Sucker|Haven, Ilyamen

[Kender Bard]

Raxen had been trying a variety of new tricks for his thieving. He had to keep it fresh; he was a strong believer that if you stuck to one style too long, it would come back to bite you in the ass.

So he was going to try his hand at a con. Strolling nonchalantly through the market area, a small leather coin bag hidden in his palm, he looked for a sucker. Spotting a waddling, furry Beast of some indeterminate affinity, he smiled to himself and sidled up to the man, slipping his tiny coin purse into the man's pocket, jostling him in the process.

"Watch it," the wombat-affinity, Karr, growled.

"Yeah, you watch your-" Raxen began, his hand going to where a coin purse would normally hang off his belt. Then, feigning a look of shock and incredulity, he shouted, "Thief!" Pointing at Karr, he raised his voice even louder. "Thief! Thief!"

Karr stopped, just as surprised at Raxen.

[Skittlebug]

A city guard patrolling nearby hears the shouting and isn't long getting to the scene. She is a tall, winged woman with sharp features with a Wind sign visible on her jaw and a few white feathers growing out of her brown hair, giving her a bit of a wild look. "What's going on here?"

[Kender Bard]

"This man robbed me!" Raxen cried out.

"I did not!" Karr protested. "You bumped into me and then started screaming about me being a thief."

"My coin purse disappeared as soon as you bumped into me," Raxen sneered.

[Skittlebug]

"Both of you quiet down, you irritate me enough and I'll just drag you both to the guard house." She raises a brow at the pair before turning to Karr, "Would you turn out your pockets sir?"

[Kender Bard]

Karr sighed and did so.

Two coin purses thumped to the ground--the larger one and the smaller one.

"That's it!" Raxen exclaimed, pointing at the larger of the two. "That's my coin purse!"

"That's mine!" Karr snapped. He didn't mention the second one, having no idea where it came from.

[Skittlebug]

The guard gives Karr a level stare, not liking that he'd answered for only one. "And the second purse?

[Kender Bard]

"I-I don't know," he admitted. "It wasn't on me before. But I swear I didn't steal it!"

"Either that one's yours and you really didn't or you stole it off some poor beggar and now you're trying to take MY plump purse to make up for it," Raxen retorted.

[Skittlebug]

The guard frown and scoops up both pouches, glancing at Raxen, "How much would you say you had in your pouch?"

[Kender Bard]

Raxen does a discreet eyeballing of the size of the pouch and hoped his odds in guessing were good. He could estimate how much was in there in all copper. He didn't think Karr looked rich enough to have more than maybe a single silver piece. "About thirty copper."