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✍️ Writer: Jake Kerr
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The Thieves Guild,
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by Jake Kerr.
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Episode 1:
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In the Shadow of the Wall.
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A glorious autumnal sunset provided a stark contrast between the stern
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guard in the light on the stone wall above, and the two boys in the shadows on the ground
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below.
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Raylan grinned as he looked up and watched as the guard paused in his rounds.
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It was too perfect. He and Rafe were standing next to a pile of tomatoes,
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and the guard stood still, looking out into the plains, his back an easy target
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with its white armor and robe shining brightly.
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With Raylan and Rafe in the shadows, the two of them could easily flee unseen.
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Of course, he had to convince Rafe to throw the tomato at the guard first.
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Raylan kicked his friend in the heel and pointed at the guard.
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"I bet you could hit him from here." Rafe looked up.
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"The guard?" "Of course, the guard." Rafe stared at the guard for a moment, but then turned
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away. "Nah, he's too high, and I can barely see his shoulders behind the battlements."
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"He's not even moving." Raylan started juggling the tomatoes.
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He tossed one to Rafe, who caught it with his right hand. "Come on, don't be a coward.
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He's 30 feet up. Besides, he won't leave his post to chase someone who just threw a tomato at him."
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Rafe started walking away. "No way, Raylan.
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The last time I took one of your challenges, Captain Edgar whipped me so hard I couldn't sit for a week."
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Grabbing Rafe's arm Raylan added, "I can understand being afraid of Captain Edgar, but a
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member of the White Guard?" Rafe stopped and turned. He was scowling.
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Raylan had touched a nerve. "Why do you want me to hit the guard so badly?"
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There was a suspicious tone in his voice.
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"Because it's fun!"
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Rafe still looked unconvinced. "And it's a member of the White Guard.
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Have you forgotten last Founder's Day?"
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Raylan glanced back over his shoulder at the guard, still standing with his back to them,
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his white robe blowing in a slight breeze.
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When Raylan returned his gaze to Rafe, his friend was staring at the guard.
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"I think the least you owe them is staining one of their white robes." Rafe's eyes
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widened. He had been beaten by three off-duty White Guards during the previous Founder's Day when
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he was caught painting the statue of Elias, the founder of the Night Guild, a garish
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red.
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Rafe looked at the tomato and then the guard.
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He was clearly debating payback. Raylan made sure not to remind Rafe that it
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was Raylan himself who had egged him on to that mischief as well.
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Rafe looked at the guard, tossed the tomato up in the air, and caught it.
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"I could hit him." "Of course, you could."
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Raylan slapped him on the back. "And look." He pointed along the base of the wall and
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into some shadows. The pile of smashed tomatoes that had oozed down from where
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they had been practicing tosses for the Founder's Day parade was already hard to see.
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"You can run that way. He'll never see you that close to the wall, and it's dark all the way to the
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highway." Raylan realized he was very close to getting his friend to toss the tomato.
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"And I'll run this way." He pointed across the field toward the river in the distance.
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"He'll see me and I'll draw his attention.
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You'll be long gone, and by the time anyone gets to the bottom of the wall, I'll be across the river."
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Rafe looked around and nodded. "Give me another one.
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I might miss with the first." "Good thinking." Raylan tossed Rafe another
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tomato. He almost couldn't contain his glee.
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He really liked Rafe, but it was just too easy to get Rafe to do his mischief for him,
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and in the end, that's what it was all about.
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Doing maximum mischief with minimum risk.
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"Wait until I hit him, and then you run toward the river." Raylan nodded.
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He hadn't lied to his friend. There was practically no way they could get into trouble.
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No one was remotely close to them, and the lengthening shadow of the wall made escape a
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foregone conclusion. Rafe pulled his arm back and then paused. He looked at Raylan.
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"I wish the Guildmaster Knight rode in the cage during the Founder's Day parade.
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I'd shower him with garbage from beginning to end."
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Raylan was taken aback by his friend's bitter tone, which hinted at restrained
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fury. "Well, with Guildmaster Pietro dead, you never know," Raylan added,
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referencing the late Guildmaster thief who would ride in the Founder's Day parade while
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the populous would throw spoiled fruit and garbage at him, symbolically abusing
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him for the sins of thieves.
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How he put up with it, Raylan would never understand.
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Rafe ignored his comment, turned, and launched the tomato with his right hand.
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There was a thud (tomahto splatting) and Raylan enjoyed the moment.
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As Rafe took off running, a large red stain spread over the back of the guard's
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cape. The guard looked down at his feet and then over the battlements toward where Raylan
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stood. Raylan could see the guard's face and caught his eye for a moment.
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He then sprinted for the river. As expected, the guard didn't raise an alarm.
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Still, Raylan took care to turn down a few alleys between the wall and the river.
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Near the docks, he stopped and bent over, panting for breath with his hands on his knees.
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He glanced around the riverfront as he stood back up.
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The only activity was the hustle and bustle of the shops preparing for the night, and boats of
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every size ushering people up and down the river.
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Raylan smiled and walked downriver to the merchant guild slip.
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He had gotten away with it.
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(dramatic music)