A word of advice.

If you don't know what a spell does, don't use it when you're so close to a large mana pool.

[ Noah does not look very happy. Though it seems more like she's exasperated than actually upset. Right now though, she was finishing setting up a barrier parameter around her home in Camp de Fae! Her bunnies, Pokemon and regular alike, are watching her curiously. ]

This can even happen to the pros, so we definitely don't need any more amateurs messing with magic they don't understand.  Safe to say if you have any nature powers and get too close to my house, I am going to end you.

[ You can practically hear how much she actually cares about a bounty. It's bunny defending all the way for this one. ]

[[Small note: this is mostly backdated, but you can poke Noah currently if you like, she'll probably just be venting.]]

[Now, normally, seeing this asshole around means someone is about to have a shitty day, probably one filled with pulling food particles out of their hair or having to listen to catty, sarcastic, bitchy insults from someone who looks like he could set fire to a stack of twenties and use it to light a cigar without batting an eye.

Today, however, seems different.]

[DAY]

[He's at a few open air cafes throughout the day, rather quietly, almost politely minding his own damn business. There's always food there, of course. Always, fucking always food. He needs some kind of excuse to leave the house, may as well do it for the food. The animal at his side seems to switch up depending on the area though.

Everglade will see a fat, pumpkin colored corgi in an offensively pink sweater, bouncing happily along beside him.

Fayren gets a sleek, pitch black cat with golden eyes the size of saucers.

And Genessia earns itself a fat, lazy looking owl, those same brilliant gold eyes half lidded and sleepy looking, perched on Szel's shoulder quite comfortably.

He never does quite pick a table with only one chair, though he seems to have made a point to push all of them away from the table. Not to other tables, mind, but obnoxiously into other peoples paths. Look, he's blind, maybe he has no idea you don't know.]

[NIGHT]

[Genessia City. He's not at Velvet Lust, for once, his usual haunt. Rather, he's become a little more bold as the sun has gone down. With that same fat owl on his shoulder, he's wandered into bars through town, and while he never really appears to be at all drunk, that is certainly a great goddamn deal of alcohol he keeps buying. The darker it gets, the more the demon seems at home, the scent of opium, menthol and cloves constantly following him. Passing under street lamps, or sitting close to the dim lights in a bar would cast into faint relief the halo of smoke that circled his head, despite the obvious lack of a cigarette.

He'd smell like expensive cigars, of packed opium pipes and heady, dark wine.

He'd smell like a Bad Decision. An expensive one, but a bad one.

And he certainly looks far more comfortable now than he did midday, apparently bars after midnight are far more relaxing to him.]

[Zexion appears on the screen looking as uncomfortable as always, but it's a higher degree of uncomfortable now. This is kind of embarrassing. There's a determination about him, though. He will fix this. Everything will be fine. He just needs to try, and that most easily starts with Ted.]

Hello, Ted. I know it's been quite some time, but... I've changed my mind about things. If you would still like to put your plan into place, I won't be opposed to it.

 [video - backdated to the Genessia Tribune]

The extensive list of bounties each week has been making an unfortunate impression on my feeling of security. The rate of violent crime in the newspaper has been unsettlingly consistent since I arrived here.

I would like to hire a private bodyguard for the rest of the week. I have the funds necessary. Please apply promptly and I will waste no time with a background check, hiring, and delivery of payment. I would like to have someone working for me by noon tomorrow. This will be a trial, as my job is busy and I require a good fit that will not frighten my fanbase. 

Thank you for your cooperation.

[action / nova city]

[All of this has been sparked by the recent bounty "Hard Drive Harvest," where someone has been stealing hard drives from androids in Nova. Unfortunately, Ai works in Nova. He has no comment on the un/fortunace of himself being an android (though, he doesn't broadcast that fact.) 

Usually, Ai is calm and level-headed when he's traveling between jobs. He likes the alone time and uses the walks or bus rides to listen to his music. But with that bounty out, he's more jumpy than unusual. Rather than ignore people who stare too much or get too close, Ai bluntly addresses them today. Not fearfully, persay, but definitely with some caution.]

What do you want? [You're not going to hurt him, are you?]