[Doom is to be had. Whether yours or the guards' or Akira Hoshimoto's is anyone's guess. Well, anyone but the GMs'. Bwahaha. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah.] [Mikoto, Fanfan, Sakura, and Millie are conducting the GREAT JAILBREAK! with an exclamation point right there. Guards are fallen over, people are torn up, and Millie's probably getting some potshots in just because she can. They're still by the cells, but that's sure to change. Let's see how they're doing, shall we?] [Session Start.] * Mikoto dusts off his hands and looks around. "That could have gone smoother, but we're alive and that's the key element." Indeed. Indeed. (...) * Fanfan looks around and frowns, wiping her tessen clean on one of her robes before closing it. "However, we still have not managed to get an idea of where our possessions might be located." (And now, I kill you all.) ( Eep. ) ( Curses! ) * Mikoto nods and starts moving toward the downed guards to 1.) take their stuff and 2.) toss them in a cell. "I know. We'll have to improvise." He pauses in what he's doing, sizing up the guards. * Millie looks down at the guard crumpled on the floor and gives him a swift kick in the ribs while he's down, glaring at him and hmmphing. She curses a bit at stubbing her foot but looks steadily at Mikoto, hissing out low. "MARRY him? Ya coulda jus' said I was sick and needed ta get out." It worked, did it not? Indeed. He was obviously a fool if he wanted to marry her. * Millie hmmmphs and folds her arm across her chest, keeping one careful eye on Mikoto. * Mikoto frowns, then starts stripping the bodies of things like, say: clothing. "The saying is, you can't talk to a dog unless you're a dog. It's not like we were actually going to marry you off to these swine." Yeah, but still. I've got a reputation ta maintain... * Fanfan glances over at Mary Anne. "What about her?" * Millie grumbles and pats her kimono, then plays at the bun a bit. * Mikoto sighs, then just tosses the guards in a cell, takes the keys, and locks them in. "We can't just leave her here." [Mary Anne is still unconscious. One less headache for the GMs!] * Millie looks over at Mary and sighs. "Geez, she fainted again?" * Sakura searches the guards for a katana. * Millie rubs her brow with her thumb and forefinger, then looks over the spear she grabbed. [The guy on the stairs has a katana.] * Millie keeps rubbing and mutters. "Damn, the butt of this thing packs a wallop." She looks at the stairs. "If we're gettin' her, we better hurry in case that other guy attracted some attention. * Fanfan nods. * Sakura grabs the katana, and places her wakazashi away. * Mikoto nods and unlocks Mary Anne's cell. "We'll have to find our things and get out. I hate to leave the horses, but it's them or us." * Millie frowns. "Wait, ya ain't suggestin' I leave Pepper? I paid good money for that horse." * Mikoto raises an eyebrow at Millie as he swings open the cell door. "If you'd like to run a suicide mission up to the stables to retrieve her, be my guest." An' she trusts me ta come back for her... If you wish to go and get your horse, feel free. We shall run while they are distracted killing you. * Millie glares at Mikoto. "Are ya gonna pay for 'er then?" * Mikoto frowns. "Is your survival considered tender enough? We can discuss this when our own lives aren't in danger." If you consider our lives of less worth than one horse... * Fanfan shakes her head. * Millie narrows her eyes at Fanfan. "Why is it yer all twistin' my words around? 'Sides, we can get out faster if we have the horses." * Mikoto rubs his temples and heads inside the cell. "We don't have time to argue. Let's take Mary Anne and go, and decide what to do once we've actually managed to escape." Fine fine... * Mikoto makes an attempt to lift Mary Anne. And will probably fail miserably. * Fanfan proceeds to examine the guards' uniforms to see who'll fit which. ( Mikoto, gimme a body roll at -2. ) * Millie watches Mikoto with a fairly steady stare, only occassionally looking up at the stairs. