[Attention, attention...] [Night falls on the town of Port Rio. And the town's nightlife begins in the squares. Lights are lit, the market is open late. It's still fairly bustling at this time of night.] [Shan and Enzo are probably heading back about now. Because it's SPOOKY out there. Virgil and Naiya are still in the tavern. Nasira's out there somewhere....we hope.] [Yo ho ho and a bottle of SESSION START!] * Shan heads back. Being more composed, she now walks with dignity. In other words, she's not clutching Enzo's arm anymore. * Enzo now has an unclutched arm! Yay! He's still keeping an eye out, though, in case other stuff comes along and uh. Is spooky at them. ( Did you happen to catch the name of that street? Ghost Alley. Why? ...) ( No, no. Then it goes: There's no such things as ghosts! *tap tap* ) I wonder if they've composed themselves yet. * Enzo shrugs. "I dunno. I kinda doubt it." They seem to really like their alkyhol. Understandable, I suppose. * Enzo shrugs again. "I wouldn't know. Drinking isn't really my thing." ( Suddenly, Nasira jumps out dressed as a ghost, and scares the shit out of both of them. ) [People are trafficing. There's a tavern. Ready to go check on them?] * Shan is ready, and goes to do that! * Enzo is also ready! And follows, since he's Nasira's understudy or something. [The tavern door opens. It still seems lively in here. Yay for resting establishments.] * Enzo peers in and looks around. * Shan looks around. "Quite a lively nightlife this city has. It reminds me of home.... except not. * Naiya is sitting? Kinda sitting? Straddling the chair? ... well, her buts on it, and she's sitting up, so something along those lines. She's lolling her head up and around, and gripping the table she's at tightly. * Virgil is smiling and just leaning back in his chair. Wheeeee. * Enzo shrugs once more! "It's about the same as home for me, I guess." Oh? Where is your home? * Enzo blinks at Naiya and Virgil. "Looks like they're still not completely over it....huh?" Oh! I'm from Dutain. Oh? I've not heard of it, I'm afraid. 's another Maltan port. It is a little nicer, but just as busy. And I guess maybe I'm just saying it's nicer 'cause it's home. What's home like for you? * Shan smiles in remembrance. "Chu-in is a large city, the capitol. It's a fine place, with fine people." It sounds nice. Do you miss it much? [Through all the hustle and bustle, the door opens. A few people turn to look at it but don't give it too much bother.] * Shan nods. "Often, I do. I had never thought I would leave my country." But duty called, and I had to. * Enzo nods. "Ohh, I see...." [Virgil's too drunk to notice them in return. Naiya notices Shan first, because she's imagining her in a BIG HAT! Go hats. Oh, and Enzo's by her.] * Naiya ooooohs at the big hat, and nudges Virgil. "Look at tzhe hat!" She points at Shan. * Virgil looks in that general direction. "Oooh, HAT!" * Shan looks down at them. "It seems we've been spotted." It's hard to determine whether she's happy about this or not. * Enzo blinks. "Guess so." Let's go. * Enzo looks at Shan. "So...should we head over there, then?" 'K. * Enzo goes! * Shan goes too. * Naiya waves at the hat, letting the table go of her deathgrip momentarilly to do so. * Virgil waves to the hat too. He manages to NOT fall over! * Shan doesn't fall over either. She's not drunk! * Naiya doesn't fall over! She's holding onto the table with a deathgrip. * Enzo falls over even though he's not drunk! Just kidding, he doesn't. * Enzo waves hello. * Shan takes a seat. "How have you two been in our absence?" * Naiya blinkblinks. "Ush..." *blink* "How long have youse been gone?" You were gone? Not for very long. * Virgil smiles a bit too happily. * Naiya nods. "They were gone! ... I shink." Oh, dear. But they came back! * Enzo discreetly pulls aside a server. "How much have those two had?" Well, you've certainly answered my question. ( The server is down for maintenance ; ; ) ( D'oh. ) * Naiya hugs Virgil, letting go of the table to do so. "They're back!" They've must've missed've ussed a lot. * Virgil hugs Naiya. "Yeah, they must've!" [Enzo successfully pulls aside a busy server who looks at him funny for a moment. Then those two. "Mmm...I think...I'm not sure. I lost count at 8."] Oh, geez. Thanks, though. * Virgil giggle/snickers/chuckles. "Quack." * Enzo shakes his head and turns back to Shan. "So, what do we do now?" (Get some drinks!) (Aw, HELL no. ) There's not much else to do for tonight. Find Nasira, perhaps. (Come on! You know you want to!) We stop the war! We'se got to save