[CLOSED] SHOULD OLD ACQUAINTANCES BE BLOWN UP

[onehundredswords]

Date/Time: January 1st, 3000.
Location: earth is specific enough right
Characters: Rin what-an-assano and Gin gross-and-ickymaru
Summary: They arrive at festivities and merriment and things go to shit NOW HOW ARE WE MEANT TO GATHER INFO
Warning: nothing...maybe.

[The moment they stepped through the Transporter he thought things looked pretty great, actually. The celebration and merriment was a good contrast to how everyone in present day Earth doesn't shut up about how gloomy and terrible everything is.]

Not bad, not bad! I didn't know we could go fun places. Maybe we should slack off and tell them we found nothing.

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I thought dinosaurs were fun, [Nigh instantly. She glances around, stepping back unconsciously towards Gin - which is a bit stupid, really, but it's weird to be so suddenly surrounded by parades, streamers and partying people.]

I bet we can do our job and have a good time here.

[onehundredswords]

[He ignores it, fortunately, opting to do something else obnoxious instead.]

Ah, you think so? So you wouldn't mind doin' the work then?

[All of it.]

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[And instantly launching into irate mode:]

No! You better help me or... I'll tell them you're horrible!

["them" being the Initiative apparently.]

[onehundredswords]

[He holds up in his hands in mock defensiveness.]

No, no, please - don't tell on me.

[god sometimes he wonders if rin asano is even real]

I'll help, I'll help - I'm better at talkin' to folks than you anyway, I reckon.

[payback]

Shut up. [So wittily.] I want some cotton candy.

[Or some kind of food item. Please, let there be cotton candy. She strikes off in what seems a likely-looking direction. She'll talk to people on the way!!!]

[onehundredswords]

[A sigh, but it's an amused one.]

Kids.

[And then he jogs a little to catch up and starts walking alongside her.]

Do they even accept your money here?

[payback]

[She freezes briefly. She forget it's a serious business mission. THEY DIDN'T GET A CASUAL SPENDING STIPEND. Then she walks on with even more determination.]

It doesn't matter if they do or don't. I'm getting that cotton candy.

[onehundredswords]

[A gasp!]

You're not thinking of...stealing it, are you?

[payback]

Oh, as if you wouldn't.

[She's totally considering stealing it. :| Coming abreast of some vendors, and looking over all of them appraisingly. Who looks like a good mark...]

[onehundredswords]

[He watches her, amused, then gestures towards one of them.]

They look too distracted by the parade. Try there first.

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[She glances at the vendors he indicated, and decides they seem likely-enough as a target group. She's edging out of the main drag to flicker into invisibility, and strolling over that way casually...

She's tough to track, but suddenly a bit of a ruckus actually breaks out in the people around there. It seems she gave someone a shove into someone else, and with the distraction of the parade and the squabble, she'll take advantage and snag some cotton candy for herself.

VICTORY??]

[onehundredswords]

[HUFF.

That's really boring. He was going to point her out to the vendor and then steal it himself while they were distracted with her; he just never factored in the invisibility thing.

#thanksasano]

[payback]

[#operationruinsenseislife: successful.

Rin appears next to him, pulling off a wad of candy and stuffing it in her mouth.]

Mm! I can feel my heart rate increasing already...

[onehundredswords]

Just from petty theft? Amateur.

[He laughs that off though, looking around.]

Weird to think how bad this'll all turn in the future though; everyone looks pretty pleased.

1/2

[payback]

No, from the sugar, duh. [Another bite.] Want a piece? I will rip it off for you!

[payback]

Anyway, I know, right? It's too bad... [She licks sugar off her fingers.]

[onehundredswords]

[Accepting cotton candy the offered way is too boring.

So he's just gonna-]

Right? I hope we can do some real good here! Really get some vital info an' turn the tables for once.

Maybe we oughta start over there.

[Point.

He's pointing at nothing though, it's even devoid of people where he's pointing, which is saying something considering the number of people out enjoying the festivities.]

[payback]

[She glances reflexively over the way he's pointing, raising her eyebrows.]

What are you talking abou-

[onehundredswords]

[When she's done looking she may notice someone has clearly taken a fresh bite out of her cotton candy.

COUGH.]

Heh, eh? Oh, no, sorry. My mistake.

I guess it is just an empty lot. Lets keep looking.

[payback]

[She looks at the cotton candy.

she looks at Gin.]

Hey!

[onehundredswords]

Oh, don't be like that. It wasn't yours to begin with.

[:)

As they're walking by one of the vendors, he turns a glance the way of it's owner and gives them a smile and a wave.

A few steps further and he's opening a pack of jelly beans he just stole from them.]

We're a team here, so, y'know - all for one and one for all.

[payback]

I offered you some! I offered, you freak. [AND NOW she's darting her hand for the jellybeans. SHARE!!!]

[onehundredswords]

[WOW GEEZ.

He's at least pouring some into her hand to share like a good guy for once.]

You'd think you were a starvin' little orphan or somethin', haha. That enough?

[payback]

[She is, apparently, satisfied by this. The statement nets him a momentary weird look though, before she kind of shrugs it off - he doesn't know what he's talking about. She knows he can't; no one here knows about what happened to her.]

... Yeah. Thanks.

Anyway. Business. [MOVING ON...]

[onehundredswords]

[Siiiigh. Of course. Why couldn't he have sensei'd for someone who isn't so uptight.]

Fine, fine, fine. What say we start plugging this AI thing into stuff, then? Everyone looks too into the celebrations to talk about anything but that anyway.

[payback]

Uh-huh. [Well, Gin, one of them has to be about business!! Oblivious to him being grumpy about being forced to work, she glances around, looking for a place to start... and then points at a futuristic, swooshily streamlined ATM machine facing the street.]

What about that?

[onehundredswords]

Looks good!

[Handing her the drive.]

I'll keep watch. You go.

[payback]

[She rolls her eyes, but she takes it, and strolls on over to stare at the machine and casually poke their USB drive basically where it needs to go. Then she randomly pokes a few buttons. Then she looks up at Gin as she realizes that she has no actual idea what "success" looks like here. She thinks that's all she has to do. Does he think that's all she has to do? Does that look right?

After a second longer she takes the drive out of the ATM...

Can that really be it?]

[onehundredswords]

[He has no idea!

But he gives her a thumbs up anyway, then gestures to an unsupervised stall with a usb port. gogogo!]

[payback]

[All right, you know what? She shuffles back over to him, looking sulky.]

Are you gonna do anything?