Siobhan screamed in frustration and smashed her Greatsword into a nearby wall. "Where did he go? What did he want?"

"I don't know! I wasn't part of the meeting! Don't kill me!" the assassin said, begging on their knees.

Siobhan raised up her blade ready to cut the assassin down.

Makenzie and the others finally showed back up.

"Hold there, friend," Makenzie said. "That is a step too far."

Siobhan brought the blade crashing down into the ground next to he assassin and turned to face Makenzie feeling some of the red mist of anger fade away. "Fine," she said "Then what do we do with him? He's an assassin and has likely killed many."

"We had him over to the guards, for justice!" Makenzie said.

Siobhan sighed and pulled of her helmet, her cat ears twitching "I suppose introductions are in order. I'm Siobhan De Courcy, a knight of sorts. I'm looking for the one that killed my Mother."

"I am Makenzie Kingsman," the horned girl you already knew the first name of.

"I'm Ava Guran," the winged woman said, before gesturing to the monkeygirl. "This is Sheena. The Salu clan don't use last names."

"You're mercenaries?" Siobhan asked "You don't look like guards."

"We usually get pulled along when Makenzie wants to do the hero thing," Ava said.

Makenzie gave a thumbs up.

"Ah.." Siobhan considered that as she pulled her sword out of the floor and replaced it on her back. "So what next?" she asked "Do we need to get out of here before the guards arrive?"

"No, I doubt the guards would come arrest us," Makenzie said.

"Oh right, well that makes things easier," Siobhan said "You have a good relationship with the guards?"

"Mostly...," Makenzie said.

Siobhan started to pace back and forwards "I've lost him again." she said distracted "I was so close, but he slipped through my fingers again"

"If it's about bringing a criminal to justice, we'd be happy to help," Makenzie said.

Siobhan looked uncertain, and then looked away. "I guess if you really want to help, I won't stop you," she said.

"Good," Makenzie said, walking forward and putting a hand on your shoulder.

Siobhan fliched away from the contact "Don't touch me," she snapped. "I'm cursed.. I don't want anyone else to get hurt by it."

"Nonsense," Sheena said.

Siobhan rubbed her arm unconsciously "Its not nonsense, you saw how I can fight, the consuming darkness I can draw out."

"Yes. Curses do not work like that," Sheena said, not looking up from her book.

Siobhan looked taken aback by that "They don't? How do you know?" she asked.

Sheena held up the book she was reading. It said "Garvov's Tome All About Curses".

"Oh," Siobhan said and then looked to her arm "Maybe later you can look at the curse seal then? Tell me what its actually doing?"