We got to the tribe's market and saw there were things that they were bartering and paying for. I still had my money to buy some new outfits that would allow me to blend in. I got 2 sets of trousers. They said they got this from a raid of the humans that went back and forth in the desert. One was black and the other was brown. I got 3 new cotton shirts. One in red, green and orange. At that point, I could ditch my soiled thief outfit. My mask too. All the nagas I was familiar with gasped seeing me. As I had a certain aesthetic for Real Rhombus, my outfit was an exaggerated form of my normal appearance. My civilian clothes were baggier to conceal how muscular and toned my lithe body was. I dyed my normally red hair black and grew it out for heights. For the heist, I put it into a high ponytail and let it slip out the back of my mask. The mask covered my entire head and was shaped in the shape of a Rhombohedron. That meant that it was a 3-dimensional figure with 6 faces which are rhombi, which was my favorite shape. The glass was one way, so I could see out and no one could see in.
After a heist, I cut the ponytail off with one of my knives and let the hair grow down to my shoulder again. It was a ritual that was very important to me. In the meanwhile, I would be researching and casing a new score. I was not at all ashamed of my face, but I admit that it was feminine. I just happened to have inherited facial features from my mother. I cut the ponytail off before standing before them. That was probably why they were so surprised with me. "This is close enough to how I usually dress." I said. Being that they had never seen my face before, they looked at me closer. "You sure that you're a male!? You might have centaur blood in your line." Nisephon said, totally astonished. "I get it from my mother and she's a human." I said. It was then that Sotaris circled me with a critical eye. "More than that, you're much look too... clean to be a warrior." he said with a raised eyebrow. I did not have any scars on my body. They all had scars littered all over their human and snake halves. That made me suspicious now. "I'm not actually a warrior. I'm a phantom thief. I find treasure and steal it.
Real Rhombus
None of them seemed to understand the concept from the words alone. I had to explain. "Going in stealthily, stealing it all and getting back to my lair is my job. Hopefully without getting caught by any guards nearby. It doesn't mean that I'm a pushover though." I explained with a shrug. Denying that I could fight would not make sense after the prowess I showed in the battle I had with Sotaris and Basexis. Sotaris was really deferential to me ever since we got back. Other nagas noticed it as well. There was no way that the red beta male could admit that he came from getting fucked by a human. He would never be able to live it down. Niseas and Nisephon could not go and blurt out the secret either. For one, they would be seen as deviant and disloyal for taking advantage of an incapacitated warrior. Second, the only outcome of that would be nonstop challenges from all the able-bodied beta and alpha warriors to rectify that shameful happening. They would get their asses kicked, if not killed for the insult. It was better if everyone just kept their mouths shut. Sotaris still did lose his prestige though.
