The World of Astrial

Lance looked at the group, then to the one who told him he was a summoned hero. "Hero? Summoned hero?" He tilted his head, shifting his hat back as he ruffled his hair. "And yeah it was a gunshot." He tapped the holsters where his two pistols sat on either side of him. "If I've been summoned then there must've been a good reason for it... But it seems you've got your own fair share of problems so I can't imagine it was pointless." Lance looked at the other people around. "So I'm stuck here for now, confused and slightly less lost. Do you mind if I tag along with you all until I get some understanding as to what it is I am doing here? Hero seems a bit vague to me."

"T-then I don't think I would mind....though I do not know....about the heros' party...of which we should leave the road and h-head back to the palace" Arisa said as she's, as usual, nervous. "I'll be responsible of guiding you here Mr. Summoned Hero as well as things you would need to know" Arisa said to Lance then afterward asked everyone, "....where's Alisa?"

Nick immediately lost interest when everybody rushed to answer the new arrival's question. He walked off and decided to look into a different situation. Nick walked up to Lilica and held out his hand,"My name's Nicholas Arum, shame we've never met before miss. I'm an alchemist and I must say that your magic is very interesting. May I ask where you learned it?" His eye was still active, emitting a faint blue glow. He stood there, observing as he introduced himself to his new prey. She was definitely suspicious, but he needed to evaluate how threatening she was.

John looked at Kris and chuckled at her enthusiasm to help

"He should be fine but il let you take it from here." He said with a friendly expression.

John got up and walked up to Lance.

"Don't worry of course you can tag along with us" John said cheerfully

He put his hand out motioning for a handshake

"Any hero is welcomed"

James takes a quick look among the others recognizing kris for the most part and he thinks to himself "Isn't that the crazy lady who thought I had a head injury?"

Kris straightened, setting her fists on her hips and directing her glare at James. "Well you were spouting quite a bit of nonsense and you didn't look like you were under the influence of any substances. What was I supposed to think?" she demanded of him.

"I can help with the damage that likely happened to the muscles, but you'll still need to take it easy for a while." She began to engage in prayer, murmuring a spell and putting her hand out toward Korbin's legs, palm out. The cleric started to cast Cure Light Wounds.

Lance looked at John, shaking his hand.

"Well thanks for making me feel welcomed to this place. The name's Lance, Lance Faulce. Still a bit confused on the Hero detail. I'm a detective. Not a hero. Or rather was a detective before I appeared here. But I suppose that doesn't matter at this point in time. What did I stumble myself upon though? I heard something of murder within minutes of my arrival and was rather confused."

He rubbed the back of his neck absently before tapping on the holster of one of his pistols, waiting for a response.

She narrowed her eyes at Nick. "I don't like the look in your eyes, Kid. But I didn't 'learn' my magic. My family is blessed by nature's power." She looked at the group and then back at Nick confused.

"A detective I see. You really must have a keen sense if observation." John glanced at his pistols.

"Those are your firearms I assume? They look neat but I have never fired one. However I know how they work. Once you train enough you can block those bullets as they're being fired with a trusty blade." He tapped on his enchanted dagger.

"Then again there is a big skill difference" he gave Lance a wink.

James looks at kris not caring enough to give a reply to her then over at the others. Then starts thinking "we have a red knight and a hooded figure last thing we need is any other problems. It's a good thing I'm still normal colored or me and someone of this group would have a serious threat to add to our problems." James continues thinking of other scenarios he should prepare for as he looks over the crowd people.

“Nature’s power eh? A strong thing indeed. If you don’t mind my asking do you know how many others like you there are?”

Lance nodded. "Skill with a gun takes practice. And skill is quite the factor. When I shot at that person earlier I shot out of reflex and instinct. Quick, but not too accurate. I can shoot much more precise if I focused more, but that's besides the point."

"These two pistols are of my own custom design, but made as a gift from a young friend of mine. I've had to use them as a detective once or twice, but with good reason. Observation and wit are key to being a good detective." He added the last part mostly to confirm that he was indeed observant.

"I'm still a bit puzzled however. What exactly did occur? I only have a part of the picture and I'd like to know what I've gotten myself into."

She still doesn't understand what James was saying but then again Arisa wasn't here for it. And for the murder...she was here only for part of it, "I-I think it's best that we return to the palace...and wait for Alisa to come back from her hunt."

"I say you guys set up defenses incase any other threats." James says "I'll go help alisa. I figured since I'm expendable as hell due to me being a walking corpse I'd go. " He looks at arisa "you point me in the direction she went."

She raised an eyebrow and stared at him with her bright green eyes. "Yeah, were done here, goodbye." She waved her hand as she walked towards Adrian.

"I doubt that there would be any further dangers. They've accomplished their goal." Korbin said, pulling out his notebook and flipping to a certain page and reciting a riddle.

"There was a girl in the massive tree at the banquet. She teleported me up to her and we had a brief talk. This is a riddle she told me. 'A death will come soon, done by a lovely red and a knight. Those who should of been dead are still living. The Rats are lucky, for they have gotten the best. Yet....the question remains...is vengeance for her breathens sweet for the knight? Is a life of such minister worth it?' The minister of foreign affairs was the one who was killed. We need to figure out why they targeted him." Korbin said, deep in thought.

Nick blinked twice, that was rather abrupt, and he didn't think he had said anything strange. Did he pry too far? Was she wary of his suspicion of her? Or Perhapse she was just shy. "Very well miss, sorry to have bothered you." Nick said as she went on her way. The alchemist eye continued to follow her as she made her way towards Adrian. An accomplice? He bit his lip, he definitely didn't trust her, the way she had appeared from the shadows and attempted to enclose herself with the criminal. If she just wanted the reward it seemed unnecessary to block herself off to everyone else. Sure, she could have been attempting to trap them, but it seemed like a waste when she could have simply entangled the perpetrator.

He had been planning to simply trail her, but if there was another person involved, if things went bad he might end up in a bad situation. This unknown variable (Adrian) looked like he knew his way around a fight. He pondered a moment, considering his options. It wouldn't be good to be caught doing something legally questionable, however, he didn't want to give up his hunch just yet. He refused to let a potentially dangerous person walk around free.

"Direct approach it is." Once Lilica had reached Adrian Nick ran up to talk to the two, "Hello sir, my name is Nick, alchemist, scientist, etc. I was just talking to your friend here," he smiled and waved at Lilica,"Sorry if I was prying too much by the way." he turned back to Adrian with and held out his hand to shake,"If you don't mind I'm looking for information so I'd love to talk a bit."

"I...I don't know where Alisa went..I just got here myself so I didn't know she left the palace" Arisa replied, "I'm really sorry I can't be much of help..." She listened onto the riddle that Korbin said, "It seems the riddle spoke about the red girl....and perhaps the knight was the one that Alisa was chasing...minister must be the Minister of Foreign affairs....Vengeance must be the reason though...I don't know why but we could try asking the Rats...."

JohN overlooked from afar trying to piece together what had happened by tlaking to nearby guards. He'd seem to ge the basic idea if what happened. However he chose not to approach anyone since they all seemed deep in their own conversations.