@kitsune @soragoku @sir lurksalotEase let out a sigh watching the man before him take out a drag from his cigarette. Man he wished he had his addiction too...At least he thought his alcoholism was an addiction. It probably says a lot that he could drink things that'd probably intoxicate the giant he saw in the tavern.
Wait, topic at hand.
The Nutcracker's brow twitched in what could only be described as pure, unadulterated annoyance. Ease's eyes quickly abandoned all of the panic he had previously. Instead, his eyes closed and he let out a sigh, as if to say "Oh yeah...trust me I know." His eyes opened back up as the man said the words that kinda summed up the entirety of his experiences here.
"I am
so fucking done with this place."
"Oh my God dude, I know how ya feel." Ease said with a sigh of shared agony. He didn't know what the guy had to go through in the time it's been since he last saw him, but damn it musta sucked.
As the man explained his story of what happened, Ease mentally scratched his head. He suddenly showed up back here? That was strange...Maybe some sorta teleportation spell? Not enough info to jump to conclusions. But bright sides-Ease avoided yet another mess entirely and didn't have to deal with whatever secondary fire was going on over that way. Of course, there was guilt and genuinely feeling sorry for the man but, hey, better one of them then both of them.
He pretty much echoed Ease's words afterwards and had a particularly...strained one of the analysis on the exact situation. Especially on the idea of a Japanese girl in a maid outfit being lost in the middle of the night. Yeah...he really couldn't blame him. If he was in his shoes, he'd be questioning it the exact same way. Screw it, he woulda just said the situation was insane actually. But that luxury was long gone.
"I tried around the tavern so far and I didn't see her. The alleyways around here are the best places to check if anything since they're easy to get to and fro from and keep searching. In terms of streets though, this street connects to a large number of others but two streets in particular." He put his hands up, shrinking them in stimulation.
"A really small backroad that isn't a bad idea to sneak through." And then proceeded to stretch them out.
"And a giant one that she might be deciding to go shopping through. I don't know why she left so either one is a viable try."He let out a sigh as the others flew out into the streets. The cat girl asked if we had anything of the girl's, letting them know they might be able to find her. Ease shrugged simply.
"I wish. If we did, I'd have had Ratatosk smell it already to see if he could track down the scent." In hindsight, that probably wouldn't work anyway. Squirrels aren't bloodhounds after all. At that moment, in the corner of his eye, Ease caught sight of the giant who was walking in the opposite direction of them.
"As much as I hate to invoke any horror movie cliches, I think we should split up. We'll be able to cover more ground that way. On top of that, what's the maid's name? We can yell that out to help get her attention better.