catamite: (elf in the city)
Nel ([personal profile] catamite) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-03-09 06:50 am

mingle a little Mor tonight

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Sure!
Action: The wonderful world of Mor, nearby way-stations, and ships!
When: The first week or so of arrival

[this is it-- Atroma's surprise vacation stay for you all! it's time to explore, speculate, relax, and totally behave yourselves. right?

how are you all dealing with the ever-so-educational volcano? have you played around with the visual toggle on those collars yet? aren't they cool? aren't these peasant clothes rad? if you haven't had a decent meal since Abeo, maybe you could afford some of that authentic farm-raised meat they have here. historical!

I bet you're all excited and completely thrilled to be here! who wouldn't be? ...so, make some discoveries, make some friends, and have fun!]
noctiphile: (he wants to dance like uma thurman)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-13 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[With a belabored sigh, money falls into the shopkeeper's hands. Satisfied, the shopkeep quiets, counting the money and gesturing for more. "For reparations." Mattias fixes him with his most dissuasive frown before turning away, expression mimicking that of a tired parent, exasperated with their sole child.]

Must you make a nuisance of yourself everywhere you go?
mysterzie: (✦don't seem to know‚ seem to care)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-13 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aaron splutters when Mattias appears and clears out the issue with hardly a twitch. Well, beyond Mattias' usual amounts of twitching and complaining and moaning. ]

I was going to handle that!
noctiphile: (ok or we could not be dumb)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-13 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Not after you tortured the bastard first. Although... [He glances back at the shopkeeper. The man frowns back. Mattias sighs.] ... Perhaps I should have let you annoy him a bit longer.
mysterzie: (✦don't have to choose)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-13 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
See?

[ He bites into his apple, plain as day and giving the shopkeep an utterly innocent look. ]

That guy's a huge grouch. I knew what I was doing.
noctiphile: (NERD)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-13 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
With an apple? [He quirks a brow, clearly unimpressed.] If you knew what you were doing you would have stolen his purse.
mysterzie: (✦couldn't be that man)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-13 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aaron tilts his head in Mattias' direction. There's an idea. ]

Who says I wasn't going to?
noctiphile: (NERD)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-13 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
The fact that you haven't done it yet.

[He hugs his chest, bending one arm at the elbow to gesture slightly.] Of course, it's only as a... reparation. He was harassing you.

["Harassing" aka "yelling at someone who stole his product"]
mysterzie: (✦like he was dignified)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-13 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His brows go way up at that. Aaron is now looking very intently at the shopkeep without moving an inch, the benefits of being able to see in all directions at once with a power that doesn't fit quite right. ]

Well, first if I was going to do that he'd have to be distracted.
noctiphile: (do i need to detail the list of ur idioc)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-14 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Subtle.

[But if he takes issue with it, it doesn't show. Spinning on his heel, he marches back to the fruit stall, slamming his hands down on the counter and shoving his face forward.]

I demand my money back. That young fool says he paid for that damn apple, you cheating whelp!

[And so it continues, a perfect display of a nobleman's tirade against the working class. Insults are thrown between the two, voices escalating loud enough to draw attention from the neighboring stands. People murmur, glance away, and all the time Mattias scolds and yells, sneer and quips at the inefficiency of the Shopkeeper's business.

It's as good a distraction as any.
]
mysterzie: (✦he was warm)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-15 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aaron grins and, amidst the hustle and the bustle of the marketplace, disappears. If Mattias is paying attention, he'll see someone of a much shorter stature next the shopkeep behind the counter working on unlacing his purse with as minimal fuss as possible.

After a moment, the child disappears and Aaron's back where he was... with another apple... now just watching Mattias' performance. Bravo, good sir. ]
noctiphile: (ok or we could not be dumb)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-15 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Truthfully, Mattias has no idea when Aaron finishes. So, he keeps going, causing a ruckus until, finally, he slaps away the Shopkeeper's gesturing hand, spits to the side, and walks away with his head held high. Aaron, he's relieved, is standing in his original spot.]

Let's go.

[It's still part of the act, though he leans in slightly to whisper.] Do try to be inconspicuous.

[And with that, he's leading them away, winding through the market and slipping into a quiet alley, fully assuming Aaron's behind him.] I'm assuming you got it?
mysterzie: (✦wide awake and i can see)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-16 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If there's anything Aaron can do well, it's blend. He might not be the best at acting his apparent age over periods of time, but boy does he know how to look inconspicuous and part of the crowd. ]

Would I have come back if I hadn't? [ He holds up the pouch, then tosses it lightly at Mattias. ] Heads up.
noctiphile: (make way)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-16 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He catches it easily in two cupped hands, spreading the coins out in his palms. Three piles, all equally balanced. He collects one and drops it into Aaron's hand.]

One for you. [He pockets another pile.] One for me. [And deposits the rest back in the purse, twirling it around his finger.] And may he find the rest on his way back from work.

[Just like that, he slings the bag out of the alleyway and into the street beside it.]
mysterzie: (✦he was warm)

[personal profile] mysterzie 2015-03-17 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Not quite how Aaron would have done it, but he grins regardless and shuffles the coins about for a moment before he reaches for his own nifty bag that he's picked up. Don't ask where he got it. ]

You know that's probably going to get stolen in five minutes, right?
noctiphile: (i'll think of something funny later)

[personal profile] noctiphile 2015-03-17 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
His own fault for not keeping a better eye on it.

[With that settled, Mattias pushes off the wall, dusting his hands, glancing at the bag but not inquiring about it. The less he knows, the better.]

Well then, shall we go?