Closed Another day another robbery (Raven Nightfoot)

[Kyodaija]

57th of Summer, 513 AV.

Kyo had grown accustomed to the well worn tavern "The Silver Sliver" making it an almost daily occurrence that he would be there. He had established it as his territory weather any one else cared or not. Often getting involved now with the tavern brawls helping the barkeep kick the rowdy men to the curb. Sometimes earning himself a drink on the house on the occasion.

The Silver Sliver in particular had become his clutch, washing a mug down to clean himself out after an afternoons training.

Out of the corner of his eye he spotted a couple of men dressed as guards that he didn't see frequent the place before... He was their all the time mingling with the local thugs trying to earn some coin any way he could from time to time. So he noted everybody that came into the bar.

These men were well dressed and had "pretty" long swords strapped to their hips. With a woman numbering among the trio even! They were far to well dressed for the place having the smell of the noble district about them. The place was perhaps the only scene that didn't smell like fish and horse manure...

The three chatted next to Kyo at the bar, who sat in the stool unarmed and unarmored wearing his usual slack pants and belt with no shoes or shirt. Kyo took the time to listen in on the trio and heard something very interesting...

"The masters been collecting a lot of odd things as of late if you ask me.." said the younger of the 2 men. The woman among the three replied in a butch voice, "It's not our business what the master *collects* (making a motion with her fingers for emphasis) we just guard the house while e's away looking for more doodads an doohickeys out in dem ruins..." The oldest man middle aged by the look of it spoke then, "They are valued artifacts and of utmost importance to his research into ancient cultures. Now enough talk of this subject in such a public place."

Kyo turned away at that deciding he should scope these people out further... After a time the three of them left the bar. Kyo followed behind after them trying to stay discreet and to the shadows as best he could. He wasn't sure if they ever noticed him but when he saw them reach their home in the noble district he quickly took note of the location and returned to the Sliver...

He sat thinking out a plan at the bar, he wasn't one for burglary but he couldn't just go up and rob the place with 3 guards in the noble district...

"One ssliver please..." he called to the inkeep as best he could without adding to much hiss...

If only that whip girl were still around...

[Raven Nightfoot]

Raven had been itching for some action for the past few days, her usual pick-pocketing was becoming both too easy and monotonous for her to handle. She wanted something thrilling, something challenging...something dangerous. However, unfortunately for Raven no such opportunities were presenting themselves. So, with nothing better to do, Raven found herself making her way towards The Silver Sliver yet again to seek some easy pick-pocketing targets. The door to the tavern swung open and in stepped a dark-haired lithe-formed Raven clad in tight black leather and complete with whip hinged to her side(and hidden beneath her whip, her mask). She didn't bother scanning the room for any potential targets because she knew it was far too early for anyone to be drunk enough for her to steal from(safely). So she made her way to her usual spot, a table in the dark quiet corner of the tavern where she could simply observe from the shadows. Raven took her seat at the empty spot, arms crossed and legs on the table, busking in the sounds and voices of the tavern folk. She knew that she seemed unapproachable, especially to anyone who was sober, but that was the point. No one would bother her, especially without a drink to offer.

[Kyodaija]

Kyo sat at the bar trying to come up with some way to handle his problem of how to relieve the good noble of his goods... when in walked his solution. Raven *if he recalled her name correctly* strolled in taking up her perch in the corner of the room, with a bored expression apparent across her face...

The god's simply favored a robbery occurring this day it seemed! And so Kyo looked to the barkeep and called out to him "2 Sssilver Sssliversss pleassse..." forgetting to tone down his accent entirely. The barkeep probably had his suspicions about Kyo by now anyway. Obviously didn't care as long as he had a patron not looking to start any crap in his bar.

He slid Kyo his drinks to which Kyo laid his coin on the table for. He grabbed the mugs of ale and strolled purposefully over to the thief he had met not more than a few eves ago. He noted a lot more about her this time. Especially the fact that she sat in a spot that was most ideal for casing the joint... a good thing Kyo left the majority of his coin at home tucked away, who know if she had ever snuck a peak in his coinpurse before or not!

When he saw her gaze lock eyes with him. He walked right to her table and sat down not bothering asking for permission. Placing a mug in front of her somewhat gracelessly, splashing a bit out of the mug in doing so.

"Got a good place that I wasss lookin to rob missssss Raven..." He said with a smile. "Perhapsss you'd be up for a bit a burglary worth a bit more than what thessse blokesss got in their pocketsss..." again forgetting to hide his Dahni accent as usual.

