From That Moment You'll Be Out of Place And Underdressed

[hunted_you]

Characters Artemis, Rikku, Schuldig
Rating PG-13
Summary When a seemingly routine business transaction goes awry, young Master Fowl is not only relieved to escape with his life and limbs, but is relieved of one of his most prized possessions.
Location A particularly seedy neighborhood, populated by dumpsters, mostly.
Date/Time October 10th, late

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[albhedscavenger]

Ack! This was worse than bad. This guy was seriously going to shoot through her wrist and possibly worse. Silently, Rikku cursed herself for letting this happen; she obviously needed to be more careful of her surroundings, especially after helping herself to things that were especially high-tech. If her father realized the situation she'd allowed herself to get into, she'd never hear the end of it.

Since she didn't have much choice in the matter, Rikku opened her hand and released the knife; its clamor as it hit the ground seemed to echo through the alley. "Please don't shoot--I didn't know what it was when I took it." This was technically true; she had realized it was a nice piece of technology, yes, but she didn't really have any idea was it was.

"It's in my pocket." Not daring to move either hand out of fear that he'll pull the trigger, Rikku nodded her head downward to indicate two pouches on her right hip. "Just go ahead and take it and let me go, and I'll pretend that I never saw the whateveritwas and you can pretend you never saw me and it'll be like it never happened and I will never, ever take anything from you or that guy again." She tried to smile her most convincing, earnest smile for the man, but the fact of the matter was that he was threatening physical harm and she was scared. Her lips never even managed to curve upward, and the expression on her face as she looked up at him was desperate at best. "Please?"