Description: In this thrilling adventure of the return of the Red Witch, Naerose finds herself in an unfamiliar town, surrounded by unfamiliar people. Where has she been, where is she going? You have a better chance answering that question by guessing wildly! No fighting. This time. . .
Southtown.
There are many a soup kitchen and in this city things have been good for them. Great for them. They even forgot entirely that there once existed a horror. A terrible creature of destruction. Yes, endless horror of having their food, meant for the homeless to be eaten, by well.. a homeless. . Well lets not think of that. Lets not talk of that lets not.. And somehow. . horror. .
Emerging from an alleyway, wandering toward the soup kitchen like she was just wandering, comes an ancient horror. Dressed in red, yes, with dark shades despite it's dark out, carrying a broomstick. Why, the workers at the kitchen didn't even know what hit them. It had been so long they even took down the signs and posters keeping her out. So just like that the woman opens the door, smiling all the way and gets in line. . Dun dun dun.
Megane walks down the street, wearing a black trenchcoat, and black sunglasses. And also a black fedora. He is either here to be nice and help out at the soup kitchen, or to go shake down some criminals for some nastier, more powerful criminals. As he walks past the soup kitchen, it becomes increasingly more likely that it's the latter of these two.
The witch in red may not be a familiar face to some, but there are some who are familiar with Naerose. They've encountered her and know her well, despite her eclectic appearance and behavior. And one of those people who's met her a few times is Maki Genryusai. Unfortunately, their relationship is not exactly one on good terms. One might consider it a neutral relationship, bordering somewhat hostile based on their past encounters.
It just so happens that Maki happens to be in the area as well, taking a walk in her standard ninja attire albeit. She happens to be hungry as well, and then notices the soup kitchen. A slight smirk forms on her face as she approaches the kitchen... and then frowns as she sees someone in there that she recalls. Someone she doesn't want to recall.
"Naerose? What's she doing here?" Maki mutters while reaching for her tonfa. "Most likely causing problems again or something."
"Iii-eeee! She's going to eat all of the food!" Comes a cry from inside the kitchen, followed by a crash and a smash and then the door flies opened as a red clad form is then running out. Fleeing for her very muffin, which she has clutched in her mouth. "Mmmuff mufff Sorry!" the woman cries over her shoulder as she makes it into the street, chased by a flying cup, "You said take as much as you want!" Somehow her arms are empty, save her broom.
Megane stops for a moment, and raises his hand to adjust his sunglasses, staring at Naerose. Now, he would jump in and help, but apparently Naerose is already leaving, and the only further food could be damaged is:
1. Only a muffin, and also
2.In her mouth.
Besides which, she doesn't look like a fighter at first glance, just a very strange woman who is probably cosplaying. He'll still watch for the moment, though, in case anything amusing happens.
Naerose is rushing out with a muffin in her mouth, and people are screaming about her eating all the food. Not to mention, something is being thrown at her. Maki knows that Naerose is definitely up to no good again, and she takes off after her.
"Hey! Come back here you!" Maki shouts as she takes off running, her sneakers slapping the ground as she picks up speed, trying to catch up to Naerose.
The chase doesn't go very far though, Naerose totally just stops after she makes it to the street and no one from the kitchen is following. It is only now that she realizes that someone else -is- chasing her. She turns to Maki and stares a moment while multi-tasking - munching a muffin and adjusting her shades as best she can.
"Ahh.. do I know you?" the red witch asks and leans on her broom stick.
Girl with ninja vest who is running very quickly, on the other hand - that looks like a fighter. Megane slowly walks up to the two of them, staying about ten feet off for a moment, his brow furrowed, a slight frown on his face. But he doesn't interfere yet, he's going to wait to see what happens between the two of them.
"'Do you know me?' What's that supposed to mean?" Maki says in a sarcastic tone of voice. "Maki Genryusai, we've met with each other several times in the past. I'm surprised you don't remember me, but then again compared to you I'm probably a bit more generic." She stares at Naerose with arms folded. "What's the big idea causing trouble at the soup kitchen? I knew you were strange, but this is going too far!"
