37th of Summer, 513AV Tonight was the night, Raven had been in Ravok for several days now and she was itching to try her hand at breaking into and stealing from building. Pick-pocketing was getting progressively less challenging and entertaining and she longed for the thrill of trying something new. So, with tools, mask and whip all strapped to her hip Raven had set out in search of a particularly vulnerable looking building. The amber eyed thief wore her usual tight all black leather outfit, boots, pants, gloves and corset along with her deep read lips frozen in their signature flirty smirk. The nights in Ravok were dark(which suited her just fine), lit only by the torches scattered amongst the walk ways. As Raven strolled along, carefully scrutinizing each building that she passed she realized that finding an empty building might be far more difficult than she'd assumed. Each structure seemed to burst with voices as she passed by. "Don't these people know the joys of a tavern?" she asked herself as annoyance began to build. She walked on in search for a long time until finally she spotted a rather lonely looking building. The building was rather small especially in contrast to the two larger building around it, for some reason it wasn't connected to any of the buildings either which only added to it's vulnerable appearance. Raven made her way toward the building, there was only one window in sight which was beside the front door and it seemed to be slightly ajar. Once she had gotten to the building she listened intently for any voices or sounds but none came, good, it seemed empty enough. With one quick scan of the surrounding area she noticed that there was no one in sight and wasted no time in squeezing through the open window and into the house. It was however far more difficult than it sounded, the window was far too small for her to be able to climb through and land on her feet, it would take some degree of acrobatic skill to get in without making too loud a noise. Luckily for Raven her lithe form gave her an advantage. She slipped in though the window, holding herself upright as her feet left the ground. Once the window sill was pressed against her thighs she lowered her upper body slowly towards the ground until her palms touched down on the cold floor. She was now doing a handstand, if anyone were to walk past the house, all they would see is a pair of feet poking out from the window. Finally she pulled her legs in doing a sort of cartwheel to bring her feet to the ground and she was in...with a minor amount of noise mind you. She made sure to land as quietly as possible when she hopped down from the window, instantly falling into a crouch as she examined the empty room, it was scattered with a few benches and some painting, nothing of obvious value seemed to present itself. Raven pulled her mask from it's position on her hip and fastened it to her face, it was a simple plain black mask which covered her upper face and nose, leaving only her mouth visible. The mask hadn't exactly been of use during her last encounter in the Warfields of Nyka, she had been caught and her identity compromised rather easily, she still needed to find a more foolproof solution for the mask, but that wasn't important right now, she needed to focus. Once the mask was on, she slowly stood up, first things first, the escape plan, she thought as she turned to the front door and slowly turned the handle, the door clicked and began to slip open. Raven's face went red with embarrassment, "Great, it was unlocked the whole time, who just leaves their front door unlocked?" she muttered under her breath. After closing the door quietly she slowly and quietly made her way through the room, there were three paintings on the walls, one of a forest, one of Ravok from a distance and then one of what looked like an eclipse, Raven had to admit it was a rather beautiful paining, both simple and elegant. She liked the idea of the sun being temporarily blocked out, casing the world into shadow, shadows made her jobs significantly easier. Although Raven did like the painting, it wasn't exactly a feasible option for her, she wasn't about to steal and try and get away with a large painting. "Moving on..." she whispered as she turned her attention to the three doors. Slowly she made her way to the first of the three doors and quietly turned the doorknob, it opened with ease and Raven opened the door slightly so that she could peer inside, it seemed to be a rather simple bedroom and more importantly it was empty. Carefully Raven sneaked into the room and began searching through the room for anything of value, but she found nothing, so she turned her attention to the other door in the room which was open and led to a bathroom, which held no interest to her. At the end of the bathroom was another door which obviously led to the room to which the other door in the common room belonged. Raven decided it best to enter that room from the entrance hall instead of through the bathroom since it meant less of a distance between herself and the exit. She made her way back out of the bedroom making sure to close the door softly and turned to the next door of the three. As she neared it she gazed over at the third door which is when she noticed it was the only one that had a good lock on it. A small smile found it's way to her face, a lock meant things were protecting. The dark haired thief made her way to the door and quietly turned the knob, it did not oblige. Locked...she thought to herself as she reached for her tools, opting to try the skeleton key first. She slid the key carefully into the keyhole and turned it slowly but to no avail, she tried a few more times although she was now beginning to get frustrated. Then she heard it, what sounded like footsteps just outside the front door. She felt a shiver run down her spine as she stared at the door hoping, wishing it was just a passerby. Slowly she made her way to the empty bedroom door and opened it. The second she heard the front doorknob turning she snuck into the empty room and closed the door as quietly and unnoticably as she could. Her heart was beating rapidly as she searched for an escape route, the house had no windows, what was she going to do? What if the person came into this room? She was panicking silently as she brainstormed, she could try the conjoined room, but what if he entered that room instead, for now, she deemed it best to stay in the room she was currently in. She stood beside the door to the front hall, pressing her back tightly to it, if someone where to come into the room she would be hidden behind the open door, yes...and then if the went to the bathroom she could make a run for it. In her state of panic it seemed like as good an idea as any. "Akajia hide me." she prayed silently. |