"No Mr. Tasaril," the young rogue said, balancing boyishly on the shingled roof overlooking the alley.  Then, he sort of cartwheeled on the ledge, and fell to a crouch on the edge, looking over the two jack-a-napes, the purple-shrouded priest and the bard.  Sera smiled brightly and then said,  "It looks like they're beating him up.  Then, he stood up, his feet wide apart, his fists at his hips, his chest puffed up; for an instant, he had the air of independence and freedom, all in the cask of a scrawny thief.<br/><br/>"Do you want to know how I know?"  This statement was accompanied by an over-dramatic hike of the thumb towards his chest.  Before anyone could tell him to shut up, the thief shrugged, smiled and answered:   "It takes at least five of those guys to do anything as mechanical as helping out a fellow in need."   He paused, then whispered loudly at Tasaril.   "They're just not that bright, you see."<br/><br/>Laughing gallantly, he drew his bow from his hip and knocked an arrow, but didn't point an arrow at anyone.<br/><br/>"So, you fellas get dressed in the dark or what?"<br/><br/>This was Sera.  Young, bold, seemingly immortal.  He was a handsome young lad, but never spoke appropriately, hardly ever bathed, lived on the streets, bore the blemishes of severe beatings and other abuses from the guards, but nevertheless looked at the bright side of things.  Why was he there?  Chance.  He wanted to earn a few coins by tumbling alongside to Tasaril's tunes, but he had been deterred by an inconvenient situation:  he had been caught stealing a loaf of bread, and had had to ... submit to the female guard's whim.  Again, rather inconvenient, but Sera didn't quite see how it would deter him from committing another theft.<br/><br/>The young man sighed emphatically and gestured to the cleric.<br/><br/>"Well at least get up and hide, man!"<br/><br/>OOC:  Sorry for the delay, folks.  My dashing swashbuckler is now here.  On the Knowledge (Local), I got a 16.  I C/P'd the roll from before.<br/><br/>Roll Result: PhantomPistoleer rolled: 1d20, adding 6to the total<br/>Comment:<br/>Result: 10,<br/>Total: 16<br/><br/>It's too bad that the rogue class doesn't come with the 'fearless' special class feature because that would play into this character's ne'er-do-well, devil-may-care personality.