Hagar walked quietly through the streets, keeping his hands on his axes in case the need for combat should arise. He had never been to this city before but he was looking for a new experience. Although he was used to traveling in the wilds, he was ready to see what sorts of experiences would raise their heads in this town of vagabonds and thieves.

Hagar turned onto a different street that was a little less populated than some of the others in this town. Dark alleys cut across the street like strands of a spider's web, and the shaman knew that he would end up like the helpless fly if he wasn't careful. He spotted some people lurking in one of the alleys but they quickly withdrew into the darkness when they spotted the axes hanging from his hips. The shaman continued walking along, waiting on something eventful to happen, but sadly, nothing did. It wasn't long before he found himself in a dark alley way, alone with his axes and his thoughts.

Hagar saw this moment as the perfect opportunity to meditate. He needed practice meditating in dangerous areas so that he could summon his energy more effectively in moments of need, even if he couldn't find a safe place to do so. He knew that by staying in the alley he was leaving himself open to harm during his meditation, but he had nothing better to do, and he never turned down the opportunity to meditate. The shaman began by cleaning up some litter that lay scattered along the alleyway. He absolutely could not meditate in a messy environment, he had tried to before and couldn't focus his energy on anything but the clutter. After clearing the alley of trash Hagar said some chants to draw on the energy around the area. Now that he had cleaned and consecrated the area, he could finally begin his meditation.

Hagar sat down in the middle of the alleyway and closed his eyes. He slowed his breathing to a 4 beat rhythm and kept track of his pulse as his heartbeat slowed as well. When his body was in the perfect harmony that was required for meditation he began to chant once more. "Hail the gods and goddesses of the lands. Hail my ancestors who came before me. Hail the spirits of the lands. Hail the wolf, my mighty spirit animal." Hagar chanted until his mind drifted out of conscious thought, and his spirit began to wander.

Vinsue usually waited tell dark to come into town but today she had a message hidden in the city or at least that was what a friend had signaled her last night. Within the walls she knew everyone that lives there. But everyone was considered an enemy as with the price on her head as high as it was you can not trust anyone that did not owe you there life. But then if you are in her debt you let no one know in order to keep your head. Since she knew that she knew it could be a trap and remained somewhat couscous.

She made her way through town allie ways in her human form that the locales called Silvertail. The hood of her brown robe covered her bleached bone colored hair and most of her skin. She had her sword sheathed on her hip because she prefers to use it not that she needed it.

She stopped as she found the alleyway the message was said to be hidden in. Funniest thing was it was cleaned up and had a man in it. He probably was the one to clean it but she was not the one to stop a meddling session. She looked around quietly for a few minutes before leaning against the wall. 

After a while she started to grow impatient and oppened her mind to talk to the man. "Do not panic." She always said that first knowing how panicky the two-leggeds are. "Do not mean to introduce but i have a question to ask you. Also you look new here so i will let you in in a secret. This is not the place to meditate as everyone here is skilled at killing without making a sound. There are some nice places out pf town that are really good for meditating." She thought to him carfull to stay out of sight.

Hagar was deep in meditation, conversing with some giants in another plane of existence, when he sensed someone in the alley way with him in his realm. The shaman slowly returned back to his conscious state in his plane of existence so that he could focus on whoever was around him. He heard no footsteps or breathing but he could detect the other person's life-force. He knew that the citizens of this place were skilled in stealth so he figured that's why he didn't hear anything.

Hagar sat perfectly still, waiting for his company in the alleyway to reveal themselves. He was just about to turn around to see who it was when he heard a voice in his head telling him not to be afraid, before commenting about how this wasn't a good spot for meditation. Hagar used his telepathic abilities to speak with the other person. "I have no reason to panic." Hagar began "I've known you were here since you first arrived. I could detect your life force as soon as you first arrived. As for the fact that this isn't a safe spot for meditation, I'm well aware. However, I do not fear the possibility of dying in this place, for I would detect their life force just as I detected yours. That is the advantage of using more than just your physical senses."

