Some time after the five had arrived, a tall human woman in a red dress, not much unlike Scotsi's outfit, came down the stairs leading from the area marked "Restricted - Employees Only".  She walked with certainty, definitely one used to seeing others scramble to do as she pleased.  As she approached the group, she stopped, examining each of them in turn, not yet bothering to greet them.  Those who were familiar with the city would recognize her as Lady Estelle Heurassein, owner of the Heuras Prospecting Company that had invited the group to join them.<br/><br/>After several more moments, she spoke up, in a somewhat disapproving tone, "There were supposed to be two more of you.  And I don't recognize you at all," she added, looking at Eva.  She fixed her gaze on the young girl for several moments before finally turning away.  "Come this way.  I suppose five will have to do for now," she said as she walked back towards the stairs.<br/><br/>She didn't pause to wait for anyone, instead heading straight from the stairs to a large meeting room.  Two other people were there, a young elf lounging on one of the chairs wearing only a simple tunic, and an elderly man that seemed to be entirely focused on a large pile of papers in front of him, furiously scribbling on one sheet only to pause for a few moments and start madly writing something on another.  "Sit.  Someone will bring drinks shortly," Estelle said curtly as she took a seat at the head of the table.<br/><br/>"What, is this all of them?  Tell me you've got more coming..." the elf said lazily as the group came into the room, not bothering to introduce herself to anyone - though unlike Eselle's arrogance, it seemed she had a completely carefree attitude towards the adventurers.<br/><br/>"I expected more, though they better have good reasons to be late," the owner replied before turning back to the group.  "I expect you want to know why all of you are here.  I know you're skilled enough to survive on the ground, and I need help putting those skills to use.  Doctor Martins believes he's come up with the idea for a new monitoring system that will let us track the giant worms underground and tell when and where they're about to surface, giving us a head start on collecting from them.  His system needs testing however, and for that he needs an escort," she said simply, pausing to let the group respond.