Ask someone.

Quickly, you flag down a woman wearing skimpy armour, and two swords sheathed into scabbards on each hip. Her blond hair is tied back into a ponytail.

"Excuse me," you say. "Have you seen a sunheart girl around here? She has short black hair and a breastplate. Carries a mace and a buckler. She might have been travelling with one of my friends here earlier."

The woman scratches her head. "Aw yeah. I remember someone like that, from a bit ago. They weren't with anyone else, but they had a whole bunch of bags filled with stuff. I asked if she needed any help, but damn that girl is tough." You notice a subtle biting of her lip.

"She's pretty strong, yeah. Where'd she go?"

"I wouldn't mind her picking me up, if you know what I mean. What a hot piece of ass!" She laughs boisterously. "You don't see many women like that in the market. Though, holy moly. What's with these chicks?" Her eyes trail up and down their bodies.

"Nothing is with us!" Eva replies.

"Are you two wearing matching pajamas in public? Wait, are you not wearing--"

"Please just tell us where Niki went!"

"All right." The woman rolls her eyes and points down the road, though upwards as well. "That way. A block that direction, and then up onto the roof of that pie shop. She can really climb. Her ass looked tight as hell when she did."

"Why was she going up onto a roof?" you ask. "You didn't question that?"

"You don't question a beauty like that, kid."

Kid? "Thanks. You've been a real help... Come on guys. Let's hurry."

As your group leaves you hear her whistle from behind.

You all continue on and peek down the alleyway nearby, hoping to spot her there. You also start to remember how every time you've been in one, something terrible has occurred. However, the woman said Niki was spotted climbing up onto the roof. You don't have a lot of other options other than to climb as well. There's a stack of crates forming a makeshift staircase nearby, so that might be how she made her way up. Either way, you heave your way over the stack and with one final grunt, you roll onto the rooftop and peer around the area.

Amara comes up next. Finally, Eva, though she continuously looks below herself as she climbs. The scent of baked goods wafts up from the chimney nearby, but no Niki so far.

Then, you catch something out of the corner of your eye. Two roofs away is a pile of bags, a roof farther than that stands Niki, and two more roofs away from her is another person you don't recognize. All you can make out is a feminine figure in a full-body black ninja outfit, with the only parts visible being her eyes, a pair of white feline ears sticking out from slots atop the hood, and a tail to match. She has a quiver of arrows on her back and a bow in her hands.

There's another person near the ninja, however. She has long, messy, pink hair, a small top over a flat chest, shorts, daggers on her hips, and feline ears protruding up from her head--Fang, the so-called vigilante you've met before, though you're still not entirely sure what her angle is.

They aren't together. In fact, the assassin seems to be in an awkward stand-off between the two. Fang is close, but may not be attacking due to the arrow already nocked in the bow. Niki is a distance away, and may be able to make the jump, but she could be shot mid-air. They all look exhausted, as if they've been in combat for some time.

You, Amara, and Eva are unsure of what to do.

Niki's peripheral catches you. She doesn't turn her head, but she calls out, "Kyle! This assassin jumped me. Even with Fang here, she's too damn fast!"