Kendrick
*With her return made back home to Salvania Syele decided it was time to make attend to one of her more precious matters that was in her consideration the only thing that ever brought her any 'joy'. For once she was dressed in a particularly odd manner compared to her typical 'gloomy' or raggy formal wear, she was completely covered in a sliver wool cloak along with wearing a strange wooden jackal mask that had an almost sensible demonic look to it. She still kept a hold of her weapons despite the situation being of a more friendly matter, but nonetheless the woods had never been a safe place to journey through, but even so she still had paid several individuals a fair wage to do the same. She nonetheless had hoped that the matter that she addressed each of them with had remained ever so private to the natural of it and if it had ever gotten loose would had been severely damaging to her reputation as a adventurer... If she could call herself that since most of her work had been through a more darker means if anything.*

"Bloody hell, just a few more miles to the meeting place and I can get through with this... Boring phase of the journey." *She spoke aloud without a consideration to if anyone could be within the general area as well with her 'cult' like getup it would be troublesome if there was since someone could possibly get the wrong idea if they were to see her. Regardless, she continued through the forest walking rather careless with the breaking of sticks and a slight hint of a stomp to her steps as she continued about with a smile under her mask. Which to most would be a horrifying sight given consideration that Syele was never one to smile nor to show a lick of her emotions to anyone, but on this day she smiled widely with her canines exposed and slightly cramping down on the edge of her lips in excitement for the day. The jackal's tail wagged excitedly under the cloak as she went and soon she held a small pouch in her hands tightly... Almost in a prayer.*
Sierra
*Amsu had been mostly minding his own business in the woods, gathering what he could from the shaded spots under trees. It was around these areas that some of the more useful herbs he needed for his creation of medicines. Of course he wasn't always thinking about his job, but it was good to make an effort on stocking up on things he didn't have... Like plucking some feverfew out of the ground. Alongside them he had spotted a nice plant that added flavor to food, the chervil, to which he would pluck some of it's leaves and ensure they were well separated from his medicinal basket.*

*During his little expedition throughout the well known and well traveled routes of the forest, he heard the sounds of many feet trudging through the grass. As was usual for him to do, he decided to not disturb the people and continue to look for the spots that he knew certain plants would grow... Until he realized what they were all wearing. It was a very unorthodox and strange get up, Amsu would admit, but he rather quickly remembered there were quite more than just a few of them. Deciding to not get spotted, he ducked a bit further into the brush while passively and unknowingly activating his stealthy perks. Not really being able to discern who was what, this rather innocent gathering trip had turned into something much more... He had to make sure these rather strange people weren't up to something!*

*Amsu would now be tailing the group, once most of the members had passed him. It seemed like a mixed group of people, some having tails, some being rather tall, and some being short. Although he didn't really feel alarmed at the time, some of them were even equipped with weapons... But it didn't bother him too much, because even he was carrying a weapon for self defense. Some of the wolves around here were rather large, so it would be stupid for anyone to come here without some kind of way to deter violence.*
Kendrick
*Syele continued to trail through the forest until finally meeting up with the rest of the group, most of them slow down and gathered around for the time being until finally they all held out their hands as Syele gave them each a bag containing something metallic judging by the slight 'cling' heard in each bag and if Amsu had paid a rather bit of close attention he would nice that whatever Syele was wearing at the time was a bit more grand and fancier than the rest. The others were wearing more ragged and torn robes, but still yet each had a mask matching whatever animal that their oriate bloodline was related to. Yet, if one was to pay enough close attention it would be noted each of them were of a canine oriental bloodline made up of mostly foxes and wolves in the mix and not a single member belonged to any of the other races from what one could tell.*

*Not a single word was exchanged during the entire meeting while eventually Syele took the lead of the group and held a strange wooden staff in her hand that had a bizarre imagine of it of several canines running across it to form a single head. She'd continue through with the group going through a more widen clearing of the forest that held a ran down structure appearing to belong to some form of old church, but that's to say what it was being used for now as several strange banners loomed over the shattered windows each bearing a similar imagine to the staff that Syele was carrying and along with this several members had already placed themselves outside of the meeting hall and yet not a single one was not wearing a mask among the group making any form of identification impossible.*

