a thief (part two)

[springlamb]

[It's a bright and sunny afternoon on the 16th, and the town has become increasingly concerned over the items disappearing all over the place! In fact, it seems like things have just gotten worse over the last week or so; there's talk of entire dish sets going missing, or every single one of someone's coats. It's not just the animals at this point, though speaking of animals...

Lamb is currently consoling a poor man who seems to have lost not only his cart - with all of his wares, at that - but his horse along with it!]


(OOC: As always, you are not required to interact with Lamb or any NPCs, so don't feel you have to! You can simply use this as a sign that you can have larger items disappear. Some more observant characters may find a faint sheen of fairy dust at one crime scene, or perhaps a muddy footprint or three at another. Whoever's behind all this is getting a little more sloppy the bigger their target items get.)

Comments

[pishirogane]

[Naoto thinks someone's calling to her and takes a chance look up. To her surprise, she was right. She... hasn't seen this arrival before and takes a moment to look him over, thumb holding her notebook open.]

Hello. Can I help you?

[awizardidit]

My name is Harry Dresden—or Merlin in this place, although I personally prefer the first. And this is Mouse. [He gestures at the dog, who wags his tail.]

I'm just trying to introduce myself. You know, be a friendly neighbor, and all.

[pishirogane]

Dresdan-san then... A pleasure. My name is Naoto Shirogane, but my position here is Beauty. [She looks to the dog and nods before looking back at Harry.]

I see... I should make a habit of doing the same as people gradually arrive.

[awizardidit]

The idea of more people arriving isn't reassuring. [He sighs.] Do you know anything about this place? Besides us having to take those roles, I mean.

[pishirogane]

My apologizes, but besides locations and important individuals, I'm afraid I don't.

[awizardidit]

[He waves his hand.]

Don't worry about it.

Have you been here long?

[pishirogane]

[She nods.]

It will be a month soon.

[awizardidit]

I see. [That's a lot, he thinks.] I've been here only a couple of weeks, and I'm only scrapping the surface.

[pishirogane]

[It certainly feels like a long time.]

It takes some time... and new things always seem to pop up. Still, I'm sure people can grow use to it.

[awizardidit]

I know. People can get used to most anything. But that doesn't mean I like it. I'd rather if we all go back home.

[pishirogane]

I would too, but the residents seem adamant in this working.

[awizardidit]

Have you spoken with any of them?

[pishirogane]

A few. Father Time, Spring Lamb... I've been questioning a number of others today.

[awizardidit]

I'll see if I can find them. That should be an interesting talk.

[pishirogane]

He shouldn't be too hard to find. His tower is in the center of the lake here.

[awizardidit]

[Harry scratched his chin.]

Noted. I'll check in there as soon as possible.

[pishirogane]

[She nodded.]

Good luck getting your answers. And don't push Father Time too far. He seems peaceable most of the time, but he isn't an individual I would recommend testing.

[awizardidit]

[Harry smirks.]

I'll do what I can.

[But the concept of not pushing all-powerful people for answers doesn exist for him.]

[pishirogane]

[She gives him a humorless stare. She really didn't enjoy it when her advice was waved like that.]

Very well.

[Her attention turned elsewhere.]