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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Qik" data-source="post: 5793495" data-attributes="member: 6673727">Milo reciprocates Fury's shrug.  "They might have.  But I saw you take care of two out of the three witnesses we know of with my own eyes, and from the sound of it, you took care of the third as well.  Seems to me that the chances are just as good that word hasn't gotten out yet of much, save perhaps the fact that yesterday's trio failed to check in.""Like you say, nothing we can do about it now."Milo nods.  "Sounds good."The walk back to the Planks is as uneventful as this morning's, and Fury soon finds himself once again maneuvering through the streets of Ranocchio on his own.  Even though he has more pressing matters on his mind, he nevertheless takes a certain pleasure from the sheer familiarity of the setting; he even recognizes a few faces here and there.  What's more, he finds himself to be recognized more than he would have ever expected: in a place like Ranocchio, where material success is all but impossible except through the standard, illegitimate avenues, Fury's recent achievements as, for lack of a better term, an "adventurer" have earned him a not-insignificant amount of notoriety.  Among most, that notoriety proves to be the difference between a stiff tongue and a loose one.Although Fury hears little that would qualify as solid fact during his outing, he learns a lot about Ranocchio's residents' perception of his new friend and employer.  Milo's reputation as someone who fights for the common man in this otherwise marginalized district is well-entrenched, and most of the shopkeepers and food stall operators speak of him in positive terms that occasionally cross over into something akin to reverence.  The idea that Milo would have finally upset one too many a criminal is a recurrent refrain, though the theories on who may finally taken the next step (rumors of the attack on Milo already seem to be spreading, although Fury's role in his rescue is less frequently mentioned by action and never by name) vary wildly.  Even so, over the course of the afternoon Fury is able to pick out two names that come up more than the others.  One is the Red Bill Gang, of which little is mentioned beyond the fact that all the members are Tengu; the other is the Krakens, a gang associated with Ranocchio's rampant drug trade.  Fury is uncertain, however, whether these two are mentioned for legitimate reasons, or simply because they represent the usual suspects for the more organized criminal actions which take place in this district.Fury's meandering inquiry eventually takes him to the doorstep of the Fair Lass brothel, which looks as squalid and decrepit as he remembered it to be.[ooc]I rolled a Knowledge Local check for you, and came out with a 27, which pretty much buys the house in this instance.Fury knows <a href="http://livingpf.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Bill_Gang" target="_blank">everything about the Red Bill Gang listed</a> on the wiki; the principle element of note is that while they're a notable criminal organization, Fury is unaware of any ties to Ranocchio specifically (which doesn't mean there aren't any).As for the Krakens, Fury recalls their association with the brothel before which he now stands.  He's also aware of a recent altercation with the gang and some local adventurers on that very premises.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />[/ooc]</blockquote>

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