Ancients Deuces, The Opening Moves... Options

[SinN]

Chester chuckles.
I'll never understand why we keep that guy around. Hes good for a laugh though.

He takes one more look at the "art" and laughs out loud. He makes his way back home.

Maybe Genny's home.

[fistandantilus4....]

Lurking around inside his ship, listening to the racket outside, Haven is almost startled when there's a bang at his door.

Yo! Haven! You in there bro! Hey it's Johnny! Gotta talk atcha for a tick!

[Lady Door]

Juno watched for a moment as Claymore fiddled with one of the strange box contraptions everyone seemed to have. It was an odd thing, all black and ... empty to her sight, yet they seemed so important to those that used them. Once again, something faint and forgotten pulled at her memory, but it was gone as quick as it came.

Claymore's aura flared as he spoke, so many emotions in the span of so little time. How do they do anything with so much going on in their heads and in their souls? Shrugging, she turned to see what the rest of her family was doing. She loved flitting in between them, feeling the intensity of the passions that flowed through them. She imagined the feeling was a lot like what they described being on their ... drugs... was like. She was so caught up in what she was seeing that she almost walked right into HIM.

The mage.

Startled, she froze for a moment. Thankfully, he was also fiddling with one of the strange black boxes. She dove behind one of the broken bikes that had been kicked to the curb and watched him pass. His aura was proud and curious. This, in turn, made her curious. She slipped out from behind the bike, shadowing him as he made his way through the crowd.

[SinN]

Chester's senses kick in as he's feels something....alive, close to him.

He makes a full 360 to take a look around. Once he doesnt notice, he looks astraly.

[fistandantilus4....]

Jester - visual Perception Test

Juno - Infiltration Test

[SinN]

Jester's perception test
Perception-3
Intuition-3
Total-6
Roll-1,6,5,4,6,6

[Lady Door]

Juno's Infiltration Test
Infiltration: 4
Intuition: 4
Result: Bubkiss. One success.
(8d6 → [1,1,3,4,4,1,6,3])

[fistandantilus4....]

Looking around, Jester spots a small head sticking around a building from an alley. Her hair is red and curly, her eyes are pointed, but a bit too long for an elf ... and she has curling black butterfly wings.

[SinN]

What in the hell?
Chester's curiousity entices him.
What is that? A changling or something? Maybe a street spirit. Either way, got be careful.

Um...hello.
He tries not to sound intimidating.
I can see you, ya know? C'mon out so I dont get nervous, eh? Might be better for both of us.
Chester stands ready, just in case.

[Lady Door]

Juno starts, turning to look behind her and then back. Her eyes widen. Is he talking to me? ... I think he is. Oh no. Oh, very much no. She stands still for just a brief moment before flashing back behind the wall. She waits for a moment and then sneaks a look back around. Shit! He's still there. He sees me!
Finally, she looks back again... poking her head around the corner just as he comes walking up. Her head bounces off his jacket.
AAAAHHHH! She looks frantically around and grabs the man by the lapels of his jacket, tugging and pulling him around the corner. Listen, this isn't what you think, soka? You're drunk. REALLY drunk. You're going to go home and when you wake up in the morning you're going to realize that this couldn't possibly be real... because that's crazy, right? Little green fairy and all that? Ok? We cool?

[SinN]

Chester is startled for a moment. But then regains his composure just in time for the little fairy's rant.
He listens intently for a moment and then smiles.

Hey! Relax. Im not gonna hurt you. Im just a curious person is all. His eyes focus.
What are you?

[Lady Door]

... Listen. Very. Closely. She flies up to his ear, speaking clearly and slowly. I am a figment of your imagination. Not here. The by-product of bad Chinese. Now, shoo... Go back to whatever it was you were doing.

She looks at him expectantly.

[SinN]

Is she serious?

He puts on a half grin.
Listen, I havent had much to drink tonight, and I havent had chinese since that incident at The Crazy Chicken.
He looks far away for a second and then shudders.
Anyway, Ill Im trying to do is say hi He waves and figure out what you are
So Ill start basic. Hi, my name is Chester Bennington, Friends call me Jester. How bout you?

