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Skye smiled as he shook hands with Yuki. "Pleasure to finally meet you formally." He let his hand slide slowly from Yuki's grasp. "I've been trying to promote equality between the races, and cut down on the hatred. So far.. no so good." He laughed lightly, "But it's hard to convince people when you've got Hanse around... he just hates."
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Hanse eyed the white haired wolf girl, and pointed to her some, "Looks like you've got something other than palm reading to do." Hanse's wings shuffled lightly from lack of use, making what appeared to be a cloak around him move as they were really his wings. He was acting, a little bit differently now that the girls were in plain view; the fact surprised even him, as he felt and urge to help clean up, just briefly.

the discussion between the fox and dragon continued, as if the three girls weren't there. He did make a passing remark about mitsu, but that was about it. So far.

Relaxing a little, poke just watched the two, as well as mitsu out of the corner of her eye. Now that she was closer she could see the cloaked man much easier, as well as the razor sharp spikes that adorned his tail. She tried not to gulp at the idea of getting impailed on them.

“Jewelry, huh?” Well that seemed to ring a bell. “I-“ Feeling the tug on the back of his shirt Neko looked back at Riyo and saw the frown on her face. For not understanding much she seemed to understand what was going on. Inwardly sighing Neko turned back to the human guard. “I will be sure to bring him to you if I find him. Money like that seems too good to pass up.” For now he would lead the guard to believe he hadn’t seen him yet. Besides, good payment never came from a quick and easy capture. “If you will excuse us.” Neko gave a slight bow trying to appear polite and shuffled Riyo toward the stairs.

Once at the staircase Neko saw that this is where the thief had chosen to hide out for the moment but his reaction to finding him there was minimal. Instead he began to climb the stairs and once he was out of sight of the guard a grin began to worm its way across his face as he reached up to take hold of the thief’s jacket and shuffle him up the stairs with them.

Reaching the top of the stairs Neko chose then to reply to the thief’s question. “Of course.” By the look of his eyes this man before him wasn’t entirely human. He was human mainly for sure, it was like a stench that lingered about him, but his eyes gave way to something else though Neko wasn’t sure what. “The real question is, how much is your freedom worth to you?” He avoided making eye contact for the moment though his icy blue orbs were gleaming with mischief as he made his way down the hall toward their room. There was no reason he couldn’t have a bit of fun, it had been nearly a week with only Yuki to torment and that was getting a little old. Safe to say his demon side needed satisfying. And there was nothing to say he couldn’t profit from it in the mean time.

“A little metal clad birdie told me a certain thief stole a bunch of jewelry.” Neko stopped beside the door to their room, his hold of the man’s jacket was firm but still loose. “Now, I could be wrong but I seem to remember payment of room and board being made in jewels not but a few moments ago.” His fingers grazed atop the hilt to one of his blades but he didn’t dare draw it yet. There was no need for such show yet so early in the game.

Once at the top, the thief stared at the male cat demon while listening to what he had to say. For now he still didn't do anything to try and break free from the other's grasp, though it was tempting to just swat away the hand so he could give himself a little more distance. However, his eyes caught the demon's fingers hovering hear one of his weapons.

As a bit of an instinct, he brought his left hand up to let it rest against the hilt of his own sword. Still looking at the one that had brought him there, the young man just grinned lightly while he responded.

"Heh. Freedom is something you can't put a price on. But I get what you're hinting at here."

Pausing, he reached into his pocket with his right hand and pulled out an amulet as well as a few bracelets. He kept his grip on the trinkets firm so that they wouldn't be able to be swiped away easily. While he stood there, he remained calm, though wary. After all, the demon could easily take his knife and run it straight into him at any moment.

"Like these right? I can always get more easily so I'd gladly give them to you and your friend, but how can I be so sure that you wouldn't take these then shove me off to the nearest guard?"

The man wasn't lying either. The precious items, while nice to look at and such, were things he actually didn't put a whole lot of worth into.

The young man quirked an eyebrow as the demon apparently wanted something entirely different. Shrugging, he stuffed the items back into his pocket while watching the other motion for the girl to head into the room.

While looking into the blue eyes of the one before him, the thief had a look of amusement before smirking a bit in return. So this is what he wanted out of him? It certainly was an interesting idea, that was for sure. Or at least he thought so.

"You think you have what it takes to be a good thief? Alright. To me, the action is worth more than the materials that come out of it; though I can't guarantee you'll feel the same way about it."

Glancing towards the stairs for a moment, he soon turned back to the male demon.

"What exactly do you have in mind?"

Once Riyo was secured within the room Neko tried to reassure her through the door. “Just lay down and rest I’ll be back.” Turning his attention back to the thief the same expression returned. “Up for the task?” Neko gave it some thought though it didn’t require much. “I guess we’ll just have to find out. I would enjoy something a little high class…something challenging.” He wanted to say something dangerous but he wasn’t sure what all this guy could take. Sure he could take a few stab wounds and walk it off in an hour, this guy he wasn’t so sure about. Not that he cared too much what happened to him but it would be a shame for him to bite the dust before the fun even got started.

When the door was shut and locked behind her, Riyo's eyes widened. "NYUUUUUUUU!" She screamed and clawed at the door, trying the handle a few times. "NEKO BAD, NYU." She shouted through the door. "D-DON'T LEAVE RIYO ALONE. DON'T LEAVE RIYO HERE ALONE, NYUU.." She cried out, knowing it would be in vein. Though, she kept scratching and clawing.. Caterwalling a little. Wonder what that sounded like to the people in the other rooms...

Atticus could hear it.. But he was sorta... Connected to her. He could feel the panic. His eyebrow raised a little as he finished his last bit of soup. "Good sir, I believe I'll go ahead and purchase a room for tonight as well." With that, he sat more gold coins on the table, along with a few extra as a tip.