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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidenfine" data-source="post: 656341" data-attributes="member: 8927">SwagfestIt was bright and sunny in Freeport when Swagfest finally arrived. Jesswin walked along with the crowd as it headed toward the docks. Festivities were to kick off at nine am. Soon, she could see the stage, despite its small size. It barely filled the street near the central pier. Her target was not the only one on the stage. If she wasn’t on a job she might have been tempted to rob the whole lot of them. The Harbormaster was there, of course, with his beautiful wife. A young noblewoman and her bodyguard stood next to a cashing young elf with huge midnight blue wings. The sight of him almost broke Jesswin’s concentration. She refocused her attention on the task at hand.As trumpets blared, Captain Lydon stepped to the front of the stage, raising his hands. He smiled and ran a hand through his scraggly mop of hair.“Aarrgh, mateys! Welcome to Swagfest!” Jesswin fought to hear his words over the cheers of the crowd. “It be my honor to begin the festivities this year, as our great Sea Lord is busy with the preparations for his lighthouse. So, the responsibility falls to me to start things off. Are you ready or pillage and plunder?”Jesswin’s eyes never strayed from the Captain as the crowd jostled her. Slowly, she made her way toward the stage. “Two hundred years ago, the fleets of Freeport first took to the waves with two mighty captains at the head. The landlubbers shuddered as we gave them fire and Freeport steel!”At the conclusion of his sentence, Jesswin leapt, taking everyone by surprise. As the audience screamed, Jesswin plunged her dagger deep into Lydon’s chest. Madness ensued.Jesswin dove off the stage as Lydon’s men sprung into action. As she races toward the pier, she vaguely noticed being pursued. Suddenly, fire flared in her side, followed quickly by sudden pain in her back. She didn’t have time to wonder how someone had shot her without her bracer reacting. She reached the end of the pier and plunged into the water. As she swam away she thought about the nice heavy purse she was going to get from Finn for this job.</blockquote>

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