[Disappointing. That's Rukia's reaction when she leaves the building. The schools and universities are perhaps more likely to have the answers she's looking for, but the Magitek facility itself seems more focused on the technology of the Ancients -- a subject that Rukia has never been particularly well-versed in understanding. She's not even sure she'll be allowed into any of the schools, but perhaps if she asks? She does look young, due to her height, but apparently her round ears mark her prevalently as a Hero of Light, so there will be no subterfuge for her today.]
[That would probably be a bad move in any case.]
[She prowls along the streets, eyes scanning intently for anything resembling a library or bookstore. She means to find out everything she can about Narayana and how this ties to the manipulation of eidolons...namely, Hades. But if the others are behaving erratically as well, then that's a problem she needs to address.]
[Of course, this is about the time she slams into someone else, while her attention is directed to the shop signs instead of the street in front of her. Depending on the size and stability of the other person, she might even have been mowed down. But if not...]
Er...my apologies. I was distracted.
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Various Market Shops
[There are so many interesting wares! She kind of wishes she hadn't donated all of last month's ghost money to research, since there are a lot of things here she'd love to buy. An elemental weapon would be excellent, particularly if imbued with Holy since she'd seen how vital it had been in the previous month. But anything would do, just in case. What weapon, though? Daggers seem fairly universal, but she still feels strange handling them. Katanas are definitely out of her price range.]
'Something catch your eye, Miss?'
[Rukia looks up to see the friendly merchant, clasping his hands together deferentially.]
Ah, yes. I was looking for something that might help me better combat the undead. We dealt with many rogue spirits last month--
'Say no more! I've just the thing!'
[He winks, then reaches under the countertop to withdraw a small wooden box. The lid opens slowly, and Rukia stands on her toes with anticipation. Inside is... A pen??]
...I don't understand.
'It looks like an ordinary pen. But if you use it to scribe arcane wards on the floor and walls, it fills them with magic! Any spirit that comes within range of these wards will be weakened and cowed, making them ten times easier to conquer. Sometimes it will keep them out entirely!'
Really?!
'Really truly!'
I'll take it!
[And Rukia, once again, is an easy target for scams.]
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Adventurers End
[She didn't come with the intention of drinking, but it happened. Drinking was a sign of camaraderie, they'd said. Lift a glass in friendship, they'd said. Only half a shot?! What kind of Hero couldn't handle more than that, they'd said.]
[And so, Rukia Kuchiki succumbed to peer pressure, and became drunk off her shinigami ass. A quartet of bangaa warriors laugh uproariously, thumping the table in rowdy encouragement as she throws back another shot, and flings the glass to the floor.]
There. Have I satisfied your warrior's code?
'Baaaaaaahhhhhhhh ha ha ha ha ha!' 'Yer lookin' pretty tipsy, Hero!' 'We knew you were a lightweight.'
Silence! I am...!
[A hiccup interrupts Rukia's slurred tirade, and she looks surprised as if her body just betrayed her. Scowl. Then she continues.]
I am...a NOBLEwoman. A Kuuuuuuchiki. You will...you will show reshpect!
'Reshpect! I got plenty'a that, bah ha ha ha!' 'Can you buy 'reshpect' at the grocery store, Kuchiki?'
................Maybe.
[This produces another round of raucous laughter. Rough as the Bangaa might be, they seem to have accepted the drunken imperious behavior of their guest.]
'Hey, tell us more about the rabbits, Kuchiki.' 'Yeah, what were you going to do with them again?'
[Rukia's gaze swims over their reptilian faces, before she gets up out of her chair and plants her hands on the table.]
I'm gonna...gonna own them. A whole bunch of 'em. And we're gonna live on a farm with... [hic!] With chocobos. A rainbow of chocobos! And I'm gonna pet them all.
[By now she's climbed onto the table itself, holding up a fist of steely determination.]
ALL OF THEM! NO RABBIT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND!
'CHEERS!' 'RAHHHHH!' 'RABBITS FOR ALL!'
[They all lift their glasses before taking hearty swigs. What a bunch of losers.]
