A World of Rules (IC)

The suicidal prisoner crosses her arms and shivers to herself.

"What did you do before you came here? Apologies, can't remember if I ask before...." Lucindrah asks nobody in particular tho she seems to look sideways at the male L and smile before looking back at their new friend.

"I was a ward of the city. My parents abandoned me and after years of abuse..." Her voice breaks and she cries.

"I'd love to know if any of us are gonna stay friends after this? It's dangerous in Meanie Queenie's city." The female L sighs melodramatically.

"I'm a panhandler who can steal. and probably not"
 
"I'm a panhandler who can steal. and probably not"
"How did you learn how to do that? I was always inside the farm or outside on the grounds. You city people have some weird ways." L says.

"So you make a living by taking what other people have?" The blonde girl looks sideways at him. She seems annoyed.
 
The damages from Kiamina reveal large breaks in its body where a red light shines thru. She backs off as Johnny's fists bash the core several hits and make the female automaton stop struggling after a while. It tries to punch his face with its damaged hand before dying, that metal arm would still hurt. Kiamina dashes in quickly and kicks at her hand, her little body not enough to smash a heavier creature, tho still enough to divert her fist away from his face into the floor.

"Looks like your pretty smile is less prettier, Mr. Shark Mouth." Kiamina says sweetly as she shifts her weight between feet, watching the dead automaton.
Grunting from the punch, Johnny loses a few more teeth before it finally dies. Pushing it off himself with some struggle, Johnny merely smiles at Kiamina, knowing his own biology enough to know that any moment now...

Yep, and his needle-like teeth began visibly wriggling, as more began growing to replace the very easily lost teeth. "You were saying?"
 
Grunting from the punch, Johnny loses a few more teeth before it finally dies. Pushing it off himself with some struggle, Johnny merely smiles at Kiamina, knowing his own biology enough to know that any moment now...

Yep, and his needle-like teeth began visibly wriggling, as more began growing to replace the very easily lost teeth. "You were saying?"
"I was saying that I'll always have this memory of how you look missing teeth. Ahaha, you were a mess, I'm sorry that's not funny." She innocently shakes her head and goes towards the door the female automaton guarded.

"We can go my way or this way. There's a lock here too. Anybody that can do locks? I opened a door so we can try either way. Tho I know you probably won't like my bad idea." She says.
 
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"I was saying that I'll always have this memory of how you look missing teeth. Ahaha, you were a mess, I'm sorry that's not funny." She innocently shakes her head and goes towards the door the female automaton guarded.

"We can go my way or this way. There's a lock here too. Anybody that can do locks? I opened a door so we can try either way. Tho I know you probably won't like my bad idea." She says.
Now that that was done, Johnny is just done with talking with the fiend that are children. Not even listening to her suggestion, he just plants one foot onto the door, one firmly on the ground, and began pushing to test it's general durability.

If it bends noticeably, then this is easy. Break it down with a slash. If it bends only noticeable due to him pushing it, then a shoulder charge will be in due. If it doesn't bend at all, then he'll just have to walk back to the group and get the rest of the group.

Although...He does glance down at the rat and just gives off an aura of bloodlust like that of a hunter who smelled fresh blood for a moment to scare it off. He might be appreciative of it trying to help, but the fact it led her here is punishable nonetheless...although, again, is on him for not giving it any rules to not do.
 
"How did you learn how to do that? I was always inside the farm or outside on the grounds. You city people have some weird ways." L says.

"So you make a living by taking what other people have?" The blonde girl looks sideways at him. She seems annoyed.

'Well yes, but it's not much of a living if you ask me, But being a Bard is better than being a thief in my opinion, less guilt on the conscious that way. but either way I'm living off of other people knowingly or not."
 
Now that that was done, Johnny is just done with talking with the fiend that are children. Not even listening to her suggestion, he just plants one foot onto the door, one firmly on the ground, and began pushing to test it's general durability.

If it bends noticeably, then this is easy. Break it down with a slash. If it bends only noticeable due to him pushing it, then a shoulder charge will be in due. If it doesn't bend at all, then he'll just have to walk back to the group and get the rest of the group.

