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Kasumi jumps at the sound as it crashes into the ground with a loud bang. She peers inside but is a little afraid of the dark room. "hello?" she calls hesitantly.
"What do you want?!" a groumpy voice comes from within the dark room. an old man hobbles into the door way and pokes his broken door with his walking stick. "Oh, just perfect. Look what you've done you great Lumix!" he glares up at Dashaco with blury half blind eyes.
"We're sorry about the door." kasumi says hesitantly. This old man wasn't what she had expected.

He looked at them severly for a moment. Kasumi fidgeted with her skirt. She jumped in surprise when he started to laugh. "you want to hear stories about my gold hunting? I have plenty of them." he cackled. "as you can see, none of the have fairy tale endings." he grinned toothlessly and spread his arms to indicate his small shak. "Come in then. take a seat..." he laughed again.
Kasumi stepped over the door and into the dark room. Her hair shimmered in the light casting small blue lights on the wall. she hoped the old maan wouldn't notice. she looked around as her eye began to adjust to the dimness, but no matter where she looked she couldn't see a seat except for an old rotting armchair the old man was now sitting in.

"Hmmm." the old man was thought full. "I know the mountains you speak of, boy. but I am not the one who ordered the dig. I know there is no gold there." he scratched the stubble on his chin.
Kasumi looked at him curiously, "then why have your men dig there?" she asked.
"MY men?" he exclaimed. "they're not my men." he looked at her then at Dashaco. "They work for my grandson." he shook his head in disgust. "Fancy's himself a dragon hunter he does. Gold digging is too good for him." He looked at the dirty floor. "He wants to tear down that mountain. says there be dragons in it." he said unbelieving. "as if dragons still exsist in these parts." he looked up at them. "He hired miners. he knew they wouldn't believe his dragon stories so he told 'em there was gold there." he shook his head in disgust again.

"Hmmm.... I'm not sure where he lives now. He won't tell me." He tought for a moment. "But you could try the old hotel. I believe someone there should be able to help you."
Kasumi nodded. "We I saw that before. It's across the street of the miner's pub isn't it?" The old man nodded. "can you tell me what your son's name is, sir?" she asked.
"Sure can, young lady. His name is Vince Kriten."

The old man nodded and tuned to watch the fire.
"Thank you for all your help." She waved as she left. Once outside she turned to her companion. "Well, Master Dashaco, I think that went rather well, don't you?" She looked down the street. "Now, if I'm not mistaken, I believe the inn he was talking about was this way." she started walking in the direction she indicated.

She smiled, "I supose we are." she looked at him as she continued to walk. there were more people on the street now that they were comming back to the center of the town. She loooked around and recognised the pub where the miners had told her of the old man. She turned to look at the old run down inn on the opposite side of the street. "I think we're here... Dashaco." her mouth quirked into a half smile.

"Vince Kriten" she muttered under her breath to remind herself. She followed Dashaco into the inn and saw a small reception desk up against one of the walls. She walked over and rang the bell. A young man of about 25 came out. He took an apprasing look at her and smiled mischeviously. "what can I do for you, miss?" He asked smoothly.
She smiled back in a friendly way, "we're looking for someone."
"we?" he asked, finally noticing Dashaco. He looked himover and dismissed him, laying on the charm for the pretty girl infront of him. "I'm sure I could be of some help."