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Blue eyes followed the travelling dwarf. Watching each movement, she calculated. To say she did not like a challenge would be a lie. Unlike her previous tasks though, this one would be much harder. Dwarrow were not like the men of her race, not so easily fooled. Not so… trusting. The red head turned her head to her brother shaking her head, and both moved back into the shadows, before entering the bar.
The woman stuck her hand in a man's pocket as she walked passed, her movements unnoticed, as she walked arm and arm with her brother, placing the pocket watch into her brother's pocket. "A good night, do you not think?" The man asked the woman on his arm. "As always Gus." She affectionately called her brother by his nickname.
"I reckon, you could take every penny from that man there." Augustin whispered into his sister's ear. Pink lips pulled back into a smirk. Pulling away from him, the woman with the red hair walked over to a slightly intoxicated man, and leaned down, whispering something in his ear.
Augustin smirked from where he stood, now leaning against the bar as he waited for their other brothers to join them in the Prancing Pony. He watched as his sister's skilled hands slipped unnoticed into the man's red coat pocket as she leaned over him, feigning having dropped an earring. Most improper behaviour, but then... when had Elise ever been proper in their lives?
He kept close eyes on his sister and the strange man, any sign of a struggle and he would step in. Ordering an ale from the bar keep, he settled into watching the scene. It was clear that Elise was loosing control of the situation, and Gus stood, making his way over just as the man grabbed Elise's wrist.
"Hey- Hey now. There you are." Augustin grabbed hold of Elise's elbow, causing the man to let her go. "You have got to stop wandering off." He tutted, causing Elise to giggle. "It was shiny." The act had been pulled so often that it was like second nature, as Augustin pulled the pocket watch that Elise had placed in his pocket earlier and handed it to the man. "You have my apologies. Come along, sister." He left tugging Elise away.
Outside the siblings shared a smirk as Elise pulled the man's far more expensive pocket watch from her own pocket, just as Darrius and Denton returned from the end of the road.
"What did you see?" Gus asked.
"Dwarves. Loads of em. Going down in groups. Towards the Shire." Darrius said, folding his arms over his chest.
"Dwarves. That means gold if ever I met a dwarf." Gus replied.
"Yes, but you can't exactly-" Elise cut herself off, pulling her brothers into the dark alley. "I thought about it earlier, but dwarves are far to untrusting to steal from. I could never get close enough."
Gus trailed off darkly in thought, rubbing his stubbled chin. "I have a plan." He stated, a smirk forming on his lips. Elise exchanged a look of concern with Darrius.
"No." Elise's answer is swift as she shakes her head in disbelief. "I may be a crook, but even I'm not so evil as to do that." She is frowning deeply, trying her best to ignore Gus' dark glare. Dwarves were extremely distrusting creatures, for her to be able to even get close enough would take more than she may be willing to do.
"Look, if we successfully steal from dwarves, do you know how proud mother will be? Especially now, that we aren't children and unable to fool them."
Elise spluttered out some form of words before collecting herself. "There are many things I'm willing to do, but the work to steal from a dwarf, particularly- how many did you count?"
"Thirteen." Denton replied with an uneasy look.
"Thirteen- fucking- dwarves, Gus." Elise swore, as she massaged her temples. It would be a world of respect from their mother. Glancing at each of her three brothers, so like her and yet so different, she nodded her head.
Gus smiled widely, grinning most sinisterly. "Alright, we need to wait for them to come back- do not look at me like that Den- and out in the forest." Gus began to explain the plan to them all. Denton shook his head the entire time.
"No! Gus just, no." He near snarled at his elder brother, blue eyes raging though he did not yell.
"What other plan do you have? They'll help a woman but not three men! I am not daft." Gus snarled right back, causing Elise to jump. "Do I not have a say?" She asked only to be drowned out by the fighting of Gus and Den.
"And if this doesn't work?" "Then we try again!" "With what?!"
The elder two argued back and forth. Elise however had had enough. With her own growl, she knocked the dark heads of her brothers together and hissed in a low voice. "Would you shut your mouths before someone comes out here?!" Taking another sigh, Elise nodded her head again. "I'll do it. But you have to promise to me that you'll always be right behind me." "Always." Gus responded, though Elise felt that it had more to do with the prospect of what they may get than her safety. Gus had always been that way though. Much as Denton was the one that was never caught, and Darrius hated stealing.
The siblings looked down the alley way as a drunken man fell over, throwing up onto himself. Each pulled a disgusted looked. "Ew." Elise commented, as she stepped passed him holding her hands up to herself, her brothers following suit after her.
"Darrius, go watch out for the dwarves again." The youngest brother made as if to protest, before grumbling to himself a frown set as he turned the opposite way. Elise was sure he grumbled something about how Gus was an idiot, but paid it no mind.
A/N: I plan to update once a week, but please leave me a review if you enjoyed! Currently unbeta read, but with help from a friend.