The shaman slowly began standing up, making sure to keep his hands close to his axes. He began communicating telepathically once again as he rose to his feet. "You told me not to panic, so I assume that you mean no harm. I mean you no harm either, and would prefer to avoid conflict. So now allow me to be the one to say do not panic, though judging by your willingness to communicate with me, I figure you don't fear me anyway." Hagar moved his hands away from his axe to show that he wanted to remain peaceful. "You said that you have a question. I might have an answer, but first I would like you to show yourself to me." The shaman declared boldly.

"How far away from you can you since? A sword may not do damage but i know a few knife throwers and trust me they are not fun. Even a fly 3 building away had no chance. " She said than dropped the matter. If he wants to test his luck than she was not going to stand in the way. But she did smile as he talked. If only he knew what she was talking to a fire breather. She knew well the nonphysical senses.

"Your right I do not fear you. I fear nothing and no one. Like wise I am hidden for your sake not mine. But if you must see me look to your right in the corner. In the darker shadow. Being spotted near me will make you a target for the worst people here." She took a step forward folded her arms and stepped back further into the shadow.

"My question is simple. You cleaned the alleyway to meditate or at least I assume you did. You did not see a message as you did so did you? Kind of important famaly stuff." Ok she did break a unsaid rule. If you have family you never minton it but since he was new and only he could hear her she let it slide. 

Hagar stood still as he listened to the woman speak to him inside his head. She assured him that she feared nothing and no one, which made Hagar all the more curious about his mysterious company. He wondered what skills or secrets he woman possessed that made her so confident that she could supposedly live without fear. Hagar could understand not fearing other people or beasts, but everyone had a fear, regardless of how deeply they keep it buried within themselves.

When the woman stepped from the shadows and revealed herself to Hagar he became even more confused. Though the majority of her features were cloaked in darkness, she looked like any average person he would meet on the road, which mean she definitely had some hidden ability, Hagar just didn't know what. He decided to play it safe around this woman regardless. The shaman was plenty confident in his own abilities, but he had no clue what this woman might be hiding up her sleeve. When she said that she remained hidden for his safety and not hers Hagar couldn't help but chuckle a little. "No disrespect to you ma'am" the shaman stated telepathically "but I've ran with criminals before. Many of whom had decent bounties on their heads. I've survived every encounter I've been in thus far so i doubt being seen with you is going to lower my odds of survival."

The woman then asked if Hagar had seen any sort of message while he was cleaning up the alley they were currently standing in. Hagar didn't recall seeing a message, and he typically had a great memory and a sharp eye, so he assumed she was in the wrong place. "I can't say that I recall seeing any kind of message," Hagar started "unless bird dung counts." The shaman let out a mighty laugh and hoped his joke would lighten the lady up a bit. She was far too serious for his laid back nature, and it was unsettling him a little. He decided that since the two had already met he could at least help her find her message. He channeled his energy once more to allow for further telepathic communication. "I'll tell ya what. Since you brought my meditation to a halt, and since you seem like you could use some help finding this message, I'll tag along and help you search for it. How's that sound?" Hagar waited patiently to hear her response in his head.

She only smiled for a split second. "Running with outlaws was different than being hunted by them." She thought to him. But it did not truthfully matter. If the guy had a death wish as he seemed to have than why try to stop him. As he assured her he did not see a message she almost cursed. She could read he was telling the truth as telepathy oppened up more than speech if one had the practice and she did not see a message eather so she assumed it indicated it was a trap and there was no message. She did not think his joke was funny and only ignored it. She closed her eyes as she tryed to since others in the close aria
She sinced 6 others but not in time to excape, not that she planned on running. "Thanks for the offer but time has ran out." She thought to him. Just before one of the guys emerged from one the alleyway doors. He was an ovious captain who had too much food. Vinsue grabed the handle of her sword as she slowly took stance. "We know your here Silvertail." The man said looking around but not at Hagar. "Come out, and we will make this as painless as possible."

Vinsue used an old trick a friend tought her years ago. She spoke but her voice came from everywhere "you give up now and ill forget this encounter, if not well you already know."

