TITUS RAM TEST DRIVE

[emperorofthieves]

PROMPTS

1) A thief in the night. You're sleeping peacefully, when suddenly you're awoken by the faint sound of rustling. It's quiet, so it could just be the wind, or perhaps you've a pet that's making the rounds? Surely that's it. Yes, you had better go back to sleep and ignore the shadow that moves across your bedroom, searching for wherever you keep your valuables.

2) Backed into a corner. One wrong turn, and you found yourself down a dark alleyway with three--no, four men pointing daggers at you, one of them gesturing for you to open your coin purse. You're contemplating what to do when a hooded figure comes swinging down into the alley and lands hard on one of the muggers, followed by two daggers thrown at the shoulder and thigh of the other two nearby. Just as you're wondering what happened, more dark figures with knives come rushing into the alleyway. Looks like it's just you and the hooded man against these assailants now.

3) Wildcard. Make up your own scenario!


Note which scenario you're starting with in your comment header! You can message me on plurk at dolphinsdontmoo or on discord @ haeralis#8694.

Comments

[emperorofthieves]

See? What did I tell ya!

[he catches her and holds her upright until she can stand without wobbling]

[fujimaru]

Yeah, yeah, you were right.

[ She takes a few deep breaths, like she's shaking out the unease, then grins. Now that it's over, she can relax. Ish. ]

You were really cool back there, Titus!

[emperorofthieves]

Heh... I know.

[he winks at her, which... doesn't work, when he only has one eye, but the point is, he tried]

[fujimaru]

[ It's okay, she got it. ]

Next time, though, I'd prefer not having to do wild jumps like that. It's bad for my heart.

[emperorofthieves]

You did good, though.

[he leads her into the building from the rooftop, which turns out to be a secret hideout spot that isn't accessible from anywhere but the roof! convenient, that]

We can lay low here for a bit until the area gets cleared out.

[fujimaru]

I'm pretty flexible when I need to be.

[ Even if it means crying a little along the way. She follows him at a trot, though she does glance around briefly as they duck inside. ]

Eventually, probably, people are going to be looking for me... I'm probably gonna get it from them.

[emperorofthieves]

[the interior looks like an old dusty warehouse at first, but there is a corner with some boxes for sitting on. there's a lantern on one of the boxes that does have some oil in it, though]

So, you think you know why you were being targeted?

[fujimaru]

I've got a pretty good guess, yeah.

[ IT'S THE SAME REASON AS IT ALWAYS IS. Or at least, she's pretty sure of that. She perches on one of the boxes, pressing her fingertips together. ]

It tends to happen a lot, wherever I go.

[emperorofthieves]

You wanna talk about it?

[he takes a seat on a box opposite her]

[fujimaru]

It's going to sound completely fake, I'm warning you in advance.

[ That's not a no. ]

[emperorofthieves]

Try me.

[he just grins]

[fujimaru]

Okay, so...

My friends and I are investigating disturbances at different points of history in order to correct them before they end up growing so large that they end up completely overtaking the correct course of things and lead to the inevitable end of humanity?

[emperorofthieves]

[...]

Cool. Cool cool cool.

[fujimaru]

I warned you. I did.

[emperorofthieves]

Wait, how does that explain those guys?

[fujimaru]

Oh, you know. The sorts of people who cause disturbances in the first place, and don't want things getting fixed.

Or maybe they just saw a girl wandering around by herself. It's a fifty-fifty chance.

[emperorofthieves]

[thinking]

Like some kinda secret doomsday cult?

[fujimaru]

Or, you know, people who don't believe that there's any way THEIR particular meddling could possibly end badly for them.

[emperorofthieves]

Wild. How do you usually deal with this?

[fujimaru]

Usually, I have -- friends, with me. They deal with the fighting, I deal with the fixing.

[emperorofthieves]

Just your luck you'd get noticed by a guy like me, huh?

[grins]

[fujimaru]

I was! You won't hear me denying that.

...

I don't have a whole lot to give you as a reward, though...

[ She's genuinely apologetic about that part. ]

[emperorofthieves]

[he waves a hand]

Don't worry about it. Looking out for the little guy s'all part of the job.

[fujimaru]

Is that so? What does that make you, a hero of justice?

[emperorofthieves]

Basically, yeah. I'm the head of the imperial army, and I got a long-standing network of spies and thieves from before that are mostly still good to work with me after my promotion.