❀ 13th Weed in the Garden - Action ❀

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi returns from her kidnapping a little different. She'll be dressed like a hot topic reject from 2007. You know, casual goth. Here is her outfit, but with the cold weather she has added a red mesh sleeved shirt under her corset top, ripped red leggings under her skirt, and a red leather jacket with ridiculous pointy studs on the shoulders. On the back of the jacket are the initials "I.M."

Today she's causing trouble for the convenience store. She'll be trashing the place, trying to scare away customers, and shake down the staff to try and make it her "HQ." And thus sparks the return of the "villainous" alter ego of Shiemi, "The Iron Maiden." With her is her Skarmory Pokémon that she'll be using to help her intimidate people.]

Comments

I'M NOT LATE YOU'RE LATE okay maybe just a little late

[blessingone]

[Fenimore's just passing by the convenience store when movement through the window catches her attention and she moves closer to get a better look. ...Wow, someone is sure trashing this place. That looks like trouble. She should probably just keep mov --

...Wait. Is that who she thinks it is?

Okay, now she's going to throw open the door and come in.]

Shiemi?

[shamelessness]

[LA LA LA GUESS WHO DOESN'T RESPOND TO THAT NAME? The same girl who is now standing on a counter kicking off a display stand for cigarettes.]

[blessingone]

[Did she not hear...? Okay, approaching that counter.]

Hey! What are you doing?

[shamelessness]

Having fun?

[Obviously. She looks at Fenimore like she was rudely interrupted.]

[blessingone]

By destroying the store?

[She sounds fairly incredulous.]

[shamelessness]

Yes!

[blessingone]

[Fenimore looks momentarily baffled, but then her eyebrows snap together in a frown.]

All right, what happened?

[She doesn't really expect an answer to be forthcoming, though, since she's suspecting some kind of shift at work and people don't generally realize when they're under one.]

[shamelessness]

Well I think that's none of your business.

[blessingone]

[Okay, there's something very wrong here.]

Of course it's my business! You're my friend, and also you're vandalizing someone else's property.

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi laughs in her face for a few moments before:]

Friend?

[blessingone]

[So, she's been in Luceti long enough to know all about people having their memories messed with. But even so: ouch.]

Okay, fine. I get it. But I can't just leave you to destroy the shop.

[shamelessness]

I am not destroying the shop, I am re-purposing it.

[blessingone]

It's not yours to re-purpose!

[shamelessness]

It is now!

[blessingone]

...

Fine. You're not going to listen to reason like this, are you?

[She reaches out to try to grab Shiemi's arm, intending to tug her down and drag her out of the shop. ...She hasn't really thought about what she's going to do if she does manage to drag her away, but...she'll get to that!]

Come on, before you do anything more to make yourself regret this later.

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi frowns, but before they make it out of the store she calls her large, metal bird over. Skarmy walks in front of Fenimore, standing a little over seven feet tall, and stares down at her.]

You should let go of me.

[blessingone]

[Fenimore frowns back.]

I'm doing this for your own good, you know.

[But she still drops her hold on Shiemi like a hot potato, because like hell is she tangling with Skarmy.]

[shamelessness]

I don't need your help unless you're willing to do what I say.

[blessingone]

[Wow, this is super disconcerting.]

...Maybe I should do what you say just in treating this like it's none of my business. But around here, you know you're going to run into someone who isn't going to be worried about a giant metal bird. And then what are you going to do?

[...Well, maybe "not worried about a giant metal bird" isn't going to be super common even in Luceti. Good grief, that thing looks dangerous.]

[shamelessness]

Then they can fight me, of course!

[BRIGHT SUNNY SMILE.]

[blessingone]

[GOOD GRIEF.]

I hope you go back to normal soon. You're going to get yourself in trouble like this.

[shamelessness]

Trouble is what I'm looking for.

[blessingone]

People who say they're looking for trouble usually aren't looking for trouble with consequences, and that's what you're going to get.

[Maybe.]

[shamelessness]

Oh no, how scary! I'm shaking in my boots.

[blessingone]

[Huff.]

This is pointless, isn't it? Never mind.

[She turns to go.]