<span style="font-weight: bold">&lt;&lt;Everyone&gt;&gt;</span><br/><br/>A series of loud, clear notes echoes across Portal Square from the northeast as the bells of Saints Academy begin chiming the hour.  The robed figures atop the dais are stirring and shifting into position as the Lord Governor approaches a lectern at the center of the stage. It looks as if the ceremony is about to begin...<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">&lt;&lt;Kaelen&gt;&gt;</span><br/><br/>Kaelen's hobgoblin customer pauses, his ears twitching in the direction of the Academy bells. His eyes remain fixed on Kaelen's, inscrutable and more than a little unnerving. After a moment, he grumbles something under his breath and tosses a small sack onto the table with a clink of heavy coins.<br/><br/>"Keep the difference," he says, and quickly sweeps the purchased herbs into a side pouch on his belt. Sparing the vanara troop one last glance, he strides purposefully past the vendors toward an alleyway to the east, muttering something about<span style="font-style: italic">chiva</span>to himself.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Kaelen receives: 1 small pouch containing 25 gp worth of gold and silver</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">&lt;&lt;Dagnyr, Mina and Celaire&gt;&gt;</span><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Dagnyr wrote:</cite>"You! Stop right there! I need a word."</div></blockquote><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Mina wrote:</cite>"Yo, wait up!"</div></blockquote><br/>Hearing the commotion behind him turning into something more focused, the blonde man shoots a cautious look over his shoulder, and nearly goes bug-eyed at what he sees: not only the paladin coming for him, but his last mark as well! Worse still, his alibi doesn't seem to be cooperating, bribe or no. Looks like it's time for Plan B.<br/><br/>If there was any doubt as to the blonde man's guilt, it vanishes a moment later as he releases Celaire's arm and takes off at a sprint, darting along the fringe of the crowd towards one of the eastern alleyways. Unfortunately for him, his escape route is set to take him right past a certain azure-haired officer- assuming one of his other pursuers doesn't catch up first.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Thief's initiative: 1d20 (2) + 5 = 7<br/><br/>Thief HP: 100% [AC: 20 (+5 armor, +5 Dex), CMD: 23 (25 vs. dirty trick/steal, 27 vs. grapple/overrun]</div></div></div>