Thieves & Liars [Crow]

[Alicia Drey]

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Alicia Drey was sat outside the cafe, within the town of Emita. Located on Chandrila, it was a relatively unknown region of the famous world for agriculture and technology, save for it hosting one of three of the worlds main spaceports. It was now also the home of Chandrila Group, the newest project Alicia had begun to replace Chandrila DataTech, which she had recently liquidated for the small fortune, which had been used to kick start Chandrila Group in the first place.

Whenever she was in Emita, on business, she would stop outside the cafe for a spot of breakfast; and at those times, she was normally there to meet with another person. This time, it was a thief by the name of Crow, who showed promise. She had arranged for the career criminal to meet with her. She had two jobs for him. The first was a test, the second would be the real thing. She said she would explain everything to him when they met.

So, as she enjoyed her crumpet, Alicia watching the streets as she sat outside the cafe, at a round table. Leg folded over the other, she wore a hat that kept the sun out of her eyes. She decided that if Crow didn't turn up in the hour, then she would move on.

 

[Crow]

Despite timing being a very important skill that he used when he worked, Bek was a little bit late. If he'd been on most other planets, he might not have had this sort of trouble driving his car on the ground, but here there was a lot of open road. He hated open spaces very much. It was probably part of being a thief that had just gone to an extreme in his mind for some reason. Driving was a tiny bit more comfortable, so he drove.​

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There was, of course, a great deal of traffic. People from outlying homes were driving into the town, and there was always the stray speeder buses that carried non-drivers from other settlements into Emita. Add those, and all the various other denizens of this area of the planet, and you got a road that would've functioned better as a parking lot.​

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"Screw this."​

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A low whine began to be audible as the repulsorlift engines in the car activated, and the wheels folded in slightly to make the vehicle more aerodynamic. Bek hit the gas, and grinned madly as the car jumped straight up by about twenty meters. The Pureblood's vision was just good enough to see the finger that was flipped at him by one of the speeder bus drivers. He blew a kiss back. No need to get nasty when flying felt so good.​

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"And, I believe this puts me back on schedule."​

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The car sped towards Bek's destination as he enjoyed the feeling of the wind in his hair.​

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[Alicia Drey]

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Alicia lifted a napkin to her mouth, wiping away the crumbs from her breakfast. She had to look respectable. Lowering her eyes to her watch, she saw that time was almost running out. Truth be told, she was confident that he wasn't coming. Slightly annoyed- more angry, although she did well to keep her unadulterated rage down in public- Alicia stood up from her booth and entered the cafe to pay for her breakfast.

 

[Crow]

Annnnnnnnnd, aha! There was the cafe he was supposed to be at, and there was a parking space! Bek dropped the car into near-free fall above the spot, just barely slow enough that his trusty Crow-mobile wouldn't get damaged. It fell into the spot perfectly, and the Crow simply laughed at the driver of the car next to him who started yelling. He stood up in his seat and held his arms out.​

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"Are you not entertained?"​

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And then he walked into the cafe, grinning at the woman he identified as Alicia Drey. He took a small, slightly sarcastic, bow as he walked over to her and tossed his head a little bit theatrically so his wind-blown hair got out of his face.​

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"Hell-o, Miss Drey. Nice day for a coffee, huh?"​

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[Alicia Drey]

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Alicia turned away from the counter, paying for her food and drink, she turned to be met with the man that had entered the establishment. "Yes, I suppose you could say that. You are Crow, right?" She wanted to make sure he was the person she was meant to be seeing. She had ways of telling if he was not; and that wouldn't bode well for anyone.

 

[Crow]

"Yes, ma'am. In the flesh."​

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Bek gave the cashier some money and grabbed his coffee, sipping it as he grinned at Miss Drey. She was pretty, as older women went, but there were more than enough attractive girls his age to look at that he didn't dwell on it. He dropped some sugar and milk in his coffee and sat down, waiting for her to say something.​

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[Alicia Drey]

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"Please, take a seat." Alicia guided Crow back outside, to the table she had just vacated. Lowering herself down into the chair, she locked eyes with the man in front of her. "I'm told that you have a certain skill set. However, I remain unconvinced, truth be told."

She looked ahead of Crow, to the mountain tops in the horizon. She spoke as she looked at them. "Several kilometers away from here, there is a crystal cave. Inside there is a tomb. If you can get inside this tomb, and bring me something out of the tomb back to me, then you have the job I have in mind. I'll even pay you for getting inside and retrieving the artifact in question. I'm a collector."

"Know that the real job I have in mind is extremely dangerous. You would only be wasting my time, if you're one hundred percent confident you could pull it off. The person I want you to steal from will not allow another opening, like the one that has been made now. If you fail, then they will know someone is trying to steal from them and thus the window closes. I need someone good enough to pull it off the first and one time."

Alicia slid across a piece of paper, with numbers on them. "These are the coordinates to the cave. Any questions?"

 

[Crow]

Bek took a long look at the coordinates while he sipped his coffee. That wasn't more than a couple of hours' drive. And tomb raiding sounded like fun. Especially Jedi tomb raiding. Oh, was he ever up for this job.​

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"I'm rather fond of tombs... and collecting the things inside them. Consider me nodding. I would actually nod, except I'd probably drop my coffee."​

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He was even already curious about what this was a test for. A short window of time in which to steal something without alerting its owner... awesome.​

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