The Lost and Unlucky
Pyrrha scowled at the man’s opening remark, sharing his slight irritation. But that distaste in his face seemed to fade as he studied her a bit more. She saw a glimmer of recognition in his eyes - did he know who she was? Could… he potentially help her? The way he carried himself made it seem as though he had very little care for the garbage under those freshly-polished shoes of his. "My name is Pyrrha Nikos, of Mistral…" she replied slowly as she took a cautious step away from him, "I’m no harlot… I’m afraid you have caught me at a bad time." She folded her arms across her chest, closing herself off to him, "I… woke up this morning, and I cannot recall anything else about me, or why I am here. I can tell I am not in Mistral any longer, but I haven’t the faintest idea as to what place I am in now. I suppose I’m just trying to get my bearings, and the crowds in the street were rather suffocating."
Pyrrha Nikos! There's the name he was looking for. Of course he recalled such a famous young huntress, a prodigy in her class. In all honesty, he felt a little humbled in her presence, but the stars in his eyes didn't blind him for too long.
"You are in the country of Vale, in the city of Vale," Roman told her, speaking slowly as the cogs turned in his head. "And I'm afraid that is very, very far from Mistral, young lady." Pyrrha Nikos had a bad case of amnesia and had no family or friends to take care of her - and here he was, owning her trust by simple default. How very interesting... and, if played right, the situation also had the possibility of being very profitable as well.
But first he needed to figure out how to play her.
"Come this way, madame," he said, making a sweeping gesture towards the door to the back-alley bar he was just leaving from. "It may be a little dim inside, but I can promise no crowds will bother you, and it'll be a nice, quiet place to figure out where we should put you." There was a warmth in his voice, as he was very sincere in his welcoming, and though his desires in the end were indeed quite dastardly, it couldn't be said that he had no concern or care for the wayward woman. If anything, he wanted this arrangement to be as mutually beneficial as possible. If "mutually beneficial" meant he came out on top.



















