Planting evidence

JOB:

After a successful robbery in the capital, Smrt was trying to lay low, so he travelled to Cedar. The place where knights for protection were the main source of security. Smrt was sure that no one would expect him to be here, hiding in plain sight. But hiding and not working was stressful to Smrt, and the only joy he found was drinking at the local inns.

One time while at the inn where he now had already become a regular, a group of 5 mages entered.
"I am telling you. It is not luck, it was us. We are so good at it." on of the mages spoke.
"Dude we did have luck. All 5 of us survived. It can't just be skill." the other one replyed.
The argument these two had though not very loud did bother Smrt and some other of the patrons.
"Would you two just shut up already." one of the mages interrupted them, as she stood up "I will order us some beer."
Smrt was eyeing the female mage that was approaching the bar. She looked quite appealing and gave Smrt desire to flirt with her.
"Give me 5 beers."she said when she was at the bar, leaning over. "And what are you looking at?" she told Smrt who was now starting at her.

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As she was returning to the table the loud mages continued.
"OK, we maybe had luck, but did you really think that we would not succeed? I mean we are Infinity Hydra members. We are the strongest guild in Fiore."
That statement had made Smrt consider killing them all.
"Legal mages. The lapdogs of Magic Council. But I can't just kill them here. I need to make a plan." he said. Smrt thought about ways to humiliate them and then noticed that the bartender had not closed the cash register. His speed was one of his better assets so he applied it and stole some jewels without anyone seeing.

Carrying his beer, he brought a chair and sat next to the female legal mage, and with a big smile said "I am sorry for staring, but such beauty can not go unnoticed."
The four mages accompanying her were now staring at Smrt with looks that showed how uncomfortable they were with his presence, so Smrt continued "I hear that you just finished a job."
"Yeah, so?" one of the mages spoke.
"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to be a mage and do magic like you guy. Can you show me some, please?"

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The ego of the loud mage got better of him, and he bit Smrt's hook.
"Well. I can see you are a fan of our guild. So I will show you some of our signature flare." the mage spoke "I mean we are mages from Infinity Hydra." the shouted the last past so everyone could hear.
Standing up he put both of his hands in the air and started forming a magic circle.
"Stop it. Don't do magic inside we could get in trouble for it." the weary mage spoke.
"Oh come on. What you say is nonsense. Why would we get in trouble for doing a little magic?" the mage's ego was getting larger and larger. He continued forming the circle and after it was done fireworks started shooting in the air. Some even hit the ceiling.
Having already drank her beer the female mage stood up and went to the bar. Smrt was smiling as his plan was going better than he ever expected.
Using the absence of the female mage, the distraction the arrogant mage made, and the pure boredom it caused in the rest of the legal mages, Smrt put the stolen Jewels in one of the bags that was closest to him.

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The female mage returned with a new glass of beer as her guildmate was still creating small explosions and flashes of light in the air. The rest of the group had their heads on the table, mostly from the pure shame they felt, with their beer glasses completely empty. Smrt was still looking at the fireworks smiling. She returned for more, and every time she did, the arrogant mage did a new trick, and it was completely going in Smrt's favour.
A few rounds passed and Smrt was not getting the results he wanted. The bartender did not notice the missing Jewels, so he knew he had to take things into his own hands. He was nearly out of beer, so he did not need any special reason to go and talk to the bartender.

The fireworks were still popping, when Smrt approached the bar and spoke. "I don't say this lightly, but. I think they are somehow stealing from you. The guy is doing to much magic, and the girl is too often at the bar. It may look like a coincidence, but please check your cash register."
The bartender was looking at Smrt doubtfully but opened the cash register to give him the benefit of the doubt.

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The next moment bartenders face was pale and he was confused. Assuringly Smrt told him "I will go and find the Knights. You keep them from going. OK?"
The bartender nodded in approval but was still under the influence of the fact that he did not know that anyone had stolen from him.
Giving some stupid reason for leaving Smrt was in the street. He tried to find Knight so they could arrest the legal mages, but the night had already fallen so they were very rare, but nevertheless, there were two near the Inn.
Smrt approached them slowly to not look suspensions and explained.
"I am sorry gentleman, but there has been a robbery at the Inn. The thieves are still inside, and I was sent by the bartender to find you so you could arrest them. We are not sure how much they stole, but as they have not left the building we are expecting that it is still on them."
The Knights followed with their spears, and when they got to the Inn there was a commotion.
"What has happened here?" spoke one of the guards.
Through all the shouting the bartender spoke "They stole from me! They did some fireworks magic to distract us, while she was stilling from the register. But I caught them, and I am sure that the money is in one of her bags."
The Knight checks and just as Smrt has placed it there were the Jewels from the cash register.
The legal mages had a look of surprise and despair.

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The Knights cuffs all five of the mages.
"I don't care what you say. Or from which guild you come. Everyone saw you, and we found the evidence. We will now take you to the station, and in the morning you will be trialled. Is that clear?" every word the Knight spoke drove deeper shame to the five mages. They could not believe what had happened to them. The Knight turned to Smrt next "You will also come with us. To give a statement. It is best to do it now while it is still fresh, cause in the morning you might forget some things. Ok?" Smrt nodded his head, and soon two Knights, five legal mages and Smrt were going through the dark streets of Cedar. The mages were tied together their cuffs linked with each other, and in that way made casting magic and escape almost impossible.

While they were walking they came across an almost unlit street. The streets at that hour were really dark, and the rarity of the Knights at night was a blessing for Smrt. Walking down the street Smrt suddenly pushed the Knight to the wall making him bounce and fall to the ground. Using his spear he stabbed the other Knight in the back killing him on the spot, and with a swift continues movement cut the arrogant mage's throat. The four living mages now had a dead body of their guildmate chained to them.
Smrt made his eye black stunning everyone except the girl. The spell was very potent but she was clearly not of a weak mind, but it still had the effect on her.
Smrt tried attacking with a spear but she blocked so he distorted the space around her making all four of the mages and the living Knight die in agonising pain.

As the throat of the arrogant mage was still spilling blood Smrt dipped his hand in the pool of it and on the nearby wall draw a skull, symbol of his guild.

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