Trollslum Cafe CXIV: Backrooms Closed Off

[Tekkenfreak4]

Trefak pulls away, that malicious grin creeping back...

haha,>>>what's>>>the>>>matter?>>>purrbeast>>>got>> >your>>>tongue?

[Cat Sage]

You breath deeply and calm yourself.
No one is above the law.// Not me, and especially not that one.//
you point down to Aerian.
He fired at an officer, That is a cullable offense.// Instead I just knocked him out.// I can understand that he is your friend, but he needs help.// Just my presence set him off.// He isn't safe to keep around at this time.//
you watch a little trickle of teal blood hit the floor.
I need to speak with him.// To sort this thing out.// Otherwise it could happen again, and next time he might miss me and hit someone else.// Then I would have to take a more severe action against him.//

[FubbalyWubbaly]

Chever remains a bit stunned for a few more moments before he snaps out of it

errgg, no... you jusstt.. caughtt me by ssupr1ze.... lookss l1ke you wontt be k1ll1ng me any tt1me ssoon

[Meyanni]

Meyanni's will began to falter for a moment. She wasn't sure who was really lying here. And she didn't want to know. She didn't care. She was mad, full of adrenaline, and she wanted to carve someone into a spiraled ham.

Sh-shut up..! I don't care! You leave him alone..! C-come any closer, and I swear, I'll leave you in ribbons..!!

[Xomb]

Xombox was starting to realize that there was an unconscious troll on the floor.
A lowblood. In trouble. With an officer saying he just committed a cullable offense.
He should take him home with him.
Unfortunately for Xombox but fortunately for Aerian Meyanni was guarding his body.
So he just kept frowning and lit a cigarette, enjoying the show in front of him.

[Tekkenfreak4]

nope.

Trefak gets up and drag's Chever out...
What happens next is up to you. (But the authors have a set plan for that.)

[Cat Sage]

I have to take him in.// He is lucky to have such a devoted friend in you.// And I don't want his further behavior to jeopardize that.// You decide to leave the bolt in, wouldn't want to tear it out and bleed out, as unlikely as that would be.
Aside from that, I need to examine him.// To make sure the rubber bullet didn't fracture his skull or anything.// Unless you have any medical training.//

[Xomb]

The clown perks up at this a little bit.
Does killing count as medical experience?
He knew how to hit and not kill, he was pretty sure he could check if the round injured the troll or not.

[FubbalyWubbaly]

wh-hey!! l-lett go off me! hey!! sstt-ssttop1tt! hey!!
He flails about as he is dragged out the cafe

[Meyanni]

Meyanni stiffened at Jakobi's mentioning of taking Aerian away.

As a matter of fact, I just so happen to. My Lusus teaches me everything about how to take care of myself.

She remained standing in front of Aerian, but lowered her blades down to her sides.

If it's all the same to you, I'll be the one to look after him. You've done enough here.

[Cat Sage]

You weigh the options here, You don't feel like making any enemies. Buuuuut it is your duty to do this.
.....// I......// Don't know about that.....//
you eye Xombox.....You know about his little brain fixation.......... You rub your head and try to think.
I suppose he would be safe with you....// But I really don't want to go against my duties as law enforcer.//
you decide to allow Meyanni to take custody of Aerian.
You need to make sure that he doesn't have a fractured skull or brain damage.// It's unlikely, but it is possible.// You should also try to get him to watch his temper from now on, He is dangerous when he is mad.// I'm allowing you to take him and you NEED to make sure no further harm befalls him.//
with that you make your exit, you need to attend to your injuries.

[Meyanni]

Meyanni looks Jakobi dead in the eye.

He will be safe with me. And besides, she says, nodding her head at Jakobi's shoulder, I think you need to take care of yourself first.

She captchalogued one blade and knelt down next to Aerian, still not taking her eyes off Jakobi.

You know him probably better than anyone else. Let him have a friend; someone who cares about his well-being for probably the first time in his life.

--

She nodded her thanks to Jakobi as he left. She also had noted Xomb watching her this entire time.

Well, why don't you help me move him? Unless you want to be amused by watching me do it.

[Xomb]

Xombox sighed and strode over to the body, hoisting it up by his shoulders.
He had years of practice doing this, he just moved him over to a nearby chair and set him down in a sitting position.
He laughed when Aerien's head smacked onto the table. It was an accident, of course.
Didn't make it any less funny.

