The less than noble thief [Ended]

[Rogus]

He didn't think she'd wake so quickly... damn. He'd fold his hands behind his back and face the girl, hiding his hands to give Ryu a small signal.

"You're okay? Fantastic! This is my friend, Silas. He's here in case things with the noble get messy." He'd make a signal with his right hand while he used his left to try and examine her injuries. The signal, his thumb and index finger touching for a mere seconds would be reminiscent of a closed mouth. Play along . It would happen too fast for the un-trained eye of one who wasn't a thief to see much of a correlation, or too be noticed at all.

"You seem better, but you should get some rest." He'd advise, his tone being that of something like an older sibling, "We'll have a difficult day tomorrow."

[Ryuzaki]

Ryuzaki grinned broadly.


"Hello, milady," he purred, in a warm and friendly murmur. "So good to make your acquaintance. I must agree, however, that you need your rest. You seem to have had a... rough, shall we say, day."

[Ingrid]

Ingrid turned to the other and responded with a slow wave, he was being nice to her and that was weird around here.- I'm not really tired.- she replied slowly.- As a matter of fact i'm very hungry and thirsty, you have anything to eat?-

[Ryuzaki]

"Unfortunately... Wait, no. Here."

Reaching behind the folds of his cloak, Ryuzaki produced a small, hard loaf of bread, half sawed off in a jagged cut.

"Help yourself. Why don't you find a pew, eat, and get some rest?" Ryu urged, trying to clear the girl away.

[Ingrid]

Ingrid smiled and grabbed the bread took a portion of it, devouring it, it was the first piece of solid food that she had in a while.- Thank you this is very kind of you.- she said and nodded, she was getting tired again but she couldn't help to think something was wrong. she sat on the bench and closed her eyes, trying to get some sleep. However nightmares didn't took long to return, it was hard to stay asleep, but she made an effort, she did needed to recover.

[Ryuzaki]

"Finally," Ryuzaki sighed. He turned his attention back to the other thief, and snickered softly.

"All right. I feel that we can easily pull this off... Don't worry, I'm good at these sort of jobs. Now, as for my cut... I feel it appropriate, given that you'll be taking that gold thingie... Good luck selling it, by the way...

I'll take 60% of the gold we net. And first dip at any of those magic-book thingies and staff-thingies. As for gold bust-things, I'll leave those to you. And I'll kill anyone who gets in our way. Anyone.

Sound good, pal?" Ryuzaki finished, flicking his hair and giving the thief another piercing stare.

[Rogus]

He'd grin. He knew the thief would want a large share, it was only natural after all. He grinned in response to the man's words, and would bring his hand up to view his nails. He'd examine them, apparently unsatisfied with the condition they were in as he blew on them.

"60 percent of gold... first dibs on books. If i didn't know any better I'd think you greedy." He'd wink with a short chuckle.

"That's fine with me on one condition... I get to know your name. This is my heist after all." He'd eye the man with ammusement, " And as for killing... I doubt that will be necessary if you aren't seen, but rest assured if we are forced to, i won't hesitate either."

[Ryuzaki]

"Hehehe," Ryu chuckled. "Greed has nothing to do with it. We are, after all, thieves. We look out for our own interests before those of our associates, right?"

Ryuzaki smiled a soft, confidential smile and flicked his right arm out from his cloak, letting a single gold coin flip up in a high arc. Watching it, he waited and then snapped his head forward, catching the coin between his teeth, and biting it. He then transferred it to his hand again, bowed, and presented the other thief the coin. A traditional display of thieves' honor, it symbolized complete dedication to a cause or contract. If the other thief bit the coin, the deal was binding, on the thieves' code of 'honor.'

"My name is Ryuzaki, son of Lycia and Sacae. I want to live.

And you?"

[Rogus]

Rogus smiled crookedly, and bit the coin using the same motions to give it back.

"Well, my unfortunately named friend, the time is right. Perhaps when we have time I'll share mine."

He'd waste no time, checking to make sure the girl was at least closing her eyes, he'd silently slip away to the doorway on the left side of the church. Due to the lack of much lighting, he'd be virtually invisible as he slipped into the doorway. Trusting his partner was close on his heels, he'd enter the next chamber eagerly where a neophyte, no more than a mere child, was praying to a rack of candles at the end of the small room. Books would line the back wall, and at the other two there would be marked doorways. Using his superior vision, he'd make out that the one on the right read "Seminary", and the other "Treasury".

