Having spent most of the day either resting on benches or exploring the town Rupal did his best to make his way through the winding paths and back to where the Inns and Bars were located. He had no interest in being outside when the curfew fell, even if this particular one leave him with a sinking feeling in his gut. Though no matter how he tried the paths seemed far more complex than that had been earlier in the day. He’d always had trouble finding his way around towns if there wasn’t a clear flow of people to follow, and now there was only a few stragglers and the guards as they began their patrols for the evening.
This had gotten Rupal nowhere and he now stood stopped looking above hoping to reverse engineer where paths lead. He was distracted from this by the sound of something falling behind him. Rupal almost wished he hadn’t turn when he did, the scene before him was nothing short of horrifying. A seraphim scrambled for life as unseen force stifled her cries and began to drag her inside the only unlit building in the street. Wings thrashed about and arms reached for the outside work before being obscured by the darkness. Rupal wanted to scream for help but his mouth ran dry and little but a raspy breath were all that left his trembling lips.
Rupal’s heart was now pounding images from last nights dream now flooding back to him, a call for the guards could be heard from somewhere nearby but was soon silenced by the shopkeeper seemingly amused as the situation. Rupal wanted to run and forget he’d ever seen the incident, yet found his feet slowly taking steps towards the building. Everything he knew told him this was a bad idea, he knew he should leave this to the guards, he knew that if the guards arrived they’d arrest him if he stayed and he KNEW that this was probably going to get him killed. But he quietly made his way to the front door slowly drawing his Blacksmithing hammer from his pack. Unlike the Shopkeeper Rupal was content in remaining unnoticed. He wasn’t able to get a good look at the dark room inside from just the window or door without making it obvious that he was there. He thought he might have seen a door at the end of the room but little else.
With nothing else to go on, he took a deep breath and swallowing the lump in his throat. With an empty looking room there was little point in being subtle cautiously Rupal pushed open the door and made his way inside Hammer at the ready.
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