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-2) and gets 9. [Mikoto cannot lift Mary Anne. She must weigh more than it looks like.] * Mikoto sighs and rubs his face. "Someone is going to have to carry Mary Anne, or at least help me to do so." [Fanfan, gimme a disguise roll -2] (Mary Anne is an andriod! Lots of metal.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-4) and gets 3. * Millie mutters and goes over to Mary. "Let me try. 'Sides, I don't have any weapons, so it's not like I'm gonna be much more help." ( Mary Anne will be eaten by dryads? MaryAnneBits ahoy! ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Millie can't lift her either!] (Man, you guys are WEAK.) Where would they keep our weapons? (So're you, John. ^^) * Millie mutters under her breath. "For christ sake..." In storage, likely. Theoretically speaking, anyhow. * Mikoto puts on shoulder under Mary Anne's right arm. "We'll have to do it together, and hope we're not slowed down too much." * Millie does likewise and grumbles. "Sure, ya don't care if SHE slows us down, butcha care about checkin' on the horses..I think we'll need ta lift her on the horse ta get her outta here anyhow. Best way." ( Because neither Fanfan nor Sakura can really be trusted to give two shits if either's carrying her and is forced to drop her. ) * Mikoto eyes Millie. "You realize the horses are in a guarded stable? Across the city? The city full of heavily armed and well-trained warriors? Who will kill us if they find us?" ( Each of you gimme body rolls at -4. ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-4) and gets 6. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-4) and gets 6. (We leave her here.) * Sakura sighs and walks over to Mikoto and Coward, and gives her own go at picking up Mary Anne. * Fanfan frowns at the uniforms. "From the looks of it, two of these can fit two of us...the other one may be a bit too large." * Millie glares back at Mikoto. "Look, we're dead if we try an' carry her outta the gates anyhow. At least if we had the horses, we could try an' gallop past 'em in the confusion. But to GET the horses, we have to cross the city full of angry guards. As opposed to just getting out of this jail and finding the closest exit. And finding our weapons. ( Sakura, body roll at -2 if you're doing it alone. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-2) and gets 2. ( Mary Anne is light! ) ( *LAUGH* ) [Sakura picks up Mary Anne and makes Mikoto and Millie look WEAK.] (Now why couldn't I get that? ;_:) ( Sakura lifts Mary Anne with ONE HAND. ) (I stab Sakura in the throat while her hands are full.) * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "Well, whatever works. Let's get moving to find our weapons." The latter will be difficult with that burden. * Sakura puts Mary Anne over her shoulder. "Let us go." * Millie watches Sakura and shrugs. "Okay, so we got her. Now let's jus' get outta here already." * Fanfan points to the uniforms. "These two should fit, although they may be a bit uncomfortable. The other one...it will be hard to walk in that." If, of course, disguising ourselves as guards was what you had in mind. * Millie frowns as she looks them over. "Only 3 guards though...and carryin' a western girl will look awful suspicious." * LAGryphon is now known as RDMgryphon * Fanfan shrugs. "I assume he procured them for a reason." I thought about it, but they're also bloody and full of holes. * Mikoto stretches, then walks ahead. "I'll scout forward. Just try to stay out of sight, and we'll move from room to room." * Fanfan shakes her head. "You may have mentioned it before." Would you like me to go with you? * Millie sighs. "Whatever ya say, Mikky..." She steps up to the stairs and flanks it, peeking up. * Mikoto shakes his head. "One person is less conspicuous." Very well. [Well, the stairs stretch upward a good deal; after all, Fanfan and that other guard had a fight on them even while he was backing away.] [There is no door at the top; the stairs open into a room.] ( ^-^_v! ) (Straight line, or spiral staircase?) ( Straight ) * Millie frowns and nods to Mikoto. "Steps seem clear. Cant say the same 'bout what's on top." (Ah well. There will be shadows. We'll just have to pray.) (Yes, young Garrett.) * Mikoto nods and starts heading up as quietly as possible. "Well, we certainly can't stay here. Prepare