Return the Key

You approach the girl, heart thumping and mind racing, and hand her the key she dropped. You clear your throat nervously, cursing yourself for being so nervous as a Hunter, and you speak.

"I, uh, you, eh... dropped this." You say, your confidence betraying you at the most important point. Your face turns red and your heart stops as the witch sitting below you turns her gaze to you, eyeing you up with a cooked eyebrow and a pout. You know what she is capable of.

She suddenly smiles, rises to her feet, and graciously takes the item, hugging you with her free arm. "Well, looks like I owe you, new girl! It'd have been my ass if Mother were the one to find this..." She laughs at you, and although the smile is genuine, you can see the very real fear behind her eyes, clearly imagining how she could have been punished.

"Listen." She continues. "Don't expect me to suck a cock for you or anything, but I guess I owe you one. I haven't seen you around, a new girl like you could do well under my wing." She blows a stray tuft of hair out of her face, and turns away from you with her arms crossed, a bead of sweat on her forehead.

You clear your throat again, before meekly offering a thankful nod in response. You were in over your head to be directly talking to one of them like this, and you needed to get out before it was too late.

"I'm Fortuna." She tells you, clearly stressed, but offering you a gracious smile nonetheless. "I know a girl who can cover some of your... demon duties sometime. Thanks again- be seeing you."

You catch one last look of her face as she sits back down, which is now covered in distress. Her quick glance backwards, towards the chained demon betrays exactly what has her afraid, shuddering as she resumes her work. Clearly, you truly did save her ass- and likely literally.