<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Heya Kitts, great work on the maps! :3 It's nice to get an idea of how the area is laid out, and it makes me wonder what some of the locations on the world map and the Espen map are like. ^^ Also, congrats on 5k views!</div></div></div><br/><br/>Ureck arched an eyebrow as he was addressed again. At this point, no one other than the kitsune would have known that he had been angry at all, his emotions hidden behind his blank expression, but little fiery bubbles still floated up within him. "Well," he began. "There are two other ways out of town, but from a safety standpoint the north gate would still be our best option. One of the exits is a hole in the city wall to the southeast not too far from here, but a mercenary group that has taken over the exit and has been charging anyone who wants to use it. There are only seven people in the team, but from what I hear they aren't the types to be picking fights with. If we pay, we might be able to get through alright, but knowing them we'd still have to be careful."<br/><br/>"The other exit is in the southwest," he continued, crossing his arms. "There are never any guards around there, which is a plus. However, that area is very run down and has lots of thugs and muggers and such. It's gotten so bad that people have been waylaid and eaten even during the day. We'll very likely run into trouble if we go that way. Maybe not big trouble, but trouble nonetheless."<br/><br/>The collie placed his hand on his chin pensively. "Of course, the northern gate itself has some problems." He fixed his gaze on Lilium. "You apparently had problems going through, and knowing the guard, you..." He now faced Sherani, pointing at her undemonstratively. "...probably had problems too. Also, I know someone who frequents the area that might give us some issues as well. A human, Clyde Vressik, probably the same Clyde Talia was referring to earlier. He's a Granger, a contact from within the Guard I believe. He's not there all the time, but if we do run into him we might have a big problem on our hands."<br/><br/>Sighing, the collie again crossed his arms and leaned back against the table. "I suppose none of our current options are perfect. We'd all have a significant chance of getting tied up in something, no matter which way we take. Still, if we're going to get out of here, we'll have to choose one sooner or later."