Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Neko dives under a table in the corner of the hall with a nice shadow under it. The rough looking man she saw downstairs emerges from the stair well. His shoes match those of one of the pairs she saw in the Master-At-Arms room. He walks with a bit of hurry toward the Master-At-Arms's room.
::Taking a deep breath to try and remain calm, she glances about this side of the hallway to see if there is another way out on this end. She even peeks out enough to look up at the ceiling to check for exposed rafters or something else she may climb to move about unseen. ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Unless Neko wanted to hang by her fingertips for a very long time, the ceiling was out of the question. There are no other exits other than the rooftop she came in through and the stairs at the end of the hall nearer to the Master-At-Arms's room.
The Master-At-Arms bursts out his room.
"Who stole my ledger?!"
Last Edit: Aug 6, 2012 14:23:44 GMT -5 by Orp Boon
:: It was time to get out of here. Past time really. Orp will just have to be satisfied with the ledger and what little other information she was able to gather while she was here.
Reaching into her armor for a couple of the throwing stars she stored there from the roof, she peeks out from under the table to see if she can look thru the railing at the alcove on the other side that hid the ladder. She's hoping to be able to focus just enough shadow to make it look like something moving up the ladder. ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
::With a sigh of relief, she looks next to the floor below to see how the others are reacting to the uproar created by the man. ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
The men below have one of their own lifted up onto the shoulders of two men. They look up when the Master-At-Arms yells and laugh when he scurries up the ladder. Neko can hear one man ask,
::She smiles beneath her mask. So this was not the first time his ledger had gone missing. Good. It would make good cover for a time. Tho no doubt they will become more suspicious once it doesn't return. Hopefully by then she will be long gone and well paid...
Slipping out from cover, she moves over to the door marked for the "Merc of the Month" and listens at the door.
One of these rooms had to have a window right? ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
Neko doesn't hear anything at the door. Assuming she enters, she sees a room very similar to the others. Two beds, some furniture and a window. From the window, Neko can see that she's 3 stories up above an alley. The jump from the window to the roof of an adjacent building would be possible but very difficult and risky.
::After locking the door, if possible, Neko turns her attention to the room. First she looks about to see if there are any items of interest here. Once that is done, she'll make her way to the window.
Somewhat distressed by the dificulty of leaping for the window to the neighboring roof, she looks up and down the building she is in to guage how hard it would be to climb either up or down. She also looks over the next building to see if perhaps she could leap to another window or some other fixture instead of going straight to the roof.
She had to act quickly. Surely one of those men celebrating downstairs resided in this room, and it would only be a matter of time before he wanted to go to bed. ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
::Up would be harder, but less likely to be seen by the guards she would have to pass at the front and back of the building...
That decided it then. Climbing into the window frame, she steels herself for the leap. Pulling out her kunai in case she needs them to keep her from falling, and checking to be sure the ledger is secure, she attempts the jump to the roof of the building next door... ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]
::Neko climbs up to the rooftop, somewhat impressed with herself. There was a moment there she didn't think she would make it.
Trying to stay low to avoid being seen by the Master - at - Arms, should he still be on the other roof, she creeps back over to the laundry line she used on her way in. She had plenty of time until she was supposed to meet with Orp again, so she doesn't feel as rushed to move now. The big thing now was simply to go unnoticed and find a place to hold up until noon.
With that in mind she wanted to get at least one more building between herself and the Mercenary Den before trying to climb down. Hopefully going down would be easier than climbing up, and she wouldn't have to go all the way back to where she started.
From her vantage point on the roof, she glances back at the Den to see if the man was still up there, and then down to the guards to be sure they were not on alert. ::
Silent as a shadow on padded feet...
Orp Boon [M:83:616:][D3v:http://www.rpgmenagerie.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cs&thread=406&page=1#374]"Is that family heirloom for sale?"[0:Gone fishing.][1:The store is open!]