There was a naked woman in the middle of the town square.
Maaike was Therian. She'd been raised mostly feral, so it wasn't like she hadn't seen of naked women (and men) before, though most of the nakedness in her clan was reserved for the kids. She just wasn't used to seeing nakedness in the middle of town -- and neither, it seemed, were most of the residents, because along with a few cat-calls there were gasps of outrage, indignation, eye-covering of small children, and cheers.
“Well,” Maaike told a thoroughly unaffected Magda as the falcon preened atop Maaike's shoulder. “They wanted her for public indecency so there's really no surprise...” It was going to make catching the woman a bit awkward, though, and very, very public.
Nevertheless, Maaike's cluck sent Magda into the sky (with a startled look from a nearby Viridis who looked like he was soaking up way too much of the crowd's emotions) and she herself stepped forward to collar her collar. She was barely a foot away from the woman who was parading her nakedness around the square like a fire-dancer who wasn't even aware she'd burned off her clothes when a deep voice called out, “Oi!” and all Hel broke loose.
Caplan was off. She'd spotted the uniform and no way no how was she landing in front of the Magistrate. Gay, melodic laughter trailed after her as she swiped a by-stander's wallet and weaved her way through the crowd, using their awkwardness and don't-know-what-to-do-with-my-hands-or-eyes-ness to thoroughly trump the Guards after her. Maaike looked on with a widening grin: She was starting to like this woman.
But, rules were rules, and Nymph or no (had to be, with that figure) she was in a town full of them. And Maaike's job was to track down and catch those who didn't follow them.
This chase was going to be interesting, though, to say the least.
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WANTED for petty theft, wanton destruction of public property, and public indecency.
- Employer: Senior Guardsman Ranulph Arline
- Starting Location: Espur
- Objectives:
- Track down Caplan.
- Capture her.
- Take her to the local Guard Tower.
- Track down Caplan.