Penny followed Damian out, clearly troubled, nodding as Damian spoke, following him as he continued. She wasn't too sure what she could say right then, and her head was full of things she had heard, spinning about over and over again. She blinked when they reached the next shop, frowning still "oh. Uh. The shop keeper probably put up some resistance or something" She said softly, her voice sounding disturbed and uncrtain.
"Damian, I've come across this before" She said softly, tugging at her packs straps "in a few small towns, and in the city without sound" She said, "A woman, with some men, I-I didn't put it together before, but...it seems like their moving from town to town, and city to city..." She sighed softly, "This woman is bad, Damian. Really bad. I need an adequate description" She said, "Lets see what we can do here" She said, heading into the store. She was worried that this was some sort of massive event, and that something bad was happening here. "We have to move quickly" She said, her voice shaking slightly.
Master Jamie whistled as she walked, grabbing a horse at a stable, she had soon made her way to Acalypha town. She got there in good time, using her property change to make the ground less hard to travel over. He knew that the blackmailers wouldn't be there, but it would be good to talk with some contacts in the town, as well as look for some support. There were magic users our there who weren't know, and weren't part of guilds. They were typically those close to middle age, the ones who had been hiding their magic their whole lives, and those were the ones that directed young and up in coming mages to guilds, or gave them advice.
And Master Jamie knew a lot of them. He took a little while, connecting and asking after any mages in the town, or surrounding towns, and eventually made her way to an inn. He slipped inside, grabbing a drink, and looking about. He was humming a tune, clearly at ease, and not worried, but she did keep her eyes adverted from anyone, and appeared to just stay to herself. He watched a woman briefly unfold a map, not lingering on anyone.
Before leaving Magnolia town, Master Jamie had been sure to make sure that his guild mark could not be seen, and that anything that would connect him to Phoenix Wing wouldn't give him away. She finished off her drink, and headed outside, catching the messenger just as he went to head into the inn. "E-excuse me, sir...can you h-help me a m-moment, m-my c-cat is h-hiding from me, and I n-need to c-catch her...b-but I n-need someone to help..."
She regretted her actions, but looking like the messenger in the messengers clothes enabled her to get close to the blackmailers. As she re-entered the inn again as the messenger, Master Jamie looked about, rushing in, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, something caught me up" Jamie said in the messengers voice.
Sasha and Lazarus spent the rest of the day being pampered, made over and generally made suitable for the FOREVER magazine. Sasha hated it all. As she was at the spa, being looked over, the expert tutted at the cuts and injuries she had received in the S class battles, particularly the cut on her forehead, which had slowly started to close over, but could still be seen.
As the beautician smeared make-up all over her, Sasha squirmed, and sighed, and generally made it known that she didn't like this, but nothing seemed to bother the beautician. Her hair was cut and styled, with the beautifican saying "Do you just hack this off with a knife?" Sasha didn't say anything, because that was exactly what she did, whenever she felt as if her hair was getting too long, she gathered it up, and just cut it all in one.
She grumbled, and practically leaped out the chair once it was done. Lazarus didn't seem to mind it, and Sasha glared at him. "I feel like I should be stuffed and in a little girls bedroom" She muttered, and let Lazarus lead her to the restaurant, "Two more days of this" She sighed.
