After coming up around the back of a store, Tash reached the booming market square. Even with the murder on the loose, a large population still existed inside the city of Ardougne. It was like nothing he had ever seen before. Stalls lined the stone covered earth, and were surrounded with people strolling between them or browsing their goods. Tash leapt backwards as a young boy roughly seven years old dashed past him with a bushel of apples held up in his shirt. Not far behind another guard like the ones that were posted at the gate came running past. It was rather obvious that the child had swiped the apples from one of the stalls, but Tash did not want to interfere as it reminded him of his own childhood.
Being a lone boy living in a big city could be troublesome from time to time, as not everyday could fish be caught or fruit picked. So, on occasion, Tash would sneak into Varrock's own marketplace and make away with some food or other supplies. Of course Varrock's market paled in comparison to the one in Ardougne.
Tash sighed while beginning to make his way into the crowd. Even if the man he was looking for was in this mass of people, trying to capture him or possibly fight him would be near impossible. He figured his best plan of action would be to look around for someone who may know more about this, and standing around the edge of the crowd was not going to bring that person out.
"Pardon me," Tash said after tapping a man on the shoulder, "do you perhaps know anything about the recent murders?" The man had a gruff expression on his face, and replied with a grunt then turned back around. He was obviously not a good candidate, so Tash moved on to the next knowledgeable looking fellow. "Hello, sir?" This man turned with a smile on his face.
13-Aug-2008 07:59:18
But since I check out the forums pretty regularly, the least I can do is keep the story from getting eaten. But it's a good thing this is the stories forum, you'd never get off the 2nd page in an active one
