When Shay came to realize that she had yet to see any sign of squalor, she had to draw a more critical eye around her. A city without poverty? Even if she was in the trade district there had to be some sign of desperation. A smile tugged at her lips, one filled with as much bemusement as it was with envy. The city she had hailed from, a city that she had never known as home, was a far cry from the marble-paved streets of Seahurst. It almost made her think that she, being of the profession that she was, was perhaps even more foreign.<br/><br/>Her worries were firmly put to rest though. Between the 'sights'--Shay's eyes lingered in the chocolate-skinned ifrit longer than necessary for an appreciative look--and the organized symbols she made a mental note to start work on cracking, Shay didn't notice she had become someone's mark. Thieves. No matter where you'll always find them. Comfort that Shay took marginal comfort in...and would perhaps take more comfort in once she had her purse of several hundred gold pieces back. The 'accidental run-in' tactic. While it was effective, it involved contact with your mark...something Shay had outgrown. Feeling that her coin-purse was indeed gone, Shay turned to find her pickpocket. Either it had been a child, or a very inelegant practitioner. No matter which, there was no way the would-be thief was going to elude her in the thicket of a crowd.<br/><br/>Shay would try to ply her nimbleness, as well as her subtlety, to get close to the thief. She had a panache for quickly moving through crowds without disturbing the natural flow. The pickpocket would have to be good indeed to lose her. Shay was going to try to take back her coin purse...and anything else the pickpocket might have that was begging to be claimed.<br/><hr/><br/>Shay's Stealth (Using Fast Stealth): 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=58303)<br/>Shay's Sleight of Hand: 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=58304)<br/><br/>I'm guessing that Sneaky Vagabond doesn't apply here because the pickpocket isn't trying to actively find me? At least not yet? If it does, the check is instead 19 because Shay's in a crowd.