Although...He does glance down at the rat and just gives off an aura of bloodlust like that of a hunter who smelled fresh blood for a moment to scare it off. He might be appreciative of it trying to help, but the fact it led her here is punishable nonetheless...although, again, is on him for not giving it any rules to not do.
Kiamina giggles at Johnny's brute force attempt.

"You won't get thru by just bashing it Mr. Shark Mouth." Kiamina says quietly, touching her lip with her finger as she watches the door stand strong.

'Well yes, but it's not much of a living if you ask me, But being a Bard is better than being a thief in my opinion, less guilt on the conscious that way. but either way I'm living off of other people knowingly or not."
"Ev-Everybody does? Coworkers and business... friends and--" L starts a little anxious. She doesn't enjoy this confrontation.

"Play pretty music for others, how lovely." The blonde prisoner says in a childlike voice. She sounds like she's making fun of him.
 
Kiamina giggles at Johnny's brute force attempt.

"You won't get thru by just bashing it Mr. Shark Mouth." Kiamina says quietly, touching her lip with her finger as she watches the door stand strong.
"No point in not trying if there's nothing to lose at least."

Johnny doesn't really react much though, merely just turning and heading back down the hall to go grab that lockpick-er from earlier.
 
"Ev-Everybody does? Coworkers and business... friends and--" L starts a little anxious. She doesn't enjoy this confrontation.

"Play pretty music for others, how lovely." The blonde prisoner says in a childlike voice. She sounds like she's making fun of him.

"Music doesn't have to pretty, but it is lovely, or at least a lot better than stealing, in my opinion. But I'm willing to do both if I have to." he said ignoring the tone.
 
"Music doesn't have to pretty, but it is lovely, or at least a lot better than stealing, in my opinion. But I'm willing to do both if I have to." he said ignoring the tone.
"You're right. Music is very lovely. It makes you feel emotions and tells a story." The suicidal prisoner looks down the hallway then back at the male L. Still mocking him with her childlike voice and overacted emotions.

"Please, can't we--?" The female L looks down the hallway too. She's looking for Kiamina or Johnny or even the rat she saw follow K out of here?

"Yes, we can definitely ignore the facts that this man is a criminal who takes what other people can't afford. He redeems himself thru music, how lovely." She giggles and walks a bit away from the two.
 
"You're right. Music is very lovely. It makes you feel emotions and tells a story." The suicidal prisoner looks down the hallway then back at the male L. Still mocking him with her childlike voice and overacted emotions.

"Please, can't we--?" The female L looks down the hallway too. She's looking for Kiamina or Johnny or even the rat she saw follow K out of here?

"Yes, we can definitely ignore the facts that this man is a criminal who takes what other people can't afford. He redeems himself thru music, how lovely." She giggles and walks a bit away from the two.

He rolls his eyes at this comment. "Yeah whatever let's go find those two and hope we don't their corpses."
 
He rolls his eyes at this comment. "Yeah whatever let's go find those two and hope we don't their corpses."
"Yeah. You should be proud you changed your worthless life of stealing what's not yours." The suicidal prisoner is clearly taking this opportunity to bash on what she dislikes. She follows the two L's down the hallway to find Johnny and Kiamina.
 
"Yeah. You should be proud you changed your worthless life of stealing what's not yours." The suicidal prisoner is clearly taking this opportunity to bash on what she dislikes. She follows the two L's down the hallway to find Johnny and Kiamina.
Walking around, Johnny eventually sees the group he was looking for coming from the other end and tries to walk on over...

And he stumbles a bit. Not enough for most people to notice it as something odd, but enough for it to be noticed as 'Oh. He tripped.' He doesn't think too much of it but does continue onwards while speaking out. "Bard, you know how to pick locks, right? Follow me." And turns around to go look for that door from earlier as well...

And continuing to ignore Kiamina along the way. Because she probably was just babbling along the way, trying to pick a fight as usual.
 
Walking around, Johnny eventually sees the group he was looking for coming from the other end and tries to walk on over...

And he stumbles a bit. Not enough for most people to notice it as something odd, but enough for it to be noticed as 'Oh. He tripped.'
The female L notices he tripped and giggles a little uncomfortably. He was so sure footed. Maybe he got in trouble or injured? She looks him over for anything to heal?

