Slacking on the job [JOSH]

[attr="class","main"]The bustling streets of the marketplace were as lively as ever. Calls from the vendors rallying in customers in an attempt to sell their products faster, people both foreign and residents walking around in an unsystematic style and the children slithering through the tree of legs to play with one another. Wearing a garment of a commoner, a blonde would find themselves trudging through the masses taking in the sights with eyes that were enticed by the general view. It was rare that she ever managed to find a way to slip out of work, getting away from one’s superiors was harder than you would think, but she had experience from speaking out of a well-guarded castle before so that wasn’t the most challenging task she had to partake in. To the untrained eye, she would appear to look like a simple male in the fact that her hair was visibly dishevelled and cloaking most of her face, while her common pigtail was now a simple ponytail.

Spying around, with her sapphire hues the teen would be actively looking at the stalls she passed by, generally the ones that dealt in foreign goods to spot something that caught her eyes. Alexis- or Alex in this case did have devious intentions, but not for the sake of greed. It had been a long time that she had taken up this look and wanted to see if she still had her tricks. And once she spotted a simple odd coloured seashell amongst others that was said to be from a different land, the girl would make her move, shuffling through the masses pass the stall, as a wayward hand would make its way out from the shadows to take a swipe. And before anyone would’ve notice the shell would’ve been stolen by the elusive thief. Least, that would’ve been the case but instead her hand only grasped thin air, a number of second of timing being wrong causing a rookie’s mistake.

"Darn."

A grunt of displeasure, oh how would those kids that she knew in the past would mock her if they knew of how her skills lacked profiency at this day and age, it wasn’t as if she would ever need to steal but it was always a handy thing to have around and made her a bit more diverse than the members of her family. Instead of moping around and feeling sad for herself, the woman attempted to have another try. But this time she opted for the choice of pickpocketing someone’s pocket. A blonde, perfect choice as most of them didn’t pay attention to their surroundings, not that she was one of those types. And so she would close in with thieving hands at the ready before making a strike…