You wake up to a bright, rather loud morning. Allumrialia is spread out before the ship, and people mingle everywhere in the market. You step out of the ship, seeing a figure in black waving you toward them. However, Eurylia said to get the pen from the Inkspinner's temple. You can see the steeples of the temples in one direction. The figure in black is in the opposite direction.

What did I trip over?

You trip over... an eggling! congrats you're forgiven. Stealing the laser pointer was genius.

However, the eggling is stuck in a hole. This difficulty causes you to use coins in order to pry the poor thing out!

Welp it's mine now. The gold was worth it. I for some reason decide to leave the coins behind and continue on.

No regrets.

You hear the whistle of an arrow past your ear.

black figure

You follow the figure in black until you can't find them in the crowd. Lost, you are about to give up when you see a black cloak swishing around a corner ahead of you. You run after it, and find yourself being held with a knife to your throat.

wait for the stranger to tell me what to do

"You fit the description Eury gave us. Come on, girls." With a wave of her hand, a group of others in dark cloak melt out of the shadows. They take your arms, leading you away.
Soon, they began to speak, but in a lilting language you don't understand. It seems like they're gossiping based on the few words you almost understand and their body language. They aren't really paying attention to you. Do you run, and risk being caught again, or walk on, curious where they're taking you? Or maybe something else entirely?