Day Two
Night comes and passes into the second day of the Festival. The hollars of the slave auctions leak through the windows of the room, above and beyond the general din of the trading grounds. Business continues as normal through late morning and early afternoon. As Whitney's watch arises, business sucumbs to recreation while the next batch of slaves are transported to the market square and prepared for auction. Entertainers, some clearly full bards, perform for a diverse selection of people, accepting the occassional coin thrown on stage; the diversity of those on stage is also notable with humans of both the north and south, halflings, and gnomes represented. A gnomish bard is the current rage, acting out a comedy routine with magically created images of himself.
Whitney spots a boy in the crowd carefully slip his hand into the pocket of a wealthy, but unsuspecting merchant, removing some small object and then move to another of similar status.