*The area itself would be more difficult to hide in as the forest lining stopped a solid distance away from the church to the point that viewing what was happening on the inside would definitely be impossible, but however there was a few tents, crates, and other things lined about providing a somewhat path of cover if one was quiet.*
Sierra
*After watching all of this for a minute or so, Amsu decided he had to see it to the end. This was way too close to what he had usually seen with cults and other such occult things, and if he needed to make a application to the guards or adventurers guild he would need as much information as possible. Using his rather sufficient abilities in stealth to slowly close the gap between him and the church. If it was possible to close in on one of the sides of the church without being seen, Amsu would take the chance and close in on it. Once at the side, he would utilize `spider climb` to go up the near ninety degree angle and climb up till he reached a window. If the window couldn't be opened, he would simply climb up to the roof and look for a way inside from there.*

*Of course before he set off to do all of this, he would have to abandon some of the things that could hold him back... Like the basket and pouch of collected herbs and plants. With those two things gone, he would secure his metal cane much tighter than before, so it wouldn't fall off of him and leave him completely defenseless, if these cultists were to detect him at all.*
Kendrick
*Amsu was successfully undetected by any of the members of the organization during his attempt to access the church, and fortunately enough for him he was able to find his way into the church and onto an upper area that was reachable by ladder that contained mostly food items, ale, and other things of the mix. Most of the items appeared to have been freshly brought in judging by their quality and the freshness of the bread that was present among the pile, as well, he would note that there was also an odd abundance of brushes meant primarily for a person's hair along with multiple pairs of scissors. As well, Amsu would overhear the leader of the cult exchange some form of phrase to a group of people that had gathered among the the main hall of the run down church, each of them would be kneeling with their faces to the ground as the leader spoke out.* "Irru xairs, bii ez qaab faz iz." *The other members of the cult replied out the same phrase, echoing through the church with a somewhat ill feeling to the phrase, almost sinister in nature.*

*Eventually the leader of the cult would hint forward as one of the members at an side door and eventually a group of at least ten to fifteen oriates females in rough condition were brought forward each with their own concern look on their faces. They were filthy, wearing only rag like clothing and some appeared to be almost injured in a way, but if Amsu had an eye for injuries they were mostly partially healed or in some degree too old to have been done of late by the members of whatever organization that this was. Each one of them were lined up against a wall for the time being and were ordered to seat against it in a kneeling position as one of the other cultist members was gestured to once more by the leader with a once again odd phrase.* "Xair, koanlo nhob." *To which the cultist nodded and approached the group lined up against the wall with a similar pair of scissors that Amsu had spotted before and then came a scream.*
Sierra
*Amsu wanted to do something, but with the large amount of cultists he would just be giving away his position for no reason... Likely being captured and given a similar treatment, or worse. Like the curious cat he was however, he stayed and hoped that the scream wasn't from some sort of malicious assault on their life. If it was, however, he would have to quickly return to the city and try to get people to aid him.*

*So, with a heavy heart and baited breath, he stretched his head out a bit further from cover to try and locate who had screamed.*
Kendrick
*Too bad for Amsu it was breathing too loud and suddenly as he stretched his head around the corner the lead cultist turned their head straight at him with some familiar soulless eyes staring straight into his through a jackal mask. As well, if it was any relief to the fact that he was just spotted by an entire cult with little room to escape he would soon find that the scream came from a young lady whose hair was simply matted and tangled heavily, thus accidentally causing a painful pull from the scissors... Also the cult leader signal to the others toward Amsu and soon at least two dozen of them were preparing to chase him as they made a run for the ladder, but nonetheless there was no sign of them taking their weapons so it was likely that if captured he wasn't going to be harmed... And a loud bell could be heard going off as well... Along with the sound of heavy foot traffic outside. His path was still clear out the way he came, but there was still a slight risk of him being caught if he wasn't quick enough trying to leave the area.*

*Meanwhile Syele just stared at Amsu like he was the dumbest fucker in existence to crash a little event that she had put together in order to help a group of oriental beggars and homeless individuals get back onto their feet. But, nonetheless the matter would have to be address when he was captured, thus for the meantime she ordered the member handling the hair cutting ritual to go about their duties as she let out a sigh and started to make chase along with the rest of the members that she had paid to tag along for the event along with some that were generally volunteers to the effort.*
Sierra
*He would have been somewhat embarrassed about the group hair cutting, if it wasn't for the fact he now had an entire encampment of people chasing him down... So Amsu decided now was the best time to bail. He would run to the window he had entered through, and looked down towards the ground. It wasn't likely that there were people already surrounding the church, so he decided the best way was to just yeet himself off out of it and run for his life.*