~Very confident that no one would even attempt this, eh?~ He'd crouch low, placing each step carefully to make no sound as he approached the marked treasure trove. Unlike the previous door, this one held a lock. He'd slip a motion for Ryuzaki to watch the neophyte as he drew a lockpick from his tunic. Slipping the instrument into the mechanism, he'd carefully find the pins of the lock, releasing them one by one with absolute care. Finally, the tumbler fell, and the door's lock clicked open.

The absolute silence was broken, and the girl stopped her praying to see Rogus wince at the sound of the click. His eyes widened, normally he'd have no problem with offing a witness but in this case his soft spot was triggered. He looked to Ryuzaki instantly, his mind screaming.

~DON'T!~

[Ryuzaki]

"Already?" Ryu thought in mild exasperation. "This one wasn't too menacing, at least..."

Ryuzaki moved in a blur of indigo, drawing his sword and slapping the acolyte across the face with the flat of the blade, knocking the girl unconscious. Sheathing the blade, he dragged the girl over to the corner of the room and quickly removed her outer robe, donning it and hiding his normal clothing beneath it.

"Let's move. At least now I have a reasonable reason for taking you into the Treasury... Let's go. I doubt she'll sleep for more than a half hour, I didn't hit her too hard. Actually... Would you prefer I just get rid of her? It may be safer, yes?"

Without waiting for a reply Ryu arranged his hair and new garments, and frisked the girl quickly.

"Damn. No coin."

[Rogus]

He'd click his teeth together, relieved. He'd give an approving nod to the man's restraint.

"Damn loud Tumblers... Out-dated, and annoying." He'd say simply in response. He'd move a strand of hair away from his eye, and frowned at the quick first setback.

"Using the robe for disguise eh?" He'd question, "Not my cup of tea, but I'm game for a bit of Hood-wink." He'd wait for the man to get fully adjusted before opening the door slowly.

[Ryuzaki]

Ryu quickly moved up and peered around the door, noticing two branching hallways. And no doors.

"Damn!" he thought, "They did take some precautions..."

He looked down the left hallway, seeing a drowsing acolyte softly snoring over a book, and a lone candlestick. The carpeting was frayed and worn, except for a small patch that seemed like it was clean and new. Strange. Turning his attention to the right hallway, he noticed carvings on the walls, of demons and angels with bows drawn. That was unusual... No magic? Arrows, hmm... At the end of this hallway was another acolyte, who was thankfully laying on the floor, fast asleep as well. Many candlesticks surrounded the end of the hallway, casting some warm light.

Ryu's mind whirled. "Traps, he thought. Gotta be some traps. But what? And which hallway?"

Turning back, he slid back into the antechamber and sidled up to Rogus, breathing softly, "There's two hallways. Left, carpet with a wear pattern and a sleeping priest. One candlestick, too. Rather dim. Right has carvings with bows, and another snoozer. Lots of light.

I'm not sure what to make of it, but it smells a little fishy."[/font]

[Ingrid]

The nightmares wouldn't let her get into deep sleep, when she heard something was going up she opened her eyes.

The thieves where nowhere to be seen and saw the doorway open. She stood up and freed her sword from the belt holding it with the right hand still inside the wooden case, with her left hand ready to draw in any moment. She peeked through the doorway and saw the two thieves, one that had given her the bread apparently had sneaked into the treasury, while the other one was picking a lock. The anger filling inside of her quickly made her forget about the hangover.- You liar!.- She exclaimed infuriated while advancing towards them.- There was no wedding to begin with. You tricked me! and to steal from a sacred place! How dare you!?- she kept scolding the thief as loud as she could hoping she could warn any guards with the scandal.

She was ready to unsheathe her blade to defend herself and the valuable, She wouldn't tolerate being made a fool of.

[Rogus]

"Looks like we'll be taking none of the above options, chum." He'd shrug to the girl's shouting, motioning for her to keep it down, probably in vain, but never the less, she did owe him.

"I suggest you lower that blade before you hurt yourself, dear." His voice wwould be calm and even. He'd pull out all the stops in terms of charm, one way out now was through the girl, an option he wasn't inclined to take yet. The other was to talk it out, his specialty.

"I may have lied, but i believe you owe me a debt. Report me to the authorities when we are done, but i'm pulling my favor; Either let us continue or let us go, or i declare you've no honor."

[Ingrid]

She felt insulted when he threatened her with compromising her honor. She knew she was in huge danger but it was only the right thing to do, if they attacked her she would play defensively until back-up arrived.- I owe you nothing thief! I know that neither of our meals where payed and i did my part of the plan, but you would never do yours, so, since you had your free think at my expenses, YOU OWE ME!.- She shouted that last part, knowing that most of the people would wake up at that, which hopefully would help her at least in numbers, however, she also knew she was now going to be hunted down by both thieves.