Pedrit smiled.
"I'm afraid I'm gunna have to arrest you." The corrupt city guardsman said.
"No, you can't I'm the only support my family gets." The stocky man said.
"I'm sorry, but it's my job." Pedrit smiled.
"No, there must be some other way." Grel said.
"Nope, there is nothing you can do." The city guardsman said.
Grel began to sob.
"Hey, don't take it so hard. You seem like a nice guy and all. You know I guess I could go easy on you this one time, but…" Pedrit began.
"But what? Grel asked.
"But I could get in serious trouble for this. So maybe it's not the best idea." Pedrit said. "Unless…"
"Unless what?" said, he had finally managed to turn his bawling into a mere sniffle.
"Unless you pay me." Pedrit grined
"I…how…how much?" Grel asked.
"At least 500 gold." Pedrit replied.
"I…I don't have that much." Grel said as he began to cry again.
"Oh, well I guess today ain't your day." Pedrit said with a shrug
"No, there must be some other way." Grel said.
"Nope, unless…" the guardsman said.
"Unless?" The drug dealer asked.
"Unless… do you have a daughter?" Pedrit asked.
"I… ummm yeah. Why would you want my daughter?" the stocky man asked.
"You know exactly what I want." Pedrit said.
"No, my daughter, she's … she's only seven!" Grel pleaded. His eyes began welling again.
"To be honest…" Pedrit began with a vile grin. "…I'd prefer that over the gold"
"No." Grel began to sob.
"It's for the best." Pedrit said.
"I…" Grel begain
"Listen, I'll arrest you and your entire family if you don't!" Pedrit yelled.
"You…I…yes. It is for the best. She… she's in the back of the house" Grel bawled.
Pedrit smiled, and left the room. Grel cried some more. Just then a gaunt man came in looking for some black lotus and an elf.
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"You're late" Evka said
"I was busy" Pedrit replied with a smile.
"Doing?" Evka asked, but the guardsman just smiled.
"Listen, we lost contact with one of our spies. She was working a man named Brahm. We think the shadow thieves have something to do with it. Bring us the people responsible, and you'll be well paid." The woman said.
"The shadow thieves?" Pedrit asked.
"Yeah the shadow thieves." The woman said.
"I thought they were kicked out of Waterdeep." Pedrit said.
"They were, until recently. The Eye is most unhappy about this competition." The woman said.
"Fine, I'll find the one responsible for your agent's death, and bring him to you" Pedrit said.
Pedrit went back to the jail house.
"I've been going over your file it says you were caught at the scene of a murder." The guardsman said to the dwarf.
"And?" the dwarf asked the guardsman.
"You were caught at the scene of a murder it says here at The Yawning Tortoise elf tavern." Pedrit answered
"What's itto you?" the dwarf asked, and the guardsman smiled.
"You know anything about the shadow thieves?" the Pedrit asked as he stroked his goatee.
"Maybe." Palak said.
"Maybe?" the corrupt guardsman said with a sigh. "That's not good enough."
"What do you want, and what can I you give me?" the Palak asked
"I'll let you walk out of here if, and only if you tell me about the murder of a spy for The Eye. She was working someone named Brahm." The guardsman said.
"Brahm?" the dwarf asked.
"Yeah Brahm," the guardsman said.
"Hmmm the name sounds familiar." The dwarf begain before as it begain to slowly dawn on him that it had been no hooker that Rokevin threw his knife into the day before. "Oh! Uhh it was umm an elf named what's his name again?"
"I don't know, that's why I'm asking you." The guardsman said.
"He's gay, a real fag… Fealyyur! That's what his name is." Palak said. "Now let me out."
"Sure thing, but…" The guardsman began. "…if I find out that you were lying to me I'll throw you in the deepest dankest cell in all of Waterdeep, and there no one will hear you scream when I torture you."
"Yeah whatever now just get me outta here." The dwarf said impatiently.
Pedrit let the dwarf out of the cell and left the jail house. It was getting dusk.
Another guardsman walked up to Pedrit.
"We have more info on the murder case. The one with the dwarf and the dismembered girl. Apparently she works for The Eye. A real high ranking agent at that."
Pedrit let out a scream.
"He lied! The gahrpeck lied!" he screamed -Gahrpeck is a racial slur for dwarves-
Pedrit ran out off the jail house and into the street but there was no sign of the dwarf. He cursed he had some work to do. He would find the dwarf, and was prepared to scour the whole city. The dwarf would be found, and then. Pedrit just gave smile at the thought of what would happen. It would be loud, and claret.