Part 3: The City of Crime

[Dexie Oblivion]

"A lion? That's it? What kind of crap happened to your world? No clues at all?"

[Olvelsper]

"None. Besides it being decayed and self destructing in my wake. The oddest thing is that the lion had a stone around its neck that the Kingpin has as well."

[Dexie Oblivion]

"Interesting....perhaps the Kingpin is somehow linked to your world's end..."

[Olvelsper]

"Hm. Probably not, since this was way after the fact. I think the gem the Kingpin has is really important, though. Gives me feelings just like that tower  south of New Reno."

[Dexie Oblivion]

"Curious..."

Darx reaches into his sleeve and pulls out a small watch. "When my world came to pieces, an old man ending up giving me this watch.....seen it before?"

[Shukuen]

"Looks like a really expensive looking... joke watch," Leets frowned, noticing the extra hour on it.

"Speaking of time, don't we have a job we need to finish?" Leets reminded as he rose from his seat. "We don't want Mister Wright to get impatient of us now, do we?"

"Besides, if the Raiders are nomadic, then we'll need all the time we have just to find them."

[Dexie Oblivion]

Darx tucks the watch away.

"If it wasn't for this cursed injury, I could easily head upwards and take a look around for them. A pity, we'll have to do it on foot."

Another sigh.

"Shall we be off, then?"

[Dracos]

Ryder nodded.  "Yes, let's."

and so the group headed north, out of the town.

It took nearly a full day's journey before they saw it, a large camp, maybe fifty or sixty people in total, in the distance.

Dracos

[Dexie Oblivion]

Darx looks the camp.

"Hmm....fifty of them, five of us....I could probably dismisses ten of them, leaving forty for you guys..."

[Shukuen]

"Or we could just deliver the message like we're supposed to," Leets coughed politely, eyeing the winged sociapath warily.

[Dexie Oblivion]

"I'm sizing this up for when things turn nasty.  Do you honesty think things will go as planned?"

"They're nomads, and in my experience, can not be trusted."

[Shukuen]

"And I'm just saying if we go in expecting the worse, then the worse will definately happen," Leets retorted. "Just don't go in ready to gut them like pigs and maybe we'll be able to get this done without a massacre."

[Dexie Oblivion]

"I always expect the worse, it's how I've managed to stay alive."

[Shukuen]

"Fine. Just don't go scaring them too early then," Leets sighed as the group made their way towards the nomads' camp.

[Dexie Oblivion]

"Don't worry, I'm not an idiot."

He follows.