And continuing to ignore Kiamina along the way. Because she probably was just babbling along the way, trying to pick a fight as usual.
Kiamina was following close behind. She was giggling too tho clearly at Johnny's discomfort. You can ignore a child all you wanna tho she knows when her pestering works. She passes by the female L as they prepare to leave to follow Johnny.

"That guy is upset because I'm smarter than him. And better at getting emotions. And better at fighting. How unpretty, huh Miss L?" She sweetly asks.

"Please Kia--" Lucindrah starts and the Fae girl interrupts.

"You don't have to tell me. He rejected my help with a... thingy in his mouth, I'm sure would've killed him. So he could lose some teeth and brag about how easy it was." Kiamina giggles again.
 
"Yeah. You should be proud you changed your worthless life of stealing what's not yours." The suicidal prisoner is clearly taking this opportunity to bash on what she dislikes. She follows the two L's down the hallway to find Johnny and Kiamina.

"Oh no, my life is still worthless, if any life ever has a worth to begin with, it's just that I have new ways of taking what isn't mine." He said as he trudged on towards the fishman and the Fae.


Walking around, Johnny eventually sees the group he was looking for coming from the other end and tries to walk on over...

And he stumbles a bit. Not enough for most people to notice it as something odd, but enough for it to be noticed as 'Oh. He tripped.' He doesn't think too much of it but does continue onwards while speaking out. "Bard, you know how to pick locks, right? Follow me." And turns around to go look for that door from earlier as well...

And continuing to ignore Kiamina along the way. Because she probably was just babbling along the way, trying to pick a fight as usual.

The female L notices he tripped and giggles a little uncomfortably. He was so sure footed. Maybe he got in trouble or injured? She looks him over for anything to heal?


Kiamina was following close behind. She was giggling too tho clearly at Johnny's discomfort. You can ignore a child all you wanna tho she knows when her pestering works. She passes by the female L as they prepare to leave to follow Johnny.

"That guy is upset because I'm smarter than him. And better at getting emotions. And better at fighting. How unpretty, huh Miss L?" She sweetly asks.

"Please Kia--" Lucindrah starts and the Fae girl interrupts.

"You don't have to tell me. He rejected my help with a... thingy in his mouth, I'm sure would've killed him. So he could lose some teeth and brag about how easy it was." Kiamina giggles again.

"right so did any of you find anything that way?"
 
The female L notices he tripped and giggles a little uncomfortably. He was so sure footed. Maybe he got in trouble or injured? She looks him over for anything to heal?
Johnny doesn't notice for some time, but does afterwards. "What are you staring at?" ...His body is covered in small light scales like a fish, but there are multiple places where it seemed like they've been broken.

However...there's so many 'scars' that it's somewhat hard to tell what might be causing an issue. There are small scabs tho.
Kiamina was following close behind. She was giggling too tho clearly at Johnny's discomfort. You can ignore a child all you wanna tho she knows when her pestering works. She passes by the female L as they prepare to leave to follow Johnny.

"That guy is upset because I'm smarter than him. And better at getting emotions. And better at fighting. How unpretty, huh Miss L?" She sweetly asks.

"Please Kia--" Lucindrah starts and the Fae girl interrupts.

"You don't have to tell me. He rejected my help with a... thingy in his mouth, I'm sure would've killed him. So he could lose some teeth and brag about how easy it was." Kiamina giggles again.
He rolls his eyes at Kiamina, before continuing his tred, this time putting a little more focus on his path...which does help alleviate the apparent difficulty he had earlier at least.
"right so did any of you find anything that way?"
"Yeah, found a door over on further down. It was locked so I decided to go and see if you can unlock it like with those cuffs."
 
Johnny doesn't notice for some time, but does afterwards. "What are you staring at?" ...His body is covered in small light scales like a fish, but there are multiple places where it seemed like they've been broken.

However...there's so many 'scars' that it's somewhat hard to tell what might be causing an issue. There are small scabs tho.
L assesses the wounds she can't tell where he's injured. She makes a expression of concentration and then blinks rapidly as he speaks.

