006 Locks Picked

[everborrowing]

[The journal picks up a quiet click, followed by a small disgusted sound]

Really, these aren't any fun at all.

[There's a huff as the kender pulls his journal fully out of his pouch to address it]

Anybody planning on going out of the castle again and need a scout? Or do you need something found? I'm pretty good at finding things. Why, there was this

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[marionttepurple]

[Luckily, Carl is sleeping. But if he unlocks the door to his room, he'll see an automaton. Directly staring at him.]

[everborrowing]

[huh... now that's strange. He'll just have to come in to look at it. Just to look, mind you. He'll circle around the automaton, curious]

[marionttepurple]

[It's just standing there, unresponsive. Wait...did it just move its arm a bit? Must've been a trick of the light.]

[everborrowing]

[he'll lightly tap the arm, looking for buttons or something else, wondering if it's just a statue.... and, if it is, why it's standing in the doorway?]

[marionttepurple]

[There are no buttons. He won't find anything of the sort...save for some odd mechanism on her back.

...Did her head just move half a centimeter...?]

[everborrowing]

Huh.... wonder how this works...

[should he touch it? Raistlin would probably tell him no...

Maybe if he had his hoopak ready... just in case....

Reaching one hand to fiddle with anything that looks fiddle-worthy]

[marionttepurple]

[Still standing there. Though she herself is pretty impressive. Tall, has mechanical legs, blank expression. Her arms are very long and have claws on the end. That ring on her headpiece does look a bit odd...and oh god that head definitely turned half a centimeter.]

[everborrowing]

[he'll stop when he realizes it is definitely moving, staring up at her in fascination]

[whispering... he doesn't want to wake up whoever is sleeping. That would just be rude] You can move? Are you a person? Or a machine? Or maybe you're a person stuck as a machine, on one of those.... what'd Raistlin call them.... losses? I've heard that happens.

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[marionttepurple]

[She can't talk, so she looks lineface and unresponsive as usual.]

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[marionttepurple]

[Until those arms are suddenly moving quickly and TRYING TO GRAB TAS OH MY GOD]

[everborrowing]

[he'd been watching for something like that, thankfully, which is why he'll duck under the sweep of those arms, jumping back a few feet and still watching her with a wondering smile] Wow! You move pretty fast!

[he's not the tiniest bit scared... but he did forget to be quiet, that time]

[marionttepurple]

[Luckily for Tas, Carl's pretty dead tired because he spent all day reading and training. He's out like a light. Nirvana isn't, and she's extending her claws rapidly to try to reach him. They're pretty sharp, be careful...]

[everborrowing]

[he's just going to dart out into the hallway, ducking under the extending points] Wow.... that's a handy trick. Is that magic? Or was that just hidden inside your arms. Woah! [barely twisting aside as one of them pierces and tears through the sleeve of his tunic.

...can you even talk?[skipping backwards, hoopak lightly gripped in one hand. He's not going to start slinging stones unless he has to, but if she pursues him, he won't have much of a choice]

[marionttepurple]

[aaaaand Nirvana stops attacking for a second. That slight shake of the head is either her response, or trying to see where he's gone. She's still in her defense position, but there won't be any sudden moves unless Tas makes them.]

[everborrowing]

[he's not moving quickly... or even at all, since he stopped when she did, watching her curiously. He'll stay balanced on the balls of his feet, though, just in case]

So... you can't talk? That's too bad. It could make it pretty hard to tell people what you want.

[marionttepurple]

[After determining he wasn't hostile anymore due to his lack of movement, she goes back into her idle position aka just standing in front of the door again. Before she does though, she moves her hand slightly toward Carl's direction.]