Taylor

She walked calmly through the cistern, some people glaring at her coldly. She didn't belong here. Not that she wouldn't be a talented thief, but only initiates of the thieves guild, or contacts with permission were allowed in the cistern. But this was a strategy. She knew of the secret way into the cistern, so what else might she know about the thieves guild, and as such they let her walk into the ragged flagon

But the Flagon was a different tale. When you walk out of the cistern, and you're not allied with the thieves guild, that raises a few questions. In here they had Vex, Delvin, and Brynjolf.

"Who are ya, and why are ya here" Asked delving, almost politely, despite his hand being on the dagger and his hip

"I'm…" Began Taylor. She wasn't a master thief, but anyone could know that having an alibi was a useful thing in the world of thieves. "Kora. My name is Kora"

They knew she was new here, that her alibi was something she had thought of just then. Vex drew her blade. "And the second part of the question? Why are you here?"

"For you Vex. I have a job that requires a particular set of skills that you have"

"Well you could have said it was a job initially. But I think you'll find my services don't go cheap. You may want to go with a cheaper thief. I know just the gal"

"And that is?"

"Oi Vex" said Brynjolf, creating a pause in their conversation. "You mean her don't you?"

"Yes. It's about time she got her hands dirty on a contract, not just making easy pickings of delving and my jobs"

"Fair point, but is the lass ready"

"Brynjolf, she's made more gold for the guild in a month than what Vipir has in a year. Give her a go. As much as I hate to say it, she may have as much talent as Rose did"

That final word peaked Taylors esteemed curiosity. "Did?"

"Rose, oh where to begin? I personally didn't like her, but no one could deny her skills. It was as though she was the spirit of shadows, she was so good at what she did. And when she couldn't sneak around, her skill with alchemy and her bow was legendary. But no one knows what happened to her. One day, she just vanished, which shouldn't be to hard for her to do. But what's it to you?"

Taylor was already preparing her answer while she was talking, she couldn't stumble and seem like a fool again, then she would lose all of the guilds… belief in her. "Well you said she had skills equal to the girl you'll give me, so I wanted to know more about her." Taylor put this knowledge of Rose onto a mental note for later

"Well, here she is" Vex raised her voice when saying this, and Taylor turned around to see the girl drop from the ceiling

"Hi I'm Kaitlyn" The girl said cheerily. She looked so innocent, no more than 16. She had long hair, brushed to look like a curtain of brown silk. Her face was slender, but not cold, her eyes a bright green and filled with life and joy.

But Taylor looked past her face and saw how supple her body was. She was around average height, but she used her body well, strength in the lower legs, and upper body, precisely where a thief needs strength to be stealthy.

She was perfect

Leon

He was laughing his head off. He chugged another bottle of black briar mead and nearly fell to the floor laughing. However, the sullen man to his right was sick of Leons drunkenness and kicked him over

"Quit it will yah!" he yelled, trying to get the message heard over Leons roar

Leon sobered up quickly after he heard the man yell it the third time. But despite his head beginning to pound, he still managed to maintain his cocky attitude.

"Looks like someone is thinking there big enough to push me around" Leon replied, a snarky grin on his face

"I'm big enough to kill a drunken fool" replied the man, drawing a dwarven sword

Leon simply laughed in reply and walked out. Despite him appearing very drunk, he was very good at holding his mead, and he was renowned for being a fantastic heavyweight, only becoming completely drunk when he had drunk his whole bodyweight in mead, and by that point he was vomiting anyway!

The man followed soberly, "So is it a fight you want, because I will stick this blade in your heart before you can finish saying yes"

Leon stopped slouching, and stood straight. He was at least half a foot taller the man. He cracked his knuckles, his neck, and then his shoulders. He drew his massive battleaxe with a single hand. And slammed it's butt on the ground.

A flash later and the man fell onto his butt and bounced a little bit, his blade skidding across the cobblestones.

"Leon?"

His ears pricked and he turned to see Annie smiling up at him. He smiled sheepishly back.

'God she's adorable' he thought to himself. 'No! Bad Leon! We mustn't get caught up emotionally in this, we're here for the money so we can pay for her medicine… Poor little thing…'

Jamie

Rose and Annie hadn't stopped squealing for the entire trip. No one could blame them, they had a new friend in Kaitlyn. But while Annie was excited, Rose was completely eccentric, She was Kaitlyn's best friend at the guild before she disappeared, despite her being the apprentice of Vex. They finally arrive in Solitude, without anyone following them. So at this point, the mastermind wasn't tracking them, unless the mastermind was someone in this group. But Jamie wouldn't let himself plant that seed amongst them. Their current objective was to retrieve the eggs. He would figure out the rest, with the help of Kaitlyn.

But what the group did know as they were going to solitude to retrieve information. The only lead Jamie had found was that it was a imperial captain. Kaitlyn's objective was to find out whom. The lead Jamie had given her that everyone else had forgotten was that he or she was newly recruited. He kept the major details secluded. He needed to do this. After what happened the last time, whoever had the gall to call them all together was asking for trouble, and he wasn't going to let them get away with such reckless greed.

They arrived with the friendly welcome of a blade to the throat