everyone! ... um. *blink* Did that happen already? Okay. ... Dunno. I hope it didshn't. I don't want anyones to be hurt. * Nasira opens the door and steps in quietly, grinning and looking like hell. She's burned, scraped, and gashed. Her clothes are torn, and there's dirt and blood all over her, particularly her knees, feet, arms, and hands. * Naiya shakes Virgil some. "That'd be really bad! I'ds be a sad Naiya if that happened. And that would mean a sad Fiona." Wa-aaaa-aaa-ah! * Virgil is shaken. * Enzo turns to go like Shan said, and stops. "Well, that was quick." * Nasira spots them, then comes walking up! People stay out of her way if they know what's good for them. * Shan nods. * Enzo waves at Nasira. * Naiya waves an Nasira. Wave! She stabilizes herself on Virgil as she does so. * Shan waves at Nasira. Without facing her. [People do stay out of Nasira's way. Nasira's a scary, bloody mess. The talking seems to...stop as she comes past. Like a bubble of silence following her.] * Shan glances back. That ain't right. When she sees Nasira, she gets up pretty quickly. "What happened?" You look like you've been busy. * Naiya frowns as she catches Nasira's condition. "Shumbody sure didn't miss her." * Shan gets out her medical emergency kit. Which is needles! XD * Nasira smiles, and she waves with her right hand offhandedly. The nail on her index finger has been literally ripped off, and another nail almost looks like it's hanging by a thread. "Fell down a cliff." * Enzo brushes his hand over his cyclone knife, then pauses. "Ow. That musta hurt." No, it was *fun*. You should try it sometime. * Virgil blinks and sobers up as much as he can given the curent conditions. "Heee... Ouch?" * Shan winces in sympathy. She gets to work. "Hold still." * Naiya MEGABLINKS. * Nasira holds still. Yay needles! * Naiya quickly averts her gaze, burying her face in Virgils shoulder. [Nasira gets stitched up. She feels better! It probably doesn't help her nails though. Ow.] * Nasira watches the needle thing. "Thanks, boss." * Shan bandages those. Can't have you dying on me. He got away. I got some help to reach the cliff, then I took a shortcut down that to a cave I figured he went to. But the last time anyone's used the fire in there was a day or so ago. * Nasira smirks. "Not interested in dying on you." Sometimes I wonder. * Shan cups her chin. "Did you find anything about him, perchance?" Maybe that's where he first came to...? Yeah. He bleeds like the rest of us. * Nasira grabs a chair with one of her bandaged hands, casually ignores the resulting pain, and sits down. * Naiya doesn't look at the scary bloody person. It's kind of amusing to see her cowering in Virgil's, of all peoples, shoulders. * Shan nods. "Hmm... He's not dead, though?" Well, if he was bleeding and got away, I guess he's not... * Virgil kind of looks at Nasira, in a morbid curiosity sort of way. * Nasira shakes her head. "Doubt it. No body, and he patched himself up at some point." She taps one good finger from her left hand on the table. * Shan nods. "Good. I need him alive to question him." * Nasira laughs. Yeah, question. He's not getting away again. * Shan nods. Do you think he'll come back again? Undoubtedly. * Virgil pats Naiya's head. It's okay, it's okay... * Naiya gather up enough courage to look at Nasira, the woozy, drunk look being joined by that normal haunted, sad look that's usually there. She looks over Nasira evenly, wincing at each injury she spots. It troubles me, that he appears to be from Chu-Lin. Friend of yours that don'like ya? I've never met him. Igot lots of friends that don't know me! Mm... Yes, he must be an unrequetted love who can't handle the fact that I don't remember his name. * Shan shakes her head at Virgil. "I've never seen him before." I hate when that happens. ... Oh. * Naiya blinkblinks, and latches back onto Virgil again for stability. I didn't get... gesht.... ge...