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  Thade had spent the morning walking through a run down, burnt out shit hole. He found a tavern and crawled right on in, not really having any plans and just simply drifting through life at the moment, he figured getting plastered was fitting.
  He was in a booth, surrounded by drink and drinking to his hearts content, he had an exceptionally high tolerance, annoyingly so and even after the amount he had consumed, he was barely even tipsy.
  The day wore on and Thade found himself still sitting in the same spot, wasting the day away, his boredom was getting to him, looking around he saw some darker looking booths with some shady ass folks within, they glanced around and seemed to pull various things out from hidden pockets, ''Ah, traders.'' He said to himself, taking a swig of his tankard before pushing himself up from his chair and barging right over to them, ''What do we have here, eh?'' He leant down to get a closer look at the items they were not so subtly trading.
  His eyes glinted as he saw a rare piece, an enchanted coin that he just so happened to have been looking for for some time now. ''What are you willing to trade that for?'' He asked, the other man got up with anger that Thade had interrupted his business.
  The man tried to lay into Thade but Thade simply jolted his arm up and backward in a fist, punching the guy's face with force, a small smirk when he slumped to the ground, ''Now, what are you willing to trade that for?'' He asked again.

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  A few minutes passed and Thade came away with the coin in return for a small knife encrusted with crystallised dragon scales, nothing rare about that, there were plenty out there on the black market, but lucky for him, the owner of the coin was too dumb to realise that.
  He sat at his own booth once more, the coin moving in between his fingers as he watched it, it was all well and good to have this rare piece but he was stumped at how to use it yet.

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Sam had been wandering the coven grounds, the city and the shady places where people rarely dared to go. She'd been sitting in one of the dark booths all day, playing with Bunny's ear and hissing at any of the wenches that came her way to try and kick her out. The redhead was not dirty, she simply looked much like a child wearing lace dresses and striped stockings. Her hands bore finger-less gloves and the red curls bounced up and down while she pretended to have a tea party and Bunny danced along the table. Then the emerald eyes were sparked with interest as another man entered, his eyes wandering but not piercing of the dark corner enough to take notice of the strange girl. She watched him, fascinated and then mind wandering from time to time before her eyes darted back to the man with his drink. 

Then closer to the night falling he got up off his seat and went to the table with the traders, Sam had noticed them as well but had simply hung back in an effort to think of a way to get close and neutralize them all before stealing their shinies. The man -Thade- got up out of his seat first and approached, she slid out of her own and crept oh so silently behind him. Dancing back on silent feet despite her platform heels and the bracelet about her wrist and the ruby at her neck, she watched him punch the big angry bear and bit down on Bunny's ear with a giggle. Creeping forward on all fours she crawled under the table and swiped the special shiny coin from the table before going to stand beside Thade, examining the coin. "Yesss.... how much for the shiny? A soul or two? Whoop-dee-doo.... Sam wants this shiny too!"

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Thade was slightly taken aback as a child like girl came out of nowhere and took the coin he had just acquired. He stood up immediately and was towering over her. ''Didn't your mama never teach you not to steal, girl?'' His eyes were sharp, hard as he stared into her, tell tale signs of something other than human as his pupils turned to but slits. He tilted his head and ran his tongue across his lower lip before a small grin appeared across his face. ''So you are a soul dealer of sorts?'' He had no interest in souls and blood and all that shit that most seemed to take an interest in. ''Perhaps if I were a demon than I might be tempted, but, well I am not so I suggest you give that back to me. There are plenty more shiny things on that there brute. Go bug him, kid.'' Thade moved with speed and quickly his coin was back in the hand she had snatched it from.

Thade returned to his chair in his booth and continued to drink, the coin now in his fisted hand to stop from little ones finding their way around it again. He had no interest in the girl particularly, he just wanted to continue on with his night and see what other possible things he could 'aquire'.