Lei looked up as Geoff clunked his glass against hers, just as she was about to take another sip, too... Still, Destiny was a good thing. She gave Geoff a small smile before taking another big sip and turning to watch where he was looking. She looked at the people on the stage with amazement for how easily they moved.

The acrobats moved like a machine with only a few loose clogs.  Wei-Li lost herself in the tumbling and acrobatic moves weaving in between the threads of the music and conversations.

Three ropes descended from the ceiling as the three smallest performers were lifted up to meet the descending ropes.  The three of them moved almost in unison as they slipped their wrists into the straps on the ropes and were lifted up to an awaiting trapeze setup.

Geoff, for once in his life, was focusing on something other than liqour, fighting or an attractive young woman while in a bar. Well, technically you could still say he was focusing on an attractive young woman, but now it was more out of awe than lust. "Ta ma de... that is ruttin' impressive. Reminds me of some o' the tumblers back home that would perform on the streets for money....except much better trained and far more attractive. All I used ta do is juggle. I can still do that when the occasion calls, but that ain't nothin' compared to that there show they're puttin' on. Ai ya...", he remarked with a light grin.

Kale nodded in a agreement and watched with a smile on his face.  He sure did love Paquin.  "See, now we gotta learn how to do stuff like that?  Think of how useful it'd be a good brawl." Kale said with a grin to Geoff ... show him something pretty and he still could relate it back to work.

Geoff just laughed lightly at the captain's comment, not taking his eyes of the performance as he did. "Yeah, sure, cap'n. I just bet that would impress the hell outta some o' the fellas we deal with. Just think, we'd be kickin' their ruttin' asses so long as we had some o' those ropes and swings that these here peole got. Not ta mention the snazzy outfits...", he remarked in a wry tone, "I can picture it now. We'd backflip the hell outta them. It'd be great. Heh."

"Hey, I'd put in just ta see ya in the snazzy outfit, you'd look so pretty Geoff, so very pretty." Kale laughed and took another drink.

Geoff chuckled again. "C'mon now, Cap'n. You know it would only take one good night of drinking ta get me into an outfit like that...", he said and laughed,"'Sides, you and I both know that I'm so very pretty no matter what I wear. I'm just cursed with this animal magnetism, dong ma?" He laughs again as he takes a drink and continues to watch the acrobats.

   Lei quickly glances at Geoff, trying to picture him in one of the acrobat's outfits. Somehow the image just seemed wrong. She almost spilt the last of her drink trying to drink and hold back the laugh at the same time.

"Well as long as you got that snazzy hat of yers, I imagine you can pull off just about any ensemble." Kale said, chuckling at Geoff's comment.  It'd been too long since he was last able to just relax and enjoy a good drink, good company and good entertainment.

Geoff seemed to literally puff up with pride as he angled the hat to give him a bit of a rougish air...at least he thought it gave him a bit of a rougish air. "Damn straight I can. This here hat is the best thing I ever stole...uh...got....no, let's go back ta stole. Makes me look damn good. Shoulda gotten more of 'em...", he remarked lightly.

Acacia smiled, the hat did suit him.  She looked around the room taking in the sights.  She drained her ale, she would have to be careful she never could hold her alcohol well, mostly due to size and lack of actual drinking amount.  She glanced over to the captain. Ya looking for someone?  Cause I could help ya look.  By the way does you generosity extend to food and more drinks?

"Maybe on more round ... and appetizers, maybe appetizers, but let's take it easy.  You'd think I was king of the whole gorram 'verse the way you guys keep tryin' to get money outta me." Kale said, and clapped his hands as their waitress executed a flipping dive thing from the top of pyramid into others outstretched arms.

Geoff scoffed lightly and shrugged. "C'mon now, Cap'n. We know ya ain't king of the 'verse. That's my ruttin' job, after all.", he said with a laugh, "I will be takin' that other round though. This one won't be lastin' that much longer." He chuckled lightly as he drained his glass, keeping an eye on the acrobats.

"Okay, but only got on me -" Kale trailed off as he reached into his pocket for his money.  That's odd.  He checked his other pocket.

"Gao yang zhong de gu yang!" Kale cursed, "Someone swiped my gorram wallet!  Didn't even see the little bugger.  He chu sheng za jiao de zang huo!"  He glanced around the pub to see if anyone was looking furtively over at their table, but just then applause broke out as the acrobats finished their act, and people started getting up and moving about.

