Eiyuu Kishi Den

Adriel groaned and shifted his balance as Mica kicked his foot. Why couldn't they let the subject drop? "I am not 'making up' for anything," he replied softly.

Footsteps clacked from the staircase spiraled along the wall, the guard was returning with his captain. As the two men made it to the base of the stairs, the captain gestured toward the table. "Please, have a seat," he offered to the dark elves. Adriel obliged and sat down at the table. Sythenra took her place beside him. The captain sat as well, with Ralf standing at his shoulder just behind him.

"Before I can continue, I need to know what sort of crimes this dark elf has commited. Perhaps it can answer some unsolved crimes here in our own city," the captain said.

Adriel hazarded a glance toward Mica before answering. There was one crime Adriel knew Kiran was most guilty of. "He has raped a number of women, human and dark elven. I am not certain if he has murdered, but it seems possible. Theft, I doubt, but then, I do not know the man personally," Adriel replied.

Mica snorted. "He's a rapist first and foremost. If there are any unsolved rape cases in the last 60 years, chances are he's your man. I'm not sure about the murder himself, I'm pretty sure I have a higher bodycount with the work I do for the temple of Marfa in Marmo, but I wouldn't put it past him." The half-elf assassin shifted his weight slightly. "He has a dark elf whore with a bitch dog that might make it to shore within the next couple of days asking about him. She's in cohoots with him, so I wouldn't put much faith in anything she may say, even if she pretends to be all charming and innocent. Anyone who harbors a criminal like him deserves the same justice as the criminal does." Mica grinned.

"Well, we don't have any records older than five years, with the occupation and all," the captain replied. "As for rapes...I don't recall any reported to have been commited by dark elves in the last year, though there were a few in years prior--mostly dark elves left behind by the Marmo. A few of them were killed, but I think most of the perpetrators escaped. If you can give me a description of your criminal, I might be able to find out if it was him who commited them."

Adriel paused, and looked to Sythenra. He had a description of Kiran, but Sythenra was the one who actually knew him. Sythenra took the cue and spoke up. "He is of average height, around six feet. He has blonde hair, coppery colored skin, and amber eyes. I have not seen him in over sixty years, however, so I cannot tell you if he has gained any scars, cut his hair, or anything like that," the ranger told the captain, lowering her head as she talked. Kiran as a rapist. The gravity only just hit her now, despite hearing Mica talk about his mother earlier. Her involvement in the search was becoming less of an innocent desire to know why, and more of a vendetta to demand answers.

"I'll have to check my records. If you can come back in the morning, I'll tell you if I find anything, but I'll need a few hours. In the meantime, find yourselves an inn. Ralf will make sure no one turns you away, since not everyone takes kindly to dark elves here," the captain explained. "I'll make sure my guards know to keep an eye out for those two dark elves."

"Actually, we'll do best to find our own lodgings for the night." Mica retorted. He turned to his fellows and spoke in dark elven "{It would be best if we searched for our own inn, rather than letting them choose it for us. If we can find an inn that will take us without a guard's recommendation then we are more likely to find an inn that will have, or most likely has, housed our foul bred father in the past.}" Mica voiced his plan plainly to avoid confusion. "{The final choice, however, is in Adriel's hands.}"

Adriel listened to his brother's offer and found that it made good sense. "{A good idea,}" Adriel agreed. "Yes, it would be best if we sought our own lodgings for tonight. Thank you for the offer, however," Adriel politely said to the guards.

The captain and Ralf seemed apprehensive after hearing them speak in their native language, but they didn't voice their concerns. "Very well then," the captain replied.