[Raven Nightfoot]

Raven's amber eyes looked over the tavern folk, calmly switching from target to target as they did, there seemed to be nothing of interest happening at the moment. Fortunately she has spoken too soon as her she saw a large figure approaching in her peripherals, she turned her head to see who it was and there was the large man who had helped her take down a couple of victims only days ago. Her eyebrow rose as she stared him down, willing him to go away with her gaze, but the massive man proceeded to approach, she admired that. She noticed that he had purpose in his walk and figured she'd at least give him a chance to entertain her before she banished him from her presence. There was a loud thud as he slammed a mug onto the table unceremoniously and took a seat as well, Raven removed her legs from their resting place, eyebrow still raised, questioning the man's presence as she watched him intently. The large man was covered in scars proving that he was either a very experienced warrior, or a very bad one that was good at surviving. Her annoyance and disdain soon disappeared as he spoke, curiosity quickly taking the reins at his proposal. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise at his accent, it unnerved her slightly but she quickly regained her composure. "Well, if it isn't...what's your name again?" she said in her usual confident tone. "I'm in, what's the plan?" she answered afterwards. She may not have heard the proposal yet but she was all for it, she had just been wishing for something more challenging that pick-pocketing only a few seconds ago and now this man was offering a solution. Raven leaned in closer to grab the mug and take a swig of the ale, the cool refreshing liquid quenched the thirst she hadn't even known she had until now. Her amber eyes never left the large man's. There she sat waiting for his response, she hoped this man had a good plan, or was she going to engineer one instead?

[Kyodaija]

"Kyodaija is the name missssss Raven, but you can call me Kyo for conversssationsss Sssake." He noted her immediate interest in the conversation at the mere sound of something more challenging to do than simple pocket thievery from time to time. "Sssome Foolsss made there way into the bar earlier this day and ssspoke of their massstersss manor on the outsskirtsss of the noblesss disstrict. I propossse this... I get you inssside the place, disstracting the guardsss once your in, while you relieve the old codger of hisss goodsss..."

He paused a moment then to note her reaction. continuing saying "Sssimilar to our agreement before I will claim half of the prize'sss we obtain. Perhapsss thisss will be the ssstart of a mutually beneficial relationsship?" he said in a questioning tone.

Kyo took a large healthy swig of his Sliver. Setting it down when he was finished.

[Raven Nightfoot]

Raven took another sip from her mug as the large man, who introduced himself as Kyodaija, Kyo presented his offer and plan. A small shiver ran down her spine at the sound of his hiss, but she wouldn't ask him that for now, the plan was more important. The large man's plan seemed simple and effective enough, he would be the one faced with the biggest threat, which suited Raven just fine. Distraction, theft, escape, the plan could work but she wasn't naïve enough to assume it would be THAT easy. "A nobleman huh? Well what are we waiting for, let's go." she said finishing the last of her ale and rising to her feet. She stood there waiting for a moment, "Perhaps." she said with an teasingly uncertain tone as she began walking toward the exit of the tavern figuring Kyo would catch up and lead the way soon after. "This is gonna be fun."

[Kyodaija]

Kyo watched the excited reactions of Raven with a look of amusement. He was beginning to catch on to the fact that his hissing accent sounded very strange and unnerving to her. Not many people this far North knew what a Dhani was much less the fact they were snake men.

But for now he would allow her the chipper mood she now seemed to be in excited for her next victim she was to rob. He went to follow the woman out of the door but stopped at the barkeep for a moment to procure himself a bottle of whiskey. Hard stuff and expensive. But worth it for the ploy he intended to use as part of his distraction.

He quickly paid for his booze and caught up to Raven, inevitably passing her by and leading the way to their victims home. They traveled through the many streets of Ravok until they finally reached the noble district, their preys home already now in view.

Kyo urged for Raven to stop with an outstretched hand that grabbed on to her tiny shoulder in comparison.

Then ducked behind some crates in an alley to get a real view of the home they were intending to plunder. The woman guard and the younger man were both on duty outside, tasked with the rather dull looking job of guarding the front door of the manor it would seem. Kyo could only assume the older guard most likely senior to the other two was inside of the manor somewhere, possibly with another guard or two that Kyo didn't know about. He peered about the place looking for a good point of entry.

But alas this was not Kyo's specialty so nothing particularly came to mind. He turned then to Raven and whispered, "where are you going to break in?"