*So with that in mind, he would crawl out the window and `spider climb` his way halfway down the wall... Then jump off. Once his feet connected with the ground, he would roll into a sprint as quickly as he could and make a break for the forest. If he could reach it fast enough, he could just climb a tree and sit there till they stopped looking for him.*
Kendrick
*Amsu would had been able to make it to the tree quick enough before the rest of the group had exited the church in order to search for him, but soon the jackal leader left from the church and started to personally track for him at that time. She wasn't fast enough to have intercepted him, but at to her knowledge he wouldn't have left the area that quick, thus she would follow the trampled down portions of the grass toward the tree that he had decided to hide within. Syele would stand nearby to it for a short period of time patiently listening and observing how the tracks stopped suddenly, but given the fact that he was quiet enough to have originally enter the chruch without much detection at all she consider the fact that he could had possibly lighten up his step once he was out of the most immediate danger of the search party. But regardless, she observed the surrounding area patiently, listening closely and awaiting to hear any form of noise.*
Sierra
"Gₒ ₐwₐy."

*Would be all that Syele would hear from the tree she was standing next to. It wasn't like he was going to outrun her... She was unexpectedly fast as hell. She already made it to this part of the forest when he had just gotten here maybe ten seconds ago. It also didn't make it feel any better because he really wanted to get his things... Which were only a few meters from this tree he had chosen to hide on top of. Why this woman insisted on being so determined to grab him was a mystery, but it was also very unexpected of her to run such an event.*

*Someone who was so insistent on driving home the fact she should suffer, running a charity to the few dozen homeless people Amsu could find rather easily in the city... Some of those people he could possibly already know, due to the few times he has been approached when they had saved up the coin or two necessary to heal wounds and diseases. It turned out this irritating jackal was quite the enigma.*
Kendrick
*Syele would literally stare up into the tree with her hollow eyes and slowly pulled out a bow, which was then promptly loaded and judging by the angle she was holding it Amsu groin would be in the direct line of fire if he was unfortunate enough to actually get hit by it if he moved too fast.* "Alright, you fucking bastard, get down from that tree or I'm destroying your entire bloodline with a single arrow." *Meanwhile the others in the area would had taken notice of Syele aiming her bow up into a tree and they would start to approach it slowly.* *Syele considered the situation of a minor issue, if Amsu was of an reasonable individual she would had to just threaten him or pay him off to never speak of this matter again.*
Sierra
"Why do you have to point a bow at me, it's actually rather frightening... I promise I wasn't stealing anything. Everyone was just dressed up as some crazy cult, like the one with fire that's been attacking villages recently. I couldn't just ignore it." *Amsu's tails would would droop to practically be tucked between his legs. He understood that they could be rather pissed at his presence over their, even at the prospect of him being a thief, but aiming weapons at him was kind of the last thing he expected.*

*He felt like throwing a compliment out to try and ease the mood... But knowing this psychopath, he decided it would only have her loose the arrow instead of lower it. So, he started shimmying his way over to the center of the tree so that he could start getting down soon... But not quite yet.*
Kendrick
"Because you bloody sneaking about during a private matter... Furthermore, this is a cult, but not necessarily the one that's been causing all the trouble... Thirdly, get the fuck down here no-" *Syele suddenly released the fucking arrow almost sub-consciously because in her mind him not getting down from the tree was resisting, thus required heavy amounts of force to be used on the oriate. She also in her own way wanted to shoot him to begin ever since their little debate occurred in the city, but if he was fortunate enough the arrow would simply miss and yet came the other problem that now the tree was semi-surrounded by the other members of the group. Also, at the same time she simply blinked at the fact that she sort of just shot an arrow at him without really thinking about it completely.*
Sierra
*Having an arrow whiz by you when you were taking your time to get town kind of ignites a person to just ignore a option of peace. Syele was a rather hardened person, all things considered, with how she conducted herself during their first meeting... So he didn't want to imagine what could be possible if they actually caught him. Deciding to do his best and not get completely destroyed by an angry mob with Syele at the helm, it was time for Amsu to get out of here.*

