[Jinx has a run of bad luck and hits his head on a low awning.] ( Is that actually happening, or just a joke? ) (it's actually happening.) Gah! *quickly reaches around Jinx's carcas to grab Lightning's reins* * Millie sighs and mutters under her breath. "Just my luck.." (Jinx is dead?) * MaryAnne blinks. "Oh my goodness. Is he all right?" * Millie stops Pepper. ( Not unless that's the deadliest awning on earth. ) Looks like he just got whacked upside the head... one sec. * Millie just looks for a moment at Jinx. * Tairan brings Lightning to a stop, slides off of the horse, then hefts Jinx off the horse with a grunt and sets him down on the ground. Miss Mary? Why don't ya get on Lightning? * Tairan looks up from checking out Jinx's head. "You wanna carry him?" You guys go on ahead...I'll...we'll catch up later. * MaryAnne looks down at Jinx and frowns. "Are you going off alone, Miss Reinhart? It might not be safe." Screw safety. What language. ... if you need to talk, you could just hang back a few dozen yards from the rest of us. * Millie dismounts Pepper and tries to lift Jinx up. * MaryAnne slides off of Pepper, nevertheless. She looks a bit put out. No need to split up. * Millie lets out a deep sigh and speaks softly to the unconscious Jinx. "Sure know how ta get outta things, don'tcha?" She then looks up at Tairan evenly. "I said I'll catch up. Ya deaf?" No. Just massively stubborn. People've said it's my best quality. Look. I wanted ta talk to him anyhow. If ya got a problem with that, take it up with me. I have no problem with you talking to him. Frankly, it's none of my business to have a problem with it. I just don't see why you can't do it trailing behind the rest of the group. * Millie grits her teeth and glares up at Tairan. * Tairan gets up from his kneeling position, and helps Millie heft Jinx onto Pepper. "s'not like we'll be able to hear ya." * Millie helps Jinx up and rubs her forehead. "It's more than that. Ya wouldn't understand..." Probably not. In addition to being stubborn, I've been told I'm really piss-poor at reading people. Give it a shot, though. Fine. Miss Mary, would ya excuse us for a second? * MaryAnne eyes them for a moment. "Fine." And she stomps off into the city. * Millie watches Mary go and rolls her eyes. "She's a weird one alright." ... I was gonna ask her to walk with Lightning. Ah well. *walks back over to Lightning; grabs the reins, and gently leads the horse over towards Millie/Pepper* * Millie turns back to Tairan and rubs her forehead. "Alright. Fine, I'll forget about it. I can't believe the guy's luck though. He avoided gettin' slugged. * Tairan nods. "s'the military guy in me. Hate splitting up. Trust me, there'll be plenty of time to beat the crap outta Jinx later... we're gonna have to make camp for the night at some point." * Millie looks at Tairan out of the corner of her eye. "Honestly, do ya all have ta make fools outta me ta make your point? I'm jus' tryin' ta get rid of somethin' that no one used. An' ya obviously don't have a lick of how ta deal with Crazy Feathers..." * Millie smirks slightly at him. "Ya don't seem surprised." Hey, I didn't say a damn thing about you selling the naginata. Don't blame me for that one. *grins* I'm a tracker. I notice things. I know. I noticed that too... * Millie takes a deep breath. "I'm just venting. It all seems so...pointless. I mean, it's spoils, ain't it? Don't that mean it's equal to all of us? But they all think I'm jus' an idiot cowgirl..." Prolly. S'why I offered up one of my scrolls... group needs to find Kojiro, so if selling the scroll helps, do it. Raight, but we're headin' towards the Sallies. Fire protection might be good there. Wind thingie underneath a mountain isn't... * Millie takes another breath and smiles slightly. "Y'know what...yer not half bad when yer not tryin' ta simply ignore that I exist." * Tairan adjusts his cap. "I don't think anyone woulda had a problem if you'd suggested sellin' it. People just didn't like you assuming Jinx wanted ta give it up, when he'd specifically asked Makoto for it." It didn't sound like it. It sounded like they jus' assumed that they could give it willy nilly. I think that was the general gist of the objection, though. Could be wrong. But fine. * Millie looks over her shoulder and then nods. "Guess we'd better get goin' then." * Tairan shrugs. "It doesn't much matter. We're headin' west, which is your stomping grounds. You won't hear me tellin' you I know how to deal with Teckians." * John rides up, trying not to be too rude in the process. "Y'all ready to go?" Yeah. Jinx had an unfortunate encounter with an awning, and we were just sorting that out. * Millie smirks at Tairan. "Raight." * Millie mounts up onto Pepper, Jinx slung over the back. "Hope Lightnin' takes a likin' to ya." * Tairan turns back to Millie. "So you wanna carry Ji- well, that answers that. I'll ride back to the others and pick up MaryAn- aw hell." ...she's alone. With Sakura? Nah. Fanfan's with'er too. * Tairan gets up onto Lightning, and turns him back towards the others. "Easy girl. Jinx'll be alright. I'm gonna be riding ya for a bit... with MaryAnne..." *eyes Millie* "... you're gonna owe me for this." * Tairan rides back towards the others. Then she might actually have her head still attached. Maybe. * Millie blinks at Tairan. "What'd I do?" * Millie follows him, glancing at John for a moment and shrugging. * Mikoto probably should have mentioned that he's on the back of Hazel, but doesn't appear to be paying attention to much of anything. * John brings Hazel around, and rides back to the dynamic duo of Fanfan and Sakura.