“Arresting a witness to an interrogation? I don’t believe that’s protocol.” Luke stared back at her, giving her a cheesy wink. “And comply or fight? Corruption again! You want me to allow you to arrest me besides your lack of a warrent concerning an event that did not occur. Or fight, when you could quite obviously beat me senseless, and put the other patrons if this kitchen in danger! Very unethical of you.” He drawled.
Rheyna was done with this pureblood boy bossing her around. "Alright, fight it is." She snarled, sending a punch towards his stomach. (it's up to you if it hits or not)
Luke doubled over in pain, groaning as he held his stomach. “Punching an innocent pureblood in a room full of witnesses? Not your best idea yet, hot shot.” He grimaced, gritting his teeth.
"I don't give a sh*t anymore. Let them take my job away; it's not like I was earning enough money anyway." Rheyna replied, smiling at the fact that her punch had connected.
Luke stumbled closer to Shace for protection. “So what’re you gonna do now? You’ll be the one in handcuffs in a few minutes.” He shot back, practically hiding behind the werewolf.
Maybe Rheyna hadn't thought this through. She didn't want to show any weakness, so she deflected the question. "Every soldier here is looking for you. You better watch your back." With that, Rheyna stormed out of the building. As soon as she was a good distance away, she began sprinting.
Shace coughed. This girl couldn't make up her mind. Obviously there was nothing wrong with jumping off a building, but the guard was holding a deep grudge now. She would try to stay a little longer, but there was the distinct possibility that she would be forced to run and hide again. She waited silently for Luke to catch his breath, ignoring the other diners' stares, and backed toward the stairs again.
“Did you see that?” Luke whispered, following at Shace’s heels as per usual. “I just scared off a solider! By bluffing! That was so cool! I never would’ve gotten away with that in the city!” He murmured, his eyes sparkling with triumph.
(Luke is so pure I feel bad making Rheyna hate him)
"Yeah, you're the king of bluffing," Shace whispered back. She sidled into their room and picked up the still unpacked bag. "But I don't think that counts as a soldier…If she comes back again, bluffing won't work a second time. That was a push and when she finds us again it will be a shove, so you need to be ready to go, okay, elf boy?" She grinned at him a little.
One sentence the pureblood boy said was stuck in Rheyna's mind as she collapsed in a back alley, breathing heavily. "You’ll be the one in handcuffs in a few minutes." She knew that one of her fellow soldiers would find out, and then Rheyna would get fired. What she had said earlier had been a huge bluff. She did give a sh* t. She gave a lot of sh* ts, believe it or not. This was her only chance at a job. If she could just prove that the duo had committed serious crimes, then she could keep her job a little longer. At least I know their names now. Shace and Luke.
“I didn’t exactly have much with me.” Luke cracked a smile back at Shace. “Just the stuff that came with the cart. Er— actually just the blankets from the cart.” He scooped up the rumpled blanket off the bed with a shrug. “Guess I’m ready to go.”
(Luke is so pure I feel bad making Rheyna hate him)
(Lol don’t worry, Luke will try his hardest to charm Rheyna into switching sides)
Shaciel shook her head, pulling Vigil out of the bag. "I don't think we should leave yet. Maybe…we can try and talk to the guard peacefully and get her to leave us alone? Although that's probably an terrible idea." She snorted at herself and fixed Vigil's sheath to her belt.
“She’ll shoot you as soon as she sees that sword of yours.” Luke rolled his eyes playfully. “You don’t even try to be discreet!” He teased.
Shace's ears reddened. "She won't shoot someone wearing such a nice sword. If we approach her I'll put it on the ground. Like an olive branch."
“Whatever you say.” Luke quirked an eyebrow at her. “Doesn’t seem right to me.”
"Fine." Shace crinkled her nose but put the sword back. "I don't wanna go unarmed. At least I'll have the king of bluffing."
“I could sweet talk a sewer rat, Shace. It’s a gift of mine.” Luke continued to joke, showing off a cheesy grin.
Shace patted his shoulder. "Trust me, elfie, I know." She leaned back, looking down. "What do you think, should we wait for her to come to us or should we chase her down? You need leadership skills, sunshine."
Valerie was heading into the nearest town for a refresh of supplies. She didn't really enjoy staying within the bounds of civilization, but she was traveler and no one could camp out forever. Once in the town she went straight to the market place with her pouch of money to pay for food and other magical items.
“Leadership skills? I uh… I have leadership skills!” He protested, his ears tilting back out of embarrassment. “I’m a great leader.” He muttered his cheeks flushing red.
"Then tell me." Shace looked ominous. "Which choice would a leader make?"
Luke needed a way out of this. He didn’t like making decisions. It was too hard to be at fault when something went wrong, and he’d already made the wrong decision when he let Rheyna chase him.
“What leader? Not every leader makes the same choice. It’s all about style, Shace.” He rambled.
Rheyna sighed, smoothing down her hair and trying to regain her confident demeanor. Hopefully the way she held herself would convince her boss that she hadn't done something that she shouldn't have.
Shace grinned widely. "Then what's your style, elfie?" She sighed and sat down. "There's no wrong answer, I'm not a leader."
“Isn’t leading a wolf thing? Don’t you have a pack or something?” Luke looked over at Shace, moving to sit beside her.
"No." Shace bristled, looking down. "So you don't care what we do?"
“Nope. I’m more of a drifter anyways. Usually stick to cities because of all the people, but I guess that doesn’t matter as much since I got you now.”
Shace chewed her lip for a moment. She glanced at Luke. "Okay, let's go find her, I guess. If that's what you want to do"