yourselves." * Millie balls a fist, cracks her knuckles and smirks a bit. "Ready." * Fanfan nods, moving to flank the burdened Sakura. * Sakura holds Mary Anne over her shoulder with out hand, and keeps her sword in the other. Sakura is mighty. * Mikoto walks! Keeping to the shadows when possible. Stealthy like thief, because I don't have the skill ranks for ninja. ( I'm picturing Mikoto making his own sound effects for this. Curse you Disgaea. ) (Nin nin! ^_^) [At the top of the stairs is a decent-sized room with a door on each wall of the room ('cept for the one you're coming from, obviously.) No guards are in sight here, but one door (the one opposite the stairs) is open, leading to a hallway.] * Mikoto frowns, then moves into the room and out of sight of the open hall door, waving the others to do the same. * Millie does the same. She's a good little follower. * Sakura follows. (Stupid ninja.) (Well, we lack dynamite.) * Fanfan follows as well. Doot de doo. * Mikoto backs up against the wall next to the door and attempts to covertly look out into the hallway. ( Then I contact Tairan by Codec. ) ( Mikoto, gimme a stealth (concealment) roll. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6) and gets 7. [Mikoto peeks out. The first thing he notices is a patroling guard at the other end of the hallway, who's just turning around. Mikoto pulls his head back quickly, but was it quick enough?] * Mikoto breathes out, and tries his damnedest to motion the others out of sight as covertly as possible. * Fanfan sneaks back slowly. [Several tense seconds pass...] [Several more tense seconds pass...] (Prepare to fast forward. :P) ( If you say so. ) (*fast forwards an hour later* [Still more tense seconds...]) (The red-coated man as Dark Helmet. That's amusing.) [At least a few minutes pass, and the guard doesn't appear.] ( *snerks* ) * Mikoto frowns, whispering. "That could be good or bad. He might have gone to get others." * Millie whispers to Mikoto, "Well if he didn't, then we should get outta here. An' if he DID, we should make sure we aren't here when he comes back with them." * Mikoto nods. "Let's go. We can't stay here." He gets ready to slip into the hallway, fists clenched. ( Gimme hearing checks. ) * Fanfan nods. * Millie looks around the room meanwhile with a quick glance for their weapons, though she doubts they'd be so close. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-4 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6-4) and gets 8, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman?" * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 8. (That's the 3rd crit fail I've seen rolled tonight.) ( Hey, Dicey.........DIE. ) ( Yay! Those are always fun. ) (Fanfan's ears explode.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6) and gets 10. * Mikoto grits his teeth. "Guards!" he hisses. "Lots of guards." He scans the hallway. More than one way to go? [The hallway goes two directions: Left and right. Sounds like the guards are coming from both sides, though. (But only to Mikoto, 'cause he made the check).] * Mikoto looks. "We can't go back down. We'll have to pick a side and break through. Ready?" Back to the other room? ( There's two other doors there 'sides the one with the hallway. ) ( Uh... didn't you say there was... *rubs his face* Retcon. ) * Mikoto glances at the other two doors. "Anywhere's preferrable to here." He picks one and opens it. Doesn't matter what's behind it at this point. d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets 2. ( It's Lord Hoshimoto having sex with a sheep! ) ( .... ) ( Good, at least he's distracted. ) ( Yeah. Poor sheep, though. ) * Sakura follows. [Behind door number two (the left one) is... A small room with a mural of Tairan eaten by a chikinfish. There's also a door to the right (which goes to the hallway, presumably) and a spiral staircase going up.] (... chikinfish?) * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "Maybe fortune's smiling after all. We may just have to abandon stealth and run for it." * Millie follows behind, and gets ready to shut the door once everyone's through. (* Grysar makes a note to make an bestiary entry for chikinfish. ) ( chikinfish