As tempting and valuable as the pendant looks, you decide to pass on it, remembering the mission. That doesn’t mean that it leaves your mind though…
After establishing a base far enough out of sight from guards, you piece together your clues to find out that there’s an auction of some valuable goods being held tomorrow. Your target will be wearing a fox mask to remain anonymous, and the code is:
Two ravens perched on a barn roof, death follows closely.
A bit morbid for your taste, but it’s nothing you haven’t dealt with in the past. You start to plan your approach, if this informant is anything like your master has in mind, he’s probably either in head security or sitting around the high profile guests. The only ones allowed up there are security and servers. You will need to sneak in, knock out either a server or a guard, and maneuver your way to a rendezvous point. Even more difficult than that, there will only be a small window where you will be able see him before he is surrounded. Your skills will be useful, but this will put everything you know to the test.
Night finally arrives and you begin executing your plan. Sneaking in was easy, the guards aren’t really paying too much attention. Now to the hard part, watching for the fox mask in the crowd. Getting to an unoccupied perch, you scan the crowd. You don’t see him yet, but you do notice the rich heading up to a comfortable yet secluded balcony. You wait and watch with intrigue, you know he’s going to be here. As the auction begins, one of the rich observers pulls out a handkerchief with a small, barely noticeable drawing of an animal on it, covering his mouth. That’s him! You sneak and slide quickly towards the balcony and take…