D&D: FHR: The cloaked merchant : "Let's see how far you are willing to go...."
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You can tell from the glint in his eye where this is going already. "Show me your goods, and I'll show you mine. We'll see whether you think it is worth it
Reluctantly you unbutton your tunic, quickly shouldering off the top and baring yourself to the man, you've done far worse for less so you might as well see what he is offering. A smile creeps across his face, causing even you to blush. You notice he is surprisingly young, and definitely of noble blood. It's a surprise to you how unabashed he is at the whole situation, given how prude his kind can be. Just before the moment gets really awkward however he pulls out a large scroll and unravels it. You start to re-adjust your top but he pointedly stops. "Ah ah ah, not just yet." You allow this man power over you, for now, if only he could show you the damned thing!
Slowly it unravels, though your astute mind quickly figures this is the blueprint for an entrance way to some kind of vault. An expensive one at that! The traps here must be the work of a genius with crazy funding, so you know it would take a little while of studying before you could truly understand the traps. As the blue-print fully unravels you see a signature, KL.O. Of course you know who that is, only the finest mechanic in the kingdom. So that explains the genius, and as your eyes roll from top to bottom you realise where the crazy funding came from. This is not just any vault, but the ROYAL vault! You quickly snatch the plans up, not even bothering now with modesty. As far as you can tell these are legitimate, but why would this man have them, let alone be giving them away? You ask as such
"Well I'm his apprentice, and he tasked me with finding a thief to audit his work." You can't help but be slightly doubtful, this man wasn't eccentric enough to capture even the slightest mark that KL.O left down. Regardless, the apprentice continues, "He has a policy, you see. If someone can break in, they can keep as much as they want and Master KL.O will re-reimburse the client before leaving the business for good. The thief, that could be you, would get off scot free, a 'tip-of-the-hat' as Master KL.O describes it, to an equal professional who beat him."
You only have the entrance way in your hands, knowing that he likely doesn't have any more on him in fear of theft. You sigh and ask what he might possibly want for the rest of the pieces. To be frank you'd be prepared to do just about anything for what could be the biggest score in your life, and what have you got to lose? Some dignity? A worthy risk, you figure
"We'll start with a night, where you do anything I say. We'll see if you've earned it by then." Another one of his smiles
You can always leave if you want to, so you accept his deal. He makes his first command
D&D: FHR: The cloaked merchant : "Why don't we go back to my place, oh, but first..."
