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[nachetanya]

So hypothetically, if you're an atheist (no judgement on people who aren't! ♥) and then learn your magic is the result of divine intervention, does that change things for you?

I happen to be in Enprise, so they can count as a debate!

Oooooor~! I might wander around and anyone can try to steal some coins [ inserted image of twenty weird coins ] from me if they can find me! I was a priness in another life and I'm the only staff member of the Stone Pegasus Casino left in town, so I count as double rich, maybe? Either way, it might be fun to see how daring people can get!

[ Feel free to respond with like action stuff about trying to find her, or have threads lead into that. she's being vague on purpose and moving around. ]

Comments

I mean, she'd take the Anna too

[nachetanya]

I'm a professional, Lina! Though that offensive action is hot!

anna doesn't know what flirting is

[breakingvoice]

is it? sounds to me like you're giving me an opening! ;) i'll use that information responsibly when i'm taking you for every coin you have

rip anna

[nachetanya]

Oh no, the ante's gone up! I'll have to be careful ♥ then again, it does sound like a very sweet loss...

[breakingvoice]

oh don't worry, i'll give them back once the city's back in order!

or you could always try to steal them back from me, if you're feeling especially confident

[nachetanya]

Of course I'm confident! I'd even do a side bet with you, if you want!

[breakingvoice]

a side bet? color me interested ;) what did you have in mind?

[nachetanya]

If you can get and keep on to at least five coins by the end of the day, then I'll do whatever you say for a whole hour!

[breakingvoice]

oh, you ARE confident, aren't you? i didn't expect you to try to steal them back from me, either. that's going to be the harder part... but okay! you're on. i accept.

[nachetanya]

I can't refuse making the game interesting to you!

But okay, you better get to finding me!

[breakingvoice]

[and find Natalia she will. probably. let's see, going off the list of tasks from Mr. Carlisle, it'll only count if they're both in Chata when it happens. this is probably going to be a task that takes her around the entire district, tracking Natalia like a wild animal—like some kind of hyperintelligent bear.]

[she's stalking around the streets as best she can, wearing the clothing she wears when she wants to go invisible—a coat, a scarf, a hat to cover her bright blue hair—but she's still one of the only other people around, so that's going to be difficult. it's not like Natalia won't notice her. yes, she's a little warm, but that's not going to stop her.]

[until—there. she's pretty sure she can see Natalia down the street, which means those coins, and her reward, are nearby. all she has to do is figure out where Natalia's keeping them, then hang on to five of them. without raising suspicions or being caught. oof. this is gonna be rough, but her pace picks up, heel-toeing it down the sidewalk to try to be as quiet as possible. she's got this.]

[nachetanya]

[ At this point, Natalia is indeed at the end of that street! She's humming to herself, walking around with that small jeweled rapier in hand, humming to herself a little bit as she walks around here. Being hunted like this... she hopes it'll provoke some sort of a memory for her. It's possible it will, right?

She's working to remain incredibly aware, but the place where the coins are might Seem obvious? Namely, the purse hanging of her side. She herself is in a black summer dress. It looks a little bit mournful, actually? ]

[breakingvoice]

[Natalia looks dressed much more appropriately for the weather than Lina is. Lina does her best to sneak up closer behind Natalia until she's right there behind her, and she knows she's not slick enough to pull this off perfectly. but that's not going to stop her. it's time to, very, very unsubtly...]

[try to give Natalia a big hug from behind.]

[nachetanya]

[ Her powers are far, far, far too dangerous to use for a silly game like this.

... But that doesn't mean she isn't going to pretend to use them. She hears Lina getting close when she's still a good ten to twenty feet off, and Natalia looks over her shoulder to smile, flick the rapier up, and then out of the ground three large (the size of Natalia if not bigger) crystal-like broadswords form, becoming a "Shield" between her and Lina before whatever Lina is intending to do. ]

[breakingvoice]

[welp! there goes that plan. Lina yelps in surprise and aborts her plan to steal coins while she's hugging her friend in favor of, uh, staying well away from the magic swords that she forgot Natalia had. and that yelp should be enough to identify her, so she stomps her foot a couple feet away from the barrier and protests from the other side of it.]

No fair! I don't have any powers!

[nachetanya]

I don't remember excluding those, Lina!

[ though once the other has stopped, now turned to face her entirely, she waves a hand to shatter the swords into dust, standing here defensively with her rapier-thing in her right hand and a somewhat "hardcore" look on her face!! ]

[breakingvoice]

Then how did you expect anybody to win?

[oh god, she didn't. this was a trick. this whole thing was a clever ruse and Lina fell directly into it.]

Oh my gosh, this was your plan the whole time!

[nachetanya]

Was it?

[ INNOCENT FACE ]

[breakingvoice]

It was! Oh my gosh, and I fell for it?

[she should've seen this coming from the moment she noticed Natalia's rapier, which currently makes her look very impressive and much more like a battle princess than any other kind.]

Well, the joke's on you. You didn't make the terms of the bet clear, so they're null and void.

[yes, she sounds very sure of herself. yes, she's full of shit and knows it.]

[nachetanya]

Oh, I made the terms for you very clear! Do you mean that you came over here to win without even accepting you could lose?

[ She smiles. ]

[breakingvoice]

I didn't think you'd make it easy for me, but I thought you'd make it possible.

[she doesn't sound too deterred, though. after all, she still has some time before the bet is officially over.]

It's almost like you stacked the deck!

[nachetanya]

Or it could just be that I have a lot of faith in you!

[ She says with a upbeat tone in her voice, winking at the other here. ]

[breakingvoice]

[oh, this is hardly fair. Natalia's so cute when she's focusing entirely on teasing the living daylights out of Lina. she'd love to look even the slightest bit standoffish right now, but the best she can manage is a fake frown that disappears in seconds.]

I was being as sneaky as I could and you stopped me right in my tracks! [she takes a couple cautious steps forward, keeping her hands up in front of her so it's clear she won't try anything. she doubts she'll get far.] You really need to temper your expectations.

[nachetanya]

[ Natalia allows the other to come closer, rocking on her heels a little bit, her rapier pointing down at her feet, dangling there while closed in her right hand. She grins at the other, and she likes that expression too... ]

On the contrary, I'm quite sure you can do it! It's not impossible, buuuut, I guess I do need to win now!

[breakingvoice]

You're really that eager to boss me around for an hour, aren't you?

[okay, so she doesn't have to worry about being suddenly stabbed. now she just has to get close enough... one hand reaches out for Natalia, and the angle it's coming in at looks pretty on level to gently touch Natalia's cheek. it might be a feint. it might be phase one of a larger feint.]

Those were the terms, weren't they?

[nachetanya]

Well, that was the term on your end... I guess it could be the same for me, but maybe I could tie you up for thirty minutes instead.

[ Natalia why. But she says it with smile and skids a step backwards from Lina. She does need to keep some distance? Her purse shifts a little so she can rest her left arm (prosthetic) on top of it ]