Tʜᴇ Aʀᴍʏ ᴏғ Fɪᴠᴇ [an advanced roleplay] discussion

Everybody knows about the black market, but people just ignore it. If it's the most illegal thing going on in Agoroth, people count themselves lucky. The market is rather dangerous, but you're more likely to wake up with your wallet cut rather than your throat. Literally anything can be found here, and prices can be anything from nearly nothing to far too much. But be careful, anything could be a fake.

Luna paced herself as she moved through the tunnels of the black market, trying not to draw any attention. She twirled the bracelet on her wrist nervously, her eyes darting this way and that, searching for someone. That someone was her sister, Ariel, whom she hadn't seen since 5 in the morning, and she was starting to worry. Luna dodged a pot-bellied man wearing suspenders and a sooty cap and continued to weave her way through the not-so-thick crowds. All around her stall-holders bargained quietly with customers, but that mingling with the chatter of others sent echoes through the tunnels. "Ariel, where did you go?" Luna muttered under her breath.

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Raz leaned on one side of the tunnel, his back resting on the brick as he watched the people scatter through. There wasn't as much of a crowd today, that was certain. Raz look around the small amount of people and saw a guy who kinda shoving his way through. He frowned at this and made his way into the moving crowd of people, pushing past the guy and easily pick pocketing him. 'OK, wallet. Good one' he thought in his mind as he quickly shoved it in his bag to hide it.
Raz looked around him as he walked and saw a girl who seemed to be looking for something. Or maybe she was just lost, he wasn't really sure but she looked worried and she didn't seem like the type of girl to be in the markets.

Luna would've walked straight past the boy without giving him a second thought, if she hadn't seen him slip a wallet from the man's pocket. Her instant thought was, What a little snitch, but then she remembered that she pick-pocketed occasionally, too. Then she took in his features properly; messy, brown-blonde hair, dark eyes and a strong jawline, and her next thought was, Well, he's pretty good-looking. But as she moved past him, she gave him a short, almost unnoticeable glare, fully aware of her own wallet in her back pocket. She was ready if he tried to snatch it, because it held a good amount of notes that she would never risk losing. Besides, that was the only money her remaining family had.

Raz noticed the girl's glare at him, and it made him curious and a tad bit worried. Perhaps she had seem him slip the rude man's wallet. Hopefully she wasn't the tattle-tale type. Raz was even more interested now in what she could be looking for, and his instinct to try to follow a bit had him walk in the direction she was going. He made it seem like he had somewhere to go in that way, though he really didn't. In fact his Uncle Moe lived on the complete other side. But whatever, that didn't really matter now.

Just as the boy slipped out of Luna's vision, she got a glimpse of him pushing off the wall and beginning to follow her. She tried to assume he was coincidentally going the same way as her, but he'd seen her look at him and now her heart began to pound. What if he was some thug, who didn't take kindly to even subliminal threats, and attacked her? But he wouldn't-there were too many people around. Luna decided to stay amongst the crowds, and maybe try to get lost in them. She quickened her pace a little, still keeping an eye out for Ariel.

Raz knew the girl had noticed him. But he was stuck in the small crowd now. He had to keep walking.
Raz kept an eye on the people around him still as he walked. He knew there were bad people round these parts. Lots of guys and gals who were willing to jump you for material things. What Raz did was way cleaner compared to them. His gaze moved to the worried looking girl again.

Luna swore under her breath. What was this guy's problem, following her everywhere? She imagined she did look a bit suspicious, but any normal person would ignore that. Unless they were looking for trouble, of course. As she walked, Luna considered her options. She could whirl around right there and confront the boy, or she could hide in amongst the crowd and lose him. She could even alert a policeman, but the boy hadn't really done anything to her. Then she made her mind, and as she rounded a corner, pressed herself flat against the wall, half-hidden in shadow. Her hands brushed the hilt of her knife that sat in her belt, but she left it there for now, waiting for the boy to follow.

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Ajellica walks in. Great I'm not the only one she sighs. She doesn't want to be rude so she walks up to the girl. "Hi!" she says in a fake enthusiastic voice.

Luna whirled around, almost gasping in shock. She had slipped half her knife out of its sheath, ready to defend herself, but quickly obscured the action when she saw it was only a girl. Her heart slowing its pace, she looked back to check if the boy was coming. Then she turned back to the girl. "What are you doing?" she whispered sharply. "Get back, against the wall." Then she lowered her voice even more and said, "Someone's following me; I'm trying to catch them." She paused. "Hi."

Ajellica jumps back when the girl turns. She saw the knife. Her reflexes are really good. She obeys the girl and gets to the wall. She always brings a bow with a quiver full of arrows when she goes to the black market. She usually gets nervous. She looks at the girl and says`` Don`t you know your doing it wrong.`` she says`` You have to pretend that your going to buy something then attack ``she says quietly. she quickly pulls her shoulders back to fix her posture. She`s surprised that this girl hasn`t told her to get lost because of her father.

Luna scowled at her. "For your information, he already knows I've spotted him, and that I'm trying to get away from him. So keep quiet." She turned away, paused, and then looked back at the girl. She seemed vaguely familiar...no, she wasn't an old friend or someone she had seen by chance in public. She'd seen her...Luna racked her brains, trying to find any bell she could ring. Then she found one. She'd seen this girl in a newspaper-many newspapers in fact. She was related to that Moonstone member, that traitor, who worked for the Onyx. "Hey, what...what's your name?" she asked, suddenly wary of the girl.

Ajellica suddenly gets a bit worried. She couldn't tell this girl her real name so she says. " Bethany Rue" . She quickly looks away after saying that. she was getting nervous. Ajellica quickly tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Luna watched 'Bethany' for a moment, quickly taking in her nervous movements and the need to avoid her for a moment. She was lying, she knew it instantly. But Luna didn't question it. She knew now that Bethany had to be related to the Moonstone traitor; she wouldn't want to reveal her identity if she had connections with such a monster. "Well, I'm Luna," she whispered, deciding to unsheath her knife. The boy had to be close by now.