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[i_spoiled_it]

Steph drifts in from outside, looking unhappy, and settles into a seat at the Bar. She is followed by a kitten so tiny and wee that it's really just a scrap of fur with 'tude, which winds itself around her ankles as she slumps.

Bar, with perhaps an air of disapproval that she's been avoiding it for so long (that whole tofu thing, so embarrassing,

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[tall_dark_and]

Happening to walk by the bar is a convenient thing. If you could consider it convenient in this case - Riku's not sure about meeting a chick that apparently appears to be insane.

But, you never know. Even the smallest of objects hold some strange powers, in his world - ths could be along the same lines!

"You need help there?" He inquires, raising an eyebrow.

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Steph continues to not take her eyes off it.

"Be careful," is all she spares attention to tell him. "If that's what I think it is, you don't want to even breathe on it wrong."

She taps the floor near it to see if the motion will make it do anything.

[tall_dark_and]

"Uh."

Riku eyes it warily, considering this warning.

"You want me to put a shield up?" he asks, finally.

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Steph glances up at him, eyeing him up and down. She doesn't ask "Can you do that?" because this is Milliways, after all.

"Yes. Don't let anyone touch it. Don't give it to Bar."

A Bar infected with Joker poison would be ... well, a really awesome plotline, actually. But Steph doesn't think it'd be a good idea for some reason.

"Can you move it, without touching it?"

[tall_dark_and]

"I can shield it, but I'm not sure about that one."

Riku puts his hand out, and quickly casts the magic for a dark shield. Despite the name, it's nearly transparent. The surface is formed of many hexagons forming a curve, tinting the inside with a clear sort of white.

"It's not going to hurt anyone through that, though."

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"We need to get it out of here," Steph points out, relaxing a little now that it's not an immediate danger. "If I carry it - with gloves, or my gauntlets or something - can you move the shield at the same time?"

[tall_dark_and]

"I can recast it again," Riku says, "And tie it to your movement. That way it will stay."

That good enough?

[i_spoiled_it]

"That would be great."

She bites her lip, thinking.

"I'll need gauntlets - can you make sure nobody touches it, while I duck upstairs? I'll be back in a second -"

[tall_dark_and]

"They won't get through that shield," Riku says. "Don't worry about it."

The consequences of attempting to touch a dark shield were likely far worse than attempting to touch this item.

[i_spoiled_it]

"Great," Steph says, and skitters away; she takes the stairs five at a time and is back, green-gloved, on her skaterug, in less than a minute.

"Can I reach through and pick it up, or will that - be not good?"

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"No way," Riku says, his eyes widening slightly. "Don't even try it."

He holds his hands over it, as if this could prevent her from trying.

"Just tell me when you're about to grab it, and I'll do the switch."

[i_spoiled_it]

"Okay," Steph says, slightly amused, and reaches slowly towards the thing. "You can let it down while I pick it up, if that's easier - I don't think it's going to explode."

[tall_dark_and]

"Okay."

Riku takes his hands away, and the shield disappears.

"Go ahead, then."

[i_spoiled_it]

She does so, gingerly, and looks with trepidation at the crowded bar.

"I can get it outside without it touching anyone, I think."

...she'll fly over their heads if she has to!

[tall_dark_and]

Riku eyes the door to the outside, then looks at her.

"I can help with that, too," he says.

[i_spoiled_it]

"You can? Aren't you just Mister Fix-it," Steph says, but it's good-humoured. "What do you do?"