Thread: Taming Jade: Passion & Profit (Blackthorne and Whisp)

The man who had been dubbed Jaeger was a renown acquirer of things and a leveler - one who settled scores, for a price. He had been watching and following the petite young firebrand for some time. He had need of someone like her for several reasons , and when he went nosing about the guild , a few coins in the right purse had clued him to the existence of the young Master Thief. She was a freelancer, like him, one of the few in the region to be allowed to associate with the guild only partially. That spoke well of her skills and determination, though of course, it could also mean she was vexsome to work with. Perhaps the truth lay somewhere in the middle Finding her wasn't hard. She scored quite often which means she needed to fence goods, or get paid for her mission, or resupply, on a regular basis. Even though she was sometimes a bit carelessly slow in resupply, at least from what he could see, she was dependable enough. Finding her being the easy part, the hard part was observing her without being noticed. That meant keeping up with her, and also not being spotted. The waif was fairly aware of her surroundings, but she was also a bit overconfident, but again , he knew this was his personal opinion. She was skilled , but she had so much potential she wasn't using. She had an angel's face, good for much more than eliciting mercy from a man who notices her picking his pocket. He could help mold her into a cozener , perhaps even a full fledged grifter. She was very swift, he could train her in combat arts. She could become the perfect partner , not to mention, someone to pass those long cold nights in the winter. So by means of a hawkeye spyglass to enable him to watch from a distance, and a goodly amount of coin spred about town , he was able to keep track of the young lady most of the time for several weeks. As she accepted a job she ought not have, he realized that he would need to reveal himself to her, her employer's designs were to ensnare her, perhaps at the behest of one of her previous victims. What would happen to her was anyone's guess, but eventual sale to one of the caravans of the Slave Lords was most likely one of them, a healthy nubile young girl like her had too much value to simply be done with. So it was decided. But apparently fate had other plans, for when he went to her room, she had already left. He hadn't seen her, but perhaps she had snuck out the window of her room. 'Dammit' Jaeger cursed to himself under his breath. It was good he knew where she was heading, a warehouse near here. He lept out of the window of the room she had just left, and onto an adjoining roof. His long muscles werent as suited to intricate tumbles, but they were good for long jumps and swinging and pulling oneself up fully laden. Stealth was not in his program tonight, but haste. He got there just in time to land in the alleyway just behind a group of goblinkin. Goblins if their smell were to tell him anything. He fell back into stealth now, and watched it unfold. He watched as they captured her, and as they began to humiliate her. He could have saved her that, but would that have been doing her a service? She would remember this day, and perhaps be a bit more cautious next time. He watched a few more moments, seeing that she had potential in more than one way. But, he intended the woman for himself, he would not let her be taken by a goblin so easily. So first he slit the throat of the careless rearguard who was enthralled by the scene, and then he drew both blades and laid into the bulk of them. He decided against a battle cry - for one thing this motley bunch was hardly worth it, but for another, he wasn't convinced there was not further danger for the young Jade. And besides, it was always much more fun having a foe turn to you just second just seconds before the arc of your blade swing connected with their throat. in a gout of blood. At least with such diminutive foes the blood went on his boots more than onto his face. He held himself back. He could have torn into the lot of them, but it was important Jade take part in her own rescue, for her own sense of well being and power. But not too much, lest she discount the lesson to be had. Hard lessons were nothing new to Jaeger. He had trained a number of talented young ladies in the past. He perhaps enjoyed the hard lessons a bit too much. So he sheathed his shorter sword, and drew the dagger and threw it in almost a single motion. It bit through her ropes and landed on thr ground next to her, even as the apparent leader of the goblins was far too enthralled with the feeling of being inside Jade's mouth. I dont think you are the young lady's type you loathsome firkin of green puss he aid curtly to the goblin, assuming she would quickly deprive him of his life as he cut into the remaining goblins, but he remained ready to backstop her just in case. He still didn't have a good sense of her combat abilities yet.