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Hey yeah, I read about that too! You think it's a circus? We should totes go.

[Yup, rampant thievery doesn't seem to be Ice King's concern.]

The thieving monkey circus?

... Let's not.

Eh? No circus?

[The Ice King looks puzzled. Then, from the background of his end of the call, there's a real ruckus. It sounds like... "WAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWAK!"

It's a gaggle of penguins. Regarding them, the Ice King raises a hand.] False alarm. No circus.

[The penguins are crushed. Some of them just flop onto the floor in sorrow, while others storm away.]

Well maybe we're a bit too old for the circus anyway. We can still totally hang out though.

[Hey Harry, it's your buddy Ruby. Except she doesn't really look too happy at the moment.]

Harry! That's rude, don't be a jerk!

[Oh, hey, it's Ruby. Wait, is Ruby making an angry face at him--

RUBY has an angry face?!]

Uh... I'm being rude to the sock-stealing monkeys?

[He doesn't know what's going on.]

[Yep, Ruby has an angry face, and it's only getting worse.]

Harry!

He's not a monkey, he's a Faunus! [A Faunus who happens to have monkey traits.]

I'm pretty sure he didn't steal anyone's socks either!

[Harry's getting the distinct impression that he may have done something wrong.]

Come again?

[He wasn't really buying the sock thing anyway. Although it would explain a lot....]

There are people from where I'm from with animal traits called Faunus and there are a whole lot of people that aren't very nice to them. Don't be one of those guys, Harry!

[Okay, he definitely did something wrong.]

Oh. So, the monk-- er... guy in the story is an actual guy? For a second, I thought it was the city throwing another twist at us.

[He still doesn't seem to get why this is a big deal.]

[Yes, Yes he did.]

Of course he's an actual guy, Faunus are people too!

[Except she's probably not the best person to be telling him this. What was that about the city? She missed that.]

[Okay, he's starting to clue into the problem here.]

Okay, okay, no argument here. In defense of my stupidity, this is the first I've heard of them.

[He arches an eyebrow.]

I'm getting this is sort of a personal issue here.

[She'll huff a little, but then she'll lighten up a bit.]

Well, I guess I can let it slide this once if that's the case.

And it is! Well not personal for me particularly, but I have Faunus friends and I don't want to hear people making fun of them. They get enough of it back where we come from.

I wouldn't let people call you a sorcerer, so don't call my friends animals.

[He blinks a couple of times at that, and can't really help but smile a bit. Sticking up for her friends. He just keeps getting more and more impressed with this kid.]

[Of course, he runs through the list of relatively flippant answers he could give but eventually just settles on nodding.]

Won't happen again. Sorry. And if I hear anybody else do it, I'll be sure to let 'em have it for you.

[She's pretty impressive when she puts her mind to it.]

Good, glad to hear it. You're free to go back to wizarding.

[Okay, this time he'll throw a little humor in there. He gives her a quick salute.]

Yes, ma'am.

Monkey people? [Vyse is curious, but he hasn't noticed--

Oh, wait.]

You're not talking about that guy I helped fend off the monsters a while back? When that big giant was attacking? You know... blonde hair, monkey tail?

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[Blonde hair guy with monkey tail? Nope, doesn't ring a bell. Harry's pretty sure he'd remember that guy.]

Dunno, is that who we're talking about?

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I... think so? [Now Vyse is confused too.]

Uh...

Well...

... Huh. Well, there is a monkey guy. I don't know his name though, I never caught it before he jumped off and started fighting things. [All he knows is that it wasn't him stealing stuff. He only stole from bad guys.]

[Well, now things are starting to become a little clearer.]

Okay, so there's a monkey guy and apparently people are mad at him for stealing their stuff.

I think we can probably figure that the rest was just the paper being the paper.

[ie jerks.]

Yeah I was wondering about that... are they always like that? The paper I mean. It's got to be the silliest thing I've ever read.

Since as long as I've been here. There's no point complaining about it either, they'll just turn that into a joke too.

Well, that's...

... That sure is something. Okay then.

It's official. This place is actually insane.

[He's getting used to it. See how he hardly seems surprised to suddenly be speaking with a green woman?]

Just getting that, huh? You must be new.

[ good, because she's unimpressed with those who react to the fact that she doesn't share a skin pigmentation with them. ]

New, but unsurprised given the whole abduction premise. These things rarely go hand-in-hand with a well adjusted setting or society.

I have not heard of such crime yet, nor how to get a newspaper... Regardless, theft is unacceptable, I will find this ape-man at once!

Don't worry, you'll get a newspaper soon enough.

