Olinas Mall

David Redsee awoke from a restless sleep in the small area above the "discount" electronics store where he usually fenced his stolen goods. The owner needed someone to provide and modify phones, and David needed a place to stay, so they had worked out an agreement a while ago. It wasn't good living but David wasn't complaining, he was never good at paying rent anyway. He reached for the small lock box where he kept his glasses and removed the key from around his neck. Those glasses were his prized possession, they were custom made and contained as much computing power as the average smartphone as well as prescription lenses, and he would do anything to keep them safe. It wasn't often a necromantic had something this nice and David knew it, after all most of his other tech was stolen from members of the higher classes.

David checks the time. It was far later than he had planned on sleeping. " well this sucks, I can usually make bank on morning commuters" he thought while trying to get himself to look presentable, or at least not noticeably repulsive. The last thing he wanted was to be noticed. After getting his hair somewhat settled he peaks out of the small window to see none other than the ruler walking down the street. David smiles, this certainly was interesting. He had no plans to rob her, he wasn't suicidal, but people would be more likely to believe things with her around. He pulls out the fake royal guard uniform he had acquired under a rather bizarre set of circumstances and puts it on. He then turns on the "sunglasses" feature on his lenses. It wouldn't convince those truly in the know, but he wasn't after them. It would be simple, he would walk behind the ruler and wait for people to take a picture, after that he would tell them that this was a matter of national security and he would need to confiscate their phones. It was risky, sure, but if this worked he could treat himself to a nice dinner and a good nights rest. He waits for Haku to fully pass, then takes the back exit form the store and begins to follow.

Mistress Haku had been very glad for the most part to finally get away from all of her guards, at least, from what she thought. She could feel the hair on her neck stand up a bit and knew that someone was following her again. 'Oh great', She thought, 'someone found me already?' She glanced a bit behind her and saw the uniformed guard, ner eyes slightly narrowing before turning back in front of herself with an annoyed huff. It was odd that they were walking so far away from her, but nonetheless it was obvious they werent going to stop following her. She had to lose them somehow, so she came up with an idea and walked to the side for a secondand stopped near a building and actually waved for the guard to come over, not knowing that David was in disguise. She waited for him to approach her and she looked slightly down at him since he was a tad shorter than her. She pulled a pouch of bins from her bag and held it out to him, "Take the day off and leave me alone, will you? And if you run into any of the others, don't tell them where I am. It's hard enough to get some freedom, and escaping my personal guards was enough. I don't need someone else following me around, okay? I think you can have a nicer day with a few five thousand bins than harassing me." She set the pouch into his hand and smiled, "I'm trusting you not to tell anyone else either. Alright? What's your name, I haven't met all the guards that harass me anyways." She tilted her head a bit.

David eagerly grabs the money. " My name's Redsee, David Redsee. and since you have been so very generous I'm going to let you in on a little secret" David steps back so he was out of arms reach and turned off the sunglasses function on his glasses, revealing his deep red, almost maroon, eyes. " I'm not actually one of your guards, you just spend more money than I've seen in one place on absolutely nothing" David steps back even further. He's pretty confidant he could escape her if she came after him, he was fast and knew the city well, but it was better safe than sorry. " But there is honor among thieves, so I'll tell you what, I'll consider what you've given me payment for future services. You'll likely need a friend in low places and now you have one. " David tosses her a surprisingly nice business card. " The info on there will let you contact me, but don't use it to try and arrest me, it won't work. I look forward to doing my patriotic duty". David turns and walks away, saluting as he disappears into a dark alley.

Once he is out of sight of the ruler he takes out the money and begins to count. Five thousand bins, it was all there. David knew he should save it for a rainy day, but he had never been good with money. Maybe he could get himself new clothes or a nice laptop. The last ruler would have probably had him executed for impersonating a royal official, but this one couldn't even recognize a fake uniform. He almost pitied her, but remembered that she could just give away five thousand bins while he didn't even have a real mattress. Still, he'd be on her side. She had bought his loyalty fair and square and he wasn't one to switch sides easily.

David goes home and gets changed, a guard uniform would just invite trouble and enough of that shows up involuntarily. He stashes a bit of the money with his other stuff, for when he would inevitably need it later on, but the rest is his and he will spend it how he likes. In his eyes it was best to have moments of luxury then anything else, after all it wasn't like his income was stable anyway. He put a bit of many where his landlord could see it, so the bastard wouldn't bug him about "rent". He has a bushiness relationship with the fence, they didn't pretend it was anything else. He pulled on his hoodie and headed for the mall.

Once David got there it was glorious. No shoplifting today, unless some clerk assumed he was going to do it. No use proving them wrong. He went to heated subject and got himself a real leather jacket and some new jeans, as skinny as he could get them. They weren't the best clothes for skulking around galleys or making quick get aways, but they looked so cool and David was in contact with the ruler, so he might as well dress himself up a bit. He also grabbed so new underwear, for underneath the guard uniform. It was rather easy to tear off. If he had to flash the ruler, or anyone else for that matter, he wanted to be showing as little as possible. It seemed to him that that uniform might be getting more use, it did earn him 5 thousand bins. He was about to leave the mall when he noticed a lil piercing station. It was advertising buy one get one free. " I'd be losing money if I didn't take that offer"david thinks, even if he hadn't really wanted any piercings before. "I should probably get two" So he gets both of his ears done, one with two and then his tongue. "T-t-twotawy worth ih" he says to himself, heading for the connivance store for the necessary care products