Godric awoke to the sound of children playing out in the street, looking out the window he noticed that the sun had already been up for a few hours, "shit, so much for getting an early start" he thought out loud to himself as he scrambled into the shower and getting dressed. After he had made sure he had everything he needed he was out of the door to his room and headed down the stairs where he saw the innkeeper sweeping, "I'll be back in a couple of hours, I'm headed over to the casino" he called out to him as he opened the door to the inn. He had been in the village Hidden in the Clouds for the past week, taking his time exploring the village and getting to know the lay out of where everything was so that he could easily move around the village as he pleased without too much hassle, it would also be useful if he ever had to make a quick escape if they ever found him. The only place he had not visited yet was the Golden Horn Casino, he had been saving it for last that way he could take his time and possibly place a few bets while he was there. And now was the time that he would choose to go and explore the casino, as he walked through the side streets of the great lightning village Godric could feel the chill blowing through the air on an almost ominous breeze from the west. Godric had very high hopes for his luck today as since he had arrived here in the village the week before he had some very good luck, and now he was going to test his luck in the casino hoping to win a large amount of ryo from it. As Godric rounded the corner he could see the top of the large neon letters of the casino. And once he was closer he could actually make out the lettering of The Golden Horn Casino that lit up the top of the building even during the day, no matter how many times he saw it the sight of it took his breath away. He took his time walking down the street towards the casino watching the children play as they ran down the street, window shopping all the stores that were open and listen to the beautiful sound of the birds flying over head. The village was alive with noise and beauty and Godric wanted nothing more than to simply absorb it all, as he got closer to the casino he saw a lot of people entering or exiting it and his belief of today being his lucky day grew even stronger than before.

Godric was almost at the entrance when he was suddenly knocked over by a man who burst through the crowd of people running fast away from the casino, before he could yell at the man he heard another man call out "someone please stop that man, he stolen all of my ryo" Godric looked back to see an elderly man slowly chasing after who Godric assumed was the man that just ran him over, shaking a wooden cane. Godric jumped to his feet and was chasing after the man in a matter of seconds, trying his best not to run people over as the man was. As soon as they were clear of the crowd Godric ran with full force to try and catch up to the man who had already had a good head start on him. As he continued after the man he knew he wasn't gaining on the man enough to be able to catch him before he ran out of energy, he needed to come up with a plan and the sooner the better.  They were quickly approaching the out door market, stalls of vendors lined the street, and customers filled what was left of the street even if the man tried to push through the crowd Godric was certain that he would be able to catch up to the man. Unfortunately for Godric the man already had a plan for the packed street, jumping on top of one of the stalls before jumping on the rooftop of the nearby building and taking off again, "Damn it!" Godric shouted as he followed the man up to the roof, now pissed that the man seemed to be a step ahead. Even with what knowledge of the village he had gathered over the past week, Godric knew that he couldn't lose sight of the man or else he might not find him again, so moving to try and cut him off was out of the question considering that the man could change his direction at any moment. Pulling out his three shuriken, Godric took a deep breath as he aimed for the man, it was a lot harder to aim considering he was moving but it was the only chance he would have at stopping the man. Throwing all three of his shuriken at once he hoped at least one of them would find its mark as he continued to chase after the man, the shuriken gained quickly on the man with two of the striking the man's right leg and the third merely hitting the rooftop. When the shuriken struck the man's leg he called out in pain as he lost his balance and fell however he was able to stay on the rooftop. By the time Godric caught up to the man he had already pulled the shuriken from his leg throwing them to the ground as he stood, this time however the man didn't take off run instead he reached behind him pulling out a kunai and readied himself to strike at Godric. Once Godric realized the man's plan be had little time to react, quickly dropping into his Guren stance as the man launched his assault, the man was favoring his right leg which meant that the shuriken did what Godric needed them to do, as the man got closer Godric dodged out of the way of the kunai strike and swept the man's legs out from under him. As the man fell Godric grabbed his arm and twisted it forcing the man to relinquish the kunai, Godric put more force behind the mans fall slamming him to the ground and holding the kunai to the man's throat. "That's enough of that, now hand over what you have stolen" venom rained through Godric's words as he spoke, the man handed over the ryo pouch he stolen from the man at which point Godric stood up hovering over the man, "get up I'm taking you to the authorities.

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Wc: 1135
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