Certain parts of being a Phantom Thief are tougher than others.
The actual thefts aren't that big of a deal. The plans and schemes are easy enough to make up on the fly, it's often times harder to make up the riddles than to just go in and steal the gem.
Costuming? Pshaw. If I wasn't a magician / phantom thief, I think I'd be in movies. Probably make a steal at it. Sorry, bad pun.
Being someone else for longer than the few hours it normally takes to take care of a theft is more of a challenge, especially if it's around people who -know- the people I'm replacing.
But it helps to learn their mindset. If I know how they think, chances are less likely that I'm going to goof up and do something out of character. Even if it means doing something that I would normally never do. Such as that one incident with the penguin. We don't talk about the penguin.
Some things however, will always remain a mystery.
Some things -should- always remain a mystery.
If it wasn't for the fact that A: Inspector Nakamori and Hakuba Saguru are still stalking around outside, and B: I'm firmly sticking to the persona and mindset of 'Nodoka', I probably would have run screaming the moment I walked in the door.
In retrospect, perhaps the woman's bath on the one night of the week that the local elderly group decided to go wasn't the wisest place to hide until the cops left...
-fin-
The name 'Nadoka' comes from Ranma's mother in Ranma½.
The penguin comes from asking our tech guy at work to name a random food. When asked what kind of food penguin is, his grinning comment was "You can eat penguin."
It beat 'spaghetti'. #^^#
The actual thefts aren't that big of a deal. The plans and schemes are easy enough to make up on the fly, it's often times harder to make up the riddles than to just go in and steal the gem.
Costuming? Pshaw. If I wasn't a magician / phantom thief, I think I'd be in movies. Probably make a steal at it. Sorry, bad pun.
Being someone else for longer than the few hours it normally takes to take care of a theft is more of a challenge, especially if it's around people who -know- the people I'm replacing.
But it helps to learn their mindset. If I know how they think, chances are less likely that I'm going to goof up and do something out of character. Even if it means doing something that I would normally never do. Such as that one incident with the penguin. We don't talk about the penguin.
Some things however, will always remain a mystery.
Some things -should- always remain a mystery.
If it wasn't for the fact that A: Inspector Nakamori and Hakuba Saguru are still stalking around outside, and B: I'm firmly sticking to the persona and mindset of 'Nodoka', I probably would have run screaming the moment I walked in the door.
In retrospect, perhaps the woman's bath on the one night of the week that the local elderly group decided to go wasn't the wisest place to hide until the cops left...
-fin-
The name 'Nadoka' comes from Ranma's mother in Ranma½.
The penguin comes from asking our tech guy at work to name a random food. When asked what kind of food penguin is, his grinning comment was "You can eat penguin."
It beat 'spaghetti'. #^^#