Ratte lost sight of Kai, but for now she wasn’t worried about him. It looked like they had lost the people that were after them and nobody was looking to start a fire any time soon. She stretched and felt her back click. She was dying for a drink and something to eat - it was getting late.

Behind her she heard the clinking of a bottle and she turned to see a man holding onto a bottle. She considered asking him where he’d gotten it from as she settled, keeping one eye trained on him and the other looking out for Kai or Isago. It had been a long evening.

She felt a sense of relief when Kai reappeared from close by and she stood up, “He shouldn’t be too far behind... then we can get something to eat.”

Well things could have turned out way better than this. The insane girl that he grabbed was loosened and between the craziness, he lost her on the way out. He hoped his comrades were at the harbor. On his way there, Isago had to duck and dodge the sight of the soldiers who were responding to the explosion and fire and caused Isago to hide and take back ways to rush to the harbor. It was going to take a little longer but Isago was hoping their rival group was not after them as well. He figured that they'd see them again soon but he couldn't worry about that now.

It had to be about 2 hours later that Isago showed up to the harbor with a sack full of stuff he stolen for his group, which was one of the reasons why it took him some time to get there. He looked around to make sure no officials were around before catching sight of the 2. He noticed someone else but kept his attention on his comrades. "Hey...you two okay?" he asked.

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Kai nodded at Ratte's reply, but something to eat? He remembered being asleep before all that craziness started. What time was it anyway? They were just about to look for the third member of their team when he found them instead, the sack he was carrying an indication that he had been busy during his absence after the explosion at the tavern. The boy stared at the bag for a moment, wondering what could be in there. Perhaps they were weapons, or food. He assumed they would find out soon enough.

"We're fine," Kai responded, before leaning in closer. "So, to our new hideout?"

It was what they had been discussing before they were attacked, and after what had just happened, they all the more needed a place to lay low for some time.

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"A hideout you say?*hic* I take it you fo*hic* four are of the dishonest kind" Jack said obviously very intoxicated "i can show you somewhere if you can prove your worth" he smirked lifting his bottle and taking another drink. "or not and I won't remember your faces tomorrow anyway"

In the distance, Francis would see the explosion. He had been loitering around the town for the day, nothing much to do, and nowhere to go. With the explosion, it ignited the start of an idea within his head. There would be chaos, it would be dangerous, however he was small, if there was nothing to loot he could just slip into an alleyway. The young boy made a beeline for the explosion, it would lead him to the tavern.

Ratte sighed with relief when she saw Isago. She hadn’t realised quite how attached she had become to him. She eyed the bag on his shoulder but said nothing as Kai spoke. Had she had larger ears, they would have peeled up and twitched as she heard the shuffling of a body close to theirs. She smelled the alcohol and guessed who it was before she turned to him.

She could see that he was barely keeping himself upright and the bottle in his hand sloshed around as he spoke. She raised an eyebrow, used to the drunkards in the taverns that she frequented, “And what exactly would we be proving to you? We have somewhere to go, unless you know somewhere to eat when your stomach isn’t full of alcohol.” She placed a hand on her hip.

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"Simple question really, it will prove if you all are who I think you are lass." Jack said hiccuping half way through talking. He grinned "Since you seem to be the one taking charge here, you can answer. How do you know you can trust one another?" after he finished speaking he took another drink.

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Francis found what was left of a tavern, it still burned with a fierce intensity. To his dismay, the street was swarming with guards, they were like ants. He huffed with indignation, now it'd look bad if he were to loot anything. He tapped his foot against the road, but it would be a waste of his time if he didn't get anything out of this.

He saw a group of people who had begun to retreat. He made a decision, and decided to follow them.

Kai's right hand flew up to the grip of the weapon at his waist at the sudden approach of the drunken stranger. Strange, he was certain that he could not have been that loud when he mentioned the hideout. This newcomer, in his current state, did not look as if he could offer them as much as he claimed, but people could be aggressive and dangerous when intoxicated despite not being in their best state of mind, and so Kai thought it best to remain wary as Ratte began engaging in a conversation with the drunkard.

He narrowed his eyes when the stranger responded to Ratte, questioning how they could trust one another. Well, the truth was that they did not have to, because after all that had happened, they needed one another. Sure, there were reasons to do so, especially after how Isago had taken it upon himself to warn the rest of them that someone else was after their group, but trust was still far from the main reason why they were still together, or at least Kai was not yet ready to think otherwise. This stranger wanted Ratte to answer, but the whole situation was making the boy uncomfortable, and he wanted the conversation to wrap up as soon as possible.

"We don't have to prove anything to you, and you don't need to know who we are, at least not until you can tell us who you are," he interjected, still keeping a firm grip on his cutlass.

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@Raptra @FalkiThomas@King Tai"well now, look who has the Gauls now." Jack said grinning as he pushed himself up to stand. "The names Jack" the pirate said taking a mock bow before raising and in one movement drew the flintlock from its holster and pointed it towards Kai saying "And you of all people should know not to play with a drunken pirate" Jack lowers the weapon but not putting it away. "Dont bother with that kid your not worth attacking."

