Properties of a Thief

Triple Point, Desideria Velez: Mute, superpowered thief, occasionally for hire, present and accounted for.

[darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

There is a huff as she stops at the side of the road so she can take her hands of her bike to sign. ‘I get turned around easily on curving roads,’ she admits easily. ‘Usually I am better prepared to do the trip considering I am aware of my horrible sense of directions. I put all faith in your directions.’

Now where the hell were they? They hadn’t even been traveling for an hour, so they couldn’t be too far off, but she had no idea where they were which made getting back on track a tad difficult.

“Yes, I can see that, as we are not in Opal. And instead we are in a seemingly random place.”

He did his best to look around, but the action was limited due to his situation. 

“Though it seems that my directions may not be enough to get us home. And while it is a risk, I could try to open a shadow door.”

And with that, he opened a shadow door, doing his best to make it lead to Opal.

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She tilts her head with a wry smile under her helmet. ‘It might be worth the risk, as it’s that or drive around lost for who knows how long.’

She does drive through the door, however, skidding to a halt once she comes out, blinking. This was not Opal. Well shit.

‘Alright so where are we now?‘

[darksideoftheshadows]

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There is a small nod. ‘Well, let’s get going then. I’m not going to be able to talk, so I’m trusting you to give me directions.’ To Opal it was. Getting up on her bike and starting it, she set off.

Should she have told him beforehand that she didn’t have the best sense of directions? Well, he could figure it out.

He found out very quickly that she did not have the best sense of direction. He had tried his best to guide her to Opal, he really did.

But forty five later, he had no idea where they were.

“How did you get us lost in less than an hour?”

[changingtheproperties]

There is a huff as she stops at the side of the road so she can take her hands of her bike to sign. ‘I get turned around easily on curving roads,’ she admits easily. ‘Usually I am better prepared to do the trip considering I am aware of my horrible sense of directions. I put all faith in your directions.’

Now where the hell were they? They hadn’t even been traveling for an hour, so they couldn’t be too far off, but she had no idea where they were which made getting back on track a tad difficult.

[ohmywardens-blog]

PSA:

    if you play ANY sort of villainous character - from a pick-pocket to a full-scale serial killer - and i follow you, please know that i’ve come into this FULL WELL what i’m signing up for. i don’t expect you to soften your character for me, i’m not going to complain when they aren’t nice to my characters, and i honestly probably love watching them do what they do. not all characters are going to be the “good guys”, or the type of villain that can be redeemed. not everyone has a tragic backstory that makes them do the things they do - some people enjoy it, others just do it because they can, and for some it’s all they know. yes, there are villains with a soft spot or two - this doesn’t mean they need to change everything. our characters become friends/lovers even though my character is a “good guy”? you keep doin’ you. keep stealing those purses, killing those people, burning those villages to the ground. 

        tl;dr - I DIDN’T FOLLOW YOU BECAUSE I WANTED SOMETHING SOFT AND EASY - you keep bein’ a villain, babe, cause you’re  just as excellent as the heroes.

[darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

She turns to tilt her head at the shadow, raising an eyebrow under the helmet. ‘That sounds like the spellcaster came across you in turn. It is also quite the distance away.’ Turning to walk again, coming to a stop at her bike, she drums her fingers to the hood of it.

“Perniciously. And the chances I’m going to make it back are slim to none. The best bet we have would be to see if the book is in my personal library and of not… I hope you like warm sunny places. My treat.”

[changingtheproperties]

There is a small nod. ‘Well, let’s get going then. I’m not going to be able to talk, so I’m trusting you to give me directions.’ To Opal it was. Getting up on her bike and starting it, she set off.

Should she have told him beforehand that she didn’t have the best sense of directions? Well, he could figure it out.

[darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

‘Oh, I was not planning to stick around here for long’, she signs in response, just to lean out through the vault door to assure herself the coast is clear before causing it to become gas again, reforming once she’s out. ‘I can hope you have some idea as to how to figure out what caused this or how to undo it, since I have little knowledge of that sort of thing. Now…’ She presses her finger against her mask again.

With that she sets of to make her way back out - she had the route planned since earlier.

Winding herself around the legs of the first guard patrol she encounter to climb up a pillar to wait out another guard patrol passing beneath her, she does manage to get out without incident. Checking the time she allows herself to relax slightly as she moves to leave the bank behind.

‘So?‘

“I was exploring an underwater cave near Hawaii when I came across a table full of bloody tools. Now I know from experience that’s never a good thing, but what was lacking was both the spell book or the spellcaster. the only thing I remember after that is pain, and a pair of black boots.”

[changingtheproperties]

She turns to tilt her head at the shadow, raising an eyebrow under the helmet. ‘That sounds like the spellcaster came across you in turn. It is also quite the distance away.’ Turning to walk again, coming to a stop at her bike, she drums her fingers to the hood of it.

