The [i]pirate[/i] smiled as he blended into the crowd.  He propped up on a stool and looked back at his ex mistress just to see the look on her face when she realized she had been had.  Her face beamed red as she spun around in anger.  

"Ha!" Dalious grunted and then mixed back in with the people.  With a quick slight of hand he gave her a bag full of rocks, he always had a decoy for just this situation.  

He had lost the others, however, he knew where they were heading.  Wouldn't be long before they figured out the way back.  He'd simply just await their return from the ship.  So long as no more distractions arose...

When he reached the docks, he quickly got distracted by a game of dice.  There were a few of them playing, all crews from different vessels.  He saw no harm in trying to win a few more coins while he waited the others.  Besides, he was a good skipping stone or two away from their ship.