OPEN.

[feytality]

CHARACTERS: Maya Fey & some other chumps & YOU.
DATE: May.... ish... don't look at me.
WARNINGS: Maya is in this.
SUMMARY: Roomba rescue adventures?? Catchall? Bounties? Oh boy how exciting.



I; (Pre-Electric Sheep)

[ so, you're minding your own business -- maybe returning to the hotel after a long day of being a good Hathaway team member, or just doing reconnaisance. out of the corner of your eye you notice -- shia labeouf. just kidding, it's fucking maya fey, and she's standing on two roombas. one foot on one roomba. out of pure witchcraft or dumb luck, or whatever, both are headed in the same direction. your direction. ]

Watch out, Roomba Racer coming through!!

[ prepare to get run over. or awkwardly bumped into. ]

II;

[ speaking of roombas ---- maya's not finished with them. in the upper class, even -- far away from the broadcasting station (thankfully), maya's got herself a little high end fancy bot. and she appears to have..... taped paper animal ears and a tail onto it while the poor machine is just trying to pick up trash. ]

Come on Marshy! Let's go save the day!

[ yeah the paper tail comes off... and is nearly devoured by the robot, except maya snatches it away at the last second and then sighs dramatically. ]

.... It's not the same.

[ it's at this point that she notices that you are around. she plucks off the paper ears and holds them out in your direction. ]

Hey, you wouldn't mind if I called you Marshmallow while you wore these, right?

[ she's kidding. ......hopefully. ]

III;

[ sooo, in midst of the escape from the hideout, you're walking in on an altercation -- or, well, it looks like an altercation went down. there's an unconscious vakdir man with damaged body armor badly bleeding on the ground --- and a discarded knife close by. kneeling right beside him is a young woman, who upon close enough examination, (because she's in disguise) is maya fey. she's got her hands over the vakdir's wound (and they've got a bit of blood on them, oops) and is using psychic energy to heal his wounds. under her coat, something's glowing. ]

[ also, she's crying. she's crying a lot. this is awkward. ]

I didn't--- this isn't---- I can't---

[ honestly, just keep walking. ]

IV; (Free Bird)

[ okay maya's back in business. she, along with you, have snuck into this secure facility -- somehow --- the vakdir prison, and she's here and ready to save inuyasha and his two sidekicks --- ]

Are you ready for this?! We're gonna bust in and rescue them!

[ this appears to be her pep talk, delivered in a too loud stage whisper. luckily, the vakdir's patrols have lead them away from the moment, so she didn't just get them both captured. yet. anyway, she peeks her head around the corridor to where the prisoners are being kept, and --- ]

.... Shoot! This is the wrong prison!

[ how did she even manage that. ] .... Well, whatever. Let's just rescue these other guys while we're here. Deal?

[ honestly, why are you still here. just leave. ]

V;

[ Okay, here's a really weird sight --- in rich people land, there's a lone figure kneeling on a bench (yeah, kneeling instead of sitting) while the rain pours down, hands pressed together and eyes closed as if they're in deep concentration --- yeah it's Maya, what the fuck is she doing. She looks like she's been at it for hours, she's thoroughly drenched and even shivering a little despite the intense look of concentration on her face. She's not even wearing rain clothes, what the shit. Approach Y/N? ]

Wildcard?!

[ you know the drill. ]

Comments

Levi

[feytality]

[ it's about three am after the events of the broadcasting station --- where several teammates got captured. normally, maya would have been passed out at this time despite her best efforts to stay awake and annoy her hotelmate, but she actually can't sleep this time. after a good thirty minutes of tossing and turning (which is probably disrupting him if he's attempting to sleep, she pops out of bed with a soft sigh then........ attempts to sneak past him to the door without him noticing. ]

[ this is gonna work out great. he'll never know. ]

[dirtdevil]

[ here's something you should know about him: he sleeps like two hours a night. three tops. he doesn't even go to bed most nights. he just sleeps in a chair.

yeah.

he's also a light sleeper, so either way she's gonna get busted. ]

Going somewhere?

[feytality]

[ metal gear solid music as she just freezes in spot. ]

I--- I'm just going to the washroom!

[ except there's a washroom in the hotel room and she's definitely going for the door. ]

[dirtdevil]

Really? Is there something wrong with this one?

[ there shouldn't be. it's probably spotless. ]

[feytality]

Yeah! It's ---- um, it's really embarassing, but there's a smudge on the toilet. I didn't want to tell you, 'cause I know it'd hurt your feelings.

[ believable!!! not!! ]

So..... see ya!

[ time to make a horrible escape attempt. ]

Fiona → Something a Lamppost Could Do

[feytality]

[ well, there's no way maya's going to be squeezing into a smelly fox outfit, and she guesses fiona won't be either. but she does want to help (read: she wants free food), so she takes a minute to mull over their advertising options. ]

What if we get matching fox hats? That's bound to attract attention!