" Wait.. huh? Oh umm, right, well you see. . it's a soup kitchen and they have free food for people who are. . you know, ahh.. Soup kitchen? And they totally said take all you want," The woman in red grins and adjusts her shades, "So let me see. Ahh, sorry? I'm totally not up to no good, or anything bad." She laughs uncomfortably.
At these words, Megane steps forwards, and addresses Maki. "Excuse me for interruption, Miss, but she's just hungry. You certainly don't have to beat her up about it. It's not like she purposefully ruined food and now people inside the soup kitchen are starving, right? Have some compassion for the less fortunate. It's not her fault that she can't just buy food like everyone else."
"Oh yes, a soup kitchen," Maki says as she realizes what exactly it was, and how she almost made a major faux pas. "But why the hell were you in a place like this? I don't believe that you're homeless, are you?" She hmmphs. "Either way, it doesn't really matter, as you shouldn't be causing crap in a place like that!"
And then Megane speaks up, at which point Maki turns to him, a stern look still on her face. "And just who the hell are you? And why are you butting in?"
Naerose smiles. Smiles big. Someone is being soo very nice to her. She's all like, yep yep, except hold on, "Wait buy food? I guess I could do that probably, I think. Actually I havn't checked." Nae takes her hat off and starts to dig in it (man she has bad hat hair). This is the time you see just how many muffins she took from the kitchen, her hat is positively -full- of them. "I guess I'll check later."
"Hey, it's just a single muffin. You're worrying too much over-" And then Megane sees the muffin motherlode, and adjusts his sunglasses. "Well, that puts things in a slightly different light." He walks over to Naerose, and moves to put a hand on her shoulder, with a stern look. "That food is for people who can't afford it, and you just took a lot of it. Can't you see why that's wrong?"
"You took ALL those muffins from the soup kitchen? Just who the hell do you think you are?!" Maki shakes her head as she approaches Naerose. "I knew you weren't exactly the kind of person I'd want to be acquainted with, but it seems the more I see you, the more I start to despise you." She scowls fiercely. "Now how about returning those muffins?"
"Hey, wait. I .. hey wait.." Naerose looks around then frowns and looks down, "I'm sorry, but they said, I could eat as much as I wanted. . and you know, I do get really hungry.. I'm really sorry." She holds up her hands innocently, "Here, I'll return them, and umm, then we can all be friends over say. . a meal?" Now she's pouring on the 'I'm sweet and innocent' smile. "Yeah here, I go, returning. . " She starts toward the kitchen.
Megane considers this for a moment. For a more together-seeming hungry low-scruples person, it might be worth it to buy them a meal, talk about employment. This one, however, doesn't seem like she'd pay off well. Or particularly skilled at anything he can tell, at first glance. "I would, but I'm afraid I already have plans. But I'm glad you're doing the right thing and returning those muffins."
"You're going to return them? This I gotta see." Maki doesn't grab her tonfa, but she does keep a stern eye on Naerose as she follows behind her. "If you really do that, it's gonna be a miracle." Maki's voice drips with sarcasm.
"Ahh.. Umm.. well.." Naerose says, uneasily and sort of shuffling along, looking back at Maki, and then at the muffins. She moves into the kitchen, glared at by the workers and holds up her hat, "I have this I mean. . these to ah, offer.. " She bites her lip and looks really torn about what she is going to do. Yep, return the muffins, maybe after just depositing one more into her mouth. .
Megane glances between Maki and Naerose. All of this talk about theft and muffins has made him a little hungry and kleptomaniacal. Unfortunately, neither of them seem to have anything he could easily lift from them, and the muffins seem to be difficult to get without making a huge scene. Still, he'll keep his eyes out. He doesn't actually mind that Naerose is eating another muffin, after all, it will be interesting to see Maki's reaction.
Maki sneers a little at the sight of Naerose returning the muffins, but doesn't say anything. As long as she returns them is all that matters in Maki's opinion. She continues to watch with her arms folded and her narrowed gaze, indicating she's not too happy about this.
