@Draconian Ketra was busy today. The sun was high and grinning while a nice cool breeze helped stave off the heat. Anxious folks bustled about haggling over everything from fruit to more expensive jewels that were probably all fake. No one in their right mind would keep their expensive stuff out in an open market setting where anyone worth their salt could just....slip it into their pockets.
Áine's pockets were much heavier now than they had been when she started her day. Mostly junk, she knew, but just like her unknowing suppliers she knew how to run a con.
The shop owner with the spiced nuts hadn't even looked up from his ledgers when she passed by, walking away with a warm bag and a handful already in her mouth.
No one seemed to notice her.
And who would? A young girl, no older than 16, walking through the square with a sensible basket clearly meant to carry a loving family meal back home. She had carrots, potatoes, a cut of lamb, some fresh bread and butter.
All for the low low price of free.
Her homespun dress was covered in a cream apron that had been mended a few times along with some stubborn stains that wouldn't budge after many different washes. Áine was perfectly....
Forgettable.
The fruit stand was next. It was the last stop she needed to make for her list of errands. It was her most
important stop some might say.
She stared at the fruit and bit her lip.
"Ya got money, girl?" The shop keep asked her, "We don't do charity."
"Oh..." her eyes widened in innocent shock, "oh, yes sir. Yes I have some coin left. Let me just--" she fumbled with her purse strings and the few coins that remained spilled onto the ground. She quickly stooped to retrieve them when a young boy bumped into her and all of the contents of her basked spilled onto the stones.
"Oh no no no no!" She sobbed, trying desperately to pick up her items. People didn't stop moving however and her bread was trampled, her carrots broken, and even her lamb had fallen out so hard that the wrapping split and dirt crusted the meat.
Tears filled her eyes as she tried desperately to collect the items that had fallen in the hopes that
something could be salvaged
She looked around and noticed her coins were gone.
"No!" She turned to the other shopper at the fruit stand, "please, sir! That boy! I think that boy took the last of my coins! Please sir. Please. Did you see him? You're so tall, you
must have seen him!"