video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

[defenceless]

[the video opens to display the... somewhat incriminating desk of one rin tohsaka. are those vials and knives? yes, those are vials and knives. a few of the vials contain weird-colored liquids but don’t think about it too much.

apparently this is no reason for a tiny cygnet not to be hopping all over everywhere, chirping happily and nibbling away at a slice of apple rin holds between chopsticks. the gray downy baby swan wears a black collar inlaid with beautiful amethysts and diamonds. lazily leaning her cheek onto her hand, she speaks.]

I’ve developed a means of repelling that godawful holiday plant and withering any sprigs of mistletoe in your immediate vicinity. Simply state clearly,

"Verkümmern, Mistel."

And they’ll die. The catalyst for the enchantment has been sprinkled all across Chantes, so the spell should work wherever you are. Just don’t say the words wrong; I can’t be held responsible for what might happen, in that case.

[r.i.p. thirst. anyway, rin reveals a strange object that those more modern-familiar in alastair will recognize as a bedazzler gun.]

Now, then.

[rin sets down the apple (much to baby swan's dismay!) and calls to the servant carrying a tea tray behind her.]

Archer.

[a tall man in black armor and a pink apron glances over his shoulder. only his back is visible.

she spins her finger, gesturing for him to turn around. he does so with a rather impressive line face. there's a sword bedazzled out of shiny silver rhinestones stuck right to the front of his apron, just at chest level. rin faces the network again.]

Can anyone tell me what this [she lifts up the bedazzler gun and frowns in disgust/confusion.] is? The designs it creates are awfully tacky.

((OOC: The mistletoe-deactivating spell words will actually work, per discussion with the mods! Feel free to do whatever you want with it. Archer may reply to some tags/threads in this post.))

Comments

[defenceless]

[ew.

well, naturally, getting hammered is the best kind of preparation for anything, isn't it?]

Okay, okay. Why don't you go be drunk somewhere else?

[perma_banned]

Ahhhn~? I already was. You're the one who was too sensitive to be without Lord Ban's attention.

[Who in the world could afford such a troublesome drinking habit but a magical thief?

Ban was blessed by such criminally-inclined gifts.]

[defenceless]

[and, moments after he was just talking about not marking himself, he gives his name. ban? lord ban? whatever, she'll remember it.]

I meant not speaking to others over the communication jewelry. Or perhaps not speaking to others at all, in fact.

[perma_banned]

Ahhh. [Tongue lolling out of the side of his mouth, Ban flexed his fingers and gave Rin an arch look in response.

He wasn't mocking his own advice at all--it was just his own confidence in his thieving skills.]

Yeah, I bet people'd get a kick outta thaaaat~. Course, it isn't like I'd listen to the orders of some whiny brat.

Or, anybody, really~.

[defenceless]

Hmph! [be careful, ban, you're poking at a sleeping tsundere.] I'm some "whiny brat" now, am I?

[irritation not so subtly twitches in her brow.]

[perma_banned]

[Poking? It definitely a roundhouse kick at that point.]

You were a whiny brat from the start.

[He yanked his pinky out of his ear, finally, flicking something undetermined out of frame.]

Only a whiny brat would care about what a 'no good' thief says. When you grow up, you'll understand~.

[defenceless]

[ew, the second.]

I'm plenty old enough to understand everything you have to say.

[though she fails to realize that either "hanging up" or ignoring him are probably the best tactics for her, here. then again, neither of them are any better?]

I care not about you, but because I'm protecting my swan. People like you need to hear up front that no funny business is going to be tolerated. So I'm warning you.

[perma_banned]

Yeah, yeah--I get it.

[He inspected his fingers, scrunching his nose at the smell.]

If I actually wanted the thing, I wouldn't have said a word to you in the first place. You gotta worry more about the folks that look you in the eyes than the ones with their eyes on what you've got.

[defenceless]

... Meaning an actual thief would operate with far more stealth. That makes sense.

I'm simply able to detect both types of people. And as I told you before, I don't play around.

[perma_banned]

[Had Ban cared to make use of information gathered from a suspicious choice of words, he would have kept his question to himself:]

'Detect', huh?

[defenceless]

That's right. Is it so strange?

[perma_banned]

Guess so~. Feels like a weird term to use is aaaaall.

[It was typical of a sensor, but then--Ban didn't like the idea of there being too many people around who could accurately sense the use of magic.

Though, admittedly, he didn't know the scope.]

[defenceless]

[she thinks she understands what he's going for. and she doesn't mind making it obvious for him, either.]

Let me say it clearly. I'm good with my eyes, my intuition, and my ability to sense what's out of the ordinary.

[perma_banned]

[She came right out and said it. In a moment where he might have held hope that the teasing would get fun, Rin came right up to it and snuffed it out before it could get any better.

All he could really do was clasp a hand over his face, sighing his disappointment out.]

You gotta be dull as sin at parties, missy.

[defenceless]

A sinful man such as you only belongs at depraved parties, don't you? Go fall off a roof!

[yep, she's not very... restrained, sometimes.

that comment seems to have hit a soft spot, so she won't be replying back.]