Posts by Decoy Lobster

"Peace through Unity, Unity through strength." Ana spoke cynically, shaking her head "So what, you unified the wastes through happy talks, all singing kumbayah?" She asked, sarcasm flooding from every word.

Ana shook her head at Frost's words "The ends justify the means? Then it really is a dystopia." She sighed, before resting her head against a tree as she listened "Mmm. No matter where you go, some people always want to dominate those they see as weaker then? Same with my world, except it's not a person doing it. It's an AI, from an old scientific testing facility. After a while, it went mad and started to convert the test volunteers it had in stasis into Cyborgs to take the world with at first. After about 5 months or so, most of those were destroyed though, so as far as I'm aware, it's all just robots now."

"Jump to conclusions? I was cut apart with metal shoved into me by something that thought it should *civilise* the planet. I'm not even human anymore, thanks to that way of thinking!" Ana growled, letting go of Lily's hand as she brought said metal arm up to her face "Even my eyes aren't organic anymore!"

Ana was about to get more heated when she realised two things. First, she could physically hear the scrape of her fingers, a little metallic screech as her hand bunched to a fist, and secondly she saw Lily backing away scared "You know what? Forget it, tin can. I'm not dealing with you" She spat at Frost, before turning away to Lily "Yeah... Sorry about that... Why don't we go somewhere else, away from this lot and talk about your world? You mentioned your father?"

"Since you were Seven? So, before that you were living with those creatures you mentioned?" Ana leant back against a tree as she spoke, sitting down so she was closer to Lily's level.

Ana nodded, stroking her chin "So, 4 years with him then? How did you two meet?"

Ana smiled, nodding "Sounds like fun." She laughed, watching Lily "So, Tiger Lily. I think I should properly introduce myself, now I know your full name. Mine is Illiana Delso." She held her flesh and blood hand out, for Lily to shake.

Ana nodded to Lily, before looking around again, making sure she could see Twilight from the corner of her eye "So, what other creatures did you grow up with?"

Ana looked around, stroking her chin as she inspected the stalls, making sure that Lily was still in sight as she did "Mmm. So, anything here could be an artefact?"

"Dia-what?" Ana asked, turning her head and extending her hand for Lily.

"Huh. Fair enough." She walked to a stall, stroking her chin as she looked at the items on offer "Yes, Yes, you like? Cicek have wares, he will gladly trade if you lack the coin." The storekeeper smiled, watching the pair "Eh... Just browsing..." Ana muttered, seeing a bunch of things she couldn't even begin to decipher "Twilight would've had a field day with this stuff..."

Ana stifled a laugh as she turned, seeing the Shopkeeper running after the various animals, causing chaos. She'd heard Lily's whisper and smiled as she leant down "So... Why'd you do that?" She whispered.

Ana nodded to Lily "Yeah, fair enough, Lily." She spoke softly, watching the animals streaming about the street, before being tapped on the shoulder by a rather imposing figure, who seemed to be some form of watchman "Excuse me, but what exactly is fair enough, pray tell?" He asked, taking Ana's human arm in one hand, and Lily's right in the other as he looked down on them. Ana struggled for a second or two, only to stop with a yelp of pain as the figure squeezed "Is it perhaps that you two let those animals out, causing a large amount of danger to the market goers? Because if it is, I'm going to have to take you in. And please don't lie to me. That'd just make things nastier, and I'm already in a bad mood." Ana took a second before replying "I did it. Lily's got nothing to do with it, she was just upset about the animals being in cages... Give me a second, please... Corbin!" She called out to Crush, using his name to make sure she got his attention.

(Generic Guardsman to cause trouble, Ahoy!)

Ana looked sheepish, scratching the back of her neck "Well... You know me." She shrugged, an embarrassed look on her face "Look, I'll go with him, sort this out, I just wanted to make sure someone was looking after Lily here and you're the only one I really trust to do that." The Guard watched him, evidently unimpressed with Crush's armament as he let go of Lily and moved away at a reasonable pace, making sure to keep a relatively secure yet gentle grip on Ana as he sighed in relief "About time someone in this bloody market actually came quietly..."

Ana frowned when Crush called to the guard, seeing him having talked to Lily about something "No. No no no..." She muttered, looking at Crush and shaking her head as the guard turned with an audible sigh "Oh for the love of... what?!" He grumbled, even as Ana shook her head again, knowing that Crush was doing something about Lily "Cap, I'll be fine." She told him, even as she watched him.

The Guard stopped at that, raising an eyebrow "Well then." He reached down slowly, taking Lily's arm relatively gently "In which case, I need to take the pair of you in. You for causing all this chaos" This was directed at Lily "And you for lying to an officer" This was directed at Ana as he started to walk off again.

Ana walked with the guard, who picked the pace up a little once they were away from Crush "Do you two mind if you could pick the little one up? Just so we can move faster?" He asked, making Ana look down at Lily "I mean... If she doesn't mind..."

(Kinda feel bad for spoiling Twilight and Crushes moment...)

Ana reached down and picked up Lily, placing the girl on her shoulders as the guard continued to walk, keeping the pair close as they came to a Guard house, where the Guard took them inside to a little room without a window where he started to ask Lily questions about how she opened all the cages.

The guard rolled his eyes "Yes Yes, I guessed it was Magic. I was more curious how it affected the cages. That storekeeper claimed he had a magic nullifying field." Ana frowned at the guard "But then... How?" The guard turned "Didn't you hear me, I was asking the little mage, not you."

The guard shrugged "Eh, as far as I know, it's his own fault for lying about it..." He rubbed his forehead, before looking around "Look, kid. I'm gonna cut you some slack and let you go. As for you..." He turned to Ana "Normally, it's a fine for lying, but I really can't be bothered with the paperwork, and honestly? I hated the guy for the way he treats those animals anyway. Just make sure you all keep out of trouble now, okay?"