Open, with varying degrees of Terrible
[Disappointing. That's Rukia's reaction when she leaves the building. The schools and universities are perhaps more likely to have the answers she's looking for, but the Magitek facility itself seems more focused on the technology of the Ancients -- a subject that Rukia has never been particularly well-versed in understanding. She's not even sure she'll be allowed into any of the schools, but perhaps if she asks? She does look young, due to her height, but apparently her round ears mark her prevalently as a Hero of Light, so there will be no subterfuge for her today.]
[That would probably be a bad move in any case.]
[She prowls along the streets, eyes scanning intently for anything resembling a library or bookstore. She means to find out everything she can about Narayana and how this ties to the manipulation of eidolons...namely, Hades. But if the others are behaving erratically as well, then that's a problem she needs to address.]
[Of course, this is about the time she slams into someone else, while her attention is directed to the shop signs instead of the street in front of her. Depending on the size and stability of the other person, she might even have been mowed down. But if not...]
Er...my apologies. I was distracted.
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Various Market Shops
[There are so many interesting wares! She kind of wishes she hadn't donated all of last month's ghost money to research, since there are a lot of things here she'd love to buy. An elemental weapon would be excellent, particularly if imbued with Holy since she'd seen how vital it had been in the previous month. But anything would do, just in case. What weapon, though? Daggers seem fairly universal, but she still feels strange handling them. Katanas are definitely out of her price range.]
'Something catch your eye, Miss?'
[Rukia looks up to see the friendly merchant, clasping his hands together deferentially.]
Ah, yes. I was looking for something that might help me better combat the undead. We dealt with many rogue spirits last month--
'Say no more! I've just the thing!'
[He winks, then reaches under the countertop to withdraw a small wooden box. The lid opens slowly, and Rukia stands on her toes with anticipation. Inside is... A pen??]
...I don't understand.
'It looks like an ordinary pen. But if you use it to scribe arcane wards on the floor and walls, it fills them with magic! Any spirit that comes within range of these wards will be weakened and cowed, making them ten times easier to conquer. Sometimes it will keep them out entirely!'
Really?!
'Really truly!'
I'll take it!
[And Rukia, once again, is an easy target for scams.]
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Adventurers End
[She didn't come with the intention of drinking, but it happened. Drinking was a sign of camaraderie, they'd said. Lift a glass in friendship, they'd said. Only half a shot?! What kind of Hero couldn't handle more than that, they'd said.]
[And so, Rukia Kuchiki succumbed to peer pressure, and became drunk off her shinigami ass. A quartet of bangaa warriors laugh uproariously, thumping the table in rowdy encouragement as she throws back another shot, and flings the glass to the floor.]
There. Have I satisfied your warrior's code?
'Baaaaaaahhhhhhhh ha ha ha ha ha!'
'Yer lookin' pretty tipsy, Hero!'
'We knew you were a lightweight.'
Silence! I am...!
[A hiccup interrupts Rukia's slurred tirade, and she looks surprised as if her body just betrayed her. Scowl. Then she continues.]
I am...a NOBLEwoman. A Kuuuuuuchiki. You will...you will show reshpect!
'Reshpect! I got plenty'a that, bah ha ha ha!'
'Can you buy 'reshpect' at the grocery store, Kuchiki?'
................Maybe.
[This produces another round of raucous laughter. Rough as the Bangaa might be, they seem to have accepted the drunken imperious behavior of their guest.]
'Hey, tell us more about the rabbits, Kuchiki.'
'Yeah, what were you going to do with them again?'
[Rukia's gaze swims over their reptilian faces, before she gets up out of her chair and plants her hands on the table.]
I'm gonna...gonna own them. A whole bunch of 'em. And we're gonna live on a farm with... [hic!] With chocobos. A rainbow of chocobos! And I'm gonna pet them all.
[By now she's climbed onto the table itself, holding up a fist of steely determination.]
ALL OF THEM! NO RABBIT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND!
'CHEERS!'
'RAHHHHH!'
'RABBITS FOR ALL!'
[They all lift their glasses before taking hearty swigs. What a bunch of losers.]