Hi and Sozin arrive at the capital. "Back at the Capital already!" Hi says. "Yeah! Let´s go the guild that our quest was taken care of by someone else!" Sozin says entering the guild hall. "Alright!" Hi says. Hi and Sozin go to the quest counter to tell the news. "Hello, so the quest we took was taken care of by someone else before us that isn´t part of the guild!" Sozin explains to the guild gal. "Ok! I´ll pass that on for you! And you are sure that they did it?" she says. "Yes very sure they have mastered the situation way before we arrived we couln´d find nor track the tiger!" Sozin says. "If you say so! Goodbye then!" She says. "Goodbye!" Hi and Sozin say. They leave the guild hall to go wash themselves at the bathhouse.
"Where is the bathhouse anyways?" Hi aks Sozin. "Through the town center just on the way up to the cathedral!" Sozin says, who gets going with Hi. "Aha! That´s right i saw a big building when we left the cathedral!" Hi says recalling seeing something that could be the bathhouse. "That is what i am talking about good observations!" Sozin tells Hi. Hi and Sozin arrive at their destination through the bustling town center with the various markets selling a variety of things like spices meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, weapons, fur and other things. The road leading up to the cathedral has a bathhouse located left of the road. The bathhouse is a big concrete building in a roman style. "There we are!" Sozin says standing before the entrance. "Wow this looks really well built!" Hi says. "Like the cathedral or churches you saw. It is more ancient than those new house down there or the kings palace." Sozin tells Hi. "Older? Yet it looks more advanced to me and stable!" Hi says. "Makes you wonder! Enough talking let´s go in!" Sozin says pushing Hi ahead. They enter the bathhouse and the reception is right ahead. You have to pay to use these facilities and of a higher standing than peasants or farmers. Hunters, Traders, Tempel Ritter , priesters and the like frequent this place. It is a way to cleanse oneself, a ritual of sorts to cleanse the bad and stress off, or simply relax after a long hard day or hunts. The receptionist is waiting for Hi and Sozin to make use of the facilities and his service. "Hello esteemed guests did you come here to have a bath?" he asks the two of them. "Yes we did." Sozin answers. "Well then two silver coins for the two of you and another silver coin for some oil." he says. "Alright, here´s three silver coins!" Sozin says putting the coins on the counter. "Thank you. Now here is the oil as promised. Is this your first time here?" he asks them. "No it isn´t i´ll explain it myself to my apprentice!" Sozin tells him. "Very well. If you´d be so kind to change in the changing room and put your shoes off and put on the slippers provided return them afterwards though or it´ll cost ya! And the towels too!" he tells them. Hi and Sozin go into the changing room to see some other guests namely other hunters and some Tempel Ritter who got off work. Hi and Sozin put off their armor and their weapons. "You better look after these those are expensive!" Sozin tells someone working here and tasked with overseeing the bathhouse. "I´ll keep a close eye on it!" he says standing at the door. "Now then apprentice let´s go to the cold pool!" Sozin says leading him trough a door leading to it. The room is pretty big with a large cold pool near the wall. "It´s cold in here!" Hi says. "Stop dillydallying and go in already!" Sozin says going into the cold pool Hi follows soon. "Brr! Cold!" Hi says. "That´s it!" Sozin says and gets out. Hi follows after him into the warm room with the hot bath which is in the center of the building and is larger than the cold rooms. Hi and Sozin get in it. "Aah!This feels nice!" Hi says soaking in the hot water. "I know just what we need after a week of hunting and training nonstop!" Sozin says. "Hunters? What a coincidince i am too!" a man says next to them. "Yes we are! Nice to meet you!" Sozin tells him. "Nice to meet you too!" Hi says. "Likewise what were you hunting? I just hunted a giant bear up in the north. It was though but worth it!" he says. "We? Just some demons and other monsters no big deal!" Sozin says. "Demons!?" he asks surprised. "You heard him. We are allowed to hunt demons too." Hi says. "Amazing never thought i´d meet hunters of your caliber in the bathhouse!" he says. "I wouldn´t be here whitout master!" Hi tells him. "Master? He does look like one alright and a strong and experienced at that. Must teach you how to hunt the big ones!" he says. "Spare me your flattery! It´s time to oil up we came here to wash ourselves after all!" Sozin says. They get out the pool. Sozin oils himself up and asks Hi to oil his back up which he does and then Hi does the same with Sozin oiling his back. Afterwards they scrape the oil and dirt off their body with a strigil. "See you around then!" Hi tells the hunter. "See you!" he says. "Goodbye!" Sozin says. They leave for the cold bath and enter again to cleanse themselves. They leave the baths to the changing rooms to dry up with some towels. "That was an experience. Way different than what we have back at home!" Hi tells Sozin while they both put their armor and clothes back on. "It´s amazin isn´t it? Not only can you relax but also clean yourself and keep your skin smooth." Sozin says. They fasten their sword again and leave the establishment. "Good job!" Sozin tells the overseer patting on his shoulder as he passes through. "I just did what i always do! Please come again!" he tells them. "We will.. eventually!" Sozin says. As they leave the bathhouse the receptionist tells them. "Pleasure doing business do come again!". "Goodbye" Hi and Sozin say.
They go back to their rooms at the guild. On their way they see a shadowy figure in a dark blue cloak standing in the hallway. "Who are you?" Hi asks him. "So you are the Sozin i heard so much about!" he says putting his hood off it´s a young man with blonde hair grey eyes and pointy and long ears an elf somethin rare to see on the mainland. "You´re mistaken i´m just his apprentice!" Hi says. "Is it me you want, elf?" Sozin asks him. "Ser Sozin, my name is Gale an envoy of the elves. I am here to aks of your help! Elder sent me." he declares. "The elder what is his name?" Sozin asks. "Elder Gorwinn, you know him don´t you?" he asks him. "Yes i do, i met him when i was young once he was lost on the mainland for the very same reason you came here for!" Sozin says. "I do recall seeing you help us before i was a child then!" Gale says. "It must be as bad as when he asked me. Let me guess another lesser dragon causing trouble." Sozin says. "It is as you say a lesser dragon, it has burned some of the forest and our home down. Our people weren´t enough even Elder Gorwinns knowledge couldn´t help us at all." Gale explains. "Your puny arrows aren´t able to penetrate it´s scales. No wonder that when one shows up you need help. Lesser dragons show up often in your lands because it is rich in nutrition and secluded from the mainland where lesser dragons were hunted to extinction. They are different from our forefathers the dragons unlike them they do not posess the intellect and as such are wild beasts." Sozin says. "Does that mean you will help?" Gale asks. "Of course won´t we master?" Hi asks. "Yes of course. We will depart tomorrow morning then after we pick some allies up. The teleportation circle is at the same spot?" Sozin says. "We moved it further south in the forests of the city on the border between the holy kingdom of light and Nafud- country. We can teleport there with the teleportation stone you gave us long ago." Gale says. "Alrighty then. Go in and stay with us!" Sozin says opening their rooms door. "Thank you!" Gale says entering. Sozin opens the window to call in the bird to contact Yuxuan. Sozin lets out a high pitch whistle and the orange feathered bird appears. Sozin ties a letter to it´s ankle. "With that our message is sent!" Sozin says. "Who are your allies anyways?" Gale asks "Yuxuan, a beast tamer and Vernon, a forest spirit!" Hi answers. "Quite the allies i´m sure our people would take them in they sound to be in tune with nature." Gale says. "They are!" Sozin says looking out the window the moon is already to be seen in the dark. "Time to sleep!" Sozin tells them as he lies down. The others follow the example. "Good nigt!" Hi says. "Good night!" Gale says.