Some nobles don’t care for petty feuds and instead worry about amassing their fortune by any means. Word through the grapevine is that House Veruna wants the deed to House Tapalo’s millaflower harvesting facilities. We will approach the elders of this House and offer our services to steal the deed, but there’s a catch: the matriarch of House Tapalo recently passed away, and her will stated that the deed goes up in an auction to be sold, for whatever reason. House Veruna doesn’t want to spend money on the deed but is willing to offer its political support to whomever can bring them the deed before it goes up on sale.
You have two options: break into the auction house on House Tapalo grounds, crack the vault, and take the deed before anyone notices you OR break into the House Tapalo estate, find the matriarch’s deed, forge it to say that House Veruna inherits the property, then return it to our benefactors.
Participants: @Ana DAmico (@Painus) & @The Arcanist (@Phoenix)
Opposition: @Hannibal Grayza (@Mr. Teatime) & @Noone Shabar (@Soverin)
You have two options: break into the auction house on House Tapalo grounds, crack the vault, and take the deed before anyone notices you OR break into the House Tapalo estate, find the matriarch’s deed, forge it to say that House Veruna inherits the property, then return it to our benefactors.
Participants: @Ana DAmico (@Painus) & @The Arcanist (@Phoenix)
Opposition: @Hannibal Grayza (@Mr. Teatime) & @Noone Shabar (@Soverin)
House Tapalo Estate, Naboo
The pale moon hung low in the sky, but the thick blanket of nightfall had already been thrown over the Naboo countryside. Nocturnal creatures chittered and yipped in the dark, and villas were beginning to turn on their lights for an enjoyable night, for the weather was pleasant. A low, hazy fog covered the hills of the estates and obfuscated some vision, but nothing overly major. A few clouds drifted lazily through the sky and occasionally obscured the moon, otherwise there were no disturbances. In all, it was the perfect night to go out, and Ana planned on taking advantage of that. In her quest to establish a cult cell on Naboo, she needed to garner the support of some of the Royal Houses of Naboo while simultaneously weakening their rivals. Having the aristocracy in her pocket would greatly help with her future plans, but there was work to do in order to secure this loyalty.
She managed to wrangle Talak into yet another adventure, which was becoming a more common occurrence, and he surprisingly agreed. Tonight’s heist was different than their usual escapades; they were hunting for the deed of the recently deceased matriarch of House Tapalo for their millaflower harvesting facilities so that they could return it to House Veruna and gain their loyalty and increase their power. Millaflower was one of Naboo’s chief exports thanks to its medicinal properties and House Tapalo was making a killing off of it. Naturally, this meant that their rivals wanted in on the action. Thus, with honeyed words and promises of power and prestige, Ana offered her support in exchange for House Veruna’s loyalty. The deal was agreeable, and soon both parties found themselves in a secret contract.
Ana wore a form-fitting, hooded, waterproof bodyglove, as well as gloves thick enough to not leave obvious fingerprints, but thin enough to keep her fingers dexterous and not inhibit motion. Finally, she had a blank, black mask that covered half of her face, leaving little to be revealed in the event this place had cameras. She carried a few items with her on a black utility belt, chief of which were a few security spikes. Her vibroknife sat in a sheath on her thigh while her lightsaber sat in a holster on the other thigh, both securely fastened, but available in case she needed them. They were meant to avoid confrontation, but if it came down to it, she came as prepared as she was willing to risk.
They came in speeders and halted some ways away from the estate for a quick getaway and traveled the rest of the way on foot. For the most part, they remained concealed, and it wasn’t until they breached the initial far outer wall of the estate before she crouched low in the shadows and looked at Talak.
”Deed’s probably inside some central study, a safe, or… perhaps a vault, if they’re paranoid enough,” she whispered, keeping an eye out for roving patrols, ”I’ve no idea how many guards are here, either, so we’ll have to take this slowly.” She smiled beneath her mask, though he’d never see it.
”This is exciting.”
@Phoenix @Mr. Teatime @Soverin
We’ll go at our speed until opposition joins, at which point it becomes 48 hours per side. If your 48 are up, you get skipped.