The trial continued with the Fae marking various items, each of which was traced back to at least one of the pickpockets, as well as someone in the crowd. Only a few of the victims had left early, but they were all attracted back once they started to mysteriously glow, and heard the commotion outside.
One item after another, the goods were returned to their owners, and some of the thefts turned out to be truly brazen. They had even stolen clothing from performers while they were on stage. The missing items had been reported, in case it was some creepy fan bordering on becoming a stalker, but it had turned out to be a bunch of thieves looking to sell items to that sort of person.
"Can we just send them straight to the Faerie Queen for processing? We've got jail cells here, but they're pretty new, and far too nice for a bunch of panty thieves." One of the guards asked, as she helped a performer back up on stage to recover her missing garments.