"Just admiring your pretty scales and um, assessing what may've made you like trip? Ahaha, worried about you." L says a little breathlessly. Embarrassed and blushing she looks away towards where Kiamina and the male L were.

He rolls his eyes at Kiamina, before continuing his tred, this time putting a little more focus on his path...which does help alleviate the apparent difficulty he had earlier at least.
Kiamina sticks out her tongue and follows Johnny and the male L.

"Yeah, found a door over on further down. It was locked so I decided to go and see if you can unlock it like with those cuffs."
"Right I can work with this just lead the way."
"He's really, really good at lockpicking. Some locks just get in the way." Lucindrah jokes, giggling.
 
L assesses the wounds she can't tell where he's injured. She makes a expression of concentration and then blinks rapidly as he speaks.

"Just admiring your pretty scales and um, assessing what may've made you like trip? Ahaha, worried about you." L says a little breathlessly. Embarrassed and blushing she looks away towards where Kiamina and the male L were.
Johnny thinks for a moment.

"Unless fae has strange bugs, I doubt there is any reason for me stumbling. Only thing that's happened was me finding bugs and another automaton."
 
Johnny thinks for a moment.

"Unless fae has strange bugs, I doubt there is any reason for me stumbling. Only thing that's happened was me finding bugs and another automaton."
"Let's go to the door. On the way there I'll mix something for you. Those bugs are gross and can spread disease." She starts mixing up herbs as she walks to where the locked door was.

She stops and stands nearby crushing herbs and then casting a spell over them to purge the poison. The herbs sizzle and smoke and then L holds out the mixture.

"It's blessed by my Goddess to cure your illness."

"Yeah, just tell me when we get there."
"Of course." She says.
 
"Let's go to the door. On the way there I'll mix something for you. Those bugs are gross and can spread disease." She starts mixing up herbs as she walks to where the locked door was.
Nodding, Johnny follows behind. He supposes his time at sea probably made his immune system get out of whack with land diseases. Not an unlikely story either, but he supposes that's why land folks stay on land and sea critters stay at sea.
She stops and stands nearby crushing herbs and then casting a spell over them to purge the poison. The herbs sizzle and smoke and then L holds out the mixture.

"It's blessed by my Goddess to cure your illness."
Not taking a whiff of it, he just chugs it. He coughs a bit from the harsh taste, but doesn't spill any drops due to being used to shoddy herbal medicines.
(OOC: Purge as in 'dissipating the poisons in your system' or Purge as in 'Yeah, it's dragging those out one way or another')
 
Not taking a whiff of it, he just chugs it. He coughs a bit from the harsh taste, but doesn't spill any drops due to being used to shoddy herbal medicines.
(OOC: Purge as in 'dissipating the poisons in your system' or Purge as in 'Yeah, it's dragging those out one way or another')
L stands nearby humming and looking at the wall. She starts thinking about something, smiling to herself.

(OOC: Purge as in, 'it's dragging those out,' it will come out of his system slowly tho Miss Kallistra doesn't mess around curing people so the poison will come out, maybe hurt a little, he's sure strong enough probably. Ahaha.)
 
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L stands nearby humming and looking at the wall. She starts thinking about something, smiling to herself.

(OOC: Purge as in, 'it's dragging those out,' it will come out of his system slowly tho Miss Kallistra doesn't mess around curing people so the poison will come out, maybe hurt a little, he's sure strong enough probably. Ahaha.)
For a while, nothing seemed to happen...and then he falls on the ground bitting down hard. He, already knowing to never place his tongue near his teeth, doesn't bite it. However, he's not having a good time.

He wasn't wearing much besides pants, but his body immediately begins sweating. Some of that sweat most definitely isn't sweat, but instead the disease and other gunk being purged from his body. This might take a while.
 
For a while, nothing seemed to happen...and then he falls on the ground bitting down hard. He, already knowing to never place his tongue near his teeth, doesn't bite it. However, he's not having a good time.

He wasn't wearing much besides pants, but his body immediately begins sweating. Some of that sweat most definitely isn't sweat, but instead the disease and other gunk being purged from his body. This might take a while.
"You'll be okay. Miss Kallistra won't kill you. Are you okay?" She can't ease the pains her healing gives. she bites her lip worriedly.
 
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