arcanarum | [In Person] Nope, no illusionists here. Don't know what you're talking about.

[The Fluffy Duckling has a patron that ... wouldn't be familiar to anyone. Just an unknown, fairly pretty lady with long black hair partly tied back, in a rather nice red dress with necklace and earrings of ruby and gold, paying with a handful of small gemstones for... well, drinks for the night.]

[Yes, Spade got sick of hiding out at his riverside camp, but wandering around too visibly ran the risk of certain people realizing he hadn't stayed dead; what illusions he has aren't strong enough... so he's abused the Tarnhelm's shapeshifting and disguise abilities; he is mimicking someone, but it's a lady from somewhere a bit after World War II, too late for any of his generation to recognize her, and too early for any of Tsuna's group. The jewelry's real, for what it's worth.]

[Well, and since it is a shapeshift, technically the rest of the package of being a chick is real, not that this is that much of a novelty to someone used to body-hopping.]

[Said "unknown" lady is at the bar, and is drinking as if there's an attempt at getting away from things for a while, idly watching the other patrons come and go.]

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[Tense, too - probably hasn't been here long enough to get used to the patterns of what's dangerous, or what's "normal" for here; likely from somewhere unusual, for a fairly generic bar to be disorienting.]

["She" gave her best disarming, sympathetic smile.] The island is a lot to get used to.

Have you been here long?

[Try originally being a member of a species that exists only to fight and having only been human for a few months before getting dragged to this island. That sort of thing tends to make one paranoid...and somewhat confused by social interactions that do not end in punching.

But this person who has approached does not appear to be much of a threat, and so he relaxes slightly.]

Not long at all, really. Only a few days.

[To be honest, paranoia's probably a good idea here anyway - there's a lot of ways to use someone that doesn't know how to watch for what's up your sleeve.]

[But it's not like the "girl" is giving any indication of that at the moment.]

Has anyone taken the time to explain things to you?

[And she's taking a chair at the other side of the table, not crowding, but at least making it a little less awkward than standing nearby.]

[Fortunately, he seems okay with the way the "girl" is helping herself to a seat across from him. In the event "she" tries anything, he's confident he'd win that fight...though he feels the same way about most fights, really. He answers the question with a nod.]

I'm aware of the situation...and have been repeatedly warned that taking some sort of fight to the Rulers would be unwise no matter how foolish things are.

[He looks rather disgusted at that, actually. Doesn't seem to be a fan of sitting around and waiting for something to happen.]

Have you been here long?

[Really, in the enclosed space especially, he'd probably be right - unarmed and without enough room to use the Tarnhelm, Spade's kind of fragile and what happens when you take away a caster's magic in a fight right now.]

A couple weeks; I've been keeping mostly to myself - I'm not much good for what's been going on lately.

[So someone used to direct combat; that was another bit of useful information.]

We're all going to have to fight sooner or later, but people are, I think, jumpy after what you must've just missed; there was a fight with them and their Minions - it was very one-sided, from what I saw.

[And although Hajime has yet to properly process his powers being gone, he's still fairly nasty in an unarmed fight...]

Nothing wrong with keeping to oneself.

[There will be fighting and there was a fight? He perks up considerably--it's clear he is very interested in this information. He's not just used to direct combat; he enjoys it.]

So they do come out and fight on occasion...what were they and their Minions like?

[In Person] Nope, no illusionists here. Don't know what you're talking about.

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