tora, the cat [mission/closed]

Quinn stared at the woman who called out to him. If he was being honest with himself, he would say that she looked breathtaking. And the cat ears accentuated her image. He felt a blush coming onto him, which he tried his best to push down. He was on a mission, and he had to act professional.

But wait, cat ears?

"Uhm...hello..." Quinn stammered, glancing once again at Cheshire's cat ears, "You're not Tora right?" Quinn knew he was supposed to be looking for a cat, but then the cat might be a cat-girl? He wasn't sure anymore, his face scrunching in thought, "I mean..." He waited for her response, not really sure what to think of the situation anymore.

Cheshire Copeland

"Sorry! I didn't mean to offend!" Quinn held up his hands in defeat, "It's just, I've never really met anyone that was..." he wasn't sure what her race was, but he shook his head instead, "I'm sorry, please forgive my rude comment."

His head still, bowed, he listened to what she had called herself. Cheshire. It was a good name, and reminded him of a place he had once read. A county of sorts that produced cheese and famous for its silk. Quinn really was not sure what she was talking about. A cat? What did being called Cheshire had to do with a cat?

"Please to meet your acquaintance, my name is Quinn Stormgarde from the Nemean Claw Guild." Quinn held one of his hand out for a shake, still bowed low waiting for the woman to accept his apology, "By the way, Tora was last seen just around the corner near the gate. I had done recon earlier this morning." He hoped the information he provided would be enough to help him in his case for forgiveness.

Cheshire Copeland

"Oh, uh, thanks." Quinn bumped her fist. It had been awhile since someone had been forgiving of his own mistakes. His friends were. but then he also found out that they were only friends with him because he had paid for their drinks every time they had gone out. After becoming a mage, and being too busy, they had turned their backs on him.

Shaking his head of all the negative thoughts, he finally took stock of what she said, "Well, the problem was that the trail I was following stopped. And with the big expanse, I was hoping we could do it as a team!" The cat was an elusive one, and this mission was a two-mage job for a reason. "Shall we?" He took point, hoping to show the woman where he had last seen any traces of the cat.

"Over there." Quinn pointed to the gate, "It stopped just below the gates. I'm not really much of a tracker so I was a bit uncertain on how to continue." He was being honest, that was a good trait, right?

Cheshire Copeland

Quinn paused for a moment, thinking back to the conversation he had with the owner, Madame Shimiji. From what he could gather, the cat was small, and very agile. This was the prime reason nobody could catch it until now. As for it's favourite hiding spots, that was left to be discovered.

"From what I know, it seems as though it has been spotted around this area, and as you can see," Quinn gestured around. The place was lined with restaurants, "it must be hungry, which is why it tends to stay around this area." If he were a cat, and was hungry, he'd definitely stay here.

"What do you think? Should we try outside the village or try around the back alleys of the restaurant?" He would take her opinion, he was a green mage after all, barely out of his training.

Cheshire Copeland

Quinn nodded. As expected, the woman he was with definitely knew her stuff. Quinn would have made the same assumptions, although the problem was that there was a possibility that the cat had taken up its home outside of the village, in the outskirts where it was still relatively safe. That would have caused some issues in finding the cat, but hopefully,it was somewhere close by.

"I'll start on the thrash cans, then!" The take-over mage smiled and hopped to it, lifting the thrash lids and peering into them as he heard his partner start on her search as well. The sooner they find this creature, the faster they can get their rewards and move on.

"Not here!" Quinn shouted, although he did find something a little interesting, "Hey, look at this!" He held up a slice of pizza, half-devoured, with a cat claw mark embedded onto it. "I think our culprit is somewhere here. This looks recent, right?" If the assumption was correct, the cat was close by, "Did you find anything?"

Cheshire Copeland

Quinn quieted down, following the orders of the senior mage. He was not someone to disobey, after all. Being a new wizard made it so that he really needed to start learning from those who have had more experience in the field. Cheshire seemed to be one of those who've had quite a bit of experience.

"Did you find it?" Quinn whispered softly, unsure of whether the lady had actually found the cat, or was shushing him because she had found a clue worthy of some thinking-over.

He crept closer, and caught a glimpse of it. It looked like Tora, but the only was to be sure was to check its collar. "The collar will have its name, if it's the cat." Quinn whispered, now closer to Cheshire. He looked at her, expecting her to give him instructions as to how they would go about this.

Cheshire Copeland