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[yucca_isnt_porn]

There is a Not!Ray in the bar tonight, bunkered in a corner booth. There are two notable things about him currently. One, he has enough anti-water defensive gear to tip off anyone stalking him that yes he knows you're onto and he's very prepared to deal with you

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[a_day_of_sky]

Ella will probably enter into the category of 'too close' in a couple of seconds.

She's squinting at the book's spine, mouthing the words.

".... 'Highly Effective Pirates'?"

Whuuut?

[yucca_isnt_porn]

Ella, the management would like to apologize in advance for this, but unfortunately, Mother has opted for the 'shoot first, ask questions later' method of defense against Assassins.

Thus a squirt-gun is fired in your general direction.

"It's a highly useful guide for mercenaries and bounty hunters!"

[a_day_of_sky]

Her reaction sounds something like this:

"Flllbbbbpphuuuh?"

As opposed to getting angry, her giggly quotient goes up by about five.

"What are mercenaries? And bounty hunters?" she asks, picking up her feet and discovering, much to her delight, that she's leaving wet footprints.

[yucca_isnt_porn]

"People who fight and/or hunt down people for money." Okay, if she were a member of the game, he'd be safe for another 24 hours, and the water pistol is set on the table. "I'm finding it very helpful for a strategy game I'm in."

[a_day_of_sky]

"... But -- but why would a person do that? Fight an'/or hunt down people? And for money, especially? Isn't that -- isn't that --"

She struggles to find the right word.

"A bit bad?"

[yucca_isnt_porn]

"Usually they hunt down criminals, people who've broken the law repeatedly, hurt children, or are generally not good in the head." Mother explains quickly. "Some people don't like doing that sort of thing for a living."

[a_day_of_sky]

"Oh," she says, sounding a bit relieved.

"Okay."

Smiling quickly, she wipes off a hand on her dress (in a completely ineffective maneuver) and offers it to him.

"Ella Harkins."

[yucca_isnt_porn]

"Just call me 'Mother'. It's what everyone else does back home." Mostly because Darryl is a paranoid dork and does not give out his first name to anyone.

Unless they figure it out first.