Timothy
Upon arriving at the shopping area, where there were many people, Mai looked around too. She tried to see if Styx or something suspicious could be close, while two options of plans crossed her mind. *"If we split up, we can find him faster, but we risk not meeting or... Styx finding one of us before the other. If we go together, we risk not finding Styx in time."* Mai thought, a little frustrated, what could be seen by the expression on her face.

"I can't see. Ugh, I don't know. Look, I have two plans: the first one is if we split up to find him faster. The second is to try to find him together, what can probably take some more time."

She looked out of the corner of her eye at his trembling hand, remembering a situation that had occurred in the past mission. *"So you really have a problem with stealing, right?"* She thought. Mai's hand held his to try to stop the shaking, it was a firm but gentle grip. And then she came closer to him and started walking with him, trying to follow the aura of evil and Mai's instinct to the maximum.

"Let's try not to get too much attention." She approached her head to his, whispering with a smile.
Bobbie
*Mai would walk throught the crowd, occasionally bumping into a macen or two as she tried to follow the aura. There were various spots in which the smell of Styx was stronger, but at the moment, she seemed to be walking around in a circle. Every time she broke this sort of loop, the telltale feeling of Styx's malice would become weaker until she re-entered the endless chain of circling the fountain over and over again. This would invite the occasional stare from certain passerby, especially with the choice of clothes Horace and Mai wore compared to everyone else. They looked like true bounty hunters, compared to the citizens, who looked like they were dressed casually for a social outing. However, you would be able to occasionally catch a glimpse of glinting metal as you followed the scent, but those were from guards and their spears, which were vigilly standing by various vendors, keeping an eye out for thieves. However, this loop basically confirmed that Styx was hiding about in the town square somewhere; the aura seemed to plataeu out in the hub of the town, not drifting about anywhere else.*
Susan
Horace would snap out of his daze as Mai grabbed his hand. He would nod as a response to her, though looking around he noticed the strange looks they were receiving. "We've been circling this fountain for a while... We're not getting anywhere." He pulls his hand away from Mai, leaning on the fountain. "Judging by your circling, his presence is strongest here, so how about you go talk to the venders or guards, see if they know anything. I'll wait here and serve as a look out till you comeback." He puts his hand on his forehead, he seemed to by psyching himself up trying to suppress his 'condition'. He would sit, looking up at you, "Lets go with your plan about splitting up. He's just one guy, i find it hard to believe he could beat either of us before the other could show up."
Timothy
"That's weird... Why is his presence only here? I will try to find him this way, you can try to look if her is near here."

Mai nodded to Horace, starting to walk towards the guards. But then she stopped and thought for a moment. *"Why is his presence... We're circling... The fountain?!"* Mai rested both hands on the edge of the fountain, looking for something suspicious inside it. She thought again, an eyebrow arching with a little suspicion.

If there was nothing wrong with the fountain, Mai would continue to walk towards the guards. She stopped in front of them and put a hand on her waist, while she explained the situation to the guards and resolved the matter. After explaining to them, she would continue to search the crowd for Styx, trying to follow his presence again. Only, if the fountain had nothing wrong when she looked.
Bobbie
*Mai wouldnt be able to find anything suspicious while looking inside the fountain. All she would be able to see were various different kinds of coins scattered throughout the clear water of the fountain's bottom; plentiful amounts of copper coins, a few clumps of silver coins here and there, but barely any gold pieces. There were only 2 gold pieces in the entire span of the fountain, but other than that, nothing of note would be found while searching.*

*The guards you walked up to would stand stoic and vigil at their posts, ignoring your attempted explanation on the matter. However, one did look slightly taken aback by your claim that the mass murderer Styx was in the area, though he looked a bit more skeptical than concerned. He looked to one of the guards he was standing by, to his left, and exchanged glances at each other, before opening his mouth to speak to Mai.*