Geoff looked to the captain with a look part amusement and part worry. "Wait, wait. Yer gorram wallet got lifted?! That ain't good.", he said as he looked about for anybody who looked like they may have been the culprit, trying to keep a light laugh from coming from him. It was funny to him, mostly because it wasn't his money that was stolen. He did know, however, that if he didn't manage to help the captain catch the bastard that robbed him, he wasn't going to get anymore liqour. That was less funny. So he stood and looked over the crowd, cursing lightly as people started milling about and obscuring his view. He stood taller than most but it didn't matter if the pickpocket hid among the crowd.

Wei-Li nearly missed her mark as she landed from the final sequence.  She had noticed that one of her customers was doing the 'Paquin pat' the motion of desperate pats one made when they noticed their wallet was missing.

That meant some one had let one of the local thieves in, or a new one had come in.  Pickpockets in the club were bad for business.  It meant that customers couldn’t pay—and unless theft could be proven more often than not, the victim and their server split the loss.

As she took her bows she looked for any of the people on the banned list and any new comers.  She almost missed them as they walked towards the rest room and another man bumped into him.

The exchange was slow—that meant they had more than one wallet.  She nodded to one of her troupe who simply smiled and headed towards the rest rooms.  Let the management take care of that one… She had plans for the ‘catcher.’

Wei-Li kept an eye on her target as she retrieved her apron and tray.  There were more than one reason that there were mirrors along the molding.    She smiled.  The target was in the corner near the food counter.  She quickly moved in.

   Lei swiveled around on her chair to see what the captain was complaining about.  She thought it was rather foolish of him to have lost his wallet, after all, he was the one that warned everyone to keep an eye on their belongings earlier. Seeing Geoff start to scan the crowd, she decided to do the same, although she wasn't sure what she was looking for... She climbed up to stand on her seat to get a better view.

Walking past the bar, she grabbed one of the ‘dummy wallets’ with the tracking device built in.   Now the game began.  Her taking the dummy would alert security that she was playing and targeting a pick pocket.

If she was right, she would have another mark next to her name on the board, if she was wrong, or missed the switch, she would lose all her points and lose performance privileges for a week.

Wei-Li didn’t like to lose.

She slipped the dummy wallet under her tray and then lost her footing just as she reached the catcher.  The exchange was reasonably graceful, but the man knew he’d been had.

As he ran to the door an alarm went off and a bar gate fell in front of him blocking his way.  Amused, Wei-Li watched.  As the man was handcuffed by the bouncers Wei-Li held up the confiscated wallets in triumph

Kale's head turned as a great deal of commotion towards the front of the pub caught his attention.  A loud beeping sound filled The Blind Man's Eye and Kale could just make out a barred grate slamming down and their waitress with a triumphant look on her face holding up a burlap sack.  Kale laughed, "Looks like I wasn't the only one to be had."

Acacia decided to give Kale a hard time.  She decided to lower her voice some The great Kale Galway, got pickpocketted  It was all she could do to not break out into laughter.

   Catching something out of the corner of her eye, she turns back around to the stage. The girl who served them earlier was also looking around. She watches her leave the stage and go off into the crowd with a purpose... She was just reaching down to point the serving girl out to Geoff when Lei saw her stumble and slip something into someone else's pocket.
   Wasn't it meant to work the other way?

Geoff had been looking about when he heard an alarm go off and his hands went instinctively to his pistols. Alarms usually meant bad things for Geoff and, even though he had done literally nothing wrong this time, he was still instinctually wary of the sound of them. He relaxed though as he saw a man apprehended at the door and he saw the woman who had served them watching nearby, holding something up with a triumphant look upon her face. What the hell? That's some pretty good security", he remarked lightly with a shake of his head.

Two of the bouncers lifted Wei-Li on their shoulders and set her down on the bar, where she began opening the wallets and calling their owners up.

In all she called four names, and each time the victim came forward and claimed their wallet to the good natured cheers of the audience.  Then the excitement was over, and everything was over.

Wei-Li made a slight bow and flipped off the bar, picking up her tray on the way.  One more round of the game won.

"Ta shi suo you di yu de biao zi de ma." Kale said when his name wasn't called, "What are the odds, I get pick pocketed by the theif that's actually good and gets away." Kale frowned not happy about this, not happy at all, then he noticed their waitress heading their way ... the only item on her tray was a wallet - Kale's wallet.

"Well, how 'bout that, right to the table delivery."

Wei-Li was still smiling when she reached their table. “Well, that was fun, she said fanning herself with her order book.

“Did you want more drinks?” She asked as she began clearing the table.

She bent over the table slightly, slipping Kale his wallet with a slight wink.  With the glasses collected she waited for their order.