After the Rain Stops

Thief Stitches

Kara met up with Chò at a local restaurant.
"There ya are!" She says, waving her over.
As she walked up to Chò, she saw a young man counting some coins.
"This is my associate, Stitches. He's a thief." She says, whispering the last part.

Stitches looks at her and smirks, holding up a scroll.
"This yours?"
Kara perks up, then looks in her bag and notices a scroll missing.
"Hey!"

The thief chuckles and tosses it at her.
"A little tip, mon Ami. A thief can use, if trained properly, the darkness and shadows of other people to steal items from a bag without your knowing. I suggest a trap encantation on your things."

Kara rolled her eyes and sat down.
"So, where are we heading next?" She asks, ignoring Stitches rant about spells and thieves.
Chò slurps the last of her noodles, then slaps a map down and excitedly states, "We're going to the Warzone!"

Stitches and Kara, along with 90% of the restaurant clients  turned to her and looked at her like she was insane.
"What? I thought it would be a great place to start." She says, seeming indifferent.

Stitches speaks up first.
"You do know that's where the Dragon of Hell lives, right?" He says, hoping for a good answer.
She shrugged.
"I wanted to see if he was real or as fake as Buddha." She says, taking a piece of tofu and chowing down on it.

Stitches and Kara looked at each other like 'The fack is she on?'

"Uhm... Chò... People go there to die. They don't go because of curiosity." Kara says, thinking about the big, evil, black hearted dragon that lived there.
She shrugged it off.
"Cmon, guys! It'll be fun!" She chirps.

Stitches shakes his head.
"OK, but I'm stealing some wine before we go." Stitches states, disappearing under the table for a moment, then popping up with a bottle of wine.

Kara wasn't so sure.
She knew if she went, she could die, but then again it could be fun.
"Sure, let's go." She says, standing up and packing some food for later.

She was gonna regret this...