"You sure, little lady? That's a bold claim you've got there, saying that Styx is at large in this town. It'd be great if you had a shred of evidence, concrete evidence, that you could use. Otherwise, well, I can't really act with any justification, can I?"
Susan
Horace would sit idly, waiting for the news to reach him. In the meantime he would look around for suspicious behavior from the croud. "Hard to believe such a person can hide here unnoticed. Then again, I doubt he'd stay out here in the open... Hell, I bet he's got some under-ground palace with a trap door around here and that's why we've been circling." He lets out a long sigh, *"Will we even be able to find him?"* He'd scratch his head is his hands weren't already held together tightly as an attempt to ignore his thoughts of stealing. If he was in private he would of used his knife but it was to dense with people here. He sighs again, looking around.
Timothy
Mai looked at the guards with her cold gaze, she didn't seem to like the fact that the guards didn't believe her. The grip on her waist tightened with a little frustration and indignation. Certainly, she didn't look like someone to be trusted. But what she was trying to do was save the lives of innocent people. But wait, isn't she the one who takes the lives of so many innocents? Why is she trying to help? She thought for a moment and looked back at the guards.

"Indeed I don't have concrete evidence, as I can't show you the smell of him. The only thing I ask is that you watch out for any suspicious movements. Especially because, if a tragedy happens, it will be your fault."

After talking to the guards, Mai again tried to follow the scent one last time, and tried to think where Styx was. She started to get stressed and tense. She wanted to do her job right, but apparently it would be very difficult. Her eyes tried to check every person near her and the smell, trying to see if anyone looked suspicious.
Bobbie
*The guards would look down at you with an even more skeptical gaze than before. Who were you, they thought, to tell them about how they should be doing their own jobs? She was an outsider with no business in the town besides the fact that she looked like she wanted to start some trouble. However, they recognized the fact that a warning for danger still justifies some action, albeit not anything major. It was the town's once a week market after all; they didn't want to have to disrupt the entire flow of the event just because of some possible bogus call out from a little girl. Looking at the crowd for a moment as Mai talked about looking out for suspicious movement, they wouldn't spot anything out of the ordinary either - it was just a normal market, attended by normal people. However, none of you would be able to see it, but a figure wearing dark leather armor, a hood, and a dangerous looking sword would be exiting the square, heading towards another unknown district, this time to the north, where all the middle class civillians lived in. Before anything else, though, one of the guards opened their mouths to speak to Mai.*

"Miss, I'd appreciate it if you didn't try and tell us how to run our jobs for us. We are MORE than capable of preventing a tragedy, and besides - it isn't our job to be running loose on a wild goose chase for a hypothetical murderer. We were assigned to protect the stalls in case a petty thief were to try and nab something, but we will keep an eye out for anything odd."

*They both returned to their stoic positions after that, staring out into the crowd, glancing at Mai as she walked back to the center of the town. She would notice an extreme lack of the malice that had been so present earlier, with a significantly less stronger aura than before. She would be able to take notes of the scent coming from the North, but as luck would have it, the ever present crowd of civillians would look to be a sea of bodies blocking your path to the northern entrance to the district.*
Susan
Horace would stand, seemingly cracking under the pressure. He looks around frantically for an isolated place he could cooldown in. *"STEAL. No don't. COME ON, YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT. No..."* His mind racing with alternating thoughts. If he couldn't find a place like an alley way he'd leave the town, running as fast as he could. He didn't care if others stared and mumbled, he just needed to get out of there! He couldn't succumb to his urges while on a mission, it could land him in jail again and he'd cause trouble for Mai.
Timothy
*"We need to find him soon, Mai... Don't disappoint who looks you from up there. Don't disappoint your mother... Don't disappoint Nicholas. Focus, Mai. You need to find him!"* Mai thought before looking around again and realizing that something was wrong. Was the smell going away? So Styx was really there! She identified where the smell was coming from and returned to Horace with a slightly serious expression, but one that hid hope for having a clue to Styx.

"Horace! He's getting away from here! Let's go!"

Mai pulled him by the hand, not so hard, but with a firm grip. She pulled on him as she walked among the people, sometimes gently pushing them, sometimes asking for permission to pass. She headed north with Horace.