A knight in a red hood and cape strode past the market and pushed his way through the crowd of customers beside a high elf. Merchants barked prices, horses neighed, the smell of fresh bread and many others mixed with the smell of horse dung.
"Did you see how veyrah was glaring at you, Rowan? It was amusing." Sylvia twirled an Arrow between her fingers, a smug grin plastered across her face, like it was daring him to punch her.
"Yes, yes, yes. Its hilarious." He frowned under his helm, upset at the memory. before rowan could say more, he bumped into a girl.
"Ah–sorry there. You alright?" Rowan quickly apologized, crouching to her level to make sure the kid was alright.
"I'm alright, now get your hands off me." She brushed it off, grabbing rowan hand roughly and taking it off her shoulder and running off.
"Weird..." Rowan stared at the girl running off, he straightened himself, his eyes following her before she vanished into the crowds. Then turning towards the waiting Sylvia. The elf was chuckling and rolling her eyes.
"What?" He looked down at himself to check if there was anything wrong, before looking back at her. A confused expression under the helm.
"Well... I expected you to atleast notice her running off with your pouch." She covered her mouth, stifling herself from laughing in his face.
"What?!" In a panic, Rowan hand shot down to his belt and to his horror, his pouch that had been dangling there moments ago–was gone.
"God dammit! Go ahead to the guild!"
She watched him chase after the girl, dissapearing into the crowd before she continued her walk to the guild. Passing by vendors calls and people chatting. The sounds became background noises as she reached the guild
"Humans..." She muttered, shaking her head while opening the guild doors softly.
Inside the guild was filled with adventurers boots stomping down on the wooden floor making it creak. There were some that was celebrating after a job well done. While some unlucky ones sulked after a failure. Some were drinking, their mugs of Ale clashing for a toast. And a few infront of the quest board.
Sylvia ignored a few whistles towards her, walking towards the quest board she slipped through the group of people infront of it.
"Low pay..." She looked at one quest with a low pay, one by one she looked at each of the quest.
She spotted a quest for escorting the daughter of a Noble, Sylvia hand shot out just as another hand reached up to grab it, Sylvia slipped out of the group of people when a rough voice came out.
"Wha–?! Hey! Thats my quest you damned elf!" A short man with a bush and long beard pushed past the group, he was clearly a dwarf and is just below Sylvia waist.
"Finder, Keepers dwarf." Sylvia Hung the quest paper infront of his face a grin deserving of a punch on her face, her hand shooting away when He tried to grab it.
"Finders, Keepers my ass! Give that to me–" the dwarf grabbed his sledgehammer from his back. "Or i'll kill ye fucking elf!" He clearly doesnt care that the guild was starting at them now. Some adventures were even cheering.
"Your sledgehammer can't even reach me pathetic excuse of a arms of yours." That earned a few adventures laugh, even a receptionist. as sylvia chuckled, covering her mouth but her other arm went to her dagger on her waist.
"C'mere ye damn dirty elf!"
Both clashed at each other, the dwarf planted his foot and swung his hammer hard, wood splintered and the floorboards broke as Sylvia stepped out of the way
Adventures cheered as they fought, some betting on who would win.
**
Meanwhile...
"For god's sake, just give me my money back kid!"
Rowan chased after the girl, weaving through the crowd. He lunged, fingertips brushing againts her cloak when she made a Sharp turn to the left, Rowan crashed into a pile of crates, wood broke and splintered, fruits went flying, a middle aged woman gasped, a child laughed, a guard just sighed. Rowan landed with a annoyed groan.
"You gotta be–! Dammit!" Rowan got up and dashed after the girl again, sprinting by the middle aged woman and apologizing.
Rowan darted past the crowds of people with unnatural speed and agility for someone in full armor. The girl veered sharply to the right and shoved a old man out of the way. "She's getting further away! Shit!"
Rowan abruptly stopped, analyzing his surroundings. A woman drying clothes, a boy playing with his wolf, a guard leaning againts the wall. a open window! "Passing through! Excuse me!"
He vaulted over the window, ignoring the tenants stares, Rowan dodged a kid before he lunged towards another window. Diving just as the girl ran by it.
"Gotcha!" Rowan slammed onto the girl hard, the two crashed onto the ground with a thud of his armor, holding the girl.
"Wait–!" The girl groaned from the crash. Rowan slowly stood up and made the girl stand up, his hand firm but not painful on her shoulder
"Hah... Alright, just give me my money back kid." Rowan stretched his hand out, his eyes glaring at the girl behind his helm.
"Alright–alright old man, how about we calm down?" Rowan jaw tightened at the word old man, his stretched out arm pointed at the girl face.
"Old man?! Kid i am twenty-six! and do not tell me to calm down you stole my pouch." Rowan flicked the girl forehead, earning a Sharp yelp from her.
