A basement filled with fine wines and salted meats?  Well, the meats made sense for the rats to be there.  And one strong enough to knock over a hollow barrel?  Yes, that's quite a large critter... well, bigger targets were just easier to hit, luckily.  As the woman gave her big, puppy-dog eyes... she took the woman's hand, brought it up, and gave it a gentle kiss, looking Dove right in the eyes all the while.<br/><br/>"For a woman as beautiful as you?  What woman would I be to deny you my assistance?" she said, making a note to eye the woman up and down blatantly "Lovely eyes, by the way... we can discuss payment after I've done the job, and I'll save as much as I can down there.  I warn you now, it might be quite loud; my weapon is... special, but again is quite loud to use.  Would you care to lead the way, my lovely little Dove?"<br/><br/>Now it was time to earn her gold... and possibly toss a few ice or fire balls about...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">BTW, I just remembered I gave my gal a bunch of tobacco... given the time era this game is based off of, is it okay if my girl smokes now and then?  We can pretend the side-effects are non-existent, both short and long-term...</div></div>