[Action & Video] Comas and Roses and Ice Cream, Oh My!

[youfool]

5/20 - Sleeping Foodie - Ted & Satou (Action, Closed)

This looked to be one of the more tedious bounties. Ted couldn't yet procure the medical reports pertaining to the nature of the poison used, so for now he had to resort to general, Hail Mary pavement hitting. And the first thing to do was to confer with the police department and ask to see their suspect list. He also needed a disguise, since the world at large was getting wise to his bounty hunting act and how (mostly) successful he was.

The secretary was pliant enough, telling him to wait while she got the records. And who should he find milling about the office but the sinful witch herself?

"Ah, hello Kuroneko. Your beat extends to this city too, eh?"

6/5 - Roses are Red - Ted & Rin (Video)

[Come on Ted, spit it out.]

So, um...I'm afraid my latest bounty is proving very elusive. To draw him or her out, I'll need a woman about my age, or one who looks it, to pose as my lover in however many roseal places until things become more open. You'll need to be very obvious about it too. I won't insist on anything risque, but, erm...well, we'd start with hand-holding, and go from there.

Aheh, don't worry! I've, ah, done plenty of bounties and, so far, haven't gotten anyone killed. Your security would be my top concern, and the villain's capture a close second. Goodness, using that flower to enact death. Have they not heard of rosaries? What perversion won't Everglade stoop to?

[He hangs up very quickly. What vexes him so much isn't the odd bait he's suggesting, but that he has to bring a girl into it. He made it sound ridiculous and reckless on purpose just to discourage any would-be heroines. OOC: Rin will ultimately be who he picks, but feel free to tweak his nose anyway.]

6/6 - Ice cream absolution - (Action, Open)

[Ted needed to wash his hands of involving not one, but two women in his crusade against crime. Will his chivalry ever recover? Is he losing his touch? He needs to do a good deed that doesn't put the fairer sex in danger, for a change. Oh hey, he got a right answer in the newspaper again. A month's supply of ice cream turned out to be...not that much.

Hang it. It's summer time, and that gives him an idea: handouts.

In all of the main cities, you'll find Genessia's court jester with a large board hung on his back. It reads: FREE ICE CREAM. Satsuki might not loose his diet enough to indulge in it anyway, and what better way to unload excess supply? Just don't ask where he's keeping it all.]

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[priceofmagic]

Yay, Ted!

[Someone is super professional! Her name isn't Satou.

The petite witch hops up next to him, smiling brightly already. After all, Ted is one of Satou's favorite people in Genessia. She can't always get a read on him, but that's half of the fun! She looks between him and the front desk, giggling at a realization.]

Oh, are you here to take that bounty? That's such a relief! I was just checking up on it myself.

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[youfool]

[First time he's heard someone that pleased to see him. Clearly he has yet to educate her on the not-so-fun times that hail him like a nagging dog. Still, one of the reads she gets is one of relief, for he takes that to mean she was free to do something else. Preferably something less risky.]

Heh, good morning to you too. I'm happy to spare you the trouble; it looks to be a lengthy one.

[priceofmagic]

You're so kind, Ted!

[She looks around, then up at him expectantly.]

Where's your back-up?

[youfool]

Huh? Oh, haha, like the bad cop to my good? Probably with the pirate captains and ticking alligators and other denizens of Neverland.

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[ubiquitously]

[Excuse him while this video response starts with a lot of laughing.]

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[youfool]

[Uai must he tease him so?]

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[ubiquitously]

S, Sorry! Sorryy! Ehehe.

Have you found someone yet? I was wondering who would take that bounty.

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[youfool]

Eheh, no, thankfully.

Ice cream

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia is on her way home from school, so she's obviously dressed in her white and blue Honnouji school uniform. Walking to her destination for pick up when she sees Ted just walking around, wearing a board like he's a doomsayer of some sort.

