[/img]"http://i.imgur.com/fUK7FgG.png" style="avatar" style="max-width:25%;float:right;margin:0 0 18px 18px;]Nymeros cast an appreciative gaze to the individuals who volunteered, ignoring the fact they were pressured into coming as it didn't seem all that noteworthy. "Right! You two should work for now." He left a window of time open for any other takers to pipe up, but as most thieves tended to avoid group activities, their swill swallowing comrades kept their lips shut. The bird on his shoulder didn't have a name either, but it was more to do with his attempts to keep from growing attached. Oh how he loved that bird, who judged him fairly and sometimes tore holes in his clothing, but he wouldn't admit it to any of the bilgerats housed in their hideout. "We'll discuss the details in the waterway. If you can keep your wits about you tonight, there might be hope for you lot outside of the sewers." Finishing with a wiggle of his brows, the large gentleman couldn't suppress the smile that stole his features.
But he did manage to move them along, because regardless how enjoyable he found company, he knew to put the important matters first on his list of priorities. Neither of the tagalongs were remarkable to Nymeros, but had someone asked his opinion of himself, he would say average at best. Among all the denizens and sewer crawlers within their nest, Quincy was the only one to really strike him as extraordinary, and even she had limitations. Nymeros appreciated the genuine in everyone he met, but he refused to worship false idols, and no one received his respect without earning it first. Leading the group back through the crumbling archways and over slick slime coated steps towards the canals, the male pointed for his bird to go ahead. "Bates Alley. That's where we're headed."
The bird likely had no idea what that meant, but it was a clever creature and would circle high and swoop low to keep on their trail.
Once at the canal, Nymeros ushered his companions into a small boat barely large enough to fit their party, and cast it off with a shove of his massive boot. The city was built in a way that water flowed through it's entirety, and the sewer tunnels had always been large enough to fit decent sized vessels. The merchants used the passages to discreetly load their boats, and the thieves used the waterways to bully said merchants, and steal from the less fortunate traders from foreign ports. Now, in the quiet and dark of the covered tunnel, Nymeros struck a match and unlodged the lantern from beneath one of the seats so they weren't blind to any obstacles. They had a ways to go by row boat, but it was better than trying to get through the streets above without being detected.
"Here, make yourself useful, lad, and take the other oar." Handing Alphonso one crudely crafted stick to row with, the other was gripped in his grubby fists so the group was moving along at a comfortable pace.
"Quincy, there have been reports of things moving down here. You know, dark things. Nothing the guards want to deal with..." It was idle conversation at best, and it trailed off quickly as they were steered around refuse in the water.
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