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Making a face, she headed to the stable where she could talk to someone there about purchasing a horse. "Sir, how much would it be for a horse? I need a good sound horse that would be able to carry two people and get to the Shrine." she asked the blacksmith that was working there.

He looked up from his work and thought about it, "Well ma'am we have several in the back as for the cost it would be 1000 pieces of gold." he sternly said.

"1000 pieces of gold!" she exclaimed..."How much to just use it and then bring it back when I'm finish with it?" she asked for she knew that she didnt have that much money with her, especially after paying for the expense of parth's room and stuff.

"Thats right ma'am a 1000 pieces of gold and as for just using it how in the world do you think I'll trust you to bring it back?" he questioned her.

Takara shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well sir, my word is my bond, I just need to get back to the shrine before its too late. Please do you know anyone around here that will let me use their horse or maybe take us to the shrine?"

He stood there listening to her and scratched his head as if he was thinking of who or what to do, "Well listen I'll be done here in a bit and I'll can take you to the shrine, I have a wagon in the back, so why dont you go and get ready to go and I'll take you and your friend there." he said and then went back to his work.

Takara thanked the blacksmith and looked at parth, "Ok lets get back where the wagon is and wait for him." she said and walked towards the back of the building. Seeing the wagon she walked towards it and waited for parth. Giving him a hand up sense he was still kinda weak, she went and sat also in the back of the wagon. Thinking about Runa and hoping all is well with her for she felt bad about leaving her behind once again. "I need to stop leaving her like that, she needs my help right now more than ever." she whispered to herself.

It wasn't long before the blacksmith showed up, she smiled when he approached them and said, "Alright lets get going." jumping up to the front of the wagon he gave the horses a quick whipped with the reigns and they were off to the shrine.

((posting in the shrine area))

Rowan was closly guarding all of his equipment, he didn't trust the people here. Yes they were smiling, but the devil can smile too. Later he was pointed to a local bar by a civlian, he thanked him. When he entered the bar, he recieved countless stares and glares from the people drinking away their sorrows. Rowan ignored them and moved to the bar owner. "Excuse me sir?" The big man turned around. "What do you want?" Rowan cleared his throat. "I'm looking for a job, I'm not half bad with a sword...or two." The big owner smiled and called out to his customers. "We got another sellsword here, any takers?!" Rowan didn't like the word sellsword but accepted it anyway.

Rowan took no notice to the new man stepping into the bar, not that he didn't care, he just was more focused on the crowd of people. There were multiple grunts as they talked of any work they had open, they gave him gardener, babysitter, and even grocery shopping. Just like always he would choose one but an old man spoke up above the rest. "Young man, get over here." Rowan nodded and moved to the old man's table, it wobbled under his touch. "Yes sir, what can I do to help you?" The old man coughed with a massive rasp in his voice, he reached into his coat and placed a decent drawn photo of a beautiful girl. "I want this wench dead, are you up to it?" Rowan looked over it for a second. "No, I won't commit the murder of innocents." Rowan prepared to step away but the old man grabbed his arm. "Don't let her face fool you, she is as evil as they come. She is a bandit leader, a great criminal of our time who has escaped the law, we want her dead." Rowan didn't trust the old man, he tried to look into his eyes but...he saw no emotion, was he blind? "Can you do this, young man?" Rowan looked over the photo again. "I'll need this picture if you want this person to repent for her crimes." The old man offered it gladly, pleased they reached an agreement.

Looking over, Nick could not help but to overhear the conversation between the two men. Walking over, he sat next to the man and asked," That sounds like a tough job, one bandit leader? and her thugs? Do you really think you can take them on?" He sat back and ordered a drink, waiting for a reply.

Thinking for a minute Nick finally replied,"Sure why not. It's not like I have anything better to do. So, you've done this before, you've got the info, you're the boss. Where do we go and how do we go about doing this?" Nick gulped down the last of his drink and stood up to stretch his rigid bones.

Pulling out his Katana Nick replied," Its been awhile since I last fought...Care for a quick spar outside?" Walking out towards the door, Nick slashed the air a couple of times as a warm up.

((its ok, its a pretty good plan))Looking back and forth at all the people Nick replied," Ugh, with this kind of crowd the guards will take only seconds to find us." At that moment Nick crouched towards the ground and pounded his fist created a giant shadow dome around them, pushing all those outside away. "There, now we can't be disturbed. All those who try to go through this dome will end up on the opposite side." Standing up straight, Nick clutched his Katana and threw it at his opponent and began to run full speed at him.