That Sweet Release...

"This should be easy... " Alistair said as he climbed the residential area's staircase... And easy it should have been. It was that time of day again when people were at home... Reading... Or whatever people did with their families nowadays...
However... 'Bang' the sky lit up... Alistair moved slower... 'Bang Bang' The sky lit up again... Red... Blue... It was changing colours quicker than a new player changed jobs... 'Bang Bang' it was fireworks... And then it hit him... She'd sent him out in the midst of the festival...

"You know... When I get back... That white mage is going to get a piece of my mind"

'Bang Bang' The first was a firework... The second was the noise of Alistairs face as he connected with the heavily armed Galka in front of him...

"Watch where you're going... Stupid Galka" It was as he said this... He noticed the Bastok insignia emblazoned on his armor...
"Citizen... Please watch where you are goi-" The galka cut short... As he noticed who had just run in to him...
"Well... Is that the time... I really must be going... Gotta see a man about a moogle"
Alistair ran...


It was after the celebration stopped he gained enough courage to return to the public eye... There were less people now and most were either busy partying... Or too inebriated to care.
He thrust his hand in the air, somewhat victorious "To the Auction House!!"
Bastok market square neared as he moved closer, all was going according to plan... Soon they'd be out of here... And then... Freedom... He could see the tops of the fountain, decorated for the celebration.
"Almost there... I can almost smell the ginger" Out of the corner of his eye... He could just make out the flags and banners marking the auction house. And beneath them... The several armored soldiers guarding it....
"Why... Must everything bad happen to me... For once... Can a bit of good luck just grace it's presence..."

It started to rain...