[Raven Nightfoot]

As the large man, Kyo, caught up to her and began to lead the way to the house Raven followed silently watching the enormous scarred warrior as they walked. She noticed the bottle of liquor in his hand and figured it was all part of the plan, distraction. When they finally arrived in the Noble's District, surrounded by large lavish houses she was suddenly forced to take cover. From their hiding spot she had a good view of the target, another large lavish house just like all the others in this area of the city. There were two very bored looking guards outside the house, Raven figured that any house worth robbing would have some more guards inside. "Where are you going to break in?" Raven looked at the large man slightly confused, "I though you were the mastermind behind the robbery?" she said teasingly before looking back at the house. She couldn't see any entry points that wouldn't be obvious to the guards, slightly annoyed that they may not be robbing someone today. No, it had to happen. She needed this. Amber eyes examined the two story lavish house once again, more intently this time. There, the house was on the corner of the walkway, meaning there was a whole extra side of the house that might present them with 'greener pastures'. She turned back to the large man beside her, "Let's try the other side of the house, perhaps we can find something there." as she spoke she got to her feet and began walking away from the house. They had to go the long way around to avoid being seen by the guards and after a few chimes they were on the unguarded side of the house, which, to Raven's relief, had an open window on the second floor, the light was off meaning either someone was there but sleeping, OR it was empty. "I need you to give me a boost." she said completely nonchalantly, he looked more than strong enough, her eyes fixed on the target as she took a few steps back for a run up. She ran forward stepping on Kyo's joined hands and jumping off of them as he threw his arms up, shooting her up and toward the window. Unfortunately the man was a bit too strong and she overshot the window pane flying straight through the open window. She winced as she flew into the dark room half expecting to land on a sleeping guard and simultaneously PRAYING to Akajia for a stealthy landing. Akajia seemed to oblige as she landed with little to no sound, her eyes opening nervously to examine the dark room which was only lit by the moon outside. It was empty, thank Akajia. Raven stepped quietly off of the bed and towards the window, poking her head out of the window to signal Kyo with a thumbs up before disappearing back into the dark room. "That was fun, now let's see what this place has to offer." she said to herself half sarcastic. "That Kyo man is proving to be quite useful, perhaps I'll stick with him a bit longer."

[Kyodaija]

Kyo watched as Raven disappeared into the darkness of the second floor window. He knew now that his contribution would be most needed to try and draw any other guards from inside out of the house. He made his way back out onto the street coming from the direction of the silver sliver as best as he could guess it and took several powerful chugs of his potent whiskey. sloshing a bit on his chest and neck for odor. A waste of such fine stuff but necessary for the deception...

He stood for a moment trying to think of a song to sing maybe... Then he came up with one he had heard the patrons of the bar sing many times. He didn't know it perfectly but perhaps that would only aid in the illusion of being a stupid ambling drunk.

Kyo came from the alley out into the street in front of the house while singing loudly...

"A long time ago, way back in hissstory
When all there wasss to drink wasss... cuspsss of tea
Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mopsss
And he... a wonderful drink and he made it out of hopsss

He might have been an admiral, a sssultan, or a king
And to hisss praisssesss we shall alwaysss sssing
Look what he has done for usss, he'sss filled usss up with cheer
Lord blessssss Charlie Mopsss,
The man who invented beer!"

His voice was far from melodic and very off tune. To accentuate the point he stumbled around making his way toward the manor laughing heartily occasionally. He actually began enjoying himself rather loudly as he noted that he had the 2 guards very clear attention, the young man even laughing a bit at the site of the grizzly looking drunk.

"The... Bar, the Clancy'sss Pub, the Hole in the Wall asss well
One thing you can be sure of, it's Charlie'sss beer they sell
So come on all me... the lads at eleven O'clock ye stopsss *hic*
For five short sssecondsss, remember Charlie Mopsss
One, two, three, four, somethin? HEY!

He might have been an admiral, a sultan, or a king
And to hisss praisssesss we shall alwaysss sssing
Look what he hasss done for us, he'sss filled usss up with cheer
Lord blessssss Charlie Mopsss,
The man who invented..."

Kyo was cut short by the sound of the elder man he had seen among the other two abruptly opening the front door and coming outside, "What in blazes is going on out here?" He looked rather upset at the other two guards whom had failed to silence Kyo sooner.

Kyo added to his ruse by taking another hearty drink of his whiskey allowing some to pour down his face, laughing heartily. "Come friendsss! Drink with me and sssing a sssong!" He walked toward the guards of which the woman and old man tensed up at his approach. He was no friendly looking giant, but the young lad seemed oblivious to it.

Kyo stretched out his hand offering the drink to the boy. Who took a hearty sip but coughed half way through. Kyo laughed heartily slapping the boy on the back. "Your ssstill green at drinking the hard ssstuff ain't chya lad! *hic*. Again laughing his loud belligerent laugh. "Come friends drink with me!" He handed the drink to the woman guard this time. To which the swift hand of the elder guard came swooping down slapping the bottle from Kyo's grasp.

Kyo watched with *genuine* pain as the expensive liqour poured down a gutter drain, it's potent liquid pouring into the sewer. Kyo's eyes narrowed dangerously as he looked up at the guard. To which he promptly slugged in the face. Of course that's what kyo wanted to have happen, but he found instead his fist firmly planted into the door directly behind the man, which Kyo splintered with the force of his punch.