makes me laugh ) Hn. We are not leaving without our weapons. If ya got any idea where they're bein' HELD, I'm all ears. I know. But we have to consider the order of priorities. We can come back for the weapons and horses, but not if we're dead. [You all begin to hear the guards coming closer now. Except Fanfan. She hears something else entirely.] Perhaps one of us could stay to find our possessions, and then catch up later? The horses do not matter, but we are not leaving without my sword. You made a promise to me Mikoto, and I do not expect you to back out on it. * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "That's just suicidal." He starts up the stairs. "We can regroup once we're not burdened with Mary Anne. I don't intend to break my promise." * Fanfan shakes her head a bit, brow wrinkled. * Millie eyes Sakura under her lashes and puffs her cheeks a bit. "Hey now, my horse always matters ta me. I don't know what's with you an' that sword, but the sword's probably riskier ta get now." But if we find it, great. John won't try an' shoot me for losin' his gun either. I jus' wish I knew where ta get 'em. * Mikoto talks as quietly as he can and climb stairs at the same time. "It's more than just a sword to a samurai. We'll find it, don't worry." * Millie eyes Mikoto. "Oh, *I* see. So a sword is more than jus' a sword ta a samurai, but a horse don't matter, 'specially not to some country bumpkin Teckian, raight?" And mine as well. I was serious about allowing one of us to stay behind, you know. * Mikoto doesn't even turn around to reply. "If you want to stay here and die, so be it, but I don't plan on letting it happen." You'll die for a sword but not my horse...I think ya got screwy priorities. My sword can not be replaced. Your horse can. * Millie GLARES at Sakura. "No she can't!" (Yay! Another IoP!) A horse is a horse. It is just a horse. You have not had it for that long, have you? (... ) ( First one to sing the Mr. Ed theme song gets shot. ) ( o/~ A horse is a horse of course, unless that horse is Pepper Ann! o/~ ) ( Excellent. Time to die Jesse. ) (... Dangit Tairan, you beat me to it!) * Millie waves her hands. "So what? Are ya sayin' jus' because somethin's new, it's unimportant?" ( Atom: See, I had that in mind...which is why I didn't say it that way. :P ) [You get to the top of the stairs, which opens into a hallway running right or straight.] * Mikoto glances in both directions quickly, listening for footsteps or other sounds. No. I'm saying that your horse can be replaced. My sword is not. (Stealth, no good. Hearing stuff? I'm tops. ^_^/) Horses got personality...ya can't jus' replace 'em. An' if ya don't understand that... * Millie keeps looking at Sakura. "Ya can forge jus' the same sword, can't ya?" [Mikoto can't make anthing out aside from the approaching guards below.] But it won't FEEL the same, will it? * Mikoto looks around, then sighs and chooses to go right. "Quiet! We are trying to escape *unnoticed*." No, you fool. * Millie grumbles and shuts up. Stupid Mikoto. * Sakura glares at Millie. GLARES. >_> * Millie glares right back and puffs out her cheeks. * Fanfan casually slips in to walk between them. [Isn't this a happy group? Anyhow, heading down to the right, the hallway goes for a bit, then turns right again. There's also a door the the left at the turning point.] * Mikoto pauses, then puts his ear against the door. ( *The door bites Mikky's ear ) ( Hearing check at +2! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6) and gets 5. [Mikoto hears voices in there.] (Any way to tell how many, gender, etc.?) ( More than 2, female... that's about it. ) * Mikoto bites his lip, then sighs and reaches for the doorknob. "Be prepared for anything. But I have a hunch." ( Tairan and John in drag! ) (...) * Fanfan raises an eyebrow, but says nothing. * Millie looks to the side towards the door, gives Sakura one last *look*, and gets prepared. * Mikoto opens the door, ready to rush inside with the element of surprise. [Mikoto opens the door, seeing inside a very nice room. There's three women inside: two sitting on the floor, one more dancing on a stage. They're wearing color-coded kimonos of red, green, blue. Maybe