1-4: The First Night

Shirko gives a healthy and loud smack to the back of shadow's head. "Dont look at me like that. Its an insult to me." She retracts her hand to put back at her side. "Now, let me explain something to you both. To asses your skill, we need you to go on a few errands and missions for us. Well, more so for me. I need to be able to gauge your strength an thus myself, act accordingly. Luckily, Im not sending you right out." She takes a pause and turns around. "You leave tomorrow morning."

The Avarian returns to her spot where she sat when first seen. She begins again to write.

Shadow and Luka were sorta left confused by Shirko's little speech.

Rocco saw that, but was not worried for or about them at all. "No time for confusion right now. There's so much to do, still!"

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Rocco leads the two to the other side of the room and down a long corridor. They are met with doors following them down that same hall. Many rooms.

"Alright, you each get your own room. Decorate it, accordingly." Rocco says. He smiles at them, expecting them to pull out of their confusion and follow him and his instructions. Shadow's face made this thought but a fevered dream.

"What the hell...? So you take me, and Luka, away from our deaths and usher us into being with your 'organization'?" Shadow asks. He crossed his arms and gives as hard a stare as he could to Rocco. "AND!" He continued. "You have me travel miles and miles across the land! Barefooted! I mean sure, we did most travel in the carriage, but still!"

Fuming with anger at this point, even Luka had to mentally take a step back and think about Shadow. She as well had her vendetta against Rocco like Shadow, but she was surprised by how much he outbursts at Rocco.

"Something! Give me some sort of information!" The human yearns.

From a distance, Shirko looks up from her writing at Rocco.
Waiting.

"You want the truth?" Rocco says, lowering his head. His voice was much different. Almost as if Shadow was talking to a whole new person. Rocco balls his fists and takes a step of intent towards Shadow and looks at him. "You put your faith in me to not run away after I freed you. I know I have to be honest. Yes, I look to take on evil. I wish to form a team to take them on of all the strongest I can find!"

Shadow's eyes narrow. "You...Want to make a team?" He was skeptical. "A team to fight evil? What the hell would I join something like that for?!" He crosses his arms.

"You dont have to. And if you want, the door is right there." He points back to the front door that they came in through to make sure Shadow knew. "But if you want to walk out and return to your criminalism then...Then I can guarantee that I wont hesitate to stop you." He pauses for a moment to let that sink in. "But! If you want to stay..." Rocco extends a hand to the cross-armed boy. "Welcome aboard."

Luka stands there, waiting. She herself liked the idea of joining Rocco and Shirko to fight against wrong. But, was Shadow the same?

"All of our yelling still hasnt answered something for me. How did you know where to find me? " Shadow now knew why he was wanted by the Domestica. It was because Rocco wanted him to join this 'group' he was attempting to form.