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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandros" data-source="post: 4445705" data-attributes="member: 75408"><p>Tonight, soft chuckles and loud laughter occasionally drown out the too-quiet announcer of the Chariot races. Over the course of the last hour, a small group of men have gathered at the Bar listening to the animated storytelling of a young man -- Marty Inglis. One of the young man's audience members had earlier snorted in disgust at the underhanded sales techniques of some of the shop owners in the Western part of the Lower Ward, a comment which had been met with grunts of agreement from the other patrons nearby. Marty had immediatly leapt into a tale of a stubborn shop owner from the area who had only two days ago had sold him a broken motor bike and then refused to refund the item. The young man, with reenactments complete with gestures and voice impressions, recreated the scene which culminated in him confusing the poor shop owner so thoroughly that he let Marty leave without with both a replacement bike and a 50% refund. Every step of the story was met with smiles and laughter until one of the men sighed and said "Marty, if I didn't know you I wouldn't believe anyone could trick someone like that."</p><p> </p><p>And to be honest, Marty hadn't. In fact, Marty wasn't even this man's real name. Marty Inglis was simply one of many aliases employed by Merari Ruiz in his efforts to remain hidden from the watchful eyes of the BIA. Why was Merari remaining hidden from the BIA -- an organization started to protect the citizens of the realm from unsavory characters using magic to break the laws? Mostly because Merari tended to break laws -- and he tended to do it with magic. But more on that at a later time. The story, a well thought out drama involving real people, real places, but, unfortunately, fictional events. Merari probably shouldn't have told the story at all -- Charles, his mentor, was constantly impressing upon the young man the importance of remaining low key in public places so as to not draw unnecessary attention. But Merari liked people, liked being liked by people, and therefore couldnt help but become the center of attention anytime he went out to relax in the evening.</p><p> </p><p>Done with his story, Merari went back to sipping at his mug and listening to the talk and gossip of the people around him, listening for anything that might prove useful at some future time. When others spoke, he paid attention, chuckling and nodding in all the right places. Anything to keep the talk and the information flowing. Whenever the door opened, Merari's eyes flickered to the door, checking to see if the person was of any special interest -- looking for either someone Merari might have to be careful around or attractive young women coming to have food or drink at the Inn tonight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandros, post: 4445705, member: 75408"] Tonight, soft chuckles and loud laughter occasionally drown out the too-quiet announcer of the Chariot races. Over the course of the last hour, a small group of men have gathered at the Bar listening to the animated storytelling of a young man -- Marty Inglis. One of the young man's audience members had earlier snorted in disgust at the underhanded sales techniques of some of the shop owners in the Western part of the Lower Ward, a comment which had been met with grunts of agreement from the other patrons nearby. Marty had immediatly leapt into a tale of a stubborn shop owner from the area who had only two days ago had sold him a broken motor bike and then refused to refund the item. The young man, with reenactments complete with gestures and voice impressions, recreated the scene which culminated in him confusing the poor shop owner so thoroughly that he let Marty leave without with both a replacement bike and a 50% refund. Every step of the story was met with smiles and laughter until one of the men sighed and said "Marty, if I didn't know you I wouldn't believe anyone could trick someone like that." And to be honest, Marty hadn't. In fact, Marty wasn't even this man's real name. Marty Inglis was simply one of many aliases employed by Merari Ruiz in his efforts to remain hidden from the watchful eyes of the BIA. Why was Merari remaining hidden from the BIA -- an organization started to protect the citizens of the realm from unsavory characters using magic to break the laws? Mostly because Merari tended to break laws -- and he tended to do it with magic. But more on that at a later time. The story, a well thought out drama involving real people, real places, but, unfortunately, fictional events. Merari probably shouldn't have told the story at all -- Charles, his mentor, was constantly impressing upon the young man the importance of remaining low key in public places so as to not draw unnecessary attention. But Merari liked people, liked being liked by people, and therefore couldnt help but become the center of attention anytime he went out to relax in the evening. Done with his story, Merari went back to sipping at his mug and listening to the talk and gossip of the people around him, listening for anything that might prove useful at some future time. When others spoke, he paid attention, chuckling and nodding in all the right places. Anything to keep the talk and the information flowing. Whenever the door opened, Merari's eyes flickered to the door, checking to see if the person was of any special interest -- looking for either someone Merari might have to be careful around or attractive young women coming to have food or drink at the Inn tonight. [/QUOTE]
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