*He'd quickly get up from shimmying on the branch, using his boots and `spider climb` empowered hands to make sure he didn't just fall from the tree and break something. From here he would attempt to jump from his tree to another... And if that worked, to continue this strategy till he got far enough to go into hiding once more. His heart was now starting thump rather loudly in his chest as the adrenaline flowed. He was actually pretty damn scared for his life, and a rather negative impression was being cemented in his head.*
Kendrick
*Syele was quick on her feet and while the other members of the group were slow to fall behind she was able to continue a quicker pace to the point that Amsu was actually taking aim from her more often than not in between jumps but never really taking the shot because she either simply couldn't clear it entirely or more so she was trying to restrain herself from firing again.* "Surrender damn it! You're making this harder than it has to be, I can give you coin to shut up about this if I have to just stop trying to run off!" *Eventually though, she managed to get yet another opening and fired off an arrow this time toward one of his thighs during one of his jumps.*
Sierra
*Eventually Amsu decided he had enough, and would stop this here and now... Even if it meant a possibility of being caught. He was getting sick of being shot at for no reason, and it even made him quite upset when she offered money in exchange for his silence. The shot to his thigh would miss because he would suddenly stop by grabbing the branch he was standing on, his `spider climb` making that sudden stop a possibility, at the exchange of scraping his hands rather badly. Then he would quickly turn his body to face her and jumped with improved strength to go and tackle her from the tree.*

"Shut up about money you goddamn idiot!" *He shouted rather aggressively, probably fueled by the sudden pain of his palms being sliced rather badly, since he neglected to wear tough gloves for his excursion. He was mostly upset, however, at the notion he had to paid to shut up about a charity event.*
Kendrick
*Syele was rather light on her feet and quickly reacted to the sudden tackle attempt by suddenly back-stepping and lunging forward into it... Along with a heavy attempt to bite down onto Amsu where ever she could possibly land it. As well, at the time she acknowledged the fact that would probably be quiet about the whole charity aspect to it anyways due to his 'good' nature, but the fact that he attempted an tackle just fueled her negative ego making her being more on the aggressive stance than originally presented. If the bite lands she would try to pin him on the spot until the others could arrive in time to at least help subdue him until they could get the matter straighten out.*
Sierra
*He wasn't really expecting to hit his tackle, although that would have made things a lot less difficult. He had rolled back to his feet to try and run back up another tree, but had ended up being bit in the shoulder by the sharp fangs of Syele. Why she bit him, he couldn't really understand, but seeing as he didn't have any armor... He could feel that her teeth went pretty deep in.*

*Not wanting her to tear a chunk out of him after the bite, he decided to just clock it in there and drop to the floor. After digging into the ground with his fingers, presumably from pain, he would wipe at his face in a rather vain attempt to stifle some tears.*

"You really do act like a horrible person. I don't know why you try so hard to be such a monster, but it's so convincing that I can't tell it apart. Help out some people in need while chasing me down like a wild animal... I just don't get it." *During his speech he would occasionally sniffle, while some blood flowed out from the bitemark and his palms. Amsu would additionally be shaking a bit, since he didn't really know what was going to happen to him. Soon a mob of people would be here, lead by someone who so desperately wanted to keep such a heinous disguise, that they were willing to go out of their way to bite him as hard as they did.*
Kendrick
*With amsu now in hand, Syele would eventually wait for the others to arrive while still keeping her canines stuck into his shoulders for the time being making her unable to speak for the time being. As well, once the others had arrived Amsu was tied up to a degree, but not before being properly bandaged around the bite wound at the time to which brought about the painful experience of having Syele dig out her canines from the wound which took some time as they were dug into him fairly deep. The Jackal didn't pay his wound too much care nor did she give a considerable amount of attention to his tears. Eventually he was brought back to the ruined church where he was laid in a separate room left alone with Syele. If he had tried to escape or at least fiddle with the ropes he'd take note that they were fairly loose if he were to wish to escape at that time.*

"Due apologizes for the matter of this, but I didn't feel comfortable just letting you walk out like nothing even happened here and even if it was for a 'good' cause. There are many people who would wish me some degree of harm for my work and even more so would prefer to harm those I helped. You see, I know you are not one to needlessly say things about others, but if you were to slip even the slightest of word about what was going on here then it would eventually lead back to some unnecessary troubles for me at some point. And I know, you wish to say that I am paranoid and acting simply out of fear for such a little matter, but I am to say I have witness just the skillful cunning nature of the criminal underworld and how excellent they operate at gathering information from even the simplest of details." *For once her words had a bit of a polite nature to them, while still monotone and dulled out, they were at least not to be considered dreadfully harsh as typical of the jackal.* "Secondly, do know, I am a horrible person and if you were anyone different I would had killed you slowly and painfully on the spot."
Sierra
*Amsu would have been using `healing touch` on himself, the scratches and on his palms curing themselves rather quickly as green licks of fire came and gone from the blood. Similarly his shoulder would have a small portion of fire on it, but it wouldn't burn his clothes or the bandage that wrapped it. Amsu knew that because it was more ethereal in nature, some little fancy effect of his healing touch for reasons that he couldn't really hazard guesses at... But if it still did the job, that was fine.*

