<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/16/Belmug.jpg)</div><strong>Name :</strong>Bel-Kharran-Sharrat<br/><strong>Race and Occupation :</strong>Sekhemi portalmancer<br/><strong>Location &amp; Time :</strong>Afternoon, Amberdale General store<br/><strong>Tagging :</strong>Enkh, Low<br/><br/>It didn't matter that this deal was every bit in Bel's favor. Never agree to anything too quickly- that was rule #8 for young Sekhemi merchants. "But that's only... only half, and that barely covers the shop's expenses. It would be as though I gave it away for free, and I could get into trouble!" She gave him the big brown doe eyes. A butterfly flutter of dark lashes to show vulnerability. Automatically she bundled his goods into a burlap sack, and braided it closed in a decorative twine bow. "If you were short on money for the inn, that would be a fine motivation to find work, don't you think?"<br/><br/>But she had to seal the deal before the thief struck. Already Bel was starting to lose track of her. There was this unfamiliar feeling of... anxiety. A lady was not supposed to feel this way. "Very well, sir. I agree to your terms." All pleasant smiles and courtesy she came around to escort him out the door- customers came so rarely that she had the luxury of treating each one as precious. It was different, of course, for the morning staff.<br/><br/>Low was not around the first nook she checked, nor under the cranny of a tablecloth. She was running out of inconspicuous places to check en route to the door, and this called for drastic action. It was a gamble, to carelessly slip the pouch of Enkh's payment up under the gold band of her belt and turn her back to all the natural burrows of the store. Bel-Kharran-Sharrat was accustomed to using herself as bait. She knew the risks. It took just a barely perceptable wiggle to make the coins jingle at her backside. "Why, I don't see another customer at all. Perhaps it was the canaries hopping about, or the breeze having a giggle. Those sharp ears must be playing tricks on you."