Ratte rolled her eyes and shifted onto her other hip, folding her arms across her chest, “What a fool to think we wouldn’t play a drunkard. We’d be fools to trust that you’re worth anything in this state. The kid’s right, we don’t have to answer to you. If you’re not going to be useful to us, we’re leaving.” She nodded in Kai’s direction and looked up to Isago. She was short and so was Kai. She guessed that like her, Kai was underestimated for his size and an easy target. Having Isago was a nice break from that and a little muscular reassurance that her ego wasn’t just too big. She stepped in front of Kai regardless and tapped the front of the drunk’s weapon away from Kai firmly.
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A couple metres away from the group, Francis tried to look natural. He weighed up the pros and cons of approaching them right now, it looked like they were having an argument right now. He shrugged, he could potentially defuse the situation, at the very least if it got bloody he could run like the winds.

He turned to the group, and walked up to them. He held up a hand, as a greeting. "Hello." He said to them.

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It was nice for the fact that his two accomplices were okay and made it to the harbor. At first he wondered if they'd go there or not but since they were there, they were probably waiting for a while until Isago himself showed up. Isago smirked at them when Kai mentioned getting to the hideout to which, Isago nodded. "To the hideout...and I have food and a few things I snatched up on the way here. We had to leave everything else behind back there. But yeah...let's get to the new place, eat, and discuss our next move." He told them before hearing another voice.

A drunken...pirate? Okay...this was not part of the plan and the way this guy was questioning their trusts between each other made Isago wondering what this guy was aiming for? "I'm sorry....Jack or...whatever your name is but we have some matters to attend to. I'm not sure of your purpose before us but we aren't really as trusting of anyone outside our group as of at this moment. And if you're taking us to your own hideout...we have no clue if you're setting us up or not. So...give us a reason why we should even listen to you in the first place and why the hell would you want to help us at all? You don't even know us." He told the pirate right before another showed up.

Isago raised a brow but as a bit on guard wondering if this individual was with this Jack fellow. What did this newcomer want? It was a bit amusing. They seem to attract all kinds individuals and situations here. Isago eyes the male from head to toe. "Who might you be?"

"My name is France." Francis said, he smiled nicely. He wondered what to say next, it wouldn't do well to say that he came to loot the place. "I came here cause' there was a fire raging down in that tavern." He explained, good enough, he thought.

Kai instinctively reached for his own pistol when the drunken stranger drew his. However, the boy did not pull his out, remembering that it had not been loaded since the incident at the tavern. The other pirate had a point though, a drunk fellow with a loaded gun in his hand was dangerous, but also as much of a danger to himself as to others. Considering the man's disoriented state, Kai would have most likely been able to beat him in a pistol duel right now, if only he had a shot in his own weapon.

He then flinched ever so slightly when Ratte stepped forward and slapped the stranger's gun aside, for that moment considering the possibility of the gun going off by accident. Thankfully, it ended up being fine, with Isago then speaking up to engage the drunkard. That was when a little boy approached the group and greeted them. Kai stared at the child, stunned for a moment at how suspicious it seemed to be, before scanning the area. This had to be part of something bigger, right?

No, the child seemed to be alone. Kai wondered what the tavern catching fire had to do with him being out here, and why would he decided to interact with a group of random strangers at this time of the night? What was he even doing out here at such a time? Kai laughed to himself as he realized that such questions would probably be posed to him by any adult who did not know who he was. Perhaps, like him, this child did not have a home or family.

"Where is your family? Do you need help?" Kai asked the newest arrival.

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Francis saw the duel start, and then just as quickly end as the gun was swiftly slapped aside, these guys were good at what they did. There was no longer any reason to run. "I got someone else, but I haven't seen her in awhile." He said, briefly he looked uncertain on what to say next before the expression was smothered by a look of calculated bored interest. Should he say it? "Yeah I need help."

Ratte looked to the newcomer and frowned. She stood in front of Jack, rather firmly, keeping an eye on the gun in his hand. This was starting to become too much of a crowd and she was far too hungry to want to stand here much longer. “Maybe this isn’t the best place to be talking.. why don’t we just go to the hideout and eat, then we can find a new hideout tomorrow. I don’t want to be talking so openly in the open anymore, i’d rather be somewhere private. Then we can find out what Captain Gin wants and what the kid wants. It’s that or another tavern anyway.” She suggested.

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Hearing out Ratte and the newcomer and looking at the drunkard, Isago gave a sigh. Ratte was right but these guys popping up was just too strange. Isago had an idea. There was a hideout he had but it was only one way in and a secret way out but if these new comers were to screw with them, they'd be trapped. So...in the mean time, Isago looked to the group. "Fine...come..." he said leading them to a beat up old half of a ship on the corner of the harbor where there were other wrecked boats. This one still had the cabins intact but there were old stories that the old wreckage area is haunted which was why many didn't go their.

Isago called it his temporary home when he was in the harbor. As they got there, Isago spoke. "Alright...everyone in." he said waiting on his team and these newcomers.

Francis nodded to what Ratte had to say. It was evident that there was no trust as of now, which was understandable, he had just turned up. "I agree," he answered to Ratte's suggestion. He followed the group, and when they entered the harbour he looked up at the old ship, and thought that it looked haunted. They could easily kill him there. Despite his misgivings he entered the ship.