RP- Kidnappings in Kanoni

[Meliva]

After a few hours of searching quite a few restrained women are found. Vune looks to the ships docked and starts heading to them she shouts back to Charles as she brings a few guards with her

Im gonna start going through the ships still here. You can lead the victims over to the Qilin for safe keeping, ill come along in a bit.

[Jack Teach]

Charles leads the victims to the qilin. One the way he asks what their attackers looked like, but he gets no reply. Charles seethes to himself.

What kind of filthy buggers do this? Disgusting, degenerate blaggards.

[DezNutz]

A voice speaks out from the alley

You can drop the act, Veera. No one is going to grab you. While you are young and quite the woman, you are also walking around in dark alleys during a time when young women and children are getting grabbed regularly.

John steps around the corner.

Not exactly discrete.

[Meliva]

Veera shrugs

Well you know what they say. A fool is born every minute. Who's to say there wouldn't be some stupid young woman who ignored clear signs of danger and went into alleys? Ive met a few in my time. Or perhaps one of the kidnappers wouldn't think about why a woman is all alone despite dangers and approach anyway? I can easily share several stories about men who ended up dead falling for what they thought was a harmless young woman. This strategy works more often then you'd think.

Regardless, what are you here for? You looking for me or my aunt? Or here to cause some trouble?

[Jack Teach]

Charles waits. He takes out a pipe and lights it.

[DezNutz]

True. A fool is born every minute. I'm not saying the strategy doesn't work, you just aren't likely to get anything here. Most of the recent kidnappings have happened in the homes. The kidnappers have been smart to limit the possibility of being caught. They have been staking out homes, but I digress.

I'm here to conduct my business as I was paid to do it. I knew why you were here the second I saw you in the Tavern. I don't care what you do, but do not interfere with my business. You want to stop the kidnappers and the cult, go ahead, I'm not stopping you, but I'm not going to help either. As long as you stay out of my way and do not hinder my business you will find no trouble from me or my men.

John turns back around the corner and heads out toward the forest.

[Meliva]

Veera shrugs

Well what exactly is your business here then? Can't promise to leave it be if I don't know what it is I'm supposed to avoid now can I? Though personally I don't care about any of the folks getting nabbed. Though I do agree with auntie that the cult probably should be stopped-it's really rare for a cult to summon something good after all.

Regardless, what i want or don't want doesn't really matter. Auntie is the boss, and what she says goes. But so long as your business doesn't cause any trouble for her i doubt she will care what it is-though again, if we know what it is we should be leaving alone, that will help prevent any accidents happening to your business.

[DezNutz]

John stops and looks back at Veera.

I'm providing guaranteed transport service. I get paid to pick up cargo and transport it safely to a specified destination. What the cargo is doesn't matter to me, once it is on my ship, or in my possession it gets delivered. And before you ask, yes, some of the kidnapped have been my cargo.

If you think there will be a problem, I will be at the Tavern later. Unless there is something else, I have business to attend to.

John turns again and heads toward the forest.

[Meliva]

Veera shrugs and quickly goes back to Vune, who is currently leading the last of the victims to the Qilin. Once they are dropped off, Vune gets her report from Veera, and turns to Charles.

Well based on what we got now, we know John isn't kidnapping the folks here, though he is helping them be smuggled out. But so long as we stop them before their loaded he won't matter. But, should still keep an eye on him. We still have time before the cult goes and sacrifices their prisoners, so we should probably bump up our numbers at the docks, and have continual checks on all cargo.

Perhaps, if possible it might be worth trying to pay off john to tell us where he shipped them off to. Or if nothing else we can let another cargo get sent off with him, and trail it. What do you think Charles?

[Jack Teach]

charles says

We could do either depending on the circumstances.