Airith
After Airith gains his composure, from the kiss and the guards comment, he heads to the estate Ackland described. It is a very nice house, well maintained and very ornate, with red brick and iron working everywhere. The four large white pillars in front of the entry give it a very formal look, while the trees and vegetation make it look much more inviting. There is a guard house at the front entrance which currently has a rather large and or plump man in it. He appears to be napping but Airith can't quite tell. The estate also has servant's quarters off to one side. From the size of it there must be quite a few servants that work here.
Airith continues walking to the end of the road. It deadends a few yards before a marshy looking river. Airith puts a questioning look on his face and looks around, just in case someone sees him and wonders why he is there. Airith looks at the edges of the river to see if it is solid enough to walk on and then turns around and heads back they way he came. There are a couple houses on the other side of the street, each with their own guard house and guard. No one seems to notice Airith walking through.
I wonder if the gaurds are more for show rather than security. Looks like the river will be the best bet. Need some equipment, climbing claws, lock picks and some dark clothes.
Seeing as Airith doesn't want to draw to much attention to himself he makes his way to the Caldwell building in the warehouse district. The place seems busy with people coming and going. There are a few small wagons around with people either loading or unloading various paraphernalia.(oh, a really big word)
Word must of got out that their shipments have arrived.
Airith enters the main office to see a man at the counter talking with a woman and Sheldon, both behind the counter. It appears they are discussing the price of shipping some items. "That's outrageous.", the man lets out, obviously unhappy with the price he was given. Sheldon replies, "If ya don't like it, go somewheres else." The man fidgets a moment, "Alright, I'll be back tomorrow with the barrels.", and unhappily walks out.
Airith makes his way over to the counter and steps up onto a ledge, so he can be seen over the counter.
"Hi Sheldon."
"Oh hi, Airith is it, what can I do fer ya?"
"I have a delivery for Zane, I was wondering if he was around?"
"Sorry but Zane aint around. He rents a room North of town from a farmin family. He comes around every uder day or so ta help load wagons an do some accountin stuff around here. I don't see why he just don't stay in town. If ya want ya can leave it here wit her. Zane will be around taday or temorrow. Sorry but I got to go Airith. If ya need anything just ask her."
"Thanks Sheldon, I appreciate it." Airith turns to the lady, "Could I trouble you for a pen and a scrap of paper. I want to leave Zane a message."
The woman reaches inside a cubby and thens heads over to the counter, "Here you are dear. Ignore the writing on the back, its just an old order."
Airith writes, "Here are the letters from your family. Need me to deliver more can reach me at the Underplow Inn." "Thank you ma'am." She takes the letters and the note and puts them in a cubby in a desk.
Airith walks out of the building and heads over to the Northern part of the Upper Dock District. He walks around for a while until he finds a rather large outfitter store along the river. The outside of the store doesn't look like much but the store front is almost twice as wide as any other in the area. He enters to see an enormous sized room filled with various equipment and items. Airith is so immpressed by the number of items in here that he almost doesn't even notice the rather large man at the entrance.
Must get a lot of thieves in here, and not just the occupational kind.
Airith makes his way over to the climbing gear and begins rummaging around. While looking through a host of climbing equipment he notices four other men in the store. There is one at the far end of the store keeping an eye on what Airith is doing, another is looking through some masonry equipment, the third is meandering up and down the aisles. The last is a somewhat elderly gentleman with grey hair sitting behind the counter keeping a watchful eye on the man looking at the tools. Airith finally finds a climbing kit with everything accounted for and in decent condition. After finding the climbing kit Airith is surprised by the fact he can't find any lock picking tools. He is sure that such a place would have such a thing but they don't appear to be out with the rest of the merchandise. He heads over to the counter to ask the man there where he might find such a thing.
"Excuse me sir, but where might I find some locksmithing tools?"
The man looks around and sees that the man that was looking at the masonry tools isn't interested in anything and is begining to head for the door. The man behind the counter responds in a somewhat loud and elderly tone, "Sorry sonny, but we don't have....", as soon as the man leaves the store and is out of ear shot, the tone and speach of the man changes to more of a calm intelligent tone, "...Sorry about the ruse but the selling of certain items is frowned upon. Locksmithing tools eh, look a little young to be part of the guild."
"I'm not part of the guild just yet. Still working on acquiring the dues and necessary equipment."
"I understand." He looks Airith over. "I'll tell you what. You wait here and I'll get you what you need to get started. Don't tell the guild where you got it and I'll keep your secret about working without them knowing." The man heads to the back of the store and appears a few moments later with a small box. "This should be all you need to start out with. You best keep in mind that the guild will eventually find out what you've been up to. I would advise you pay your dues soon."
"Thank you I will as soon as I finish...with my next appointment."
Airith pays the man and thanks him for his hospitality. He then immediately heads back to the Underplow for dinner and to play with his newly purchased items.
