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Tarin had ended up joining in one of the card games that the others had been playing, and didn't get to bed until early in the morning. Not that he cared, if this man really wanted him to do a job, he'd get the job no matter what condition he was in. He still got up at a decent time, and was certainly not late yet. He donned his usual outfit, a traditional Elemental garb, complete with a cloak that had three blue crystals hanging off it. Crystals that just so happen to strengthen an Elemental's magic. Lightning magic to be specific, the element that Tarin controlled.

Tarin made his way down from his room in the mercenary guild to the stables where they kept all their mounts. Not all of these mounts were horses, there were plenty of other things in there as well. Giant cats or birds, objects enchanted to fly, even a dragon or two. Tarin just had a horse though, nothing special. He took his horse, a white colt by the name of Zephyr, from his stall and quickly put his saddle on. He would ride bareback, but he needed the saddle bags for supplies. Especially on dangerous quests.

The Elemental rode through the city to the address given to him. At the house, well mansion, he was greeted by the same man who had meant with him the night before. He didn't say anything about the fact that the Elemental had been slightly late. Tarin gave his horse to the stablehand who arrived to take it, and then followed the man inside the mansion. The moment he stepped inside he was hit with a wave of dizziness that could only be explained by Celebeam. "My apologies Elemental, when the mansion was built Celebeam was used as decoration in the walls. We've covered it the best that we could, but you're still going to feel the effects of it."

Tarin sighed, not because he was angry about it, but because he wasn't in the mood to deal with it. "Its quite all right, you made the effort to hide it and that's all that matters to me."

Tarin followed the man through the house until they arrived at a their destination, a library. Inside were a man, whom Tarin assumed was the client, and a woman with shocking red hair. "The Elemental has arrived." The man who had led Tarin here said.

Though it seemed like bad manners to a human, to Elementals it was the proper way to introduce them. Tarin didn't know who had come up with it, but he liked it. And he was happy to know that the man had done his research on his kind. Tarin moved forward so that he was standing next to the woman with red hair, and gave her a polite nod. "Ah, you have arrived. I would offer you a brandy as well, but I assume that you are like the rest of your kind."

Tarin smiled, the man really did do his research. Elementals had notoriously bad alcohol tolerances. "And I assume you have a job for me. Well you must know that I expect a quarter of my payment up front, and another quarter must be sent to the guild. As a holding fee for both of us."

The man laughed. "That is agreeable. Now you both must want to know the details of the job."