Chester Holds out his hand and smiles warmly.

[Lady Door]

Juno sighs, exasperated. My name is Juno... and what do you mean "figure out what you are"? That's sort of rude, don't you think? You don't see me looking you up and down and asking you what you are, do you? She 'stands' with her arms crossed, hovering about 4 inches in front of his face.

[SinN]

He shrugs
I suppose not. I apologise. Its a pleasure to meet you, Juno. Im just not sure what you refer to you as. Ive never seen anything like you. Sure, theres a lot of different forms of changelings and spirits, but this is a new form all together. Beutiful, even.

He looks towards the crowd of wild Ancients, and back at Juno, actually sincere.
Does the crowd scare you? Is that why you're so nervous?

[Lady Door]

That the man called her beautiful is not lost on her. She calms some, warming to him... actually smiling. They don't scare me... they're my family. All of the Ancients are my family. But, sometimes... they don't know what's best for them. That's why they need me. I'm like... a guardian, you could say. This is my home.

[SinN]

Chester Smiles.
So we're family eh? So I suppose that makes Green Lucifer our drunk, angry uncle?
I hope she got that one.

Why The Ancients? Why are we so important to you?

[Lady Door]

At his mention of Green Lucifer, Juno's eyes narrow. "Green Lucifer is none of those things! He's our savior. Without him, the Ancients... this family would be nothing! He's pulled us up and made us stronger, better then we were. You shouldn't speak about him that way. It's... it's just.. you're ungrateful!" She turns her back on the mage, still floating in front of him.

[SinN]

Chester panics for a second

Ugh...No wait! It was a joke. You know, the ha ha funny kind? I wasn't trying to make offense. Just a sense of humor is all.
He smiles, but more of the "I hope I dont die for this" kind of smile.

[DTFarstar]

Haven jumps slightly as he's coming back downstairs and he receives a message from Claymore at the same time someone starts banging an unholy racket on his front door. Already this busy? Must be a hard night outside. I can't believe even Johnny has managed to get himself or his bike fucked up already.
Accessing the message while walking to answer the door and see what the hell is going on, Haven is surprised to see that it isn't a warning or a request for help, but just a request for information, sending off a quick reply to Claymore as he opens the door;

"Hey, I haven't heard anything as yet, but Johnny California is trying to beat down a security door with his hands right now, so after I see what the hell he needs I'll let you know if I hear anything."

"Hey Johnny, what have you managed to do now? Seems early in the night for someone to have trashed your bike- you injured?"

[Fortune]

Idly surveying the black and green street opera as it kicks up another notch, Claymore's eyes narrow as he reads the tech-head's response. Without a second thought, he makes a beeline for his bike, fully intent on checking this development out personally.

[Lady Door]

Juno's shoulders rise for a moment before she slowly relaxes. "You have an odd sense of humor." She finally turns around. "Your aura is aglow. You seem... excited. Why?"

[SinN]

Odd sense of humor indeed.
He takes a moment to consider this.
I dunno. It could be you. This is new. But also... He thinks again.
I can't help but feel that something big is coming. Maybe its the mojo in me, but Ive always had that kind of sense. Knowing when something is right, and when something is wrong. Anyone can do it really. But people like us are a tad more in touch with this world. Its easier for us to understand the feel of things. Right now, everything feels right. But, for some reason, I can't shake that things are about to go wrong. Really wrong. I suppose its all just a feeling though. I just hope Im wrong, and nothing happens to our family. He shrugs and smiles.
Then again, and interesting young woman with black butterfly wings has just quite litterly dove head first into my life. So perhaps all these exciting changes got me all riled up.
He crosses his arms and looks at Juno.
So you never awnsered my question. Why The Ancients? Why are we so important to you?

[Lady Door]

Juno muses over his response... picking through what she deems is truth and what could be false. Finally, she deems him more or less honest.
"I told you, the Ancients are my family. You don't pick your family. It's what you are born into. They are important to me for this very reason. I watch over my brothers, my sisters... even you."

[SinN]

Well beleive me, this family is better than my alternitive. Even if I had had a choice, Id still pick the Ancients.