In fact, she's almost certain that's what he's doing, even if "The End is Near" is written as "Free Ice Cream." Even though she can just continue on and be on time to be picked up, she approaches Ted anyway.]

...What are you doing?

[She's genuinely curious and isn't sassy this time.]

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[youfool]

[assuaging his guilt]

"Oh, good afternoon, An! Smart uniform you've got. Is that what I think it is?

Anyway, I've recently come into an inheritance of the stuff, so I'm trying to lighten the burden."

[of his sin. Mostly it's been fakes who have been running him out, but beggars can't be choosers.]

[innocent_royal]

It is~ The Honnouji uniform. This is my third day.

[She tilts her head to the side slightly inquisitively.]

...How do you inherit ice cream?

[youfool]

Ah, good for you! Does Sta--Satsuki teach personally, or are you at the mercy of other educators?

Heh, through the newspaper. A "month's supply" is milder than I imagined. Don't worry, no one had to perish to get it.

Do you want any? I know you prefer colder things.

[Video]

[gorgeous_sin]

My, if the very thought of a 'lover' has you this flustered, you're not going to fool anyone. You're better off tailing a genuine couple if you're seeking the bounty mentioned in the paper.

[She'd volunteer, but there's nothing in it for her, so why waste her time?]

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[youfool]

[He takes a moment to piece the personality together. Wanted to become human, ergo she wasn't. Mr. Mustang had no qualms publicly admitting he'd like to conflagrate her. Must be a witch! Or close enough.]

Would it were so simple. Not a city known for reckless risk-taking, especially now that it's made the Tribune.

But thank you for the suggestion. Never fear, my acting's probably fine.

[He was in a commercial! Once.]

[Video]

[gorgeous_sin]

[Much worse.]

Probably, mm? You don't seem confident.

Re: [Video]

[youfool]

Ahaha, well talent agents haven't sought me out, but then actors aren't the most respectable profession. If nothing else I waltz well enough. Read Don Juan cover-to-cover, too! Sweet nothings aren't beyond me, I assure you.

[Video]

[myfayevalentine]

You need a lover, hmm?

*Faye leans into the camera, the sweetest smile on her lips and her eyelashes fluttering - the loveliest lady you'll ever meet*

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[youfool]

It's looking certain that I will if I'm to make any headway. I asked some vendors in Nova City if they could rent out an android or hologram or something to that effect, but they merely laughed. Suppose technology hasn't come so far just yet.

[Hello Faye meet Mr. Oblivious.]

[Video]

[myfayevalentine]

Why have a hologram when you can have the real thing?

*Geez, Ted. If he's going to be oblivious to that, then she's just going to lay it on thicker, leaning in closer and winking brightly at him*

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[youfool]

Aheh, I don't run the risk of fainting if a hologram gets strangled by roses.

[Ask a simple question...]

[greedyvixen]

[W-What the hell kind of a fake dating request is that??? Well, he sure is talking about that bounty hunt thing on the newspaper, that much is clear from it to anyone really and that's why it gets Rin's attention. She frowns. Is this a better or worse option than going for it with Archer? Who knows, depends on how she looks at it and the person whose opinion on it would really matter to her isn't here but well, it's ... not like that's a real date or anything and Rin's way too much interested in going to catch that black magician to let the fake dating/lovers part of it or anything else stop her.]

Oh, so what you're saying is that you want to go after that red roses magician. Coincidentally I was looking at that too.

[youfool]

[So long as Archer's not the jealous type~]

Mm, the very same. You, um...have much experience with that kind? Or acting?

[He recalls her saying going mano e mano with magicians was, in fact, her stock in trade. That makes him feel a smidge less awful about asking.]

[Video]

[om_nom_namur]

Post like this's how I met the Squidlet. Find anyone good?

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[youfool]

["Good" has such a variety of meanings, all of them far from what you-know-who brings to mind.]

If by "good" you mean "competent", yes.

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[om_nom_namur]

Well hopefully y' catch 'em soon. Strangled by roses sounds like a shit way t' go.