Ty made up his mind. 20,000 gold pieces for one hunt? That was a simply outrageous amount of money in a tiny amount of time. Besides, everything's just a fantasy world, right? What can one lousy vampire do?
So the young mage brushed aside the steward's warnings, took the mission, and left the castle in quite the rush. At this point, the time he'd wasted in the lord's castle was more apparent than ever, as it was more or less the dead of night. Still, he had a good hunch as to where the rest of the party would still be.
Ty wandered into the town brothel, and was soon accosted by two gorgeous women, hanging on his shoulders and showing off their bare breasts with pride. His senses were swamped with the smell and heat of raw sex, and the young man was practically taken off his feet in surprise. He took a minute to recover, but shook his head and started searching for his party members. He found Stella passed out against a wall, and, before much more time, found Aaron and Erica in a threeway with a redheaded prostitute. They didn't notice him, and Ty lacked the confidence to interrupt, so he instead awkwardly watched two of his best friends as a little voyeur. After it became clear Aaron pumped his last load into the prostitute's cunt- which Erica then licked and sucked out- Ty cleared his throat and finally managed to interrupt.
The party was surprisingly quick to action. They regrouped outside of the brothel and Ty explained the situation. In half an hour, they were all on the road, following the map to the vampire castle, as the steward had suggested.
Dawn had still not yet broken when they approached the castle- or, perhaps, the fortress. It was a gargantuan set of structures, complete with imposing walls, towers, gates, a full moat, and a massive drawbridge. The whole place appeared perfectly abandoned. Everything close by was covered in dust. A couple skeletons donning heavy armor lay scattered about, as if this place had been attacked in what was clearly a failed assault. Stella bent over to pick up a crushed helmet, before tossing it aside. "I don't like the idea of walking in through the front door. Maybe we split up, in pairs. The place is old, so there definitely could be weaknesses in the defenses, right?"
Aaron nodded, though he used one hand to adjust his codpiece as he did. "We could have one group in the front, and one try to find a way through the rear. Or someone could try to scale the walls?"