[ fiona may need to take point on this one... ]

[cachemoney]

[Yeah, as if Fiona would give up her SUPER GREAT AND COOL HAT to wear a fox hat. Get real, Maya!!

Fiona makes a little face, looking over at Maya skeptically.] Maybe not the right kind of attention... [Like, embarrassing attention. No thanks.

Instead, she reaches over to pick up a sign, experimentally spinning it. It's a slow spin, she's never done this before, but it's better than wearing something stupid.]

How about these? And we can, um. Yell.

[feytality]

[ she could always wear a second hat on top of the hat. gosh. ]

I dunno, Ms. Fiona, I think you'd look good in any hat. [ flattery will get her everywhere??? she sounds sincere at least. ]

Well, I am good at yelling... but can you keep up with my vocal chords? Also, we're gonna have to think of some really attention-grabbing stuff to belt out.

[ she's giving this a lot of thought. ]

[cachemoney]

[Flattery actually does work pretty well, especially when hats are concerned. Fiona looks pensive for a moment before sighing and making a vague, grabbing gesture.] Fine, gimme the hat. [She is the Hat Queen, she'll own this fox hat if it's the last thing she ever does.

Really attention-grabbing stuff is important to consider, though. They won't get customers just by rocking a dumb hat.]

Okay, what about... uh. [She takes a second to glance over the menu posted outside. What is lutefisk.]

None of this really rolls off the tongue, huh. Maybe just keep it simple? "Hot food, good eats," that kind of thing?

v

[refashioned]

[If Veronica were asked, she would say that she's doing recon to see whether their friends might be in trouble where they're captured. Of course, she has no way of knowing whether any actual friends have been locked away. One person locked away isn't a friend.

The reality is that there's a comfort in being in the upper levels. The comfort coincides with the deep ... discomfort of knowing that people here are just out and out horrible. They only look out for themselves.

Which ... explains why Maya is allowed to kneel on a bench like that. No one cares to help.

Until Veronica steps in and covers her with an umbrella.]

Maya, [she begins firmly, doing her best to draw her out of whatever trance is going on here.]

[feytality]

[ maya, on the other hand, is clearly doing being rich wrong: she's been granted access to the upper levels and spends her time kneeling on benches in the rain, apparently. no one's stopped to even question this, aside from a few sidelong looks from the vakdir, no one's even paid much attention to her. ]

[ until now, anyway. she doesn't immediately notice that the rain is no longer falling on her, but veronica's voice cuts through her meditation trance. she cracks her eyes open, looking like a drowned rat. ]

.... Veronica? What's up?

[ she says, like she's not acting super weird right now. ]

[refashioned]

[Veronica is honestly concerned about Maya's health, and she's asking her what's up? Is she trying to get sick? Does she want to see if she can get treated by the medical centers up here? There are times when her whimsy is directly related to food, but this doesn't seem like one of them.

She merely responds at first by angling the umbrella a little better, ensuring that they both get its coverage.]

I believe that is a question better suited from me to you.

[feytality]

[ truly, it is a mystery for the ages. but yeah, maya is weirdly casual about this --- maybe she is trying to get hypothermia. ]

Oh, I was just training.

[ she says, like it's a perfectly normal thing she's doing. ]

I couldn't find any waterfalls, soooo, I figured, since it's raining all the time....

[ completely logical here. even though she's shivering violently. ]

III.

[predomination]

[Urahara can ignore and walk away from many, many things, but this is not one of them. He wasn't particularly involved with any of the incidents but he's chosen to stand close by the Hideout in case something happened, out of a surge of conscience and the fact that as much as he's trying to backslide into old habits, he can't commit to it fully.

That said, it's probably a good thing he did, though he's uncertain what's happening here and was prepared to walk, he does realize at a split second that this is Maya. Did Maya Fey?? Just?? Kill a guy?? What the fuck.

Whether she did or not doesn't really matter. What does matter is she doesn't need to get caught over it.]

Maya-san...? [He approaches, quick-footed and searches the area for any sign of trouble before his gaze drops down to her, the knife, and the unconscious Vakdir.] What's going on?

[Aside from possible murder....? He's being as gentle as he can be, since whatever happened she's clearly not happy about it.]

[feytality]

[ upon closer inspection, the wound wouldn't even have been fatal -- it's pretty much healed now. for the moment, they're alone, but that could change at any second. especially since that loser there is just on the ground, still crying!! the guy's healed, and unconscious. she's still crying. ]

Just-- I'm okay, you can go.

[ nailed it. ]

[predomination]

I think I'm a little too involved now for that.

