Comino glanced at her “You seem a bit troubled. What is on your mind?” “Nothing. I'm just basically questioning everything I've seen now.” Comino nodded “That is the normal reaction I assume, but I warn you that was just the beginning. You'll be explained in further detail once we see Pervox.” To her right Mickey was walking
“If its nothing you can't handle just leave. To be honest I'd rather the scummy goblin over you any day.” Val looked back at Comino “I like her.”
It didn't take them long to reach the embassy building. This is where Pervox, the city's ambassador and their employer, lives. Pervox was known around the kingdom as a hero for securing a war victory against the Drow. People have herd stories of him being a pirate at some point in his life, but you wouldn't be able to tell now.
Helping around the kingdom and being a married man sure kept him busy. So Val, Comino, Mickey, Jin, and Clark each get out to go tell Pervox how the last mission went. “So let me get this straight. A wild goose chase led you guys into that dungeon? Why the hell didn't you all leave as soon as you saw the traps? To be honest Gotan getting crowned and the other turning into a kabob, is kinda what they deserve.”
Comino nods “I agree entirely. Now all we need to do is update Pervox and let him know we have you and my partner.”
As they walked in Val was awestruck. She was never inside the embassy building before, and she thought it was very fancy. Elegant chandeliers, beautiful artwork, and a lot of people in dress clothes hurrying about.
Val was a little uneasy though for the Paladin guards were giving her dirty looks all the way to the main office. Through the doors she had her first look at Pervox. At first glance he didn't look no more than ten years old. Granted he was dressed very professionally there was one aspect that Val couldn’t wrap her head around.
“He's a Drow!?” Comino was quick to answer “Yes. Although I am aware of your past just listen to me for a moment.”
“You are taking orders from a person from the same race as we are fighting.”
“Yes but.” Comino feels a hand slap him in the face. “I don't give a DAMN about your regards to him. Deal is off. Now give me my earring back!” Val stands there holding her hand out to Comino. He notices they're causing quite a scene, and he can see Pervox walking over.
“Now now ma'am there is no need to cause a scene we all mean you no harm.” Comino replies to Pervox rubbing his cheek; “My apologies, she doesn't take your kind well Pervox.” One of the paladins steps forward with a stern look.
“Not just his kind, but all that is good! She is pure evil sir. Why is she here?” Val smirks a the man “Oh sweetie you don't know the half of it.*Sigh* You'll never find the bodies.” Clark clears his throat, “Well you see that is part of the reason why we are here. You see that last mission you sent us on came up a cold trail, and in the end led to the death of two of our party members.”
Pervox's face drops as he sat down in despair. “I'm. . I'm sorry. I didn't know it would lead to that.” Val's expression changed as she could see he meant every word he said. Clark went on
“Well lucky for us we managed to find Ms. Mortis here, along with Comino's new partner. There is a bit of a problem however. We learned that Gotan was part of an underground guild, and we found things we believe belong to them.”
Pervox stands up then begins pacing, and thinking. “Usually we have new people go through a task, but we don't have time for that.” He looks at Val “Ms. Mortis, you may not like me and I wish I knew why, but would you please take care of this?"
"The guild would be more accepting of you more than anyone else here. Besides I'm sure they would like to know of Gotan's demise. When you return we shall proceed with our mission as I shall brief you then.”
She looks at him for a while thinking of everything she just herd. Even though he is Drow, he isn't like the drow she knows. It was upsetting that she would haft to wait until after this side mission to get a full explanation, but the ambassador just asked her to do a job personally. She looks at Comino smiling, and he smiles back. “She'll do it.”
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