they're Italian?] ( Blue? Italian? ) [They all look very pretty. And they all look up when you open the door.] (Maybe they're elemental mages.) ( Oops. Oh well :P ) [The dancer stops dancing.] * Mikoto waves everyone inside and shuts the door behind them, muttering a quiet "Please excuse me, ladies, but this is an emergency." ( Aw shit. They're gonna cast Braveheart on the guards and we're all gonna die. ) * Millie looks at Mikoto and then at the dancers, sizing them up in a split second, then goes somewhere not so conspicuous. * Fanfan opens her mouth as she enters, but then shuts it as Mikoto speaks and glares at him somewhat exasperatedly. [The women just exchange looks with each other and smile. One giggles.] (Careful, they're ninja.) [Gimme hearing checks, +2] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6) and gets 10. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6+2) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fanfan (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6+2) and gets 9. [You guys hear nothing, although Fanfan realizes that what she was hearing weren't horses after all.] [The women exchange alarmed looks. "Oh my," one of them says, "What was that?"] * Fanfan frowns a little, and looks around a bit, wondering what they're talking about. * Mikoto breathes out and stands with his back to the door. "I might ask what performers are doing in a prison, but of course, our presence must seem equally strange." * Millie keeps watching the dancers from under her eyelids. She's keeping fairly quiet at the moment. [The women exchange glances again. "He must be from the country side."] * Millie smirks faintly, but doesn't say anything. No telling how they'd react to a Westerner in there, so better safe than sorry. * Mikoto clears his throat. "Humbly forgive me, mistresses. I am a simple clerk from a small town in the Takame lands, a servant of the clan heir, Takame Suzunosuke." * Millie chuckles faintly, then coughs as she remembers herself, whispering under her breath. "Good one, Mikky." One of them grins. "Oh? Whatever is Takame's servant doing here?" Another one chuckles. "With a westerner." And the third one adds, "And an unconscious woman." * Mikoto smiles pleasantly. Two can play that game. "Escaping." "Oh?" "Then they're criminals?" "That's not good." * Fanfan blinks innocently. "'Criminal' is such a...strong word." (Misunderstood!) * Mikoto grins a little. "Only in the eyes of the unjust, are we criminals. Lord Hoshimoto imprisoned us without proper trial because of circumstantial evidence." * Millie smirks wider and walks over a bit. "Depends on what ya define as a criminal. If ya think tryin' ta save someone ya think's been kidnapped against her will...well.." Where are our weapons? [They exchange glances. Again.] ( Ah, Sakura. Subtle as ever. ) * Millie shrugs faintly and walks forward. "Don't mind the girl with the mask on. She's jus' an idiot." She smiles. "How'dya guess I was a westerner?" ( If only you had John here. He'd charm the kimonos off them. ) ( Figureatively. I'd hope. ) ( I bet :P ) (... You'd be surprised.) Ignore the girl. She is a fool. (Ignore them both. They're morons.) * Fanfan mutters. "Sakura, Millie, perhaps it would be best if Mikoto and I handled this." They laugh at each other. "The criminals don't get along." It's our diversity that makes us strong. * Sakura points. "She is a coward. I am not. This is reason enough." (And with our diversity, we can summon Captain Thae!) * Mikoto glances at the women. "I want to ask for your help. We need to recover our equipment and horses, and leave the city." * Millie waves Fanfan off. "Aw come on. I think they like me." She pointedly ignores Sakura. But do ya know what this "unconscious girl" was accused of? "We're just humble servants. How would we know?" She was accused of helping Tairan Hoshimoto. (The walls have ears...) And since we were looking for her, so were we. If ya see through an' call me a westerners, ya ain't jus' ordinary servants. Humble servants, dressed so? And knowing so little of the goings-on in your workplace? You must forgive me if I disbelieve you. * Millie puts a hand on her hip. "But yeah, Mikky jus' 