Stable your mounts.

First things first, you need to find the dwarven stablehand's partner. The emus did their job. If you need them again, you'll know where to find them, but for now, you'd rather not guide them everywhere you go, especially if one wishes to take a nip out of an innocent commoner, spooked by the crowd. It doesn't take long thankfully. You can see it even from here. The ranch is just outside the road leading into the heart of the city--a rainbow of tall, feathered beasts over a field of grassy hills, with one tall willow tree in the center to cast shade from the sun.

An elven man leans on the fence post adjacent to the gate. Atop his head is a hat boasting a large, red emu feather, and he takes a long draw from a wooden pipe between his lips as his shaded eyes watch your party approach. He lifts the brim of his cap, and welcomes you with a smile upon noticing a familiar batch of birds.

"I recognize that one anywhere," says the elf gesture of his pipe towards the one at your side. "You know, she only acts this calm around somebody she likes. Reminds me of my wife."

"Aren't wife jokes like that kinda overused?" Eva asks.

"It is a compliment! My wife dominates me every night, I will have you know. I am absolutely not the top in our relationship."

"I really didn't need to know that."

You steer the emu towards the gate. "Well they got us here pretty quickly, so great job raising them. Thanks. Here, if we need them again we'll definitely come back."

The elf unlocks the gate and nods. "Right this way then."

One by one, all three birds are led through into the enclosure. He hops the fence, and begins removing their saddles and bridles. As each one is freed, they sprint off into the distance, already fit to exercise their mighty legs after a shorty break, or perhaps they simply wish to enjoy a moment of freedom before they sleep. Though as he moves from one to the other, you speak up again.

"Can I ask you for some directions?" you ask.

"Well of course, as long as I know where you are going."

"It's a place called the Hungry Cyclops."

He stops. Then he smiles with a hit of red over his nose. "Oh. I did not expect that. Ah... Are all six of you going? I did not know they did groups that large. Though of course I have never gone. My wife would punish me, and not in the good way."

You stare down at the back of the envelope for a time and sigh. "It's a brothel, isn't it?"

"You are the one looking for it."

"Long story. Do you know where it is at least?"

"That I do. Once you have entered the city, follow straight until you see the fountain. You head north from there, two blocks down, turn left, and if you follow that street, you will see it on your right in no time at all."

"The exact location of this brothel seemed to come to you pretty fast."

"I was young once."

"So we're going to a brothel?" Xiaoqing asks. "I guess if that's where our contact is, we must."

You turn to her. "Is that a problem?"

"No, no. Though I've only gone to one once, with the Silver Hunters. The workers there kept begging me to sleep with them. They said a dark, mysterious, brooding boy was exactly their type. I'm sure they were just trying to make money off me, but it made me really flustered. Thank god I was wearing my mask."

"Brothels are cool!" Niki shouts.

Snow, who is right beside her, flinches at the sound. "I didn't expect you to be so enthusiastic about this."

"What do you mean? Every adventurer knows there are three places you get cool quests. One, the inn. Two, the blacksmith. Three, the brothel. We're gonna go there and have to say the secret passphrase or something. Then we'll get the coolest quest of all."

"Something is wrong with your brain," says Eva.

After the final emu is released, the elf puts the pipe back in his mouth and inhales deeply. With a long sigh, a stream of smoke rising up into the air around his cap. "I met my wife outside a brothel. She did not work there, no. But she tied me up good that night."

You jerk a thumb down the road. "Uh. We're heading off now."

"Safe travels, adventurers. I hope you find the quest you seek."