Antoinette
*Her current situation? Even she had no clue on how she changed so exponentially with seemingly zero notice. Let's see...*

"Let's backtrack a bit first. I think that when we raided the hideout, I'd already became a wanted man - well, woman, in this case. Looking back on it, I never stay too long in the same area these days; when Marco put my bounty up for the entirety of New Sunlight to see, I was already a good ways away from the alpha base. You know, the one in New Salvainia. I really just spent my days alone in the woods, practicing magic, eating, sleeping - you get the drill. Occasionally I'd wake up with a letter on my face after a good rest, though, which were always letters from 'The Boss's Employees'. I never really figured out how they managed to find me all the time. 

It was from one of those letters where I got the notice of the raid on the guild. And I think we both know how well *That* Ordeal went, right? After that, I went back to the usual; killing time until the next job came. Sounds mundane, right? Well it was; being alone with nothing but your own thoughts is never good company, especially when those thoughts are... Less than pleasant. I'll leave it at that."

*She paused, looking towards the direction of the bar. The old man, Orwen, seemed to be paying them no mind. Artoria knew Almann said they could keep their mouths sealed, yet she still had to take some precaution. You could never be too careful, right?*

"I digress. I believe it was after one of my most recent jobs that I'd been caught by some group of New Sunlight members. Looking back, It might've not been brightest idea to set fire to an entire village to assassinate 2 people - or was it 3? I forget the details. Anyway, I was walking towards the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean, just minding my own business. I managed to scale the cliff to reach the beach, and for a while there, I just stopped to admire the view. You gotta believe me Almann, the full moon reflecting on the sea was just so... Beautiful, in a sort of pure way. When you get the chance, you gotta see it for yourself! 

And then those bastards came at me. Without warning. One of them literally jumped off the cliff's edge with an air strider - mind you, this cliff was about 12 meters tall, but still - the lengths of which some hunters will go for some pocket gold is insane to me. I think it was... A squad of 4? No, a squad of 3. It was a squad of 3: a mage, an archer, and a knight riding an air strider. Anyway, you can guess how that went. I had to fight my way out of that situation. And I was winning, too! I managed to take down the archer - by the way, he was a summon - and drive off the mage and the knight. They baited me to this small shack in the woods, where there was this alchemist mixing up some weird brew and mumbling about 'property damage' and 'farmland.'

At that point, the real archer showed up and started firing arrows at me from the top of the shack. I had to hide behind a tree, just so I didn't get shot in the head. It was a standoff for a good bit; then I decided to just fuck it all and charge right through. At that point, the alchemist threw a bottle of something at me; of course, I didn't notice it's effects at the time. I was so focused on the battle. I ran into the shack where the mage was, and then from that point, it was a 2v1 scenario; me vs the archer and the mage. The alchemist ran off somewhere. In the end, I took down the archer, but the mage got away. I'm pretty sure my bounty got a bit raised for that situation. New Sunlight doesn't have a lot of knights to spare, does it?" *She finished sheepishly.*

"After that, I gathered their gear and stole the knight's air strider. I sold all of it for a pretty hefty sum, then went back in the woods to sleep. When I woke up... God. It was so horrifying at first. I thought I switched bodies at first, but that wouldn't have made sense. If I switched bodies, I would've ended up somewhere entirely different. It dawned on me that somehow I managed to turn into a woman. I had breasts, my hair grew longer, and my penis disappeared. My penis is gone, Almann. My penis is fucking gone..."

*She sighed, remembering how badly the first few days were. The fox had to relearn how to piss, shit, and occasionally she woke up in the nights bleeding from way down under. It was a nightmare. Hell, she couldn't even go to a tavern without a cloak on because people - men, women, elves, onis alike - would just constantly start hitting on her. Artoria rubbed her temples. The thought of it all gave her a headache.*

"Well, I got used to it. That's basically what happened, though. Whaddya think?"
Travis
_Almann had to bite the inside of his cheek to keep himself from laughing. It took all his energy in fact, to keep a straight face at the last couple of sentences Artoria muttered. He'd never seen someone so dejected about their member. He'd be similarly upset he'd imagine, but it was hilarious nonetheless._

"Well it is... Interesting to say the least. The gods do not seem to favor you. Either way, alchemists and the like are always the dodgy bunch. Knew a guy on my campaign along the Irtutian border, one of my officers in fact, the poor guy ended up turning himself into red mist after our tour was over in an experiment gone wrong."

_He'd never heard of any type of alchemy causing someone to turn into the opposite sex. Curses of such types were not common from what he understood either. The gods do not favor Artoria obviously. Almann scratches stubble and keeps his voice low._

"So what is your plan now? To keep on running from the guild? What's your bounty?" _Almann grinned_

_He didn't plan on telling her he was a member of New Sunlight, not like it would make much of a difference. The guild to him was a stepping stone for atonement and his ambitions, that much didn't change. _
Antoinette
*Her bounty? Honestly, she had no idea how high up it was at this point. The only thing she could do was give a rough estimate of the amount of gold her head was worth.*

*... Hold on.*

*She thought, for a moment, on whether or not the bounty remained on her head, Artoria's, or her old self's person: Arthur. As far as New Sunlight knew, they'd only know that Arthur Dax had managed to turn into a woman; they didn't know what that woman looked like. Well, save for a few, of course; it was unlikely, however, that any of the people that knew her face also knew how to draw. It was safe to assume that her appearance was still in the dark.*

"That sounds about right, Almann." *She said, punctuating her sentence by pointing a finger towards him.* "I can't let myself get sentenced to centuries in prison, can I? Anyway, as for my bounty? Last time I checked, or rather, last time I was told, it was 300 gold. That was when I departed from New Sunlight. With all that I've done, I believe that bounty has been raised to... 750 ish gold."

*She stopped, furrowing her eyebrows at Almann. She glared into his eyes, the piercing gray of her iris meeting the brown of his.*

"You're not planning to take my bounty for yourself, are you?" *She said, her voice as cold as winter frost.*
Travis
_Almann offered a fiery laugh in response. Hopefully that would melt some of the ice coming from her voice. She was smart enough to pick up on the question. Artoria still answered it though to his surprise. 750 gold is more than most people make in their lifetimes. It could set him up for success, or he could lose his life and his journey would end there. He'd rather not, considering the ground he had made with her. It really did boggle his mind the amount of money the guild had. All the more reason to get be put in charge of their ledgers. He had to remember that he was on a mission for atonement and power, with the former being the more important._

"No, I wasn't all that keen on claiming the bounty before and I'm not keen on doing it now. Trust me, if I was tempted to take the bounty I would've tried to already. Besides, I make a good living in peace with my shop in Ainakil, and I've made plenty of allies there. I need to start making more friends than enemies here in Salvainia and elsewhere for what I desire to come to fruition."

_Almann thought for a minute, perhaps maybe he could strike a deal with her if he were to reveal his membership to the guild. Perhaps he could pay off her bounty in the future, when he had more power to dissolve it. He'd have to ponder a little bit more before revealing that deal though. He was more interested in her current ambitions._

_He could hear out of his right ear that their meal was a good 10-15 minutes from being finished. That would be plenty of time to grill her further about the future and butter he up enough to learn more information. Knowledge is about as valuable as gold these days so they say._

_Almann stretches and crosses his arms._

"So what's your plan now?"