'bout summed it up." (And take out the last s on westerner They just smile. "So you know Tairan?" * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "What do you think?" * Fanfan gives Mikoto a disbelieving "are you sure you know what the hell you're doing" glance. * Mikoto is thankfully looking the other way, so he can't answer with his "No, but what have we got to lose?" shrug. [Just as they're about to answer, a side door opens, and the handsome man who might actually be a pretty woman, it's hard to tell, enters. S/He's carrying a katana and looks about to speak, but since you're there s/he says instead, "My my. I didn't expect this."] ( Dammit! It's him/her again! ) * Millie looks up at hir and gives a faint smile and a wave. Things just keep getting better. * Fanfan shrugs. "Life is full of surprises." * Mikoto shrugs his shoulders. "Lord Hoshimoto is probably both paranoid and blind at the same time. The fact that we're not immediately surrounded by guards means you understand the situation." * Mikoto brushes off his jacket. "I had to sound out whoever was listening. Any real servant would know me by my hair, for sure, from castle gossip alone." Person: "Actually, 'Lord Hoshimoto' is somewhat... indisposed at the moment." * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "Curious. I didn't think anyone wanted him dead that badly just yet, except perhaps Tairan." * Fanfan raises an eyebrow as well, and steps back, sensing that something fishy's going on. "Oh, he's hardly dead. Father doesn't fall easily. But he's got much more to worry about than a couple of escaped criminals." [The women all get to their feet and surround him as he steps into the room.] * Millie grins slightly. "Lanky had a brother...this jus' keeps gettin' more an' more interestin'" ( Could be a sister :P ) * Mikoto chuckles faintly. "It certainly does complicate matters. Is there some sort of threat I wasn't aware of? Although considering Hoshimoto's excesses have earned him enemies innumerable, that's not an impossible thing." (You just said him though ^^;) (Or she could just be trying to get hir to correct Millie ;) ) ( Want me to say her instead? :P ) "My little brother and his rescuers, I'm sure. They'll be dealt with." * Millie 's jaw drops. "Tairan's comin' HERE? I thought he was hidin' with his tail between his legs." * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "I'd hardly think they'd constitute a threat that would indispose him." ( Oh, Millie is *so* lucky Tairan didn't hear that. =P ) (^_^) * Person chuckles. "It's not because he's a threat." * Mikoto ahs. "I see." He glances around. "We'll be taking our leave now, I think." "Indeed. Although I imagine you won't get far." Raight. Which is when you're either gonna say yer gonna help us or yer gonna turn us in. * Millie flutters her lashes innocently and gives hir a forced smile. * Mikoto glances at Millie with a faint smile, then back at Transy!Tairan. "Maybe not. But I plan to see it through regardless. Where are our weapons?" * Fanfan does the non-moving equivalent of slapping her forehead in frustration. I can't tell you that, I'm afraid. However... (Fanfan bangs her head against an imaginary wall.) * Person smiles at Millie. "I'm sure I could arrange safe passage from here for you if you want." At what price? * Mikoto turns to Millie also. "At a substantial price, I'm sure, and most definitely without us." * Millie smiles back. "With our horses at least, I hope. An' insane mask lady's sword. * Fanfan glares at Millie. "And mine as well." * Millie glances cooly back at Fanfan. "A piece of forged metal mean that much ta ya?" ( And Mine! ) (You do know a gun's a piece of forged metal too, right Millie?) (No comments from the peanut gallery when she's trying to make a point) My livelihood does. And your own weapons are no less forged metal. ( DID NOT STEAL THAT. ) * Person shrugs. "No price. And most deffinately." He runs a hand through his hair. "It makes no difference to me whether father rules or not, but as long as he does, I have no desire to go against his wishes. But beautiful things must be preserved." He looks at Millie again. "For that reason, I am willing to save you and you