He's a man of law... in the crookedest town in the land

The figure pulls back its cloak to reveal he is a short, scrawny, and rather effeminate man. He was dressed in relatively fine clothes for a country backwater and he had a large badge pinned to his chest. He was the kind of man Ibera and Esmik would have never given a second glance to normally, but seeing that badge on his chest now makes the two naked, whimpering women squirm.

"Those are the ones! They burned down mama's store!" Tina angrily declares as she points her fingers at the noble brats.

"Is this true Mrs. Jones?" Asks the authority figure in a wimpy voice. He has a lisp, which is exactly the kind of thing our two bullies would have made fun of if they were back in school still.

Tana just wipes her tears away and blows her nose... on one of the silk handkerchiefs Ibera had used to stuff her braw. She says something in Elven.

"Um, is that a yes?" The official asks as he turns to Tina.

The skinny half-elf scowls back at her mom and then turns back to the man. "Yeah, it is."

"P-please, l-let me go! I-I didn't do anything!" Ibera says.

"Well neither did I!" Esmik says as she looks angrily over at her friend. "I didn't cause any fire!"

"Well, if you didn't, who did?" The man asks as Tina lights up another cigarette and starts smoking it. "You're the only possible suspects."

"Well what about her?" Esmik angrily gestures back towards Tina. "We're the victims here!"

The official turns back to Tina, who sweetly flutters her eyes as she quickly takes the cigarette out of her mouth and carelessly tosses it away.

"Come on Harry, we've known each other since we were kids! When have I ever done anything bad?" The half-elf asks as she tries use all of her (limited) charms.

Tina was normally a very cold and reserved girl. She didn't make friends easily and the few she had were known thieves. Harry knew this. The whole town knew it. But... Harry had also had a crush on her since they were teenagers. Something he thought he did a pretty good job of keeping secret (he was wrong, of course).

"Hmmm, alright," Harry says as his cheeks blush red and he nervously looks at his feet. He's never been able to say no to Tina, something that has resulted in him getting in plenty of embarrassing and other humiliating scraps of his own over the years. "But justice will be served!" He says as he turns back to the crowd. He tries to sound as big and imposing as he can, he is the sheriff of Pilla, but his voice cracks while he speaks, causing more than a few sniggers. "We're going to hold a trial!"

The crowd cheers as Ibera and Esmik look to each other, utterly convinced they will be proven right.