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Picking out the item that she had been asked to steal, she looks around. Well, she might as well help herself to some of what was in there as well, considering it was a lot of trouble for such a little thing.

‘I could help you out once I have finished up here‘, she offered as she considers what is worth taking. Most of the things in the personal boxes wouldn’t be worth it, but from the intel she had there were two of them that had notable valuables.

She supposed she could take the gold to.

Quickly picking the locks of two more boxes to help herself to their contents she turned to the gold, fusing the bars together before shrinking them to a reasonable size so she could pocket them too.

‘That should be all.‘

“Well, it’s not as if I could do much to stop you from spending the night in here. I suppose I could nag you to death, but I have a gut feeling that wouldn’t end well for me by any means. Though I do thank you for offering me your service. Though I’m afraid I can not be much help in return, since the details leading up to this are somewhat blurry in my mind.”

[changingtheproperties]

‘Oh, I was not planning to stick around here for long’, she signs in response, just to lean out through the vault door to assure herself the coast is clear before causing it to become gas again, reforming once she’s out. ‘I can hope you have some idea as to how to figure out what caused this or how to undo it, since I have little knowledge of that sort of thing. Now...’ She presses her finger against her mask again.

With that she sets of to make her way back out - she had the route planned since earlier.

Winding herself around the legs of the first guard patrol she encounter to climb up a pillar to wait out another guard patrol passing beneath her, she does manage to get out without incident. Checking the time she allows herself to relax slightly as she moves to leave the bank behind.

‘So?‘

[darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

She taps her helmet in thought. So Shade was a shadow at the moment, somehow. Alright. Fine. That was strange, but it explained that.

‘I’d love to, but you caught me on the clock‘, she signs before eyeing the vault door. Well, she could either just step through it like she had planned, but that was likely to leave her shadowy companion behind. So instead…

Placing a hand on the vault door, blue lightning sparks out from it to cover the door, causing it to evaporate. Stepping into the vault she lets it reform after her.

‘It’s an interesting predicament you’ve found yourself in‘, she admits as she walks over to the box the target to pick the lock.

“it certainly is. I was on my way through Opal and I happened to hop into the shadow of the wrong person because suddenly I found myself coming back the way I had came. And before I could jump to another person, he had isolated himself and we were patrolling the hallways of the bank. I’m lucky I had caught you at all, I almost didn’t You’re very sneaky after all. it was lucky for me that you were in the shadows.”

He let out a hum as he turned the direction of her shadow, going towards the light source just so he could have a better look at what she was doing. 

“And it seems I can’t get myself out of the shadows currently either.”

[changingtheproperties]

Picking out the item that she had been asked to steal, she looks around. Well, she might as well help herself to some of what was in there as well, considering it was a lot of trouble for such a little thing.

‘I could help you out once I have finished up here‘, she offered as she considers what is worth taking. Most of the things in the personal boxes wouldn’t be worth it, but from the intel she had there were two of them that had notable valuables.

She supposed she could take the gold to.

Quickly picking the locks of two more boxes to help herself to their contents she turned to the gold, fusing the bars together before shrinking them to a reasonable size so she could pocket them too.

‘That should be all.‘

[darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

She tensed up upon hearing the voice, taking a second longer than usual to connect the voice to who it was. ‘Shade?’, she signed, before pressing a finger to her sleek helmet as a "hush". She couldn’t see him anywhere near, but she did just hear him. Hopefully he’d catch on or she’d have to get annoyed at him for disrupting her work. Making sure to move around the pillar to keep out of sight of the guards, she set of down to the vault once she was sure they wouldn’t notice.

Upon reaching the vault, she signs again. ‘Where exactly are you?’ She technically had enough time to actually break into the vault if the known methods weren’t counteracted, so they had some time.

She trusted he had sense to keep reasonably quiet.

He fell silent when she had hushed him, letting her do her work and waiting until they were somewhere more safe.

Safe, relatively speaking,

“Well, since there’s no obvious source of light, I’m everywhere. but if you were to happen to step into the light, you would see me on the floor. Stuck, jumping from person to person.”

[changingtheproperties]

She taps her helmet in thought. So Shade was a shadow at the moment, somehow. Alright. Fine. That was strange, but it explained that.

‘I’d love to, but you caught me on the clock‘, she signs before eyeing the vault door. Well, she could either just step through it like she had planned, but that was likely to leave her shadowy companion behind. So instead...

Placing a hand on the vault door, blue lightning sparks out from it to cover the door, causing it to evaporate. Stepping into the vault she lets it reform after her.

‘It’s an interesting predicament you’ve found yourself in‘, she admits as she walks over to the box the target to pick the lock.

[darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

@darksideoftheshadows

It was a fairly simple job, in the end, Triple Point considered. The more fun parts of the job were jobs where she got to steal things in broad daylight or something greatly over-sized, at this point. Stealing someones possession for the owner of the item in question from the bank they were storing it in was a new one, admittingly, but it was a perfectly decent challenge. Banks were notorious for constantly upgrading their security to cover for what was last used against them after all.

