Gathering of Thieves

Suit yourself, Colt offered with a shrug, Me and the lads will just get acquainted. He continued to balance on the chairs' two legs while Jock’s head shook with a laugh and he hobbled over to the bar.

The old coot was sound by Nairn standards and Colt had spent a good six months back in the day learning to tinker and tease open all matter of mechanisms. If Old man Jock needed his help then it must be some fickle lock, Colt surmised. Rolling the toothpick to one side caused a intake of breath to rasp out and gesturing with his chin, Colt settled the chair back on all fours. Arms folded under him as he leaned onto the table top.

So, Smithy? a finger pointed to the dwarf, who’d nod. “Worked with yi before, Legs.” Colt snapped his fingers grin lopsided, Thoughts so. Couldn’t quite ‘member if it was you or the other dwarf I had to chuck over… well, glad it wasn’t you. Be awkward as fuck. He was sure it was some unwritten rule that folks weren’t really supposed to launch the stout folk.

Colt swung his head around to ‘Abe’ as Jock called the lad, at least Colt thought so giving the hood. You good Abe? Not one for a quick pint before a job? Ach no worries there, A’ promise between me and Jock it’ll run fine. Good… 85 certainty of it. Even if the job was still a mystery to him, Colt had confidence in the two tinkerers figuring it out. His gaze drifted over to Jock returning with a tray of drinks, passing one to Smithy, then Colt before taking his seat with his own as Colt finished up, You and Smithy might get to catch a nap. You never know.

“No-one’s nappin’. There’s two vaults and it’ll be quicker to split into two teams when we get there. You two whippets,” Jock gestured to Colt and then Abe, “will take upstairs and we’ll take downstairs. I’m too old to be leaping out second story windows if we set off some magic shit. Window hoppin’ is for you young’uns I’m past that shit.”

Draining their pints, Jock soon called time and the party of four would begin meandering along from the tavern to the stables. Jock urged the lads to hang back while he spoke to the contact, keys were exchanged for a small pouch of coin and then they were off again.

@Abelen