Geoffrey bit into the inside of his lip as Nymira cut off from the rest of the group and went off after whatever had gotten her attention. He followed along, thanking the people who had answered Ethan's questions, patting old lady's hands, ruffling the hair of a few kids and altogether just making it seem like they were in a rush to get their sibling back. This was a rather oddball group. He wanted to find the little girl in time before they broke the city limits.
He titled his head as Nymira cut into an alleyway, but shrugged it off for now. She was a big girl, she could handle herself better but if a group of slavers had gotten Amune, even with Wyth beside her. He ran a hand through his brown hair in frustration. He'd double back when Ethan had stopped talking to citizens.
Zander followed at a slower pace, he kept his eyes open for what was around them and watched Wyth move as well. The drugs in the beasts system breaking down was good, but that didn't help his own system from the shock of healing the moor cat. Perhaps he shjould have sent Cecil or Geoffrey to get catnip. It would have been slower in the long run, but would have been less taxing on himself. His wooden clogs clacked on the cobbled street, street vendors still peddled their items, sometimes shouting to others across the way in a friendly yet rivalry that made a few locals roll their eyes.
For such asmall town, it seemed packed full of more life than where they had just been. It felt more carefree, save for this small hiccup going on in their lives. Amune taken, and his feeling of dread deep down in his system didn't help either. Should he open his mouth, tell Ethan he had an idea on who took the brat? No, silly and in bad taste. He'd keep his mouth shut for now, and play it by ear. They hardly knew him after all. Geo wouldn't overstep his bounds either. As they come to a halt, he turned to Cecil when Ethan spoke about breaking into groups. When he opened his mouth, Geoffrey's voice cut over his own.
"Cecil, keep tabs on these three. I'm going to see if I can get to Nymira," he was already heading off back the way they had come. "Zander, if ya find Amune don't do nothing stupid right off, poeople like this leave traps for more... Cecil, don' know ya well but if it comes down to it, ya life and their life is more important than some slave trader's. Don' forget that." With that he sped off in a run, back down the street, dipping and weaving his way between the flow of the street. A few called him names, told him to slow down, but Geoffrey was already gone.
Zander huffed and shook his head, he walked the way Ethan went, patting Wyth on the head and looked at Cecil, "For a bum like him to read this situation... It's a seriously worrying thought... Come on you two, we've got a brat to save. Hopefully," his eyes pinned Cecil down for a moment. "It doesn't come to fighting. You've got enough going on in that little head of yours. Even if you won't speak plainly about it, it hasn't gone unnoticed." He shrugged and continued to walk the way Ethan went in still a lazy manner, his eyes taking in the stales around them.
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Geoffrey couldn't remember which alleyway Nymira had gone into, but he took his best guess at it. If this was his own home, for as much as he visited he didn't fully know the layout well enough, he'd have gotten onto the rooftops, and travelled that way. People would have yelled, but it would have also alerted the guards to something being amiss besides a random murder. He couldn't pick out a trail in this alleyway, so when he came to a small fork he took the left way in hopes of coming across her trail. This was getting to the point of ridiculousness. Why the Dimuran decided to go off on her own, he didn't know. Backup was on the way, it wouldn't do to have more than one of their party turn up missing at a time. Shaking his head and suddenly feeling paranoid, he stopped in his tracks, pulled out an arrow from the quiver and spun on his booted heel. Nothing was behind him. He let out a sigh of relief but kept the arrow tight in his balled fist. It wouldn't do, for someone to catch him off guard like they had Amune. Though he wasn't much of a melee fighter, he was sure an arrow in the eye would deter even the most persistent of foes.
Catching his breath, and his ears open, he could have sworn he hard footsteps back the way he had come. Letting out am aggravated sigh, he doubled back and this time took the right fork. He couldn't make anyone out in front of him, and was suddenly glad it was daylight. Doing this at night, would have made him more paranoid then not.