Now that the security cameras weren’t reliable for the security, not that they knew that, she could focus at reaching the actual vault. She knew there was militaristic sweeping guard patrols, and a few clerks and managers still working this late, it would be great if she didn’t need to put them to sleep. The blinding white marble floor wouldn’t help her. No, the vault itself would be the easy part.

She’d much prefer to do it silently and undiscovered, too, to keep the robbery to go unnoticed for a few hours.

Silently winding herself around the patrols she went through the path to the vault door in her head, she ducks around a pillar as the last patrol she’d have to duck on the way there comes around a corner.

As the guard came around, if one looked closely, one could see the inconsistency of his shadow. While it looked very much like him, it did not move in perfect sync with him. 

As he passed the pillar, the shadow disappeared in its shadow, and suddenly the man’s shadow was in perfect sync with him again.

“Fancy seeing you here.” It whispered.

[changingtheproperties]

She tensed up upon hearing the voice, taking a second longer than usual to connect the voice to who it was. ‘Shade?’, she signed, before pressing a finger to her sleek helmet as a "hush". She couldn’t see him anywhere near, but she did just hear him. Hopefully he’d catch on or she’d have to get annoyed at him for disrupting her work. Making sure to move around the pillar to keep out of sight of the guards, she set of down to the vault once she was sure they wouldn’t notice.

Upon reaching the vault, she signs again. ‘Where exactly are you?’ She technically had enough time to actually break into the vault if the known methods weren’t counteracted, so they had some time.

She trusted he had sense to keep reasonably quiet.

[changingtheproperties]

@darksideoftheshadows

It was a fairly simple job, in the end, Triple Point considered. The more fun parts of the job were jobs where she got to steal things in broad daylight or something greatly over-sized, at this point. Stealing someones possession for the owner of the item in question from the bank they were storing it in was a new one, admittingly, but it was a perfectly decent challenge. Banks were notorious for constantly upgrading their security to cover for what was last used against them after all.

Now that the security cameras weren't reliable for the security, not that they knew that, she could focus at reaching the actual vault. She knew there was militaristic sweeping guard patrols, and a few clerks and managers still working this late, it would be great if she didn’t need to put them to sleep. The blinding white marble floor wouldn't help her. No, the vault itself would be the easy part.

She'd much prefer to do it silently and undiscovered, too, to keep the robbery to go unnoticed for a few hours.

Silently winding herself around the patrols she went through the path to the vault door in her head, she ducks around a pillar as the last patrol she’d have to duck on the way there comes around a corner.

[archived-darksideoftheshadows]

Happy Couple

[archived-darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

She shrugs. ‘Most it takes is practice, and getting into the right mindset.’ And keeping ones feet straight on the ice.

Now, stargazing…

‘That sounds like an excellent idea.‘

“Well then my dearest.” Shade swept open his arm as he opened a shadow door.

“To the outer reaches of Opal where no light pollution will get in our way. I’ve heard it’s supposed to be a cloudless night.”

[changingtheproperties]

Desideria smiles, stepping through the portal and glancing around the location chosen for the event to be faced with undisturbed nature. There was a log, well - a fallen tree, that could even serve as a good seat.

Settling down comfortably she shoots Shade another smile before turning her gaze up to the starry sky.

[archived-darksideoftheshadows]

Happy Couple

[archived-darksideoftheshadows]

changingtheproperties:

She snickers lightly, that was true enough. She had to make sure to save them, just to have something to tease with.

The answer to the question, however, is a so-so gesture. ‘I had an advantage in that I was trained in ballet already when I first took to the ice, and I was quick to figure out how to keep my balance. Learning everything else on ice was a bit harder.’

“Yes, I can imagine leaping off the ice and spinning is so much harder than keeping your balance. I can’t even imagine keeping my balance, nonetheless some of the stunts you’ve ended up pulling today.”

He pulled back his sleeve to check the time.

“It’s going to be dark soon. I know a lovely little hill where we can stargaze uninterrupted, if you so please.”

[changingtheproperties]

She shrugs. ‘Most it takes is practice, and getting into the right mindset.’ And keeping ones feet straight on the ice.

Now, stargazing...

‘That sounds like an excellent idea.‘

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◎ Opinion on lying

She is perfectly fine with lying herself, but she will not lie to friends if she can avoid it and expects some level of truthfulness between friends.

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☂ Favorite weather

Rain, preferably heavy rain that drums against the windows, when she is inside and doesn’t need to be anywhere. Heavy fog in the mornings.

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☽ Favorite time of day

Night, preferably around midnight to one in the morning.

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♛ Opinion on outer beauty

It is not everything, but it is very useful in certain situations.

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❥ Opinion on love from the first sight

She finds it highly unlikely for such a thing to happen, and while her understanding of sexual or romantic attraction is lacking she finds that it is more likely to be attraction at first sight that turns to love over extended interaction but not immediate love.