Kitau examines the prison where the goblins and hobgoblins are packed inside like sardines.  They're bickering about things like who stepped on who's toes.  Kitau finds a place to sit and just stares at them.  The goblins are briefly weireded out, but quickly resume their bickering.

Mits introduces herself and the two adventurers with her when the group arrives at Sister Linora's place.

“You have already done a great
service for Winterhaven and the people of Nentir Vale,”
she says. “Can you find it in your heart to help us again?”

Sister Linora explains that a young tracker from the
village followed the Bloodreavers and their prisoners
until they reached the Trade Road south of Thunderspire
Mountain. Then he turned toward the town of Fallcrest to
seek help. Linora heard of the situation there, and quickly
returned to request the help of the adventurers.

"Heroics is what we do!" Mittens says, "Though I must admit this time has slightly less intensive than 'will die in a zombie apocalypse if you don't deal with it.'  So I'll not presume to speak for anyone other than myself when I say that I accept the quest."

  "I do not suppose it would be unselfish enough to request we spend at least a single full day in one civilized location before pursuing another case?"  Whoever started the term 'No rest for the wicked' either had no idea what they were talking about, or were referring to the relentless on the go pursuit less wicked forces apparently tended towards.

  OOC Style:  Terdisas's Lv Up gets him Unarmored Agility feat, and... Nothing else I didn't already pick for his latest lv 3 gear. While I end up with 814 GP left, my longterm Items spending plan that involves as little 'drop it then pick it back up again' item swapping as possible means this be it for a while.

  Also, after the latest Webtools update, it lists what familiars do now! Yes!

  Its funny. a while back, Tim asked me if I was only a Changeling for the minmax reasons if I never wanted anyone to find out he was a changeling.  Now, REALLY being a human would be the more minnaxey option (could have familiar, the skill and language becomer hooked me up with, and staff expert+staff fighting+dual implement at lv 4 as a human).  It fills me with warm and fuzzy that a 'Human' Ter would be all kinds of munchkin broken compared to 'You're only a changeling for the 18/18 stats' Ter
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Dido smiles and says, "You kidding, Terdisas? I'm going to stop and smell the flowers." he looks at Linora and says, "Of course we accept. But as Terdisas pointed out, we'll be taking a break before we do anything. We'll seek more details from you when we head out." he looks at Valthrun. "Thunderspire Mountain... isn't that the place *you* wanted us to go? What a coincidence. Same reason? Or something else?"

Callie hrms and goes to sit next to Kitau. She whispers, "Worried they'll escape if we don't keep an eye on them?" as she gives Kitau a look of concern.

Sister Linora blink-blink-blinks at the response she gets.  She nibbles her lower lip and bows to the heroes.

"Thank you," she says, "Avandra bless you.  Lord Padraig and Baron Stockmer may be willing to offer you a reward for your success."

Valthrun headshakes.

"A different reason.  Curiosity mostly.
Have you ever heard the legends of Thunderspire Mountain?
Tales claim that a great city built by minotaurs in the ancient
days waits within the depths of the mountain. If you are in search
of adventure, then exploring those ruins and bringing back
word of the wonders you see would make this old man extremely
happy. Think about how strange such a place must be! And
imagine the treasures that might remain from such an alien time
and location.”

"Sweet!" Mittens answers, "Hopefully the badguys are deep inside such ruins and we can kill two birds with one stone!"

If the PCs are intrigued by this idea, Valthrun promises to
provide them with as much information as he can uncover
in his library. This boils down to a few pertinent legends,
as outlined below.
✦ This valley was once ruled by the minotaur lords of the
underground city of Saruun Khel. It disappeared from
history’s stage about three hundred years ago.
✦ Two specific parts of the city appear in various texts
about Thunderspire Mountain—the Labyrinth and the
Seven-Pillared Hall.
✦ Recent rumors speak of the Mages of Saruun—modern
arcanists who seem to have some lesser or greater influence
in what remains of the ruined city.
Valthrun doesn’t have any additional information, but he
longs to convince a party of adventurers to explore the
place and bring him back firsthand news. “Such wonders
you will see,” he keeps on repeating, “ such wonders, I am
sure!”
The old sage even offers to make it worth the effort of
the adventurers, though he adds that “anything I provide
will pale before the amazing treasures you uncover, I am
sure.” He promises a small monetary reward, as well as a
ritual from his private collection.

---

Kitau's steely glare at the prisoners turns ice cold.  She nods in reply, her expression full of contempt, but her eyes never leave the prisoners.

  "Apparent kidnappings, and ancient ruins.  While I suspect the former will be favored as what to pursue first by the rest, I doubt we will not end up in the latter in such pursuits."  "Chirp, You mean an ancient stronghold could be a practical hideout for Bloodreavers? Wow, I would have never guessed that Boss person."

  Terdisas resists the urge to shove his Familiar under a bucket.

Dido says, "Well we'll look into it for sure. When we're done, not only will we tell you what we saw, Mittens here will SHOW you with her magic. As a wizard, she can do that sort of thing. For now, though... my friends and I need rest."

He looks at the others. "Now that we know what the two wanted, I'm going to see how Callie is doing with Kitau."

Speaking of, Callie decides to stay quiet and just be there with Kitau.

"That's nice of you, Dido," Mittens says, "I'm curious what you promised her earlier if it's ok for me to ask, but...  Well she didn't look too happy with me or my suggestion.  I'm not sure she wants me around right now.  So...  Should I tag along or stay put?"

  "While for the most part this group has been pleasantly supportive, I believe in this case crowding her is not in Kitau's best interest."  Sometimes, you can spend far too much time brooding.  Of course, there are times where if you get to at least brood a little it clears some things up.

  Hey, it works for Batman.

Dido says, "I promised her a gift. I haven't picked it up yet, but she is in the kind of mood where the gift would be pointless." he pauses and folds his arms. He looks up at Mittens. "Her default is unhappy. I don't think she's upset with you any more than when she met you. Problem with being grumpy all the time is nobody knows if something annoys you since everything seems to. This is made worse when you don't talk. These are things I will likely tell her soon. She needs to hear that. Justice, even vigilante style, requires progress. And progress can't be made if you don't communicate."

He continues walking towards the prison. "Don't get me wrong... being quiet is a good thing in its own way. But everything has its place. Silence, words, anger, happiness. And since it seems Kitau is actually trying to connect with us, I think it'll be worth talking with her about this."