Hagar listened with his mind's ears as the woman continued to speak to him through telepathy. "I am well aware that running with them and being hunted by them are different." Hagar replied "I've had the misfortune of being hunted by them as well." The shaman was about to continue speaking to the woman when a group of men suddenly rushed into the alleyway they were inhabiting. They shouted out for someone named Silvertail before assuring her that her fate would be painless if she cooperated. Hagar knew that if these men persisted in attempting to catch her their fate would not be the same.

Suddenly the woman's voice boomed throughout the alleyway. It sounded as if her voice was everywhere at once; seemingly seeping from the environment around them. Hagar made a mental note to ask her to teach him that trick, as it seemed a useful one to know. "Officer if I might intrude in the matter at hand for just a moment." Hagar interrupted.   "I was just here meditating so I don't know what's going on here, but from the sound of it this Silvertail woman is a formidable foe, as well as a hardened criminal. I've tangled with plenty of criminals in my time and I have a strange feeling that this encounter isn't going to end well for you if you continue to attempt to capture this woman you call Silvertail. Also, in the off chance that she shows herself, I have to refuse to assist since you so rudely barged in on my meditation."  Hagar's lips curled into a half grin as he lowered his hands down near his axes. He had a feeling that things were about to get interesting.

"She may be an annoying son of a donkey but she is not a hardened criminal. No a hardened criminal kills without mercury and Silvertail well she has never killed. And normally we know not to mess with her but this time we got her spy." He spoke with a laugh. 

Vinsue stepped out of the shadows as quick as lightning she brought two men down before nocking the sword from the leader and tripped him. She than stood on his arms with her sword to his throat. "I have my kills like you have yours just ask Raven what happened to his ship and men. Now were is my guy" she said most of it with a voice that sent chills bown may mens backs. "Come at me and he dies and you will be next." She said as she noticed another man step tword her. He stopped and so did the others.

Hagar only had time to blink before it had all happened. The officer had finished speaking just before the woman known as Silvertail took down two of the men, tripped the officer, and put her sword to his throat. She demanded to know where her spy was but the officer didn't speak. Two men began to close in on her before she halted them by threatening to kill the officer.

Hagar began speaking to Silvertail telepathically. "Do you want me to kill the few remaining men? There's not many and I can do it easily if need be. However, I want to assist you in finding your spy if I do end their lives. I live to assist others. It is my sole purpose in life. So if you allow me to assist you I can end these men and we can get the info out of this officer." Hagar placed his hands on his axes and prepared to kill the men before him. Hopefully the woman would allow him to assist her in her endeavors, otherwise these kills will be in vain.

The shaman spoke to the man on the ground. "If you tell her where her spy is then you will all leave this place alive. However, I have the feeling that if you withhold the information none of you will see your families or friends ever again. This alleyway will be your final resting place and Silvertail will walk out of here alive, and she will find her spy one way or another." Hagar drew his axes from their straps on his belt and called over to Silvertail. "So Silvertail, what's your call? Am I gonna dance with these men or shall I hold on the bloodshed?"

Normally she would not kill as she was above that. She was better than that and had some respect for life and knew that there were lots of faits worce than death wich was something she much preferred to use on them. But she did hot have the time to dance with the scum and they did change her. She thought to him "i can use the help of someone the local people would not know" she thought to him and almost immediately wondered were the man got his threats from. 

The men were not afraid of death nore did  they have anyone they cared for. And as if the captain could read her thoughts he laughed. "She doesn't have the parts to kill and if she did what do we have…" he stopped as she pressed her blade a little more into his throat. His answer ovious that he did not intend on talking. 

"Only nock out the one on your left. The rest." Her thought turnd to voice as she smiled. "Have your fun." And gave him a few seconds to do that before quickly swinging her blade. As she stepped off of him. He noe had a new cut on his throat and on each arm. Not deep enough to immediately kill him but deep enough to kill him slowly over the next hour. "Never mess with Silvertail." She said with a victorious yet worning voice.