Camilla breathed a sigh of relief as Cydric and Ricardo joined her on the steeply pitched roof. The wooden shingles had been painted with tar some time in the distant past to seal them against the damp and it had the added bonus of making the surface easier to grip. Ricardo jerked the crossbow quarrel free and then fitted it back into his small weapon, then tugged the rope twice in quick succession and then one more much more firmly. The rope began to go limp as the trick knot on the other end unraveled. They couldn't leave the line hanging in the air as the odds of someone seeing it, even in the dark grew too great overtime. Instead he fired the weapon back over the roof they had come from carrying the line away. It was possible that someone would find the rope, but even if they connected it with a burglary it would be far too late by the time they figured out which house. That was the theory anyway.

With infinite care Camilla made her way across the roof to the end of the building. Peering down she saw a large window several feet below her.

[b]"Cydric," [/b]she breathed, [b]"Hold my feet."[/b] With Cydric holding her she leaned down to the window. Dangling upside down from Cydric's grip she twisted the blade and the window began to open outward. Pausing she ran the blade around the window frame, trying to make sure there were no wires, bells or other alarms. Particularly paranoid people sometimes employed such methods and it always paid to be careful. Finding nothing to alarm her she pulled the window the rest of the way open and then took a firm grip of the frame.

[b]"Ok let me go,"[/b] she whispered. Cydric hesitated for a moment and Ricardo whispered something in his ear. Then he let her go and she twisted herself in through the window in a smooth fluid motion, landing softly on her feet. She found herself in a dark carpeted room with a large table and a huge four poster bed. She guessed it was some sort of bedroom for guests or perhaps visiting clients. By the dust clinging to the polished wooden furniture it hadn't been used in some time.

[b]"All clear," [/b]she called up to Ricardo and Cydric. The Tilean didn't respond but a moment later a short length of rope, secured to one of the chimneys appeared in the window and he and Cydric climbed down into the house. Camilla smiled in the darkness, enjoying herself immensely inspite of the danger. Most thieves she knew, those that lived very long, loved the danger and the challenge, Ricardo's grin certainly showed that he too was enjoying himself.

[b]"We need to find an office or somewhere he keeps records,"[/b] Camilla said quietly as she slowly cracked open the door and looked out into a hallway. No lights burned and no one stirred.

[b]"Probably there will be papers and a desk in the room we need."[/b]

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