"I'm grateful that you have an ounce of humanity in you." *Le sniffle,* "I guess those people who you fear are the reason why you decide to act like such a bitch. However, now you're going to start helping me, since you wanted to try and eat me." *If his hands were tied behind his back, Amsu would do his best to shimmy them under his bum. Once there, he'd do a little hop and tuck his knees towards himself... Doing his best to get them in front of him to where it was more comfortable.*

"You're paying me back for the herbs I wanted to collect today. Of course I expect it to be free labor, but if you really want to cement you stupid facade I could pay you a dozen or so silver. Whine all you want in public too, if you feel like it."

*In his head he was somewhat attempting to cheer himself up. Amsu got what Syele the Bitch was wanting to get across. For whatever reason people didn't like her, and have her in their sights. If she gets too friendly with people, they'll try and hit her close to home by abusing them... With that kind of thinking, he could understand why someone who wanted to run a charity could so mercilessly hunt him down. She was defending herself and him at the same time... Even if the dumbass could have just spoke instead of shoot arrows at him. Amsu still however had redness in his eyes, teary eyes, and a bit of mucus just below his nose. Not the most beautiful or demanding sight... But he still meant what he said.*
Kendrick
*Syele would suddenly walk forward and tipped the chair forward over the edge of a window at that time.* "Sorry, I couldn't hear the last part, something about fucking off and not bothering me how some small bit of labor to pick some plants?" *She tipped the chair over even further and basically holding it by the legs now at this point... And to Amsu dismay there was a pile of rocks below him, even if it was just a third story it would be a painful drop.* "Also something about taking the ten silver I'm going to give you as compensation if you're understanding the situation a bit better in return for the herbs." *She'd fake out a letting loose of the legs to make her point a bit further to only suddenly grasp the legs again last second.* "So, what do you say? Is that a yes to drop this situation because I got work to do and rituals to attend to as well." *Syele held him there for a good second waiting for a reply, there was also more to the whole cult thing than just the charity portion, but she didn't want Amsu exactly viewing that part either.*
Sierra
*Amsu would breathe deeply through his nose, and then exhale through his mouth. Once done with that he would try to look as determined as possible... Even though he still looked like he had cried for a rather long time.*

"I'll leave for now so you can finish what you wanted to do with everyone here. I tell no one about what you've been doing here, especially ignoring how I was hunted down by some crazy cult. In exchange, the pity money you give me will be spent later on hiring you to go with me to pick some herbs... Store bought aren't fresh enough for my medicines."

*With his hands in front of him, he would clasp them together rather tightly. Amsu was a bit shaky with his delivery, as he had developed some fear of Syele from all that had occured within today... But wanted to not seem like a complete push over. Even if he was going to be pushed out the window, which was rather possible in his mind, his hands were now in front of him. He could hopefully grip the wall and just rely on `spider climb` to stick to it as best as he could.*
Kendrick
*Syele would just blink at his cheap gesture of him paying her to pick some herbs... For a mere ten silver, she had killed people for more coin than that. Amsu would be given a look equal to that of a killer out of patience, the ones that normally just kill the person annoying them around that point in a bandit hold up situation. But regardless, she'd pull the chair in completely and took in a deep breath.* "You're lucky that today is meant to be a good day for me outside of these rituals, so, please kindly do leave before I change my mind on our exchange. I also will not be going with you to pick some herbs, I have hired a significant amount of coin more by just killing a few people in my time." *She stated flatly and took a step back away from Amsu while a few other members of the 'cult' were looming around the door to see if Syele was actually going to drop him out the window, but some at least let a sigh of relief when she decided to pull back up.*

"Now, head out and do not try to stick around... These matters are personal to me and the few people that are volunteering their time would prefer to have this matter excluded from prying eyes like yours as well. If anything else this matter is settled and if you do require a second word go to the homestead outside the seventh gate in the second Salvainia district. That'll be all, puss." *Syele finished and exited the room 'calmly' while the other members follow suit to continue with the grooming and cleaning up of the beggars that they had gathered throughout the day... Leaving Amsu pretty much to make his own decision on if he was to fully leave or not, but that's not to say that Syele was simply testing him at this point.*