Hunt for the Mad Lion (Open)

[Castor Achromos]

It had been a few weeks since Castor last found himself in wealthier side of Vale, compared to the rest of the city the night life was always busy with constant traffic in and out of the bars, clubs and other places to fool around, waste money, that sort of thing. Normally a student of Beacon wouldn’t be out this night, they expected to but asleep by now at the very least ready for the classes of tomorrow, though as he passed through the crowds it was clear Castor wasn’t the only huntsman in training breaking curfew to be there. More importantly Castor was never much of a “normal” student anyways, be regarded as the black sheep of sorts when it came to the academy student body with the only real thing keeping him from being expelled is his excellent physical evaluations and scoring when it comes to practical exams. But that’s enough about his barely passing grades, tonight Castor was on the hunt of sorts though truth be told he wasn’t sure who he was hunting for exactly.

All his contacts from the underworld said an associate of theirs has seemingly gone missing and they feared someone had kidnapped them to make a move, the VIP seemed incredibly important as Castor’s main beneficiary from the underworld Mama Brigette had called for a meeting between and other gangs aligned with her to find out what to do about this situation. The meeting in question would take place in one of the more obscure bars Vale had to offer named the queen’s court named after the owner.

Castor was told to attend a meeting along with mama Brigette to this location to discuss the current issue. Castor of course would never be allowed in such a high establishment in his usual bum-like clothes, so he was provided with a simple suit and stylized skull mask to hide his face so as far as the people in the bar could tell he looked like any other of the several bodyguards for Mama Brigette. The group of them quickly made their way inside and while Castor only could spare a glance at the inside it seemed the Bar was themed after playing cards though honestly despite the clear quality of everything around him it all felt tacky and gaudy to him… After a few moments they were led into one of the VIP rooms with only Castor and Mama Bridgette being allowed into the room itself. The remaining guards would be stuck playing security with the rest of the hired muscle the other games arrived. The room housed a round table with several chairs inside all empty waiting for their would-be guests to arrive with a large monitor installed to one of the side walls.

Many of the gang leaders are either unable or willing to meet in person so these set ups were provided, Castor simply remains silent as his boss’s instructions unless told to do so. The young faunus figured it would be best to play along given his tendency to pick fights intentional or not and lacking his typical weapons Castor felt he would be ad a disadvantage if it came to blows. So the duo waited for the remaining “guests” to arrive as they waited Castor could not help but still feel underdressed compared to mama Brigette with her multiple colors of red, blues and the shine from her gold jewelry covered in various dust crystals he still felt like a cheap bum…though that could be intentional. A knock at one of the doors would snap him out of reality as it seems more of the esteemed guests of honor were starting to arrive…hopefully this meeting could get started and Castor could know more about this disappearing person that has everyone so worked up about?