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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 3795567" data-attributes="member: 12460">As the young wastrels stepped onto Cheap Street and headed south towards Benedict's Trading Coster, Gedric began to feel antsy, and a bit suspicious."Hey, Pad," he said, "Don't it strike you as strange that a fella like that would wanna help us out?"His companion shrugged, "I dunno," she replied."I mean, why would he want us to do this? You think maybe its a trick?" he wondered."I dunno," Pad replied yet again.Gedric kicked at a stone on the ground as they trudged down the avenue. He had spent his whole life having no one to trust but his friend, Padree. This half-elf was the first person other than her to ever show him any sort of kindness. Saving them from the vendor, buying them a hot meal, offering them a possible sliver of hope to pull themselves out of the gutter and for once in their lives to be something. "I'm scared, Pad," he confided."I know," she responded and looked over at him. She had a look of worry on her face, but then she put her hand on his shoulder and smiled, "Look, let's make the best of this. If anything, we might be introduced to a real thief, maybe even become apprentices! This mother lady sounds like she might have some kinda connections.""Yea, you're right," Ged nodded in agreement, "I dunno if we'd be able to burgle a wizard's tower, but maybe we could find better lives if we actually became real thieves. We could steal from like, nobles and stuff.""That would be dandy," Padree said. The two then proceeded to walk in silence. It was getting to be late in the day and twilight was setting in. Cheap Street ran the entire length of the west side of the city and they had a ways to go before they would arrive at Benedict's. The lantern boys were already trotting out on their stilts to light the roads of the main byways. Keen folk knew to stick to these well-traveled roads at night for their own safety. To venture off was to risk one's wealth, no matter how meager, and possibly even one's life. Padree and Gedric both knew this fact all too well, and made sure to stick to the most well lit parts of the street. Unfortunately for them, this also made them highly visible for a squad of city guards heading north. Pernevi's men were not to be trifled with, but they often made it their business to trifle with passersby in hopes of shaking them down for supplementary income--the guard business wasn't as lucrative as you might believe. The two youngsters knew that if they tried to duck into an alleyway, the guards would just assume they had done something wrong, so they had no choice but to pass right by them. And as they did, the unthinkable happened."'Ey there you lit'l curs," one of the guards snapped, "Whats are yas doin' out so late? Shouldn't yas be in yer lit'l beds wit' yer lit'l dollies by now?"</blockquote>

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