*blink, breathe* I didn't see him at all. What'd he look like? * Nasira snickers and looks to Enzo. "You say that like it's happened to you." Well, no. But that would suck, regardless. Oh. Does this mean you haven't left a trail of battered and bleeding hearts in your wake? Uh. I don't think so? Should we have? I'd've noticed...unless I didn't... [The tavern starts to be thinning out now. Must be starting to get late.] Who can tell...? * Enzo shrugs. Perhaps we should find a place to stay * Naiya blinks again, and says slowly, as if unsure of what she's saying. "Virgil can fly. Can Virgil go down a cliff?" She rubs her foreheard afterwards. * Enzo scratches his head. "Guess so. That'd probably be a good idea." * Naiya yawns suddenly, now that it's been brought up. "What time.... yesh. What time'sit?" I can go down a cliff. Like a rock! Almost late. * Nasira grins. "What do you know. I can, too." You can? Wow. That's really good. * Naiya makes a flapping motion. "I'd fall too! Like a metal rock." Wheee! Yeah. We can experiment with her. * Naiya blinks. "Does it have water? I like water, it's okay if there's water." * Naiya nodnods, and yawns. Can you swim in water? Like a DUCK! * Naiya quacks. Quack! * Nasira eyes Naiya. "Continuing the duel now would be like strangling a duck." She pauses a moment, then looks to Shan. "Do you have any *idea* how hard it is to strangle a duck?" Well, they do flap around a lot. ... but I like to swim! I ... can't say I do, no. Then find some water? Is there water at the cliff? I dunno, is there? * Nasira nods. "I'd say you should try it sometime, but I'll do it for you. I've got practice." She grins. "And they do flap around a lot." Sure is. [The door flings open suddenly and the talk around the tavern gets suddenly quiet. Because, all eyes are staring at the panting girl that just entered. Possibly because of her ivory skin. Possibly because she's almost impossibly gorgeous. Possibly because just the door flung open so suddenly. But there's a young woman staring around the tavern with a look of panic on her face. (con)] [The woman has waist-length silvery hair and looks to be in her late teens, deep light blue eyes, and is wearing a mixture of simplicity and elegance in her gown. It has lace along the collar, and even though the white silk covers up her cleavage just above the corset, it is definitely there. All the guys are staring. She doesn't seem to notice them.] * Enzo blinks in surprise as the door swings open, then turns back to the group. * Virgil doesn't notice door swinging. Yay for drunkeness? * Nasira looks over at that. She gets to her feet. * Naiya blinks at the pretty woman coming so fast (compartively) after the ugly bloody scary woman. * Shan is on her feet. Although maybe it's just to go to bed. Who can tell? * Enzo was on his feet all the time, 'cause he's a master of standing. Or something. * Woman looks around the tavern frantically. She seems to settle on the groups direction. Her eyes seem to be inspecting your arms more than anything else (weapons, not appendages). * Virgil has a big stick! * Woman looks back around, back against the door. "Please...you have to hide me.." * Naiya has the big shiny Zaxon shield and armor! Her gun's tucked away somewhere, as is her journal. * Enzo blinks. "Whyzat?" * Nasira lets her settle. In fact, she even walks over towards the lady, a grin lighting on her face. "What's the problem?" Huh? * Naiya blinks at the woman, and says intelligently, "Whowhaz?" * Woman looks at Nasira like a deer caught in candlelights. Because, y'know, headlights don't exist in this world. She seems frantic. "You're not with them, are you?" She backs away slightly from the bloody scary woman. Of course not. Nasira is under my employ. Whom are you refering to? * Woman takes a deep breath with her hand on the front of her dress and looks up. "Thank the gods for that...they're after me. Quickly." No wonder you're in such a rush. You probably wouldn't be as worried if they were after you slowly. * Nasira looks back at Shan, then to the woman. "Who's 'they'? New band of thugs? You'd think They could come up with a better name." * Enzo looks at Nasira. "Like what? Them?" I...I don't know who they are. They all have uniforms. Half blue, half black. I've...I've never seen them before.." * Naiya blinks, and stands up. She starts taking off her armor, with imprecise movements. "All who seek protection from Fiona shall resheive." * Shan looks at Naiya confusedly before taking the woman's hand. "Come. We'll go out the back." * Naiya blinks, and stops, and looks around for a moment, confused. Oh! * Naiya reverses the process. Putting it on is easier than taking it off. * Nasira grins at Shan. "I'll hold Them back. Whoever They are. And probably start a brawl in the process, but that's sure to cause a distraction." * Naiya nodnods at Nasira's statement. * Shan nods. "Very well. Enzo, grab the others." She heads towards the back door. ...uh? Okay? * Naiya watches the door intently. The front one. * Enzo waves vaguely at Naiya and Virgil. "C'mon, others." * Virgil tries to help Naiya up. * Woman heads out quickly after Shan, quietly for now. * Naiya stands! And waits with Nasira. * Virgil heads out after Enzo and Shan. Kinda. He stumbles every