<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 15pt;">Caraina</span></strong><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 17pt;">Market/Town Square</span></strong></div><br/>Caraina paused in her stroll outside the silk stand watching a lynx now in pursuit by a white tigress who seemed to be very vexed towards him. The caracal smiled and giggled to herself having herd bits and pieces of their conversation. Him drawing unwanted attention to her and her just wanted to tear her claws into him to repay the favor. Yep this day was getting more interesting by the minute. The thief recognized the lynx. She'd seen him quite a few times buying things at the market and by quite a few times, I mean all the time. She found him to be rather attractive....it was just ashame that lovely face of his was about to be torn off. Or so she believed.<br/><br/>She slinked around, following the two, who were soon joined by a female leopard and then a rather large and muscular cheetah, who had taken an interest in the white tigress to calm her down. It wasn't until she saw the cheetah handing over a gorgeous necklace to the white tigress. Caraina bit her lip with a silent squeak. Sapphires...that necklace had sapphires. Those were like her crack rocks when it came to thievery. She could never just let them slip by without attempting to snag them...and this time wouldn't be any different. She needed a plan. Or she didn't really have time for a plan. She had to wing this and fast before the opportunity was lost! She knew how to get close without being suspicious. Hell if it could allow her to get close to the lynx guy, even better. She would just have to make a hasty break for it.<br/><br/>So she strolled along, faking a stumble and found herself bumping into the lynx fellow. A bashful smile and a small wave, she greeted the cat and nodded to the female leopard as well.  "I'm sorry about that. I lost my footing...I'm such a clutz." she apologized glancing up at him. She took note of his eyes, a deep blue and sparking like those sapphires that were soon to be hers. She burred a bit, her tail swaying to and fro behind her. "So you're shopping again...hope you've found all the ingredients you needed...' she said looking down at his basket. "I hope you'll invite me to have some of your dinner one day..." giving a light laugh she had slowly began backing up, this time towards the cheetah and the tigress.  As much as she wanted to stay and flirt, she still had a necklace to snatch. "I should be on my way. Hope to see you again soon...."  she turned moving forward hastily and found herself bumping "accidentally" into the white tigress.  Caraina played it off shaking her head and stared back to the other female cat with an award winning apologetic look. "Ugh, again. I'm such an idiot. I need to see where I'm going more often. I'm so sorry..." she said. She turned to stare up at the cheetah for a moment. That was one huge mofo that she didn't need grabbing her...she had to be careful. And just wait for the right moment...<br/><br/>"There she is! That's the one who stole my scarf!"<br/><br/>Caraina's ears twitched as she and many others in the crowd followed to see where exactly the yelling had come from. "Oh poo sticks..." the caracal sighed. It was Catsy and she had brought at least 6 cougar patrol guards with her. Now she really had to nip this in the bud....<br/><br/>"She stole my scarf! I need that scarf! It's pretty and I need it to look sexy for the prince!" Catsy cried, of course gathering stares and raised brows from others in the crowd. Even the guards had to blink on that one. "Don't just stand there, morons! Get her!"<br/><br/>"Well...this is just silly. I have no time for accusations and definitely not any prosecutions, so I should really be going." Caraina said moving forward. She made a lunge for the tigress' necklace, but Catsy's shrill scream caused the caracal to fumble and miss. That cat<em>really</em>needed a muzzle.<br/><br/>"She's at it again! Get her! Lock her away! Off with her head!" Catsy cried while the guards had begun to give chase and Caraina knew she wouldn't get far with the streets being as crowded as they were on this day.<br/><br/>"Damn..." she threw one last glance at the necklace...and she had already been found out. She would have to swallow her pride and accept failure. It only happened every once and awhile. But  she'd be damn if that wench of a cat, Catsy, would get this scarf back. Caraina had grown quite attached in the short time she had acquired it. "Exiting stage right now...later cats and kits~!" The caracal used her strong legs to leap and scamper up on top of a hut and began her getaway across the tops of the market stands weaving in and out of the festival banners and whatever obstacles lay in her way. Once she had gotten to the towns square, she threw a glance back over her shoulders, noting that the guards were attempting to bulldoze their way through the streets.<br/><br/>"Oh, give it up boys~ You'll never lay hands on this pussy~" she teased blowing a wink and kiss to further taunt them. Of course, she ran out of huts and roofs to run on as she reached the square. The thief took a daring leap out into the crowd surrounding the battle ring and elegantly, Caraina used the shoulders and heads of the cats, practically leaping like a ballerina while ignoring the grunts, cursing and yelling of those who she used as her literal stepping stones to freedom. Yet another obstacle lay in her way as she found herself  face to face with the fighting ring that contained the Orange Howler and Pumal. The thief took one last daring leap from a spectator's head and made a 3 point landing in the ring behind Tigrus. His tailed waved, swatting the caracal in her face with the purple panties that flagged from it.<br/><br/>"....Ew." she grumped wiping a free paw to her face and then looked up to see the two larger and male cats. "...I just got bitch-slapped by The Orange Howler's tail with some skank's dirty panties tied to it..." she said deadpanned. "I'll have to reconsider my membership in the Orange Howl Club now..."<br/><br/><br/>