The day was bright and the temperature outside was more than bearable. Caid leaned back in his chair lazily and propped his feet on the table, pulling his hood down over his eyes a little more so he could properly rest after just finishing his meal. A weary restaurant worker scurried up to him and presented him with his bill.
"Sir, your bill. And um..." the nervousness in the man's voice was all too obvious. "The owner requested that you kindly remove your feet from the table, it's distasteful and might turn people away from our services. Su...surely from a business standpoint you understand, yes?"
Caid let a playful grin stretch across his lips. "No disrespect intended, but I'd prefer the owner come out and say that to me personally, I actually find it rude that an owner of a poor establishment such as this would send one of his servants to request such a thing of me. Surely he is capable of dealing with me himself, is he not?"
The nervous servant simply looked back towards the kitchen with a doubtful look. Shortly after a short pudgy man waddled over to Caid.
"*cough*Ahem* Clearly my servant here lacks the fortitude to make you understand that we don't 'preciate your dirty boots plopped over our good table. And-"
Caid raised his hand in a quieting gesture and calmly interrupted the owner, "Clearly my pudgy friend, it is YOU who lacks the fortitude to come to me yourself in the first place, and your 'good' tables as you call them, are hardly what I would cons-" suddenly Caid found himself interrupted by the noise of a large mob outside causing some commotion. He quickly got out of his seat, slapped some coins on the owners chest and eagerly made his way through the crowd to see what was going on.
To Caid's surprise he found quite an interesting group at the impending mercy of an angry mob, the cause being the awkward site of an undead member in the group. Caid's interest peaked when he saw the rotting fellow take a swing at a fully armored Dragoon. He continued observing as a young woman of the group stopped the possible brawl and got the group moving again.
"Interesting group indeed..." Caid thought to himself. He saw he needed to see and was convinced they'd be worth following. He sank back into the crowd and watch them leave town and headed straight into the forest. After watching their silhouettes be swallowed by the thick tree line, Caid decided now was a good time to play "catch up".
Upon entering the forest, he found he was getting closer to the group and even more so, realized what path they decided to take, so Caid quickly climbed the nearest tree and continued until he heard the all too familiar sounds of battle. He let loose another small grin as he managed to continue hopping from branch to branch. Eventually he watched as the group dispatched the bandits efficiently. Even the smallest of them, by the looks of her, a mere child, held her own quite well with moderately powerful magic. Caid watched impressed. His attention then turned to a couple bandits that decided to flee from the battle. "Cowards..." he thought to himself. Caid quickly positioned himself at a branch above them in a single motion, he threw down both his arms and from his sleeves out flew two uniquely shaped daggers attached to thin chains, each one quickly wrapped around both bandit's necks and with a quick and subtle tug, their feet flew out from underneath them and they landed with a hard *thud* against the ground, knocking them unconscious. Caid gave a slight twirl and a jerk with his chains and the daggers flew right back up into his hands, where he began wrapping them back around his forearms under his sleeves.
Caid eventually managed to follow the group out and into the outskirts of Balraheen. He kept a watchful eye on the youngest girl as her steps quickly became more drawn out and sluggish. He knew she would not be conscious for very much longer. With the group already well ahead of her, Caid knew this was his time to be noticed and possibly join in their journey.
As soon as the girl collapsed, Caid was already halfway to her. He knelt down and gently scooped her up and began a light jog towards the rest of her group. His loud footsteps surely would gather attention before he got too close but just to be cautious he slowed his pace and shouted out. "Hey there! You dropped this!" slowly he managed to get within a reasonable speaking distance but not close enough to arouse a great deal of suspicion towards him
"I'd like to explain myself real quick, so just to keep this short and sweet, I'm sure you've noticed already but I've been following you for sometime now and I know an interesting group such as yourselves does not just band together for no reason, and I want in if possible...but i think it best we get the little one into that Inn you're all looking for."