"See? I totally returned them all, even though they did say I could eat as much as I wanted and I am a very hungry person sometimes you know?" She smiles and like fails to catch the vibe coming from Maki at all, "So . . lets say we all make up over a dinner and let friends be friends and then we can totally go our ways, cause like I need to go grocery shopping anyway."
"If I ate dinner with you, I feel like you'd run out on me in an attempt to leave me with the bill. Plus, I don't think it's good to reward you for stealing muffins, even if you did give them back." Megane's voice is all stern again. "You see, when you steal things out in public like that, people lose faith in you." So you should steal them when no one's looking, he doesn't say.
"Me? Have dinner with YOU?!" Maki shakes her head and really scowls. "You have got to be joking! There is no way in HELL that I would even THINK about having dinner with someone like you." She turns to the side to look away. "I really hope that you don't have any other bright ideas up your hat, because I am so not in the mood to be getting extreme today."
Woah woah woah, "You guys are really up tight, whats up with that? I'm not a thief, I mean, they said I could have them. I am pretty sure I mentioned this before. And ummm." She looks at maki, wow she looks serious, "Are you always this mad? Cause i think you should totally do like anger management or something." She smiles to Megane, "Nah, I wouldn't run out on you, I mean you'd be paying the bill anyway right? Chiver-y or something?"
"It's true that I am chivalrous towards ladies. Ladies do not steal muffins from homeless shelters in broad daylight, or invite themselves to a dinner they have no intention of paying for, and things of that nature, however." Megane's going to keep on using the 'steal' word here until it sticks. And then, partially just to demonstrate, and partially just to see Maki's reaction, he turns towards the ninja. "Excuse me, Miss, but would you like to have dinner? With our present company excluded, of course."
Thinking for a moment, Maki looks to Megane and says, "Have dinner with you? We just barely met and you want to invite me to dinner?" She narrows her gaze at Megane now. "Just who do you think you are, anyway? Some kind of ladies' man?"
"I'm not really a lady," Naerose is mumbling now, not really in the conversation, "I'm a witch, and . . " They're busy talking shh! " ill just be going over there " Naerose says quietly and starts to shuffle side long as if no one will see her at all in any way. She's so stealth!
Megane hears all of that, and the 'witch' bit a bit interesting. Maybe she's crazy? Or some kind of fortune teller? The possibility of her being a fighter doesn't come to him. He raises his eyebrows, and pushes down his sunglasses with one finger until he can see over them at Maki.
"I was trying to provide an object lesson for her." His tone politely implies he wasn't really that interested in dinner. He sighs, and shakes his head a little, pushing his glasses back up. "You want things to change, but you just go in attack mode when you see something you dislike. You can't change people's minds like that, Miss. You're attacking the branches of problems, not the root."
"I'm sorry, but this person and I go back a long ways," Maki says, half-sarcastically. "I haven't seen her for awhile, and now that I'm seeing her up to no good again..." Maki trails off as Naerose starts to shuffle away. "Just where are you going?!"
"Huh? Me?" Naerose looks around like she's totally just been caught red handed being up to no good. "Ahh, well, I figured you were busy and that I was just going, you know.. Huh.." She stares blankly at Maki then smiles big, "So, we're done here right?"
"...Right. Well, have a good evening." Megane tips his hat, and backs away. If Naerose makes people act like that, combined with her demeanor... well, getting close to her isn't a good idea. And now probably isn't the best time to try to figure out Maki, he antagonizes enough people on his own.
"I suppose we're done," Maki says folding her arms. She turns away from Naerose and starts to head out. Apparently, Maki's not in the mood for a fight today. She simply looks away at nobody.
Totally takes the opportunity to escape and does. She's all like, "Well, I'll see you around," waves and goes over to her scooter, parked in an alley way. Vrooom brooom. . . And she's gone down the road.
Log created on 20:04:19 11/23/2010 by Naerose, and last modified on 23:17:20 12/19/2010.