The rain began to settle down outside as the two men spoke about their plans, and the Munchlax began to eat the hay on a farm across the street.
"Well, I've got a plan, you see lad." Gaud then gave Geb a rubix cube. It was a toy, sure, quite the intricate toy, but a toy nonetheless - what was his plan here? Taking the rubix cube, Geb blinked. "And what am I to do with this cube..?" he asked. "Well, it's a bit more than a rubix cube." Gaud took a drink from his mug, wiping his lips off afterwards. "You see lad, that there is an extremely rare cube. One of the first ones ever made. A lot of antique shops and collectors would pay big money for that. Now, that's how we're gonna bait jar jar in. You see, that's not the real one - a counterfeit. It's pretty well made though, so common folk really can't tell the difference. That way, if we give it to Jar Jar and he tries to sell it, he's shut down."
"I see.." Geb noted. "So, in other words, you want me to try to sell this to people, Jar Jar will grab hold of the commotion, and attempt to buy the item off me?" Gaud nodded. "Yeah, and from there, two options - one, you can try to trade it for the item that he conned off me, or two, you can just beat him up and take the item. It's just a small axe, should be pretty easy to find off his body. You'll know it when you see it, I doubt that man carries many axes." Geb nodded. "It seems like a solid plan. Want me to meet you back in your shop once I got it? And how much time do I have?" If Geb didn't have much time, he wondered if the job was even possible. After all, this Jar Jar guy could sleep through the day, who knew. It would come down to luck in some respects. As Geb was thinking to himself about that, Gaud began to talk once more, interrupting Geb's train of thought.
"Eh, you probably have about 12 hours. But, the little rat moves around the town and hears everything so fast that I doubt it would take that long for him to find you if you get started right away anyways." It seemed like Ge's fears were gone, he could certainly do this job fast if this conman was that active within the city. It was scary though, to imagine how big his info network must be. Either that or he was just good with eavesdropping.. either one seemed like a plausible solution Geb.
"Alright, in that case, I'll be on my way. Thank you for the job sir, I won't fail you, promise." Gaud nodded. "I have faith in you, lad. You certainly seem more capable than most of the other mages who could of done this job." Geb smiled. "See you later, sir."
Geb exited the premises, as he noticed Gallent eating some hay. Geb waved. "Yo, we're doing something. I'll get you a buffet later, but I need your help. C'mon." Gallent jumped out of the hay pile and headed with Geb back to the city. It seemed like the two of them could finally get started on their plan.
Geb was in a park in the central part of Era. Now the rain had stopped, at least for the time being, so he could see a few people walking and playing chess in the area. Time to get started. Hopefully this would go well, otherwise Geb probably wouldn't be going back to that bar. Or that shop, for that matter."
Geb began calling out to passerby people. "Get your hands on a rare, antique cube! One of the first of it's kind!" Geb held up the cube, but made sure to keep a tight grip on it. He didn't want any thieves snatching it out of his hand, after all. Of course, he had Gallent next to him, who was munching on a bag of pretzels. Maybe he could seem like a bodyguard to some. Or a cute mascot. Or, well, something. Probably nothing big though. Around him, he could hear whispers. If he kept this up, he would finally be able to lure out Jar Jar. Thank goodness, this was taking a long time.
With about 6 hours left to go, a nearly-bald man approached Geb very creepily. "Hello sir, are you interested?" he asked. Looking around, Geb noticed nobody else was in the park. Thank goodness, he wouldn't want to knock out Jar Jar and then have the knights come for him right away. Speaking of Jar Jar, this man was just as ugly as Geb would have imagined. He certainly was no work of art.
"Hello sir, my name is Jar Jar. How much would you like for that item?" Geb smirked. This was him for sure then. "A fist." Geb said, as with his gigantic strength sent a punch straight to Jar Jar's jaw, knocking him back multiple feet. Thanks to Geb's s-rank strength, this would of knocked the man clean out. Geb opened up the man's coat to find various goods inside, one of them being the axe he was looking for, and just as Gaud said, it was the only axe the man had been carrying. Perfect. Gallent took out a chocolate bar he was carrying as well and ate it whole, and the two would begin to make their way towards the shop of Gaud.
Geb went o Gaud's giving him back the item. Gaud had to note out that he probably wouldn't ask for work again considering he didn't like Dark Mages, but noted that Geb was always welcome to come in and buy something. Perfect. Geb walked out. Today was his last day in Era, and now he was going to get some more work in a familiar place. Hargeon.
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