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

[bestamontillado]

[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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[chalicejoker]

[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?

[bestamontillado]

[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.

[chalicejoker]

[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?