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Sun 24th Nov 2024 04:14

A stunning performance and a potential lead

by Talutah

We entered the Velvet Lotus tavern and my first impression was that it was a very classy establishment that catered to people with deep pockets. Yellow lanterns hung from the ceiling and there were beautiful yellow stained glass designs on the wall. Most of the other patrons in the tavern were of Mokuna descent so i assumed this was a popular hangout for them.
 
Music started playing and then we saw Zyanya and Zeno walk up some stairs onto a lavish stage in the middle of the room. They began to dance to the music and i could not help but be mezmerised by their performance. Once they finished their performance they went to the bar and i walked over to speak with them. I discovered that Zyanya had mainly spent the past few months in Zyniii working at the Velvet Lotus with Zeno. I told her about Ko Rava and asked if she happened to see Ko Rava during this time. All she could recall was that she had seen a Leishu in the crowd once but did not know for sure if it was Ko Rava. Then Syrus approached us and after chatting with him i learnt that he had spent most of these past 5 months in Zyniii. I told him about Ko Rava and he said that he had not seen her in Zyniii. It was nice to catch up with Zyanya and Syrus after all this time.
 
A grey elf then came over and after i introduced myself he said his name was Saib. It turned out he and Syrus had grown up together, and that there were a lot of grey elf refugees living in the Solen homeland which surprised me. I wondered if Saib had any interesting stories about Syrus as a child. I then asked Zyanya if she knew if any shady people frequented this tavern, but then Saib told me to be quiet and not ask this. His nervous response got me thinking he was scared of someone in this place.
I then observed Gurval approaching a bunch of Mokuna in fancy suits, sitting at a table near the back of the tavern. He started to speak to them and they looked annoyed that he had approached them. I got the feeling they were the type of people you don't wanna mess with. Gurval did not get to chat with them though cause a couple of gorilla's that looked like they were security escorted Gurval outside.
 
I decided to ask the bartender if he had seen any Leishu come into the tavern, unfortunatley he had not. I then went outside with Arthom, Lucid and Syrus to check on Gurval. Gurval was fine and had managed to get some info from the two security guys. They told him there was a Leishu gang called the Yakuza that operated out of the Amethyst district. Syrus knew of this gang and mentioned that they were known to traffic children. Upon hearing this I got more concerned about Ko Rava's safety and hoped she had not gotten hurt.
 
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We went back inside and hung for a bit around the bar. A few minutes later Zyanya walked past and it looked like she was trying to get our attention to follow her. Gurval, Lucid and i decided to follow her outside and then she told us that she had spoken with some Mokuna's and had information that we might find useful. She knew of about 3 Mokuna's who were from a gang called the Triad, and they were going to have a chat with the Leishu Yakuza at a warehouse. Apprantly the Triad bosses did not want their gang talking with the Yakuza, so there was a chance this could turn ugly. She intended to go with these Mokuna and thought we could use this as a distraction to look for Ko Rava.
 
I contemplated if there was more she was not telling us about her association with the Triad and how much she knew about their operation. I could see Gurval looked extremely angry once she gave us this information and was worried he was about to break something. He asserted that we did not know if we could trust these Mokuna since they could have alterior motives, which could cause more harm in finding Ko Rava. He told her it would be best to talk with the various street urchins in the Amethyst district to get more information and stormed back into the tavern. I thought Gurval had a point which i told Zyanya and then went back into the tavern.
 
The two dwarfs Fingers and Toes had tagged along with us to the tavern and fingers kept making advances to me throughout the night. I decided to let him give me a shoulder message to take advantage of the situation, but i had to keep making sure his hands did not extend past the shoulders. In the end Gurval, Lucid, Syrus, Arthom and myself decided that we would check out the Amenthyst district., Saib even offered to help us with our search for Ko Rava. I prayed we would find Ko Rava, or at very least a solid lead, at the Amenthyst district.