It was a sunny afternoon, and although Joan would have preferred staying indoors in this weather, she was out and about, looking for work to do. As usual, she started out by visiting the cafe at which she was a regular customer at this point and got herself coffee to help get through the day and a slice of cake. She sat at the same table for two she always sat at, next to a large window through which she watched the people outside. It took around ten minutes for her to finish the coffee and the cake since she was not really in a hurry, but afterwards headed to the center of town, where most of the important events normally took place. Once she arrived, it came to her attention that there was something going on down at the base of some mountain. She asked around, but no one could provide her sufficient information which was why she decided to go and investigate herself. The walk from the center of town to said mountain was a pretty long one. As soon as she arrived, Joan noticed the group of people gathered at what appeared to be a small cavern opening at the base of a mountain. She approached them, looking for familiar faces although she could not find any. Then, she felt a tap on her shoulder.
Cavern Explorer [Joan]
Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:24 pm
It was a sunny afternoon, and although Joan would have preferred staying indoors in this weather, she was out and about, looking for work to do. As usual, she started out by visiting the cafe at which she was a regular customer at this point and got herself coffee to help get through the day and a slice of cake. She sat at the same table for two she always sat at, next to a large window through which she watched the people outside. It took around ten minutes for her to finish the coffee and the cake since she was not really in a hurry, but afterwards headed to the center of town, where most of the important events normally took place. Once she arrived, it came to her attention that there was something going on down at the base of some mountain. She asked around, but no one could provide her sufficient information which was why she decided to go and investigate herself. The walk from the center of town to said mountain was a pretty long one. As soon as she arrived, Joan noticed the group of people gathered at what appeared to be a small cavern opening at the base of a mountain. She approached them, looking for familiar faces although she could not find any. Then, she felt a tap on her shoulder.
Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:27 pm
The metal was supposed to look like a solid blue rock, one that had a natural glowing effect, so it was probably easy to spot in a dark place — like the cavern. Barras also wanted her to start right now, and Joan had no problem with that. All she needed to do was get past the group of people at the entrance of the cavern, which would have been easier if she had not sold the ring that allowed her to turn into a raven, but she already found a way to sneak into the cavern, without letting the other people notice. After Barras finished talking to her, he blended back in with the group, subtly keeping an eye on her. Joan wasted no time in entering the cavern. There was no reason for her to draw out her time to finish this job. If she did not run into any obstacles within the cavern, she could complete this task with ease. As soon as she entered, she realised how dark it was inside, but thanks to her vampyrism, she was able to see everything clear as day. Barras advised her to wait until the crowd dispersed, but given how good she was at being sneaky, that was not necessary. She did not want to spend extra time waiting, too, since she was not a big fan of waiting. She did not have the patience for something like that.
Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:37 pm
After a while of walking, she finally came to a large area where she saw something that made her halt in her tracks. A single pillar of light illuminated the central part of the area. As she looked further, she noticed that it led into a deep hole where the light faded and was completely dark once again, just like the tunnels that she had walked through to get here. With a newfound excitement, the vampyress skipped over to the hole in the middle of the large space. The hole itself was pretty large, but she knew that this was where she was supposed to go. The light told her so. Once she got close to the hole, she found that the pathway split into three different paths again. Without a second thought, she went straight into the first one she saw from the left. If she went into the wrong one, she could always come back the same way and try a different one. There were only three of them so she did not mind and did not take a lot of time thinking which was the right path to take. She walked through a tunnel once again, that was pretty long and narrow, and also completely dark. This was no issue for her, as mentioned, her vampyrism allowed her to see through the darkness perfectly. So she walked along the tunnel, and after a few minutes came to find that she had walked into a dead end.
Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:49 pm
The sight of the substance caused her eyes to widen. She had a feeling that it was somehow enchanted. No ordinary mineral would glow like that, not that she knew of. Since she lived in a world of magic, of course she thought this. Even though it existed, there was not a lot of the metal. She noticed that the amount was quite limited, which she should probably let Barras know. She did not know what kind of weapons he was thinking of forging with this, but since they came in a limited amount, he probably could not do much, unless there was more deeper in the cavern, or in different caverns. Barras only wanted to know if it existed, so her job was done here. She would return to him and let him know of this and would be done with her job. The vampyress looked around to see if she was missing anything before turning in the opposite direction and walking back the way she came, through the third tunnel before she came back to the hole that was illuminated by the mysterious light. She climbed out of the hole, coming back to the large area, before walking towards the tunnel she remembered she came through to reach this part of the cavern. Then she began to walk back along the same path she used to come in through to get to here.
Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:06 pm
As much as Joan anticipated the arrival of her vampyre friend, she was slightly scared about it as well, since Adelaide had a worse record than she did. She was positive that Adelaide would help her with her issues, but would the arrival of said vampyre bring negative influence to her surroundings, she did not know. Joan had not thought about this thoroughly, because she was desperately in need of help and this desperation blinded her from all the consequences that could result from bringing Adelaide to Fiore. Of course she never thought of Adelaide as a bad person. This was definitely caused by the type of influence Adelaide had on her, and the way she acted around her. Adelaide was like a bigger sister to her, even though they were not related in any way outside of coming from the same bloodline. In their short time together, Adelaide had influenced Joan to the point she was kind of like an idol to Joan. Although of course Joan would never openly admit this, she secretly admired Adelaide. And of course she had no idea that Adelaide was not her actual name, and the stories of her past that she was told were mostly fake. Joan had idolized a character that existed only to her. She was admiring someone who was not real. The stories she thought were oh-so-fantastic, had mostly been made up, and the vampyress she was seeking would bring plenty of trouble.
Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:19 pm
Barras was extremely pleased with the information that he was given, a silly grin plastered on his face now as if he was five years old. The vampyress kept a straight face, not wanting to grab too much unwanted attention. There was no one near them at this point. Barras reached into his pockets to bring out a pouch and handed it to Joan. She wondered why everyone was so into giving money pouches, because now she had a bunch of pouches that she did not need lying around in her inn room that she was probably going to just leave when she left the inn when she decided to leave Magnolia Town. Hopefully the people who cleaned the room after she left would find some use for the pouches. Joan had a wallet to carry her money in, and the pouches were too small to hold all her money anyway. The client thanked her verbally for the work she had done. She was sweating a bit, but not disgustingly so. After taking the pouch from him that she put away in one of her pockets as well, she headed back to the inn to take a nice refreshing shower. Her grand plans for the evening included paying the local hospital again since she was running out of blood bags now. After that she would probably watch some TV since she was done with work for the day.
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