lockpicnic:
New tricks
She listens closely to all of his experiences, mentally taking notes and nodding along. “Yep, those all count! You’re a real veteran in the field then…” Why would someone like him need a class on thievery? It sounded like he knew his stuff minus the getting arrested part.
“Ha! I ain’t gonna arrest ya— my brother would throw me in the slammer right beside ya!” It was a bit of an exaggeration, but he definitely wouldn’t be happy. Plus Patty knew what it was like. No one picks pockets as a kid if they can help it. “Me? Hmmm…now I’m worried my credentials ain’t as good as yours!”
After a few moments of thinking hard, Patty snaps her fingers. “I’ve been pick pocketin’ since I was a kid too— but I think my biggest heist was in Yied Shrine! Ah— sorry, I forgot not everyone is from Jugdral, but just know it was super dangerous!
“Other than that, I mostly do petty stuff— girl’s gotta eat.” And she more than just two mouths to feed back in Conote. “Didn’t get caught, they— back home, I probably wouldn’t be alive to tell the tale if I was!”
Yep yep, the teacher seemed competent enough. Pickpocketing, the Yied Shrine, staying out of trouble. He may be able to- wait. “The Yied Shrine? The one with all those dark mages? That Yied Shrine? With the creepy chanting and all the blood and-”
Oh. His. Gods. She was the real deal.
What? How? Why? Ok, he knew why. But WHAT? “That’s incredible!” He jumped up and rushed over, shaking her hands as if she were a saint. “I never- wow, I never thought anyone’d manage!” Even with all his experience, he hadn’t been able to scratch the surface of that place, and this amazing lady was able to pull off a full heist? “So how- no wait. First, was Balmung there?” He had to know if the rumours were true.
Holy shit they were. He couldn’t contain his excitement, practically bouncing as he took a step back. “You gotta tell me how ya did it! I tried breaking in myself few years back, went horribly.” For someone to actually get in, steal from those dastards… must’ve taken cunning, skill, incredible bravery… “To pull that off… you really take after your mother.”










