<div class="floatleft">(http://imageshack.us/a/img6/3390/ucq.png)<br/></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Leolt train station ~ Poulbelter mansion<br/><strong>With:</strong>Luca, Alice, and Lyuk<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ralena popped open the request from her pocket once the four of them rallied, Alice making a little joke about how they let Lyuk do all the work himself before screaming for help. "Naaaah, we aren't gonna do anything like that. The client's name is Mr. Poulbelter, lives in a mansion here in town. Should be around here some..." she turned around, looking for the mansion in question. Naturally, her drifting off came from when she found it, a massive house perched on a hill all on it's own, appearing hugely distinctive and different from every other house in the city. "... where." She took a few steps forward, turning back towards her team as she began the trip down the road towards the mansion. "Well then, what are we waiting for?"<br/><br/>......................<br/><br/><strong>"EXCELLENT!"</strong>Ralena let out a startled yelp at the sudden proud roar, backstepping a few paces away from the door of the mansion. When she first introduced herself and her team, the old man seemed very tame and well contained, but the instant that she mentioned how they were there to recover his lost jewelry, he seemed more like a ticking time bomb then a human. He moved forward, taking Ralena's hand somewhat forcefully before giving it a death grip of a handshake. "I just knew that if I put up a guild request, I'd get a group of<strong>EXCELLENT</strong>young people willing to put their lives on the line to get it back! Thank you, young ones! If only my own grandchildren could be as<strong>EXCELLENT</strong>as you all!"<br/><br/>Ralena cleared her throat, her ears ringing from the way that the old man boomed out one particular key word. "It's- er- an honor. Now um, if you could please show us what you're missing, and give us a lead of some kind, sir..." The man nodded, turning back to head indoors again as he replied to Ralena's insistence that they start getting on with it. "Of course! Please come this way, I'm sure you'll find this clue I have to be an<strong>EXCELLENT</strong>way to start off your search."<br/><br/>Ralena turned back towards her team, giggling uneasily as she started moving in. "E~heh... Well... shall we?"<br/><br/>........................<br/><br/>Inside the mansion, particularly the room where the crime took place, Ralena was surprised to see unnaturally little out of the ordinary, except for the fact that one of the display cases was popped open, and completely empty except for a single black feather that was placed inside where the pendant once was. Picking it up, Ralena's eyes widened in amazement. "Ooooh man! Do you guys know what this is? This is the call sign of the shadow crow, a dark guild specializing in thievery! I've heard stories before saying that they're one with the shadows themselves, pulling off heists that nobody else in the world could even dream of, appearing and vanishing as though they were nothing but the wind, taking anything they wish, and all without even a single person seeing their faces! I thought we were just gonna be chasing some small time pickpocket, but if we're chasing the shadow crow, this whole adventure just got a whole lot more..." Despite the seriousness of her little spiel up until this point, Ralena tossed the feather backwards, slamming her fist into her own open palm as she put on an excited grin. "Fun!!! We're bashing heads with an honest to goodness dark guild here guys! Just like the old fairy tail! Oh, I'm so pumped!"<br/><br/><strong>"EXCELLENT!"</strong><br/><br/>Even in her excitement, Ralena let out a startled cry when that single word was boomed with the conviction of a thunderclap, jolting backwards as mister Poulbelter made his presence known. "This is the energy of youth! I knew that you<strong>EXCELLENT</strong>young people would be up to the task. Before heading out, I insist that you all stay for dinner. My dining staff will prepare the most<strong>EXCELLENT</strong>feast you've ever seen!"