Fun and Games(TF)

[Devon]

Lucid was in the marketplace during the day, where he usually spent his time, running around the different merchants and investigating the things in the area. His curiousness was as healthy as ever and lately it seemed focused on the weapons shop in Ronduin. Entering the shop he looked around in wonderment, touching a few of the weapons he casually looked at the owner who after a while had grown tired of trying to chase the boy out. Lucid had his mind set on one already, but lately his father had been preoccupied with something else, so he couldn't spend the time he usually did on entertaining his son's thoughts.

[Kender Bard]

One of Lucid's neighbors, a housewife named Adela, stepped into the shop with a couple knives that she needed sharpened. She started at seeing Lucid there, and alone no less.

She hesitated, as though wavering on something, then quickly and quietly made her business with the shop owner before going towards Lucid. "Why hello there, Lucid," she greeted lightly. "What are you doing here? Where's your father?"

[Devon]

Lucid snapped out of his trance and glanced at Adela. Smiling he gave the woman a cute bow and replied, "Hello Miss Adela, I was just looking around the shop for a little. Dad is out at work right now." Lucid didn't know much about Adela other than that she was a neighbor and she seemed nice enough.

[Kender Bard]

Adela returned Lucid's smile, tilting her head slightly. "Did you have your sights set on something in here? You're a bit young for weapons."

[Devon]

"I'm not that young," Lucid said in a matter of fact kind of tone. "Plenty of boys my age have started learning a bit about weapons Miss Adela. I already have one picked out too, I just need to talk to Dad about it."

[Kender Bard]

"Well that's true," Adela stated with a bit of resignation. "Tell me, then, which one has caught your fancy?"

As she spoke she considered the prices of some of the weapons. She wasn't a rich woman by any means, but a plan was beginning to form in her head, and she could afford something here if she truly wanted to...

[Devon]

Lucid walked around the store a bit more, glancing over each weapon as he did. He stopped at the weapon that piqued his fancy. Pointing at a scythe he turned to look at Adela. "I like this one Miss Adela," Lucid told the woman.

[Kender Bard]

"Please, just call me Adela," she insisted and looked at the scythe. It wasn't priced outrageously. Certainly within her budget.

She gave Lucid a small smile and remarked, "You know, I just thought of an interesting game. You do like games, don't you Lucid?"

[Devon]

Lucid perked up a bit and turned to fully look at Adela. "Of course I like games," the boy replied with a growing smile. "What game do you know of Adela?"

[Kender Bard]

"It's a sneaky game," Adela remarked. "But you'd get a very handsome prize if you won. Your father is very elusive some nights; I've seen him leaving the house for walks and I've always been terribly curious as to where he goes those nights. Aren't you? So here's the game - you follow him on one of the nights that he sneaks away in the night and find out where he goes and what he does without getting caught. Then come back to me and tell me. If you can do all this, I will buy this scythe for you. How does that sound?"

Yes, I think Miss Melisandre would like that very much... and my reward shall be even greater.

[Devon]

Lucid liked the idea of a game, especially one with so much risk, that made it more exciting. But he didn't like deceiving his dad and it seemed a little weird to him that she was so interested in what his father was doing. Still he had been wondering himself why his father had seemed so distracted lately. "Well...I can try.."

[Kender Bard]

"That's a good boy," Adela encouraged. "How about I give you... one week to win the game? Does that sound like you'd have enough time?"

[Devon]

Lucid nodded slowly, he still had a weird feeling, but he did like the idea of the game itself. "Yes, that sounds like it will be enough time," Lucid replied. "Do you want me to come to your house and tell you when I find out?"

[Kender Bard]

"No, that's all right," Adela assured him. "Just meet me here in a week. You're a very clever boy, and though the game is challenging, I've little doubt you'll manage to succeed. I'll be here ready to buy you this fine scythe."

[Devon]

Lucid nodded and smiled to Adela. "all right M-Adela, I mean, I'll see you here in a week." With that the young water left the shop in a hurry and sprinted off to his home where he would wait to start this game.