Five bodies found scattered around the slums, all children. Another body found in a alley in the docks, near the market. The body was a male hin, shot in the head.One of the children found dead in the slums, was female. Around the age of six, or seven and well feed. Clean, and pampered as if used for unsavory practices. The others were bruised and battered, showing marks of hard labor.
A woman named Shianzi found a small gathering of slum folk. They were watching over a dead female hin's body. Badly beaten; showing signs of whips, and blunt weaponry. The body could not be brought back, for the spirit appeared to be unwilling.
Little did Elfric know while he investigated leads, that Absalom and the others were at work in it. Managing to get to the bottom of the case, and "saving" the children. It seemed they were used to fight eachother. Almost like a cock fight, but more brutal and savage. Some used Hins for their size to pose as children, and have their adult bodies to give an edge in the fights.
Many horrors they witnessed thanks to the fighting. Peri was kidnapped for the fights, and saw the worst of it. Elfric found her on the streets, long after the case was solved. She was quiet, and talked of the events. All of it occurring while Elfric was clueless, and dealing with his own problems.
Elfric Gotz in all his stupidity, did as Teresa said he could. He met a blond woman named Wyn, and had bedded her. Little did he know, until later. That she was a new assistant to Ernst, along with the fact she'd fallen for Elfric.
She was the kind of woman to give an tough appearance. While being soft on the inside, and she had admitted this to him. They spoke quietly in his room at the Governor hotel. The two had a heart to heart talk, and she told him about her whole like. She was alone, and taken from her realm.
He invited her to Absalom's wedding, as he's date, and she agreed. They attended it, and he teased her for how she acted towards him. It wasn't until later she blew up in his face, yelling at him about he's rudeness. He apologised, and offered to treat her to the hardest liquor in the country. Bullet which is only found in one place, the Bullseye.
They drank round, after round. Becoming highly intoxicated, and merry. The drunkards swaggered out of the bar, and to the broken spire. There they got a room, and passed out. Waking up in the late evening, having drank the day away.
They quietly walked back to the Governor hotel. No one bothered the two as they walked up the steps, and went into the room. Separately they cleaned themselves up, and changed out of their smelly cloths. Soon they were on the bed, and she was valunable as never before. He held her close and they talked softly, her turning away to not let him see her cry.
She decided that as wonderful, and remarkable Elfric was. She couldn't stand to be around him, for he loved Teresa. All this was suppose to be a bit of acceptable fun, but for Wyn. It became something more, something she wish she could have. So they talked, and she decided to go back to Barovia.
He wandered if that first night was the right thing to do. Teresa gave him a free pass to sleep with who he pleases, just as they agreed months before, as the relationship started. Yet Brigitte made them closer, and they will be married soon. He thought to himself, and decided it was best to let Wyn go. He had comfired her in her time of need, and she cared not to share him, so they decided to remain good friends.
