Entry 1: Video

[uberwaldian]

[The communicator turns on, but there's a bit of fiddling and static before she can get it to work. Anyone listening can hear what sounds like muffled swearing. Finally, the video switches on, and there's an attractive young blonde woman peering at the screen, wearing what looks like armor and a loose leather-and-gold collar around her neck. Her

Comments

[notrueking]

There are licenses for thieving where you're from?

[uberwaldian]

Oh, yes. The Thieves' Guild. A grand civic achievement.

[notrueking]

...how... does that work, exactly?

[uberwaldian]

It's actually very simple, which is, unfortunately, why it works so well. Only guild members can be thieves, but they're allowed a certain amount of theft per year. If you have the money, you can pay the guild for a yearly waiver.

The idea is that it actually causes less theft overall, given quotas and restrictions, and the fact that the guild itself is pretty... intense about unlicensed thieves. But the downside is, you then find yourself having to explain the system to other people.

[notrueking]

That... does sound rather practical, I'll admit. Though, I find it rather odd that people agreed to it in the first place.

[uberwaldian]

It's amazing what a persuasive man can do, isn't it? It's all down to our Patrician. He brought the whole guild system up to date when he took over. Thieves, fools, assassins-- well, there already was an assassins guild, actually...