Shio would find herself in a mostly deserted back alley within the city of Ward, far away from any sorts of prying eyes. The address that she'd been given had led her to a small shop, one that would be intensely challenging to find without written direction, that was labelled Kimlee Li's Throwing Knives on a decaying wooden sign. The "Kim" had faded more quickly than the other letters, and while they were still legible, they were not as pronounced as the other letters. Upon trying to open the door, Shio would find it locked, but there was no obvious key slot for her to insert they key that she had found into.

The alleyway was so far away from the hustle and bustle of the city that a strange silence had fallen upon it, which was very unusual for a big city. For most people it would have been unnerving, but Shio was not most people. The layout of the shop seemed to be fairly ordinary, but the paint that surrounded the door frame was very slightly off, a lighter shade having been used in some areas than the others. Studying the paint intently would reveal that the wood was marked with an array of runic magic, but the purpose of the runes would be obfuscated from Shio, who did not have any knowledge of the types of runes that she had just encountered.

Whatever Shio decided to do would certainly be interesting - but if she failed, the threat of lasers could indeed be very real.