"We could try to find that key for you, if you'd like." Kamiko offers the guard.

"It would certainly save me some trouble. They key is about as long as my finger and made of metal. The bow is circular with a blue square painted on it."

Before you leave, you ask how easy it is to meet with the princess.

"You'll see signs for it when you get close to the castle. You shouldn't have to wait long, we only get a few attempts per day at this point." The guard answers.

Your group gathers back up and begin towards the park. As you walk, you ask Hilde if she has any sort of gadgets to help them find the key.

"I got all sorts of detectors, shouldn't be hard to find something like that." Hilde says proudly.

The park is a small bit of green space situated just outside the south part of the main square. It is made up of a small stone path, on one side is mostly a grass field with a few wooden benches with views of the fountain. On the other side of the path is a small copse of birch trees. Hilde's ears start to rotate like radar dishes, and she slowly walks towards one of the birch trees, stopping right at it's roots.

"It's under here I think. I'm actually sensing quite a bit of metal junk in here." Hilde starts.

However, she is interrupted by a brown blur climbing and darting all over her body screaming, "Thief!"

"Oh gross get it off, get it off!" the robot says, jolting up and down in attempt to loosen whatever it is crawling on her.

"What the, a talking dog?" the thing says, pausing momentarily.

"What the, a talking mouse?" Hlide says as Kamiko takes the opportunity to quite deftly snatch the rodent by the tail and lift it up.

It is indeed rat. It has a rather fancy green felt hat.

"L-let me go, monster!" The rat says, pointing a shaking paw at your co-worker. "And leave my treasure alone! I'm warning you, I'll bite!"

"We don't intend to steal anything." Kamiko says, "We are looking for a key with a blue square on it. Have you seen it?"

"Maybe... Maybe not!"

"Well if you DO have it, I don't suppose there is any way I can get you to part with it." Kamiko says, grabbing HIlde by the head so she stops transforming one of her legs into a laser gun.

The rat considers this for a moment and then says, "Get me a sack of grain, and I'll give you the key. You know, if I have it."
"This is beginning to sound like a chain of deals." Kamiko says, lowering the rat down and letting it go. "These are usually kind of boring. I can finish this up while you do your part in the story, if you'd like. I think it needs to get done before I can make my attempt at a joke, if I remember the briefing correctly."

You ask what is going to happen on the chain of deals.

"Oh, you know. The rat wants some grain, the farmer with the grain wants some horse shoes, the farrier wants a brush, etc. etc..." Kamiko says, "If this were a more dangerous mission or story it might be interesting, but I doubt much is going to happen other than being sent all over the city."