A thiefs' adventure

So there I was, Ocllo bank. Even tho my tracking sense told me there were quite a few people around, there was no lights on. I have already cleared the people that did not know a professional was in their mist of their valuables. This consisted of at least 3,500 reagents from obvious mage in training. I bet he wonders why he is not gaining skill....

So, back to my story of grand adventure. I spotted a well dressed mage looking fellow with 2 pack horses in tow. I wondered why was a mage tugging two unwilling ponies towards the bank. *snoop* A shiny gold key and two runic stones. This will be fun.

I walk away towards the side of the bank and park my own pony, hand it a small sweet apple from my pocket and *hide*. 10 seconds later I have *stealth* within one step of my target. *snoop* and grab for a key. The Lady Nocturnal smiles her grace and I slip the key into my silk lined pocket. I wait for his aggression but he seems oblivious to the fact that his pack is now lighter.

A quick glance between the two runic stones and one is named "Crafting Hut"...can it be possible that this mage actually has his house key and a means to which to locate his house? We shall see......

No sooner than I make a try for the rune he awakens from his ineptitude of observation and makes a run from me with his two ponies in tow. I quickly track his movement and stay just off his vision. I give him about five seconds before I make my move and rush him to grab the last target.......But what I see makes me forget the rune is what i see before me....a freshly cast blue moongate. I make my move and blindly push past the two ponies who seemed not to want to go into the blue doorway light and I end up at the very steps of a small hut. Thank you Lady Nocturnal ! I quickly insert the key and the door swings open, I slam it behind me and *hide* If there is one thing I can do very well, it is vanishing into the thinnest shadow.

He is at the door now, unable to open it. As he is trying to locate his missing key, I am opening chests and crates with utter abandonment of concern of a well placed trap. I quickly evaluate every object in every crate.....I stuff every pocket with items I know my fence will like. Seconds go by and I calm myself.......I regain the zen state of knowing my surroundings....*hide*......I sense someone is in the room with me so I *stealth* over into a corner.....I BAN THEE echoed in the small fieldstone hut...the new person in the room looks around in amazement or panic....I know not which....he opens the door to let the mage in his own home. IN FLAM GRAV and a field of fire lights up the back wall ....where i was not....He then moved futher into the one room hut ............leaving the door wide open!........As I slide thru the doorway at full sprint, with my pockets full of magic weapons, magic armor, a few paintings and a map with a red x on it...................I smile.................and give thanks...............to my Lady Nocturnal.

[To the player Gaxon, I believe you are somewhat new to the home security of Ultima Online. I did not do this to grief you, or to take away item you worked hard to aquire. I simply played the role in which I chose. To be honest, this is a small (very small) price to pay for knowledge. I will give you some (not so free) advice. Leave your rune to your house in the bank. This alone will thwart a thief. Even if I got your key, you can always change the locks. I hope you will learn from this and see it for what is really is..........the best fucking game in the world.]



Edit: i dont know why the text messed up on me like that

You walked with the shadows and earned your prey.

Your text was small... but your story was grand!
Sounds like you're 5-finger Discount [5D] material. Message me if you are interested in joining the greatest thief guild on uor! Cheers!

Bravo. This was a good read.

I hope the victim of this skullduggery recovers from this invasion, but it is a small price to pay to learn the full gamut of UO.

Well....OOC,,,,,,I found the same guy, same bank, same house key, same house rune.....again........... *steal* Key is mine, I already know where house is......*run run run run* open door........yup. This time I left nothing of any value. Learn to never keep your house key in your main pack.....