La Taverne Forge au Feu - The Forge Fire Tavern.

The tavern owner and the well dressed lady have been gone a long time. Long enough for him to have finished his meal as well as a second glass of Carmean Red. Kalum did not know the particulars of poker or all its variants, but could only assume that the two were either almost done or were about to partake in more pleasurable activities. It was now or never to complete his job.

Kalum placed enough coin to pay for his meal and drinks with a little bit of a tip. He made an appearance of getting up and heading towards the previously occupied table from The Inquisitor and his colleague. It was a corner table, well dressed in shadows, and with so many patrons, it would be very difficult to see what he did next. He turned himself into the very shadows surrounding him, and like a shadow, was only seen upon the floors, traversing in complete silence. By using other people's shadows as cover for his own, with many to choose from, he glided his way into the back, seeking the forge and the golem plans.

Once the forges were found and large amounts of metal were identifiable, Kalum took a small black gem out of his pocket. This gem was meant to scan any completed war machine plans as well as prototypes, it had multiple enchantments on it which would allow it to perform its task on its own accord and disappear into a wisp of black smoke once completed, traveling to whomever contracted Kalum for this job. Leaving the gem to float around, stay hidden and do it's work. Kalum would copy his previous 'Shadow Walk' and reappear in the booth he originally disappeared from.

One final task for him was to drink a small elixir, meant to utterly wipe his memories of the last few minutes from when he first 'Shadow Walked' that evening. This giving him an alibi should someone get the notion to question him under the utility of a truth spell.

Finished with his song the goblin jumped down and walked to the bar. He heaved himself up onto a stool that was about as tall as he was. Zax looked to the bartender and in his almost childlike voice said, "How much for a pint of ale my good man?" He seemed almost too confident especially for a goblin.

(Zax Gearpinch.)

The bartender eyes the little goblin curiously. Odd him singing songs and panhandling without permission. The goblin was lucky the boss wasn't overly cruel. The bartender points at the drinks list for reference.

"Five copper for a bottle of embers, six copper for hammers blow."

(Kallum.)

Zaræn was just settling into his post coital nap, when he noticed his alarm stone blinking. How long had that been on? Someone had tried to break into his forge? Really who was that silly? Sighing the bar owner throws on his pants and shirt and heads downstairs.

It was roughly several hours later for Kalum. Once the man had assumed the position the forge golem had planted a massive foot on his back. Though it didn't crush him, it was uncomfortable and kept him pinned in place. Zaræn walked in but left the wards up. No sense in taking any risks, he glances at the man on the ground. Hmmm who was this guy? Instead of talking to him right away Zaræn pokes in a random pile until he finds... AH! There it was. He pulls out a metal collar walks over to the prone figure and snaps it on his neck. Not much the man could really do to stop him.

"So mon-amie what bring you to my forge?"

Kalum would find himself incapable of lying or dissembling the truth. The collar had a potent enchantment that compelled on to speak truthfully. Once of hundred of items Zaræn kept just laying around.

The goblin reached into his pocket and pulled out ten copper pieces. He placed them on the bar and struggled to count out five of them having to restart multiple times. Eventually he was able to get five coins and handed them to the bartender, "I'll take one of 'em embers of bottles or whatever you Humies call 'em!" Zax put the remaining coins back into his bag whistling a tune as he did. "If yah don't mind, I was wonderin' if yah knew of someone in need of a goblin bard or any form of companion for that mattah."

Kalum could only sigh at Zaraen's direct way of speaking. "You know, for a massive flirt you certainly know how to turn off your suave demeanor. Well, as for why I am here, you kinda answered that yourself, state secrets and all that." A few chuckles escape his lips. "Though, you need to learn a little more discretion. I would not have guessed the power source of your golem here for quite some time, nor would my contractor."

He goes back to relaxing on the ground, though still pinned. "Unfortunately, I can't say anything more on that. It would break my code to reveal too much on a contractor until two months after their most recent contract."

"Hmm, well, firstly, I said I would not have guessed. My contractor on the other hand, who is to say, I do not know him nor know her face. I just had the mission placed to me in one of my es and a black crystal meant to record your golem here. As for having it on me, I kinda can't reach it as my chest is currently trying to form a crater in your floor." Kalum brings a hand to his face and starts fanning himself. "Hmm, maybe i should ask you to turn it up a bit more. It is starting to feel like my favorite Soraian sauna, The Boneyards. As for my code, that is literally the only thing worth his life to a blade of hire. If I did not follow my own code, then no contractor would trust me, no gold would come in, and I would soon be homeless." There would be a second crystal in Kalum's front pocket, though that would be a decoy to the one already containing scanned details on the construct holding Kalum down.

Kalum just shrugged, "Assumptions, most people wouldn't have correctly made an elder elemental into a golem power source, by your own volition. Was just my thoughts. I honestly don't know who the contractor is, as for the crystal, I don't know where it went. Once activated, it left somewhere else in the room. Should be a little black crystal like the one you just took from my pocket." A blank stare was still on Kalum's face, staring at Zaraen. "Think you can get this thing to let me go now? My contract is over with failure, and now I need to find some new work outside of Gauldin for a while."