[He's here after all, and Maya's upset, and for all that Urahara doesn't look like he has a ton of experience with crying girls... He's the surrogate father to Ururu, who has a tendency to cry about many things. It gives him paternal inclinations that override his pragmatism sometimes.

Besides, no one ever said he couldn't be both- leaving Maya alone her could be compromising.]

And there's safer places to be upset about whatever happened then out here, don't you think. [Ignoring the healed Vakdir, he holds out a hand to her.]

[feytality]

[ she raises her hands to try to wipe her eyes to prove to him!! that she's totally okay!!! but freezes when she realizes there's still blood there. oops. then it's awkward rubbing eyes with forearms time. ] It's fine. Really.

[ clearly. everything is a ok. he's right though, she's not getting anywhere by kneeling over this guy who will probably arrest or kill her when he wakes up -- she starts to reach out for his hand, but hesitates when she remembers the blood again. oops. wouldn't wanna get it on his hand or sleeve. she tries to take a deep breath. ]

Y-Yeah. We should go.

[ she's going to try to stand on her own but evidently stabbing a bitch has made her a little lightheaded. she's a weenie. ]

FREE THE BIRDS

[healstaffs]

[ Honestly, Lissa probably told Maya one (incorrect) thing and they both went from there, they can both share the blame. Either way, rescuing any sort of prisoner seems like a good idea in Lissa's book - after what Inuyasha's told them, surely most of the people locked are innocents who managed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It's up to them to fix this travesty! ]

Deal.

[ But first! Like any prison, the bars to this one are locked firmly and Lissa doesn't see any key in sight. HmmmMMMMMMMm. ]

Where do you think they're keeping the key for the prison cells? I don't see anything hanging on the walls.

[feytality]

[ time for the dynamic duo to totally rescue people.... they're off to a great start already, in the same prison. honestly, there's no one else maya barnes would rather have than captain lissamerica by her side. ]

Well, if it's anything like in the movies..... they're gonna have the big jingly keys on their person, and we're gonna have to wait for them to fall asleep so we can snatch them away! Suspensefully!

[ and this is definitely just like in the movies. ]

[healstaffs]

[ Lissa has only seen a few movies during her time aboard Headquarters but she absolutely believes Maya when the other girl says this. It sounds completely plausible and reasonable, plus they'd get to make a cool entrance. ]

Okay!

[ Except, wait. ]

But won't it take a long time for them to fall asleep?

[ Honestly the guards standing watch near the entrance seem awfully awake, one of them yapping about some hot date he's got coming up in the next few days. As far as she can tell, they'll both be up for ages, and she doesn't know if she can wait that long. ]

Did you bring some sort of magic gas that makes them fall asleep?

[ She has also heard about that. In the Movies. ]

[feytality]

[ these poor girls are in for a nasty surprise when reality catches up with them...... regardless at least lissa has some semblance of common sense here. ]

Oh.... that's a good point. I don't have any kind of magic gas or anything.... the most I could do is make an anvil fall on their heads...

.... Except there's no anvil.

[ there goes the whole escape plan. ]

III

[justbeingknife]

[ jfc christ maya, did you manage to shank a Vakdir with those noodle arms ]

Hey!

[ Majima broke from the cover of a corrugated metal overhang, making a beeline for the two figures. ]

Maya? The hell happened?

[ For better or worse, his first thought wasn't actually that Maya had knifed someone, but that she'd somehow gotten caught up in a fight and been left to pick up the pieces -- though even if she had stabbed this dude, it wasn't like he was in any position to judge. ]

[feytality]

[ truly it's life's greatest mystery. as majima comes in for a closer look, he'll notice that the wound wasn't even fatal --- it's pretty much healed even, and here this weenie is, still crying about it. ]

It was--- an accident. Kind of.

[ how do you accidentally stab someone?? this probably isn't shedding any light on the situation. ]

I-It's fine, just... Go ahead.

[justbeingknife]

I ain't gonna leave ya here.

[ GOSh Maya, what did you think he was some kind of monster

(probably) ]

He'll be fine. I've seen a lot of beat-up dudes.

[ was he the one who beat up those dudes

YES

either way, though, he was going to kneel down beside her in case the Vakdir woke up feeling frisky. ]

[feytality]

[ ummm yes he wouldn't let her look at the datastick for like five minutes, he is a monster. ]

[ listen she just has complicated feelings (tm) about burdening the team. he's probably right to be concerned. even if this guy doesn't wake up, the other vakdir are still out there and rounding people up. her lingering here isn't the best of ideas. ]

He... He was going to kill someone, so, I.....

[ she glances down at the specks of blood on her hands and surely he can piece together the rest of this sad story: she stabbed this binch, and then immediately healed him and is still crying about it. ]

I think I.... m-messed up. [ hard to say if she means the stabbing or the healing. ]