The guards went for their weapons.

"NOBODY WASSSTESSS MY DRINKSSS!" Kyo grimaced with rage.

[Raven Nightfoot]

Now that she was in safely and seemingly undetected Raven went into full stealth mode, legs bent slightly to lessen the sound of her footsteps. She straightened the sheets of the bed she had landed on so that it wasn't obvious that someone had been in the room and made her way towards the door. "Here goes." she said to herself taking a deep breath as she turned the doorknob as slowly and quietly as she could until the door gave a soft satisfying click and slid open, she only allowed it to open a crack so she could take a peek. The room she was looking into was well lit, several lamps scattered around it as well as a few paintings and chairs adorning it, it seemed to be the landing which led to several doors including the one she was hidden behind. Satisfied that the room was empty Raven opened the door and cautiously stepped into the room, closing the door behind her. To her left were the stairs and in every other direction there were doors, so Raven decided to check them systematically, she would go door-to-door anti-clockwise until she found something of obvious value. The first three rooms she checked were all empty bedrooms, she assumed they were guest rooms due to their lack of personal items but the fourth room however, the fourth room was very different. This room was a bedroom as well but significantly bigger than the first few and there at the far end was a door which had intricate patterns carved into it, making it stand out instantly. Raven's curiosity peaked as she stepped quietly into the room and closed the door behind her as she made her way through the dimly lit bedroom and toward the fancy door. Raven froze completely about halfway towards the door as her ears picked up a noise coming from inside the room, she recognised it instantly as the sound of breathing. She winced as she mentally scolded herself for her overzealous attitude as she slowly turned her head in the direction of the sound to see a blonde haired little girl laying on a pile of cushions in the corner of the room, an open book resting on her lap. The girl must have fallen asleep whilst reading which explained why the bed still looked untouched and which had fooled Raven into thinking the room was empty. Immediately Raven began to contemplate whether or not she should abandon her plan to uncover what hid behind the carved door and attempt to escape the room without waking the young girl, but as usual curiosity overpowered reason and she was once again, slowly creeping towards the carved door. Once she had finally reached it Raven was glad to see that it was slightly ajar as she slowly opened the door. Upon entering the room Raven's face immediately turned into a frown as she realised it was just a bathroom, she had risked being caught for a bathroom, "Petch!" she muttered under her breath at her bad luck as she turned in the doorway planning on escaping. "Martha could you pour me some water please?" Raven's heart dropped at the sound of the innocent sounding voice as she realised the young blonde girl was standing only a foot in front of her. She winced expecting a scream but thankfully, none came. Raven opened her eyes to examine the girl properly and noticed the child barely had her eyes open as she stood there half asleep and swaying as she rubbed her eyes. 'Should I answer? Should I run? What should I do?' those and many other questions ran through Raven's mind as she brainstormed for a solution to her current dilemma. 'Wait, she thinks I'm this Martha person, maybe I should just go along with it.' she thought to herself as her amber eyes searched the room for some water, there on a small table was a mug and pitcher(which she assumed contained water). Raven took a deep breath before answering in a soft, gentle whisper, "Sure sweetie.". The girl didn't seem startled by her words and so Raven figured she was still safe as she made her way towards the table and poured the water into the mug and handed it to the young girl who took only two sips before handing it back to Raven and walking towards the bed. The young girl climbed sleepily into the bed and Raven followed making sure to tuck her in comfortably before making her way back towards the room which led to all the other doors, but just before she could exit the room, the young girls voice came again. "Goodnight, Martha." Raven couldn't help but smile at the gentle innocent sound of the voice, "Goodnight sweetie." she responded softly before finally exiting the room and shutting the door quietly behind her. The moment Raven had closed the door behind her she sighed in relief, "Oh, my god that was close." she said softly to herself. There she stood for a moment trying to calm herself, her heart was racing, something she hadn't noticed till now and just as it was starting to slow she heard a pair of heavy footsteps climbing the stairs towards her. Raven's heart began to race yet again as she heard the steps getting closer, she pressed her back to wall beside the stairs figuring that a surprise attack was her only option as panic quickly escalated as it filled her body. The footsteps got closer and closer until finally Raven could hear they were just about at the top of the stairs when she heard a loud familiar voice coming from outside in the distance. It was Kyo, she recognised that sibilant speech immediately as she heard his drunken song coming from the street outside. To her relief the footsteps that had been only a step away from her began to descend the stairs and finally she heard the front door open and shut as the person exited the house. Raven released yet another sigh of relief, she had been holding her breath the entire time, her fist tight and ready to strike but luckily there was no need. "That was too close for comfort." she said, a smile crossing her face at the sound of the song Kyo was still singing loudly from outside. "Okay, back to work.".