aterat | What Mischief Spring Makes

Who; Nida, Mono, Open
What; Stake Outs, Burglaries, Maybe Some Wishes
Where;Noble District, Markets
When; Mid March
Warnings; N/A

I. A Stakeout Team | Noble District (Closed to Mono)

This wasn't the job that Nida had wanted to take. There was trouble in the Harbor District, and there would always be a part of Nida that was drawn to the seas even as he was drawn to the skies. Plus if he needed to draw on Siren's powers, then even the fullest ones of them were most useful at the harbor.

Instead he was here, because there were some skills that Nida was good at that wasn't always the strength of the other guards. Which was why Nida was here right now, perched on the roof of a wealthy person's house that had already been burgled, waiting. His job was to wait, to watch, to seek. Want to catch a thief? Use a spy apparently.

Nida sighed as he shivered in his dark brown and gray coat, something he'd chosen to keep himself less visible. It was cold in the evenings these days, and while he had a small covered stove nearby to offer some heat, it was annoying him for not being enough.

"At least there's some learning going on," he said to his companion for the night, the one that was supposed to help him stay awake. Maybe he'd been working nights, but all night wasn't always right.

"So," he says to Mono, gesturing to the small bag of nuts and dried fruit, "you willing to pass that?"

Hopefully he'd gotten Mono a good enough rain poncho to keep him dry.

II. Tension In The Markets | Markets

The rain was getting to him, but it seemed like he wasn't the only one. Nida felt a bit soggy, but at least he had good boots to keep his feet dry. It seemed like the same wasn't true for everyone. People were wet and angry looking, and Nida was tired from all of the work that he was doing. Long nights, overnights, not enough time at home, and he still had to go do some market shifts. Was it a shock he was irritable?

"Ain't selling you that!" one merchant was shouting at someone that looked vaguely familiar. And it looked like it might be a fight soon. Damn.

"No fucking fights," Nida said as he stepped forward toward the merchant and the other person. "Just calm yourselves down."

III. Wildcard
[I have a plotting post here if you have other ideas you'd like to discuss. If you have CR with Nida it's also cool to just plop a wildcard down here. As he's working the Noble District most nights during this event, the best way to find him is tired during the afternoon/day, especially at home.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

There was some relief in the boy’s posture when Nida complimented the ability. He was still kind of afraid of what people might think of him using it… Especially since right now he seemed mostly capable of breaking things. “I’ve been a lot since I got back. I wanna try to get better at making things less broken, but mostly I still break stuff.” He shrugged slightly. It was a work in progress... But if it came in handy and he could break stuff for good reasons, maybe it wasn’t so bad?

"Breaking isn't something to feel bad about," Nida pointed out. At least, he didn't think so. "All abilities are a tool in some manner, if you are willing to learn how to."

Mono liked the way Nida put it… It made him feel a little better about the idea, at least. The boy was pretty sure some people might not see it that way, especially considering how badly his ‘breaking things’ could get… But learning to control it (without becoming a warped bundle of anger) might really be best. “Thanks, Nida… I’m trying really hard to learn how to use it in good ways instead of bad ones.”

"Alright. We can add it to our training," he says, even as his captive starts to wake and kick. Nida seems unbothered. "There are some nice quiet places on the outskirts of town we could practice."

Why wouldn't he support his kid brother?

“Really?” Mono also ignored the captive, because well… He didn’t matter at the moment. He was in thief-time-out or something. “That’d be great. I have a hard time finding places I don’t bug people to practice and stuff.” And Nida had been a pretty good climbing teacher, so he could at least keep an eye on things and make sure Mono didn’t end up in a bad situation like he might if he practiced in the wrong places.

Finally, though, he glanced at the kicking captive and frowned. “We should probably do something about that guy, though.” Before he managed to kick Nida himself or something.

Yes. Thief-time-out. Good concept.

"We're going to take him to the station. Come on. We'll figure out a training space after we've got him booked and come back for our stuff."

He'll leave the bosses to interrogate the kid.

That sounded like a good idea. “Okay! I made sure stuff was safe before I came down, so it should be okay till we get back.” He agreed, ready to follow along. This part seemed like the boring part, but he was glad to come along for the walk and think about this new idea until they could get their stuff and go home.

"Smart," Nida said with an approving smile. He was, as ever, insanely proud of his favorite student. "I like that foresight in you."

“Thanks! I just kinda figured we couldn’t carry all that stuff and the guy, too.” At least Mono knew that, even if he was stronger than someone his size usually would be. It was a lot of awkward stuff and climbing down from a roof with it would be near impossible without more than one person!

"We can't," Nida agreed. There was a lot they had brought for the stakeout, but asking Mono to carry it all would have been wrong.

"Okay, next task, Mono. This guy might have buddies. Keep your eyes open for other people watching us too closely, and warn me if you see people coming up on us."

Oh, the boy glanced up at that. He had almost forgotten there was supposed to be more than one guy doing stuff right now in all the excitement of helping! He nodded, though, turning his eyes away from Nida and at the surrounding district. “I can do that! I’ll let you know if anyone seems kinda following us funny or out is of place.” But acting like they weren’t! So he would let Nida focus on carrying the guy, and he would watch for trouble.

Wonderful. Nida smiles at his little friend.

"You're the best back up I could ask for," he says with a grin.

Was he really? That was kind of cool to think, and the boy grinned one of his more clumsy smiles as he walked along next to the man. “I’m glad I could help. I like getting to do stuff sometimes. Especially since I don’t always know what to do or how to help when the weird stuff happens around here.”

"Well, we'll see about teaching you. I think you'd learn it pretty well."

He couldn't hire the kid for guard work, and Mono had his own job he did, but Mono deserved to learn whatever he would want.

“You think so?” The boy did think this was something that would be interesting to learn more about. If Nida thought he would be pretty good at it, then the boy definitely wanted to try. There were some things the boy wasn’t sure he could learn or be good at, but this was something even he felt like he might not be bad at. So between that and figuring his powers out… Maybe he could help again with stuff sometime. “I think I’d kinda like that, especially if it means I can help with stuff again someday.”

"Yeah, I think so," Nida said, fondness in his voice. He'd make sure that Mono gets to learn more. That's what family does.

“Thanks, Nida.” He responded with a small, clumsy grin as he followed after the man. This had been a very good night, awkward momentary scare about using his ability aside. He was glad he had gotten to help and done well, and that maybe this meant he could learn more things in the future. But for now, they had a thief to deliver and a home to get to, so the boy focused on that.

(ooc: can end here if you want.)

"Of course, kiddo," Nida said with a smile. That was what a big brother did, right? Help teach, and have faith? He wanted to believe it.

[OOC: Yeah, that sounds about right.]

What Mischief Spring Makes

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move to wrap this one soon too?

Yeah sure!

Re: Yeah sure!

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