#thievens

[curtaincalling]

“In the dark, it is easy to pretend.”

I AM THE MASK YOU WEAR. | accepting

     “Understandable,” Jhin says with a chuckle. “In the shadows, you may pretend that you are not some miserable little mole rat.” 

     Though Whisper is dismantled, Jhin is still quite comfortable with the single dagger that he picks out from under his cloak. And while he is not the Golden Demon now, just a mere travelling merchant, neither of them take too kindly to being robbed. 

     And here in Bilgewater, no one will blink an eye at a flayed carcass. Oh, how he loves to travel... 

     “Kindly return my belongings back to me,” Jhin says with a sweet smile, “and I will pretend that this has never happened.” 

[ridlings-archive-blog]

❝ we do what me must to survive. ❞ @ corvo

          ❝ Is that why you’re here, then? ❞ He released the man’s hand, blade still folded. It was not the first time he had caught a thief in the palace; they had a lot of valuable things worth stealing, considering this was a place of royalty. 

          In all honesty, most of the ‘priceless objects’ in the palace were not things his daughter would miss if they went missing, and some she might be glad not to have to look out for—( he could hear it, even; ‘oh, someone took that old painting? well, good for them, always hated the thing’ )—but still, he had to do his job.

          ❝ You’re not wrong, of course. Unfortunately for you, I know a thing or two about breaking and entering. ❞ There was a hint of amusement there. In truth, Corvo would not have caught him, if not for the supernatural ability to see through walls and objects, but most people didn’t need to know that. ❝ You must be very good though, to have the audacity to come here. I’ll show you out of the palace. ❞

GOD OF WAR sentence starters / accepting !