Viola had spent the last half hour walking through the streets of Feroxi, visiting the local merchants and asking them if they had any idea as to the whereabouts of Whiskey Fifer. A few had said they had seen her, but had no clue as to where she might be living. She was passing by the sheriff's office when the thought came to her, that maybe she could try asking the Sheriff; as perhaps they or one of the deputies had heard something either about Whiskey herself, or the trade off that was scheduled to happen.
Making sure she looked presentable given her attire, Viola stepped in through the doors and into the building. Almost immediately she got bumped into her side by someone carrying a large stack of papers. Whilst Viola carefully sidestepped, the papers were flying all over the floor.
"Oh my god, sorry I didn't see you there." A female voice said sounding very apologetic. From the look of the lady, she weren't no deputy; had more the look of an office type more than anything else with her spectacles and half decent looking business suit.
"That's quite alright, I didn't expect someone to be carrying a large pile of papers in place like this. Here, let me help you with that." Said Viola in a very nonchalant manner as she knelt down to pick up a few papers that were out of the other woman's reach, and then set them down on a nearby table.
"There you go. Now, I was wondering if you could help me with something."
"Well, since you've helped me with this, I'd be glad to help you Miss. Now what I can I do for you?"
"You see the thing is, it's been a while since I was last in Feroxi, and I wouldn't exactly know where to find the Sheriff's office here."
"It's a good thing that we bumped into each other, you see, I was on my way to Sheriff Carter's office with this here stack of arrest warrants; she wanted to sort through them and assign deputies to search for the people on these warrants. If you could follow me, I'll take you to her. By the way, the name is Andrea."
"Why thank you Andrea, the name's Viola. Well, lead the way." Spoke Viola, and the pair went off down and around the corridor, where they soon stopped outside the office door, which noticeably had a couple of bullet holes in through the glass; revolver rounds if Viola had to guess.
"If you wait right here Miss Viola, I'll go see if Sheriff Carter is willing to except visitors." Andrea then opened the door and was soon found speaking with someone, hopefully it was Monroe. A minute or two later, Andrea reappeared, now without the papers.
"Sheriff Carter is ready to see you know Miss Viola. If you'll excuse me, I've got some paperwork to sort. Good Day." Andrea soon went back down the corridor, leaving the door open for Viola to enter. Inside was a woman sitting behind a wooden desk in a tall back chair. The desk had papers strewn about it. Viola gave a small cough to signify her presence. Sheriff Monroe looked up, allowing Viola to get a look of a scar that ran across her nose.
"Ah, you must be Miss Viola; please take a seat, and tell me what I can do for you." Carter said in a friendly voice, and Viola graciously sat in the chair opposite.
"I'm very much grateful for you speaking with me Sheriff, you see I find myself with a bit of a problem; I'm looking for someone, who may or may not be connected to the recent train heist that the Iron Maiden's pulled off. I've been hired by Lord Basilio to rescue his betrothed who was taken hostage; and one of my contacts mentioned a mercenary by the name of Whiskey Fifer, who was going to be overseeing some kind exchange involving the Maidens and another family, who a member of theirs was also taken in the heist. Question is, would you know where Fifer might be?"
"Fifer?! Hmm, the name rings a bell; whilst I can't tell you where she is, one of my Deputies did make mention, that someone from the infamous Wilkes-Vines mafia family was looking to hire her for something, perhaps your query is related. Sorry if that isn't much help Miss."
"Wilkes-Vines, now this has gotten more interesting. Thank you very much for your aid Sheriff, I best be going now, got another clue to follow." Viola said as she left her seat.
"My pleasure, hope you find what your looking for." And with that, Viola left the office as quickly as she entered, and set off to find a member of the Wilkes-Vines crime family. Viola never thought that in her line of work, she'd be looking for one of the most notorious mafia families on the whole Rock. Their black suit and sunglasses, along with the bandannas which had a Komodo Dragon on them were their signature pieces, shouldn't be too hard to find one.