so often, but eventually makes it! * Enzo drags Naiya along. "You're too drunk to fight, c'mon." * Naiya is dragged. ;_; But.. if shere's gonna be a fight, I need to try and stop it! * Enzo keeps dragging. "Yeah, well, not if all you're gonna do is throw up on them." Nuh-uh! I was gonna tell them to go away! [Enzo is SUPER! He drags a woman in full armor. Go him.] Well, I guess you can still say that. While you're outside. And they're in here. Yeah. * Nasira finds a nice place to stand and wait with that mad smile on her face. * Naiya is dragged. ;_; [Nasira doesn't see anyone yet. Not sure how many people took the warning to heart either. People seem to be going about their business now that the nymphette's gone.] * Nasira idly studies her bandages. [The bandages make Nasira's hand look like a mummy.] * Nasira will make them cry for their mummy! >_< Maybe not. [The bartender meanwhile, eyes the door, cleaning a glass. He glances over at Nasira for a second.] * Nasira grins at the bartender with a slight wave. This is followed by her walking over and sliding a few drachs across the counter to him. "Somethin' moderately strong." [The bartender eyes Nasira as if she's crazy. Because she is. But he gets her a drink anyhow.] [The bartender gives her a shot glass. Because of shortage of time.] * Nasira gets the shot glass! She doesn't drink it. Instead, she goes back to waiting. [Nasira hears rowdiness outside. It's loud rowdiness. And it sounds like...hmm..4 deep voices, and 2 higher ones.] [Then...the tavern door bursts open. Soldiers! Soldiers enter! 4 of them. They're all dressed in what looks like metal armor with a blue and black sash over the front. They're helmetted and immediately spread out to search the tavern.] * Nasira grins as the soldiers inspect. She also inspects. Her shot glass. And waits for one of them to approach her, because she's about a thousand times more suspicious looking than the un eyepatched guy next to her. [Last to come in is...boy! Well, the messy haired, black-haired, ponytailed punk in leather armor. He's got a HUGE grin on his face as he glances around the room. "Come out, come out, wherever you are..."] * Nasira looks up at the boy. Her eye gleams. "Who're you singing to?" * Boy glances at Nasira and starts walking over to her. "Who's to know?" * Nasira grins. "You, I figure. Since you're the one doing the singing." Pause. "Badly, too." * Boy looks at Nasira and grins. Oh boy, does he grin. "I meant, I meant, I meant...who are you? * Nasira laughs. "How about we trade names, kid." Her eye gleams. "Today, you first." * Boy looks at Nasira wickedly and fingers around his belt. "Where is she?" That's your name? Gotta say, it leaves a lot to be desired. Sounds almost like a question. * Boy grins at Nasira, his fingers resting behind his back. "It *is* a question." * Nasira shrugs. "Don't even know who she is. Makes it hard to answer." * Boy snarls suddenly at Nasira and pushes her with her elbow, knocking her to the ground. With his other hand behind his back, he pulls on a pair of sickle blades attached by a chain. And, augh, they look pretty nasty. He smiles again at Nasira. "Don't play with me. You had to have seen her. You couldn't miss her. Where is she?" [The soldiers don't look too happy at that. In fact, one of them starts forward, but the other one stops him, giving him the EYE.] * Nasira is shoved, and she falls to the ground on her already scraped and jarred knees. She lets out the faintest hiss before smiling away from him, looking at the drink she still holds in her hand. She gets to her feet. "Yeah, I can see who wears the pants around here. I'll tell you. But I don't want everyone to hear." * Boy watches Nasira and...calms himself. Behind the faintness of the grin. "Like I care. Comeon, comeon, comeON, I know you're better than this.." he replies in a taunting voice. Actually? * Nasira downs the shot and turns, spitting it at the boy, hopefully getting him in the face. Her other hand flicks out the knife, and she grins. "I'm not." * Boy takes a shot to the face and staggers back for a second before wiping his eyes. The kid hasn't lost his grin. "That's more like it!" * Nasira laughs. "Stupid kid. Get out of here." She slams the glass onto the table next to her. "Or don't. More fun for me." * Boy wipes his eyes. They look rather bloodshot from the alcohol, but he turns bleery-eyed to face the soldiers who've started to come to his rescue. "Don't." He grins and taunts the chain, holding his hand near each of the blades as he grins at Nasira. "This one's mine..." [Session End!]