The team all gather on the Stable roof to assess the situation.
They have two members very badly hurt and in need of proper medical attention, several injured members and most of them are running low on metals and abilities. They all watch the two guards at the South Gate to work out what they are doing but its Lial carefully burning some of the last of his metals that concludes what is happening: They are pretending they see nothing since all the other guards in the area are now dead or badly injured in some way. They are discussiong their plan to go back in for the gold Karl and Lin found out about when they see sudden movement at the gate and it slowly swings open to reveal an entire squad of new guards double timing it into the compound.
It is decided that retreat is probably the best option now and the crew gather Lial and Karl to help them get down over the wall and into the west trees, then on to the arranged meeting spot to collect their horses. On the way they pass several more squads of guards but manage to avoid any more combat. After a hard bit of travel for the wounded they slip back onto the train and back to the city where they disappear into alleyways before meeting up that night back at the den where they are greeted by their crew leader just as they were on the first day.
"Welcome back everyone, or whats left of you. This was deffinatly not the smooth and secretive operation I had expected of you, please remember we are a thieving crew and not an assault force, even if some of you are gifted in that area." He makes a point to glance around at the various wounds present, especially Lial and Karl who have recieved some medical attantion and are heavily bandaged and medicated.
"But onto the results, You recoved a small cache of books from both studies, Lial on the ground floor and Squirrel on the second floor. Most importantly you recoved the books we required, three books detailing all the pricing and purchasing on a huge area of the new rail network and future purchacing plans. This will be very powerful information and explains the big payout. Sadly due to the very high profile robbery a fair chunk of the reward is going to be put into staying alive and avoiding the backlash even if they wont admit the theft publicly." He pauses a minute to fix his cufflink before continuing "Tan has already been sent his payment along with a small retainer for possible future work and to ensure his silence about our little operation. Oh and as for the large amount of guards and the gold you heard about, I have had time to look over the books and it seems the house is purchacing a very significant area of land from a rival in two days and is storing the gold there, if we are lucky they will think we went after the gold and failed but I hold no real hope for that."
He stands and passes out a small bag to each member "Here is the innital amount to get you through a week of luxury and the full payment should be ready by the end of the week so I will see you back here in 5 days. Now if you excuse me I have a function to attand to."
He gives a brief nod before heading out the back leaving the crew to check the pouches, about 2 months wages for a factory worker, and to think about how they might have gotten a large score of gold too if they had of managed things in a smoother and more subtle way.
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