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[analyzing]

Who: Everyone. New Feathers! Old Feathers...?
What: New Feather welcome party.
When: 18th, 6 pm onwards.
Where: Welcome Centre.
Summary: This is a party. There's food and games (if you like) but the idea behind it is basically to mingle mingle mingle. Maybe make a new friend/enemy/frenemy or two?
Rating: G-PG 13 at most? There might be kids in these things, man.

The all-day rain outside makes the entire atmosphere a little drippy, a little wet, a little miserable. But rain or not, the party must go on! Or at least, so the saying goes.

It's a cosy little setup-- food, warm drinks, tables and chairs to lounge around in. So come on in, dry yourself off, have some fun. Why the hell not? The weather outside is frightful.

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[justicereigns]

[Grumpyness gone. Smoker just bursts into a grin. Damn it Grell, always so cute.]

Problem, thief?

[He doesn't even look over at Lupin. Just takes out his cigars and taps Grell's nose affectionately with a finger.]

[deadlyjuliet]

[Troll achieved. Grell smirks and looks back over her shoulder at Lupin.]

Oh dear, did I not mention that your 'Captain' happened to be my beau?

[redjacketthief]

No one did. [yeah, he's not playing anymore.]

Cap', you and Fujiko have one thing in common here--paramours that like to flirt around. I didn't expect you to go for a girl similar to mine, all strangeness aside.

And you say I'm messed up~

[justicereigns]

[Coolly arches an eyebrow at Lupin. Oh dude... don't insult Grell to him. It's just not smart.]

Is that so Lupin? Given your own tendency towards masochism I think you're mistaken. [Yeah.... he just called you a bottom Lupin.... moving on...]

And just what kind of girl do you think I'd normally go after? [Oh. He's... so eager to hear this. Don't do it! It's a trap!]

[redjacketthief]

I plead the fifth. [Yeah. Not answering that--and it wasn't an insult.] We both know you wouldn't like any answer I give.

For the record? Fujiko is here. I was only playing.

[deadlyjuliet]

You could say he goes for the gorgeous ones, you know. I wouldn't mind hearing that.

[justicereigns]

[That eyebrow is not going down. Lupin, he had stopped being suspicious, and all that is just making the detective instincts back to firing off warning bells left and right.]

I'm sure I'll handle your opinion just fine thief.

[Unspoken: and the just playing better be true or Lupin might find out how violent Smoker can be when his kid gloves come off. He gets distracted by Grell again though and grins.] Obviously what he meant. [Quiet rumbling tone and slips an arm around her waist.]

[redjacketthief]

Not saying~ [He can play this game forever. That smile of his, though playful, reveals nothing.]

For the record? Fujiko is quite gorgeous. Dangerous too. The comparison seemed pretty fitting to me.

[deadlyjuliet]

Well, then aren't we just a lovely bunch. I shall have to meet this Fujiko someday. Get to know her as well as you seem to know Smoker.

[She pulls in a little closer to him, smiling.]

Don't you agree?

[justicereigns]

[Blinks and shrugs, whatever growling sound bite he was planning on gets lost from the tug.] Your choice, she sounds absolutely crazy. She'd have to be to date him. [But the tone and grin are clearly kind of affectionate of Lupin this time. For all his gruffness, Lupin's sort of wormed his way into the position of one of Smoker's idiot men so he'll look after him, underneath all the bark.]

So just how well do you two know each other? [Seems prudent to ask at this point.]

[redjacketthief]

Grell and I? We were still in the whole 'what do you do in your spare time' bit. Nothing serious.

[Aside from the playing, the curiosity about Grell's comment on 'ending his life beautifully', and his own confusion on why he started to slip his plans were heavily present. Physiology aside, she truely was a woman--he was starting to be played.]

[deadlyjuliet]

Adept hands and pretty flowers about sums it up, I think? [Which sounds worse than it is possibly. She smirks.]

And I don't know, I think I shall like meeting her if this is her taste in men. Perhaps we'll get along.

[justicereigns]

"Adept hands?" [Looking to Lupin. Explain sir >:|]

You like this guy, huh?

[redjacketthief]

Sleight of hand, Cap'. Mundane magic. Same tricks I use for pickpocketing, not that I do around here.

[He shrugs.] Nothing to pickpocket.

[deadlyjuliet]

He's amusing.

[Nfufu and Grell likes getting people in trouble. It's too much fun.]