[Probably through the window if the pattern holds.]

Let's hold off on any witch hunts until we get some details though. The paper isn't exactly the most trustworthy of news sources.

It's not? Then why do people read them if they are filled with lies?

[Caelica's eyes narrow, rubbing her chin in curiosity]

Why do people listen to the news when it isn't totally truthful?

[He can't help but chuckle at that one.]

If you figure that one out, you let the rest of us know.

[Caelica pouts and crossed her arms]

Are there more reliable sources of information in this place? I've only been here for a few days and nights and it's all still confusing.

Really the city is pretty quiet. For a city anyway. The cold has settled in like a slow ache of the bones and rattle of the teeth and other than the occasional tweet of a bird or noise of people passing it's quiet. She could hear something inside his residence but not much through the wards and the door. Mab frowned at the door.

Steel. It displeased her greatly that her Knight had chosen a steel door. It was only marginally better than pure solid iron. And it made it difficult to knock traditionally. Even wearing gloves she did not like to take chances with such unpleasantness. His wards hummed but if she really wanted to she could probably take those out (along with half the block). He wouldn't be very happy if she did. It bore trying at a later date when she didn't already have plans for him as she did today.

So she lifted up her communicator and spoke instead. "Knight, I am at your door."

The woman was dressed in more modern clothing, apparently someone had taken her shopping (sometimes it was very convenient to be a sídhe, it made shopping wonderfully less straining on the bank account).

Harry had just about sorted out what was going on with the so-called "monkey thief" and had just set his phone down. It was about time to start taking a closer look at some of these case files.

That was what he was about to do when the communicator went off again.

... Crap.

He only briefly mulled over how the hell she had found out where he lived before dismissing that as a stupid question anyway. The idea of pretending not to be home was even shorter lived for the same reasons. Great... time to go play host for a Faerie Queen.

With a heavy sigh, he made his way over to the heavy steel door, let down the wards and hauled it open.

"Well, this sure is a surprise." No invitation just yet. He would, if only because it was probably an obligation as the Winter Knight, but she could stand outside for a little while at least.

Mab could be rather convincing when she wanted to be. And it wasn't like Harry would be coming to her any time soon. Just because she was stuck in this ... place, did not mean she wouldn't do what she could to get her knight up to snuff as early as possible. So when he opened the door she looked up at him having missed the majority of the emotions her being there had evoked as he opened the door looking resigned.

"Is it?" She asked and there might have been a bit of wryness in return. "Access to my court has been severed. You are now my court." Which meant he was really her only minion. He was lucky she hadn't insisted on him housing her and doing all her bidding. Fortunately she wasn't a queen that couldn't handle most things on her own. Or at least trick the locals into doing her bidding for her. Being fae had it's advantages.

Her gaze remained intently expectant on him. Even though internally she was pleased that he was walking that thin line between wariness and obedience.

I intend for a piece in the next issue of the paper to explain the situation with the Faunus. However, I can assure you, the charges leveled at the person in question are grossly exaggerated, bordering on the kind of racism Faunus are subjected to on a daily basis in our world.

Sun Wukong does have a history of fruit theft, however, there are a large number of businesses in our world who simply refuse to serve Faunus for simply being Faunus. What I suspect began as a legitimate need for survival has carried with him into the present day.

[Ouch. He winces at having his bonehead move laid out for him that clearly. Aaah, yeah, there it is. The familiar taste of foot in mouth.]

Yeah, Ruby filled me in on that a little.

I wasn't exactly taking everything that rag had to say at face value, but I get the feeling I owe somebody an apology if I ever get to meet him.

Still, if you think he'll listen you should probably see about getting him to cut it out. Especially in Genessia City. Hammer's a pretty "no questions asked" guy about that kind of stuff.

That's quite alright. Knowing what I know about Sun Wukong, I doubt he will take offense.

[He pauses a moment, switching to a private feed.]

...However, there is one person that I feel should be brought to your attention, considering your office and the recent events.

Adam Taurus - another Faunus - has a potential for troubling reactions in this regard. He is a member of the organization "White Fang" in our world. The White Fang started as a peaceful organization that sought equality between humans and Faunus for quite some time. However, after decades of being brushed aside, their leadership changed, and so too did their tactics.

They went from peaceful protests and rallies, to civil disobedience, and finally evolving into a paramilitary organization. They have been involved with vandalizing businesses that refused to serve Faunus customers, Dust theft from companies that use Faunus labor, etc.

So far, Adam has given me no reason for worry. However, given his skill as a warrior and his affiliation with the now militaristic organization... I fear that the reactions this sort of story may illicit.

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