[Meyanni]

Although wanting to glare at Xomb for that, she remained mute as she uncaptchalogued a beach towel from her sylladex. She was too absorbed in this to even think about it being Aarron's towel. After ignoring Xomb's propping-bodies-in-a-chair abilities, she hoisted Aerian from the chair and had him laid out on the table. She folded the towel up and carefully laid it underneath Aerian's head.

She laid Aerian's hat next to him as she began checking his skull for any visible bleeding. Not finding any blood on the surface, she started looking for bleeding under his skin.

[Xomb]

He gave the troll a cursory glance-over, not really worried about him.
1t was a rubber r0und 1 th1nk, s0 1t sh0u1dn’t be des1gned t0 k111… sh0u1dn’t even fracture anyth1ng h0nest1y. 1 th1nk he’11 be f1ne. He’s just 0ut c01d. And 1f he’s dead, guess an0ther 0ne b1tes the dust then, r1ght? 0h wa1t he’s y0ur fr1end… fuck.
He took a gulp of coffee and sat down at the table. He realized he left his popcorn over at the counter and decided he was too lazy to get up and retrieve. Show was over anyway.

[Meyanni]

All Meyanni could really find was a nasty orange-blackish bruise underneath the bangs covering his forehead. Aerian was going to have one hell of a headache when he woke up. For sure. She silently rejoiced in the fact that they had been rubber bullets, and not the real deal.

Meyanni walked to the counter and ordered a pitcher of ice water and a hand-towel, and then went back to Aerian. She soaked the towel in the water and wrung it out, but placed some ice cubes in it before she rolled it up. She gently laid it on Aerian's head and then knew that was all she could really do for him at that point.

[Xomb]

Xombox watched all this and tried to resist the urge to start hooking plugs into Aerian's head. He succeeded.
Instead he just stared at the body, wondering how he could drag it out of here without Meyanni noticing.
Maybe 1 c0u1d just wa1t unt11 she 1eaves… damn 1 hate th1s “wa1t and see” sh1t… He muttered to himself.
He has a bad habit of doing that, you know.

[Meyanni]

Meyanni's eyes narrowed and her gaze slid over to Xomb.

If you touch him, I'll kill you.

[Xomb]

There it is! He laughed.
Sweetheart 1’d 11ke t0 see y0u try. 1 rea11y w0u1d. 1 w0u1d 10ve n0th1ng m0re than t0 test my mett1e w1th y0u 1n a dance 0f death. But 1 11ke y0u. 1 guess. S0 1 w0n’t d0 anyth1ng t0 h1m… He snickered. Wh11e y0u’re ar0und. He cackled.
Coffee. Cigarette. Addiction.

[Dudemaster47]

YOU WAKE THE FUCK UP. And...WALK THE FUCK OUT.

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And in walks...



THIS GUY, wondering what all this ruckus is about.

[Meyanni]

She shook her head.

Don't even test me right now. I'm really fucking mad, and I don't want to explode near him.

[Xomb]

Xombox just shook his head in disappointment.
F0r a11 y0ur bravad0 y0u sure d0 11ke t0 b1tch 0ut when presented w1th a cha11enge. He said, his voice laced with contempt.
He was goading her. It was something he loved doing.

[Meyanni]

Meyanni bit her tongue until teal blood was trickling over her lips and onto the table.

Your. Point. Mister?

[Dudemaster47]

You just...kinda stay away from all this commotion. You figure that since your moirail isn't instigating it, you really don't have any obligation or right to interrupt.

[Xomb]

The sight of her blood made him laugh. And some other things too.
1’m s0rry, am 1 p1ss1ng y0u 0ff? G00d. Maybe y0u sh0u1d take that anger and 1earn h0w t0 harness 1t. And use 1t pr0per1y. 1 was watch1ng y0u, Meyann1. Yeah, y0u had y0ur b1ades drawn. Y0u were 1n the r1ght stance. But fr0m watch1ng y0u, and th1s r1ght here, 1 just d0n’t th1nk y0u have the warr10r sp1r1t. Y0u need t0 t0ughen up 0r y0u’11 d1e qu1ck. And f0r s0me reas0n 1 d0n’t want t0 see that. Un1ess 1t’s me ramm1ng the b1ade thr0ugh y0ur gut. But that’11 never happen, 1’m f0rb1dden fr0m k1111ng y0u. But n0t f1ght1ng y0u. He grinned even wider.
He loved getting a rise out of her. He'd always wondered what her blood tasted like. He realized now he get to get a sample. This pleased him.