Getting a peek at his Record seems like it should reveal all sorts of fun experiences, and you know how I love to be entertained.

[justicereigns]

[Oh dear. Points a finger at Lupin first.]

You, no thieving, even to keep in practice. If your fingers are getting twitchy stick to your... magic tricks.

And you. [Points at Grell's nose.] No cutting up Lupin unless he steps out of line. He's a friend. Even if he is a masochist.

[Wow. Someone be amazed. Smoker called a thief a friend. In public. This deserves champagne and a ticker tape parade or something.]

[redjacketthief]

[Another suspicious comment from Grell--he was gonna have to ask about that sometime. That will not stop him from whining, however.]

The sleight of hand is enough for now, Cap'. And, I just said, there's nothing worth stealing here! Why else do you think I'm having a hard time here?

[deadlyjuliet]

Spoilsport. [She bites at his finger playfully and sighs.] It's not an issue anyway. With Will here, one step out of line in that regard and he'll have my pretty neck in his scythe instead.

[She rests her head against Smoker's shoulder.] Perhaps we should set up a thieving competition, to keep your lovely skills from becoming rusty, Monsieur.

[justicereigns]

Yeah, I met Will. He seems a bit uptight.

[Wow. You know a person has a problem when even Smoker calls someone uptight.]

[......] A what? Thieving competition? [He wants to be a thousand times more angry about that. First of all, no. Bad. Encouraging illegal misbehaviour is very very bad. On the other hand, maybe that would actually be a sort of drug fix for all the thieves in Luceti. And also... it's really hard for him to be mad with her head all snuggling on his shoulder.] How would that work? [Discreetly pets her red hair... daw.]

[redjacketthief]

Like capture the flag or something, I assume. Hide things around the village tricky like, have people grab them within a time limit. Whomever has the most wins.

It could even be nothing things, like little plastic boxes with a pad and paper in there to log name and time. Not necessarily the concept of stealing, really, but the challenge of a comparable task.

[He's thinking out loud here, really, and has to admit that he rather likes the idea. But, that can be saved for later.]

...could one of you two explain the wierd things that keep popping up in this conversation? Records? Scythes? Cap...I'm not much of a fighter, but I really don't die easily--and why would beautiful here want to kill me in the first place?

[deadlyjuliet]

[Oh shi-- She freezes when he mentions he met Will already. That. Is bad. Very bad. She hasn't even told Will about Smoker yet. Oh bloody hell.]

....

[IGNORING THAT AND MOVING ON.]

Yes, like Monsieur Lupin says, a competition of sorts, just to keep the less...lawfully inclined entertained. It's terrible of us to let them waste away, don't you think?

[And as for that last bit? She looks at Lupin and smiles, showing off her shark teeth.]

It's simply business, love. Don't worry, you needn't worry about the explanation of it all until That Time comes - and until then, I'm afraid I can't tell you. Will would have my head for it.

[justicereigns]

Hn. I was thinking more lockpicking and treasure hunting, but so long as it's not actually taking anything from people unwillingly...

Will's sort of her boss, correct? Though for the record Red, he's a lot worse about keeping things secret than you. [WELL, before she came here again Smoker definitely would have said that. This time he's not sure. Having so many people know her without her knowing what they know must be throwing her off.]

[redjacketthief]

....Pretty little head that would be too.

[Sarcasm. They know something, and he wants to know. Badly. Call him a jerk, but it was that undeniable itch again. He sighs--he'd figure it out later. For now...]

It could still be that. The people doing the hiding just need to be really clever about it, probably offer clues too. Just the thought I'm having anyway.

[deadlyjuliet]

He really is, so I don't see why he lectures me about secrecy. [SIGH. She looks over at Lupin and smiles. Poor thief, he can't be told until Grell is certain of her position here. If everyone knows she's a death god, then there's no harm in telling, but if she's supposed to keep it quiet, then....]

It sounds as if you are looking forward to this competition. It could even be a great event: crowning the Luceti King of Thieves.

[She looks up at Smoker.] And it would keep them busy, hm? No harm, no foul, entertainment for all.

[justicereigns]

Hn... I suppose....

[But don't expect him to be pleased about something that basically glorifies law-breaking.]

So long as nothing truly belonging to anyone gets taken.

[Besides, his cop instincts are already hard at work thinking how it could be a trap to make the thieves all show themselves.]