[RL with Jing] A Thief in the Night

[glowy_brows]

It was night. The seven moons hung in the sky like multicolored pearls on a velvet backdrop. The Avatar's Temple was bathed in their collective light. All was silent and still. The only noises were that of strange night time birds cooing in the trees, or the soft murmuring of a stream.

Jordan was asleep in his private apartments, which were situated

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[shoutitloud]

Between the dapples of light, a shadow within a shadow crept silently through the window, landing on the floor without a sound. The invader paused briefly, lifting a finger to his lips in the direction of the smaller, floating shadow beside him, then moved further into the room, expertly avoiding all the random junk and accumulated bric-a-brac on the floor.

"Hey, Jing," the smaller shadow hissed quietly. "How're we s'posed to find the piece in all this junk?"Patience, Kir," the taller shadow murmured, his voice blending with the low breeze. "It'll show itself to us soon enough

[glowy_brows]

Jordan was a heavy sleeper (possessing the uncanny ability to sleep through hurricanes and earthquakes) and normally wouldn't have been troubled by the negligible noise downstairs. But now that he was connected to Oban, he was always aware if anyone or anything entered into his domain. Something niggled in the back of his mind, drawing him toward wakefulness.

He stretched and yawned, opening bleary eyes and peering about the darkened room.

"Who's there?" he mumbled sleepily. Blinking, he stood and slipped on his house slippers.

Murmuring voiced. Downstairs. Without even bothering to pull on a robe (boxer shorts and an undershirt weren't that immodest anyway), Jordan crept down to the landing, peering through the rails.

[shoutitloud]

At the first hint of noise from upstairs, Jing and Kir froze in mid-action for the briefest of seconds, the freed mobile safely in Jing's hand. Then without a sound (other than the swirl of his coat), the bandit whirled and leapt back out the window he'd come through, his partner right beside him.

They had what they'd come for, and it was time to go. As the pair faded into the night's darkness, there was a round flash of light -- as if reflected off the surface of a mirror -- and then the feeling of their presence disappeared completely from Oban.

[glowy_brows]

"H-hey! Wait a sec!" Jordan shouted the moment Jing jumped through the window. "Stop right there!"

He dashed down the stairs, but before he could get anywhere near the window, there was a bright flash of light and the thief (along with his accomplice) had vanished. Jordan pulled up short, dumbfounded.

"Where did he--Dammit!" he punched the wall. "I can't believe this! I've been robbed!"