alone." ( Ha! ) ( *pouts at her measly 1 in Appearance* ) * Millie shakes her head. "Yer not listenin'. I'm not sayin' it don't matter. I'm jus' sayin' understand me when I say my horse an' gun are JUST as important." ( Tairan's brother is John's rival in lechery! ) * Millie keeps an eye on the guy and smiles slightly. "Well now..." (... I'm lecherous?) * Mikoto chuckles. He glances at Millie. "If you want to take him up on it, feel free. I might, in your case." He turns to the Other White Hoshimoto. "In that case, I'll be leaving." Y'know... The unconscious girl's kinda pretty too, ain't she? Be a shame ta leave her... An'...well, sword lady's carryin' her, so that means she's gotta come too...oh, but she's burdened by carryin' her, so she needs two body guards ta help defend these beautiful creatures... Not priority. Once again, the girl uses her body. No better then a common.. * Millie shrugs slightly. "Well...I tried.." And I certainly wouldn't assist a hideous atrocity like that in escaping. (And THAT'S what you get for taking Physically Unappealing.) * Fanfan swallows a snort of laughter, but still says nothing. Yet. * Millie looks at Sakura. "Nah. I use my brain. Try it sometime. It might hurt at first but..." .. Excuse me? * Mikoto shrugs. "Escape. But take everyone's weapons with you. We'll leave on our own." * Millie grins at Sakura and then looks more seriously at Mikoto, going up and whispering. "Yer sure 'bout this..." It is a logical plan. ( Well, not really. But, well. ) ( It's a plan. That's good enough ) * Mikoto nods. "There's no sense in sacrificing yourself. We can handle it, and you manage to get our equipment." * Mikoto glances sidelong at the thing. "Maybe you can even get him to include the family's honor sword for Tairan." It's partially his honor sword too, you realize. I doubt it will be that easy. However....*shrugs* * Millie sighs slightly and keeps whispering. "I ain't gonna leave ya behind. I don't know what ya think 'bout me but...I don't leave partners behind." She glances at Sakura and whispers sidelong to Mikoto very softly. "No matter how obnoxious they can be." You will not be leaving us behind. We will rejoin you. Ah, but she's beautiful on the inside. (*wonders what the point of a whisper is then* >.>) She cares even for the hideous deformation before her. It is foolish to give up this opportunity for nothing. * Mikoto sighs and nods. "I know. I was just hoping you'd be able to change your mind this once for your own sake." * Millie nods and stands up. "Fine. I'll go with ya. But on the condition that ya tell 'em where their weapons are. An' lead me to our horses ta get away." But none of your horses possess the same beauty, and certainly it would be no easy task to free them as well. * Millie pouts and puts her fists on her hips. "Ya didn't jus' call Pepper ugly didja?" ... * Sakura is twitching quite a bit. Look, those are the conditions. Take 'em or leave 'em. * Fanfan leans back in Sakura's direction and mutters. "Steady. He is not worth it." Can something not be beautiful and yet not be ugly? * Millie keeps a steady look at the person. * Mikoto stretches idly. "Even the graceful swan was once an ugly chick." As beautiful though you are, you ask far too much. Oh, for--we will take care of the horses, Millie. Go. * Millie smirks slightly. "Ya better." She eyes the guy. "Fine. Jus' tell 'em where the horses an' weapons are then. Can't be too much ta ask, can it?" * Mikoto rubs his chin. "The obsessiveness must be a familial trait. Fascinating." The horses are in the stable, obviously. Assuming they haven't been scattered or killed in the commotion. I know not where your weapons are. Why would I, when they're so ugly? * Sakura twitches yet again. * Fanfan stiffens at that last remark, but just sniffs. He's obviously never seen her dance, after all. * Millie twitches slightly at that too, but lets out a nervous smile. "Ra-- raight." ( hahaha all the girls have weapon fetishes ) * Millie rubs her head. "Fine, lead the way." * Mikoto nods. "Yes, let's." * Person gestures to the woman in green. "Hiroe will show you out." Said woman moves towards the side door and waits for Millie to follow. [And Session End]