After the slayers left I just sat in the corner of the tavern eating and drinking. Hours passed by and I finally was ready to go purchase a room for the night and hit the hay. I think I may have drank a little to much ale as I stumble my way to the room I purchased. I make it to the room and immediately pass out on the bed.
I slept until the sun rise in the morning. The sun nearly blinds me from the window in my room do to being slightly hung over from last night's drinking. I then remember about the deal I made with Amanda from yesterday and head to the Crimson Slayers' room to meet them. I go to their room but no one was in it. This made me confused because they should have been back by now.
They probably went downstairs. I'll go down there and look for Amanda. I head down and I see many different people in the tavern but not one of the Crimson Demons. I asked the bartender if he'd seen any of the Crimson Demons, I even gave him a description of each of them.
I said "Morgan Redwood, about six and a half feet tall, one real grizzly looking bastard, carries an axe on his back, wears armor on his chest. Chance Graves, about my height, scrawny looking kid, has a bow an arrow. There's a pair of twins, The Albrooks, about average height, one of em has a scar on the left eye." The bartender hadn't seen any of them. I still give the last two descriptions saying "Lexi Deville, she's about an inch shorter than me, wears gauntlets. No? Alright well how about the one of them I'm looking for Amanda, about five foot six, she didn't carry a weapon, at least I don't think, umm she's a brunette. No? None of this ringing any bells?" the bartender nods his head.
Damn. They probably just collected their money and left. God damnit I wasted an entire day that I could have gotten a paying gig because of that deal and she just ditches.
Whatever, I should have seen something like this coming. That's why I don't trust anyone, she just seemed very sincere, something came over me I guess. Might as well go head to the Mercenary Guild station nearby to get a job. Hopefully a decent one with good pay.
I then leave the tavern. As I'm heading to the Guild station I hear some local villagers talking about how apparently some mercenaries got trapped in a nearby cave. Didn't Amanda say they were heading to a cave or something. Now I'm getting worried that they may need some help. I go ask those villagers where the cave is. They say it's a cave about a few miles west of here and that it's called the Zanthrow Cave.
I go to the mercenary guild to find out if it was the Crimson Slayers that went to the cave. I arrive at the station and go to the front desk. I ask the receptionist to check on who took the job at Zanthrow Cave, he then says that the Crimson Slayers were the ones that went to the cave.
Oh shit, it is actually them that's trapped in a cave. The receptionist then tells me that there's a new high paying job for me if I want it. I don't know why but in my mind I just keep hearing the words "SAVE THEM". Over and over again I hear those words. Why do I keep hearing those words? This isn't like me. I barely know or trust these people, why do I want to save them.
"SAVE THEM!!! SAVE THEM!!! SAVE THEM!!!"
God damn it fine.
I then leave the station and start heading towards the cave. Looks like my plans to get a new mercenary jobs have changed, now I'm going on a rescue mission.