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Post by Vitsheep on Jun 17, 2018 0:06:28 GMT -5
At the undine supervisor's prodding, you head to the market. The trip through town is short, but even still you see a lot of people just wandering around. It's a far cry from what you're used to. And when you get to the market, you suddenly realize why this pickpocket hasn't been caught yet. There are hundreds, if not thousands of people here. You've never seen so many people in one place before!
Small stalls line the square and its center. People flit from merchant to merchant in search of the best deals, and criers call out advertisements for the various goods. It seems like you can get just about anything you want here.
A cursory glance... doesn't show anyone in the middle of getting pickpocketed. Dang. That would be too easy, huh? There's plenty of places you could start your investigation. Merchants, random citizens, a handful of guards wandering around... As well as some small alleys nearby you could skulk around in.
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Post by Tight Dan on Jun 17, 2018 7:19:18 GMT -5
OK so NPCs might help but, first the simple approach activate plan Ifrit in the big City Sinle puts on then immediately takes off her game face instead looking about as wide eyed and vulnerable as possible "Woah the city is so huge I'm glad I counted my gold before I left or I'd never know how much extra I have to spend this marketplace is soo amazing" she exclaims to herself in her ditziest affectation before rushing into the crowd to walk the stalls ohhhing and ahhing as she goes.
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Post by Vitsheep on Jun 18, 2018 10:01:15 GMT -5
You have 25gp.
As you walk along the stalls, you find just about anything you could ever need. Food, simple items, even a few trade goods. A handful of stalls have rarer goods, jewelry and even a magical sword, on display, but must of those are under close watch of guards or merchants.
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Post by Tight Dan on Jun 20, 2018 5:50:16 GMT -5
It might be harder to get mugged then I anticipated no turning back now though approach the fanciest food stand buying something isn't actually the plan after all we just have to pretend to be an easy mark and more difficult one worth the risk.
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Post by Vitsheep on Jun 22, 2018 18:56:13 GMT -5
Sinle walks up to one of the food stalls and stares. Hungrily. Drooling.
The man running the stall is busy enough with actual customers that he doesn't even seem to notice you.
No sign of any pickpocket...
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Post by Tight Dan on Jun 23, 2018 15:02:52 GMT -5
Good good OK now act as if we've just noticed something and begin rummaging through whatever it is we're storing our money in and make for that dark alley mumbling something about these damn coins.
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Post by Vitsheep on Jun 24, 2018 0:28:21 GMT -5
Xae arrives in the marketplace to find much the same scene as Sinle before. Scanning for an Ifriti... there's a handful of them, but they're still a relatively rare race even in the Capital City. She notices one heading into an alley, another begging at a food stall, two selling stuff (probably not them), one walking around aimlessly, and one sitting near the edge of the area, watching the crowd the same as Xae. The other Ifriti are all male.
Sinle starts putting on an act of being a helpless tourist, checking her pouch for her money as she walks into an evil, dark alley. An act with all the subtlety of taking a hammer to an egg. She notices that she's a few coin shorts from when she started...
And when she looks up a pair of human males are observing her from the far end of the alley. "Something wrong, lady?" They look a bit... shifty...
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Post by Tight Dan on Jun 24, 2018 5:56:16 GMT -5
"Who, me?" Sinle looks around the alley as if there was anyone else to who the men could be referring to "Oh, nothing to concern yourselves with gentleman my Coin purse just seems to be a tad lighter then when I started and the reverend does get awfully cross when he goes a week without his tarts" she explains timidly
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Post by Bloodmancer on Jun 24, 2018 7:41:24 GMT -5
Xae puts on an innocent face and accentuates her speech slightly, "Oh nothing is wrong dear... I'm just searching for a friend. Tis all."
She chuckles slightly, noticing the female Ifrit walking towards the alleyway while also looking through her money. That's definitely not suspicious... (Sarcasm).
She grabs her arms and begins to pull her away from the alleyway.
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Post by Vitsheep on Jun 24, 2018 19:48:21 GMT -5
Xae answers someone who's talking to Sinle in the alley and can't hear her, then magically identifies the Ifrit she's looking for, runs over, and grabs her without a word of greeting.
The men stare at Sinle as she answers. "Well if you're a bit light on coin, we're about to start a game o' dice..." One of them chuckles.
Someone Sinle's never met suddenly grabs her arms and starts dragging her back.
The two guys stare at Xae.
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