Carnage

"Hey when we find her you're not gonna... you know?" Royce asks as he leads me towards her, noticing the way my grip was firmly on the hilt of my sword, I grumble for a second "no", he pauses "that doesn't inspire confidence" he groans but he keeps leading me nonetheless. I wasn't so sure myself, sure I definitely believed I couldn't but the thought of her being with that elf made me more angry than I had ever been.

It's not long before we catch up with her, she's easy to spot being so tall. She's flanked by four men, the elf from yesterday a human, a dwarf and some kind of lizard man with deep red scales. "Colourful bunch" Royce says "do you think she's fucking all of them?" I shudder as imagine Quinara on her knees naked begging for each man to fuck her, I push the thought out of my mind and grip my sword that little bit tighter. We trail behind them as they approach a large ornate bathhouse made of fine brickwork with marble pillars and upscale establishments, "OH SHIT SHE IS!" Royce says almost too excitedly, I glare at him "sorry" he squeaks, I couldn't be mad at him for pointing out the truth, these bathhouses were for one purpose only, fucking. Whether that be with a whore or even just renting out a private room they were dens of carnal pleasure.

I grip my sword with all my might, Royce notices this "woah come on, let's just go man it's not worth it." I grumble but relent, he was right I had confirmation and that was enough, I loosen my grip and begin to turn away. "AAAAAHHHHHHHHH" an ear splitting scream draws our attention as several of the scantily dressed workers of the bathhouse run out of the heavy doors into the night, "what the fuck" I say alarmed "what's going on in there?" I ask, Royce looks at me just as surprised "I don't know but I don't want to find ou- HEY!" He says as I begin approaching the door, I needed to see what was happening in there.

I open the heavy door of the bathhouse and I'm greeted by what can only be described as carnage, bodies are strewn everywhere and the floors are slick with a mixture of blood and bathwater. "Oh fuck" I say to myself, "oh fuck indeed, lets get out of here" Royce says behind me having followed me in, seeing such a brutal scene my first instinct is to agree but as I see the lifeless body of the Lizard she came in here with slumped against the bar I realise Quinara could be in danger. Instantly all animosity evaporates as I draw my sword "I have to find her, make sure she's ok" I tell Royce, "ok man it's your funeral" he replies before leaving.

I draw my sword and follow the sounds of combat and screams, I survey the damage and wonder what the fuck happened here. "Wait is this the job that Quinara took?" I think to myself, realising she really could have been telling me the truth about her actions. I hear footsteps approaching and I ready my sword only for two naked women to round the corner, they stop upon seeing me with my weapon drawn fear in their blue eyes. I lower my blade to show I mean them no harm, one of the women was blonde, the other was brunette, seeing a coat rack in the corner of the room I grab two cloaks and pass them to the women to let them cover themselves. "I'm not going to hurt you, I just need to know if you have seen an orc" I say softly as they wrap themselves in the cloaks "uh yeah she's up ahead" the blonde says, "we were hiding in a closet when the **** started, she found us and told us to get out of here" the brunette adds. That tracked that Quinara would try and get these girls to safety, "ok go be careful" I say letting them go as they walk past me still weary of me.

Continuing deeper into the bathhouse I find more bodies and another of Quinara's allies, this time the dwarf weezing as he had been impaled with a spear and was leaning against a wall. I rush to him "what happened here?" I ask kneeling to speak to the bearded man, "urgh you work for snake eyes?" The dwarf asks light shining off his bald head, "who's that?" I ask, the dwarf grimaces but looks pleased to hear I wasn't with this guy, "he runs this joint... Fucker has good security too" he groans. "Ok let me help you" I say getting ready to move him, "don't bother kid, I'm not gonna make it" he groans looking down at the spear in his chest, I wanted to help but he was right there was no recovery from such a wound. "Ok well the orc you came here with where is she?" I ask nervously my concern for Quinara growing with every step I took in this place.