Chapter 3
Rien left the Shadowsong tavern in high spirits. He had worn Isaac down and was finally getting a shot at joining the Eclipsed. He walked quickly, taking the shortcuts through the alleys to his current place of residence.
He arrived at Silvercape or at least that was what he and Allie called it. It was a hideout for them; the entrance lay beneath one of the bridges in Cyril. Hidden in the rocks and extremely hard to find for anyone that didn't know the way it was a safe place for the two thieves. With their limited amount of cash they didn't really have enough to truly furnish the small place. Two beds side by side lay in the corner of the room, one light dangled from the stone ceiling, and a table lay in the center of the room. Allie was already asleep and a mess of food lie spread out on the table.
Rien sighed and threw himself onto the bed, falling asleep almost immediately. I'll clean it up tomorrow. He thought as he drifted off.
Rien stumbled out of bed that early morning to find that the mess was already cleaned up and he was alone. He smiled and made himself something to eat. Allie is learning to clean up after herself. He thought.
About an hour later, Rien was wandering the alleys when he found himself surrounded by no less then six figures. He was normally very alert to these kind of ambushes (Rien had plenty of enemies.) so this one caught him by surprise. They all were dressed fully in black and wore dark hoods that seemed to mask every one of their faces. It finally occurred to him who these characters might be.
As Rien's fingers found his way to a knife in his pocket one of them spoke. "You wish to join the Eclipsed?" A rasping strangely muffled voice whispered to him. "Yes." Rien replied firmly, his fingers not budging from their position on the hilt of the dagger. "Roof of the old Keebler's building. Midnight. Be there." And with that the six figures stepped back and disappeared into the darkness.
Well, that was interesting. He thought as he scratched his head. He had quite some time to kill now. Rien wandered around, really bored and impatient. He managed to steal some gold from a few passersby but mostly let the time crawl by while he waited. He also tried to find Allie and searched her usual hangout places but to no avail. He finally gave up on doing things to pass the time, they just made it seem slower. He found a nice place in a corner of the Shadowsong and waited.
After what seemed like an eternity, he left for the Keebler's place. Keebler himself was an angry old man who hated everyone. Rien had personally taken the opportunity to piss him off plenty of times. Arriving at the top, he found a note near the top. It was held down by a rock so that it couldn't be blown away by the wind. Scrawled in cruddy handwriting the note read: Two roofs north, one east. West wall. Thirty seconds.
Rien took off, leaping the rooftops north and rushing to the east one across the street. He hurried to the west wall. Scrawled on that side was: Three streets right, moogle with black hat. Twenty seconds.
Barreling his way through the streets he spied the moogle with the hat. He ran up to meet him and the moogle gave him a glass with a foul smelling liquid in it. "Drink." He said. The moogle watched as Rien coughed down the whole thing. It tasted even worse then it smelt. The moogle smiled and Rien watched the world spin around him for a few precious moments before losing consciousness.