"Ow! You didnt have to flick my forehead! But fine, here's your dumb pouch." She rubbed her forehead in pain, reaching into her bag she took out the pouch and shoved it into Rowan hands and scowling.
"Finally, did you really think it was a good idea to steal from a knight? What's even your name kid."
Rowan grip on her finally softened, he hooked the pouch to his belt, His glare fixated on her.
"Ugh... fine. My name's Myra Linelle" She scoffed at Rowan and rolled her eyes, pissing off our knight even more.
"Okay Myra... Why In god's name did you steal from me?" It took all of Rowan willpower and his jaw tightening to not suplex this girl to the ground.
"Quick money i guess old man." She stuck out her tongue, mocking Rowan. At this point Rowan was near to just suplexing this girl–
"Is that my Rowie picking on a innocent little girl?!" A familiar annoying voice mocked him. Rowan snapped his head to the side. Spotting Jinx floating towards him and Kael walking alongside her.
"Wha...? What in god's name are you two doing here?" Rowan eyes narrowed under his helm, his shoulder becoming hunched at the sight of the two.
"Caelum forced us to go to you." Kael stomped towards Rowan, slapping his helm hard.
"Ow? What did you two even do?" Rowan fixed his helm, turning towards the two while keeping myra by his side.
"Wellll... Kael ripped off someone arm! And the great jinx burnt down a bakery!" Practically confessing her crimes, she landed on the ground with a soft thud and looked over to Rowan, laughing.
"What?" He felt a empty space by his side, his head darted to his side and... Myra was gone.
"You gotta be–! I was planning on letting that girl go." Rowan slapped his helm in frustration.
The sound of guards nearing because of the chaos got closer.
"Jinx get us out of here." Rowan stood up, watching a kid run to his mom after he gave him a flower.
"You don't have to tell me Twice!" Jinx put one hand on Rowan and another on kael winking towards a woman, they disappearing in a gust of red smoke.
**
"Is this really all you got shortie?" Sylvia yawned, stepping out of a swing that came from the side.
"Shut yer mouth!" It came out exhausted, his body was covered in shallow cuts.
Sylvia casually dodged a swing that whooshed past her face, slamming onto the ground breaking.
"This is getting boring, the audience is getting bored"
They were not bored, adventures that betted on Sylvia cheered while those that betted on the dwarf cursed. Time to finish this.
"Bye-bye sweetheart." She spun, her boot hitting the side of the dwarf face. Sending him crashing into the wall beside the entrance as Rowan, Kael, and Jinx entered.
"What the hell?!" Rowan jumped back, bumping into kael who kicked him away.
"Hohoho~ having fun without me, Sylvia?" Jinx gave Sylvia a knowing smile, resting her hands on her hips.
"I am, Jinx. But it got boring fast." She gracefully strode towards the three, grabbing a clean cloth from a unfortanate boy and spitting at the dwarf.
"Why are you two here though?"
She pointed at the two, raising a single brow while she cleaned her dagger blade.
"Caelum send us here because i burnt down a bakery and Kael ripped off someone arm!" Jinx clapped, her tone was disturbingly ecstatic and happy but it was normal for them expect for a few nearby adventures.
"Typical" Sylvia rolled her eyes, putting away the cloth and resting one hand on her hips.
"Anyways, your elf queen here managed to get a quest. We are gonna be escorting a princess in the afternoon at..."
She took a look at the quest paper and then rolling it back up.
"Drunken Gryphon." She looked back up at them, stuffing the quest paper away.
"Tsk, anothing boring quest." Kael turned away, scoffing.
"Well something unexpected may happen kael, after all it is a princess." She smirked at his annoyance while sheathing her dagger.
"Let's just go already... I'm tired." Rowan stomped towards the exit with Jinx sitting on his shoulder and slapping his helm top.
**
The air was filled with the smell of rain hitting the ground, people hurried into their homes while some walked with a umbrella in hand. Kids were playing in the rain. A boot stepped onto a puddle of water, three people Walked side by side except a jester sitting on another's shoulder.
"Jinx get off!" Rowan hand was perched on Jinx hips, trying and failing to pry her off him.
"Can the both of you shut the fuck up?!" Kael uncrossed his arms, slapping Rowan at the back of his helm making him stumble and nearly slam onto the ground. Somehow jinx is still on his shoulders.
"Calm down sweethearts...~ we're here." Sylvia purred, approaching a tailor shop near the Drunken Gryphon they stopped infront of a girl wearing a royal dress and a umbrella covering her face.
"Hello darling, i supposed your the one we're supposed to be escorting?"
She lifted her umbrella slightly, she eyed Kael, then Jinx, and Rowan-
"What the hell are you doing here?!"