix]

((Zadaris, please do not dictate actions for my characters or NPCs. Characters are for their own players to control only. The bard sent to fetch Marisa had already come downstairs in my post besides.))

[zadaris]

((I mentioned the bard returning to show that Mitsukai's first line was before she came back. Sorry about controlling Marc, sorta got lost in the flow ^_^'))

[Darastrix]

((Thank you for editing. Just make sure you only post actions/dialog for your own characters and you should be fine.

And just for future reference when in the bard guild--don't worry about it right now, just keep it in mind for later--the common room is just that: a very large common gathering area. Generally crowded with multiple conversations going on at once and not much room for privacy. Good to avoid being overheard because of the noise, and bad at the same time because with the usual crowd and chatter, you can't be sure who might be eavesdropping intentionally.))