As Lea and Kia entered the city, they were stopped by two fully armored guards. "Are you two with the guild Black Talon?" The biggest guard said looking straight at Kia with a very menacing look.
Kia looked at the guard without any emotion in his expression, he told the guard "We were asked to come here to speak with the mayor about a crime problem going on here."
The guard with a much calmer expression looked at them and with a slight smile pointed down to a row of buildings "Over there you can rent a room and also store your wagon just let the owner know why you are here and that I sent you and you should get a slight discount."
"Thank you, sir." Lea said with a shining smile on her face while Kia continued the wagon to the building that the guard told them to go to. They were at the base of a big building with two stables built one on each side and four stories high. Kia and Lea parked the wagon in a stable on the left side of the building and went inside. They noticed a sign hanging above saying "Tarken's Guild Hall". Lea then looked at Kia and with a surprised smile told him "Well at least we know we can trust this place. Right?" Lea then looked to her left then her right checking out her surroundings. "I'll go check in for a room and everything how about you try to find some information on this so-called Black Talon group the guards were talking about." Lea then turned around and walked to a long desk that two other ladies were sitting at in uniforms and with paper work laid all around them.
"Okay let's see then where should I start?" Kia said talking to himself.
"Start what?" Said an unfamiliar female voice from behind Kia. With a swift reaction Kia turned and at the same moment he lifted his fist ready to confront whoever had snuck up behind him. He then noticed the person who had come behind him block his fist with a black wand that had roots spinning around it. He then heard the person with a slight chuckle say "Wow, you're a lively one, aren't you?" She then spun him around and put him in an arm brace. After Kia was in a hold, he was pulled into a room nearby. "So, what is a member of the Black Talon doing in the guild hall."
"What are you talking about? I showed up today to speak with the mayor." Kia said in a defensive tone.
"That's rich and what makes you think I would believe that?" The lady said with a chuckle.
At that moment Kia took a grip of the stranger's forearm and twisted it to the side at that moment the stranger's grip faltered and lost the grip she had on Kia. At that instant Kia threw her onto a couch in the middle of the room. As she landed on the couch, he kept a hold on her wrist and jumped on her pinning her to the couch with his other hand. At that moment Kia got a good look at her she had long purple tinted hair and greyish blue eyes. The stranger was also wearing black clothes with grey trimming and a black cloak. "Who are you!" Kia demanded.
At that moment Kia heard the door creak open and a man with a scruffy chin and purple tinted hair walked in. Kia also noticed he had a greyish green eye and the other one was covered by his hair. "Hey Maria I did some looking around and…" He then noticed Kia on the coach with his companion pinned to it and with a calm expression looked at the women on the couch and said "God damn it Maria you fucking harlett. You were supposed to be finding out information not whatever this is."
"Shut-up Dante you're just upset cause I am the better looking one." Maria said completely ignoring Kia at this point.
"Just because you like to dress up like a thot does not make you better looking". The man in the doorway said glaring at the women.
"Oh really? Well you're just a…"
"Uh Hello? Who are you two anyways?" Kia said slightly confused.
"I would love to tell you but could you do me a favour and move your hand first." the lady said giving Kia an oddly flirty smile. At that moment Kia noticed when he pinned her down, he had put his hand on her chest to hold her down. Kia quickly got up and bowed apologizing to her hoping she would understand it was accidental. She then sat up and with a smile said to Kia "I have never had a man be so forceful with me it honestly kind of surprised me. Now in case you didn't already figured it out my name is Maria and that is my brother Dante. Now if I may ask who might you be?" Maria said
Dante without lowering his guard walked over and stood behind Maria. Keeping an eye on Kia.
Kia then sat on a chair across from the two. Kia looked at them and began to say "My name is Kia I've come from a town a few days north from here me and my companion Lea a woodland elf came here to…" Then Kia stop thinking if he should share the reason why they are here because even though they haven't really harmed him they may still be dangerous. Kia then quickly resumed "We came here to find work but when we arrived, I started hearing people talk about this Black Talon group. So, I wanted to ask people around if they knew anything about them while my companion got everything situated at the front desk. Okay, now that you two know about me who are both of you really and do either of you know anything about Black Talon just to give me and my friend a little warning since we may be here for a while."
When Kia finished speaking Maria popped a little smirk and began to speak, "It's great to officially meet you Kia and you already know our names. We are just traveling adventurers and felt like stopping in Tarken and getting some work around here. We heard about the Black Talon group as well and wanted to do some research on them ourselves. What we do know so far is that they are very dangerous and are a sort of crime syndicate that came up after the new mayor was elected. That's all we heard of so far nothing else after that."
"Well thank you for letting me know it will give me more of a grasp on how Tarken is and the type of work I may do here." Kia said smiling. "Well I better get going so I can meet back up with my companion before she wonders where I ran off to."
Kia stood up and began walking to the door as he passed by where Dante was standing
and heard him whisper "Don't get in our way." Kia paid it no attention and continued to the door.
As the door opened, he heard Maria yelled, "Don't be a handsome stranger." Then the door closed behind Kia.
"What do you think Maria?" Dante said as he took a seat in front of her
after Kia had left. "Do you think we can trust him or this companion of his they seem like they may be trouble."
"Well now I'm really confused don't you like my troubled brother of mine?"
"I do but there was something off about him like he is trying to hide something. Maybe he has ties with the league of sorcerers."
Maria stood up and walked to Dante and putting her arm around him she told him "Don't talk about the league of sorcerers they threw us out they are nothing to us anymore. Besides, if he is dangerous that gets me excited. I wonder, do you think I'm his type?"
"You got ta be joking you are no one's type." Dante said with a slight smirk on his face. "Besides the league threw me out not you."
"We are the only family we got so if you get thrown out so am I." Maria threw her arms around Dante embracing him with a hug
"Thanks but I will kindly ask you to let go of me."
"Aw Dante why don't you love me? Are you just jealous that you walked in with him on top of me?" Maria teased Dante.
"No and get off that's the last time I am going to say it." Dante said in a menacing tone while Maria grabbed him tighter and laughed.