Sending out an SOS

[redjacketthief]

Who: Farmland Defenders and YOU.
What: Tourists are causing problems.
When: August 29, Morning.
Where: The Farm.
Summary: The farm has been raided by the Kin'corians--Aid is needed STAT.
Rating: KC for those troublesome Kin'corians!


[Intentional Audio Message:]

Attention Luceti.

Assistance is needed immediately at the farms to the northwest of the village. We have hostiles and--

[The oddly cool, clipped tone that the message was given suddenly breaks off into a heated bark.] Putain de merde!

[There's a rustle of pages and the sound of bodies colliding, followed more swearing in French.

The feed cuts out.

Hurry, Luceti.]

Comments

[trueknight]

[... it's like watching the school bullies beat up a puppy. Man, he should've figured she try to reason with them instead of making them want to back off. Yuri can't help sighing to himself, but he stays back for now, quietly watching Noel to see how she plans on handling this.

Although, if things keep going in the direction he thinks they're going in ...]

[failazure]

[Well thanks for helping Yuri!!! Not that she's asking you or anything. Nope. Time to keep reasoning.]

You all need to think about this more clearly! Why would--ah!?

[She caught someone in the crowd throwing their arm in her direction, and instincts taking over she quickly ducks. A rock the size of her fist comes flying barely over her head.

If her reflexes weren't as good, Yuri would have ended up dragging her back to the clinic.]

...what do you think you're doing!? [Shaking, she somehow manages to stand up straight again.] Stand down, now!

["Hand over the food!" "We'll kick your ass!" "Lucetian bastards!" "More weapons!"]

I'm warning you-- Stand down! I don't want to have to use force!

[...

Are there people laughing at her. :|]

[trueknight]

[Yeaaaaah, this is getting bad. When the laughing starts up, Yuri just walks over to Noel and grabs her by the shoulder.]

All right, that's enough for now.

[Maybe Yuri will give you a gold star later, Noel, because you did try.]

[failazure]

[...yeah. When the laughing starts up, Noel feels ready to burst. It's a good thing Yuri stepped in, even if she's feeling hesitant to just walk away from it.]

But... Yuri! [Some are still laughing. Others, however, are not as amused and continue to yell colorful obscenities at the two.]

[trueknight]

But nothing. There's no way this group's gonna take you seriously at this point.

[Goodness. Stupid rioters. He tries to pull Noel back for now, throwing a quick--]

Shut up already!

[--over his shoulder at he does so.]

[failazure]

[May as well. For both their sake, it was best not to egg them on for much longer.

Being led away from the mob, she could still hear their jeering from far behind -- to Noel, it seemed much worse than it was before she even tried...]

They're really angry. [...] Do they hate us this much?

[trueknight]

[Once they've moved a safe distance back, he lets go and sighs.]

Who knows ... They're probably just pushing their frustrations with the Malnosso on us, or something. Sure, we didn't exactly hold their hands all week, but I doubt we did anything to deserve this kind of crap from them.

[He looks over at the crowd again. ... Ugh, no amount of looking intimidating was going to fix this. He might actually have to fight some of these guys at some point.]

[failazure]

[You're not alone, Yuri. It's a wonder someone hadn't actually decided to throw a fist or two back there -- there's fighting a person or two, but a whole mob of them?...] I wish there was something we could do. Something that could make them and us happy.

[Who cares if it's idealistic!? GOD]

[trueknight]

[Dammit Noel, stop having feelings.]

At this point, it looks like the only thing that'd make that happen would be more food coming in. ... Or, them giving up and realizing that throwing little temper tantrums isn't going to fly here. [Or in other words, incredibly unlikely.] But I guess standing around, talking about the situation isn't gonna fix it at all. Let's see if we can find any weaker-willed looking guys to talk down - I'm not in the mood to pick fights with entire crowds.

[failazure]

O... Okay. [Individuals were probably a better start than taking on the big crowds. After that little incident just then, Noel isn't feeling very good at convincing the rioters, but one or two wouldn't be so hard, right?

Of course. So let's have Yuri lead again...!!!

Taking a quick look-around, she closes in on two men together within the crowd, appearing stand-offish but otherwise not saying particularly anything.

She gets Yuri's attention.] What about those two?

[trueknight]

Hmm?

[Looking at said two people ... and nodding.]

... Yeah, they shouldn't be a problem. [He starts to walk toward them, but stops.] Actually, you try again with those guys. They almost look like they want someone to come over and tell them to leave, so it should be hard to mess up with them.

[Sure, that wasn't the nicest way to put it, but really Noel that last time was just barely gold star worthy.]

[failazure]

Me? [That was almost squeaked out-- almost. Actually, it may as well have been; after the mishap with the rowdier group, Noel's confidence in talking to anyone in this mob has gone way down the drain.]

Are you... [She looks from the two to Yuri, almost unsure as to what to say. It should already be obvious to him that he's way better at speaking than she is, so why even?] Are you sure about that? What if they're...

[...you know. Hostile and rude!!!]

[trueknight]

Let's put it this way - if you can't handle two guys who don't even look like they want to be here, then you might as well go home now. You're just gonna be in the way if you can't do anything at all here.

[failazure]

[.........]

Let me handle this. [HUFF, HUFF. When you put it that way, fine, Yuri!! With another deep breath, she marches over to the two men in question, who've very obviously taken notice of Yuri and Noel long ago.]

... You two! What are you doing here? ["What else? We're here to party." "Are you going to scold us, too?"

That's nice. So they've already seen her fail with the larger group. :| Noel will not relent, however!!] Neither of you should be here. If you're here to cause more trouble, I suggest you leave.

[And then... nothing.

They're just going to stare at her. Like she's dumb.]

Did you hear me? You need to leave!

[trueknight]

[Victoly! Kind of. At the very least, it seems like Noel's ... kind of doing a little better this time. They're not throwing rocks at her, anyway!

But it seems like these guys still don't want to clear out, so Yuri will walk up nearby, stopping a few feet behind Noel, and just ... glare at them. Silently. He really doesn't care if they're intimidated by him or not while he does this - but hey, someone staring at you all nasty-like has got to be unnerving in some way, right? Maybe? Kind of ...?]

[failazure]

[Well. That definitely caught their attention. The larger of the two is quick to give Yuri a glare; it's one thing if it was just some harmless chick, but now there was this jerk. B(

"Who the hell are you?"]

Eh? [And turning around...] Yuri? --Ah! No, it's okay! I can handle this!

[She doesn't want him to think that she's useless! This was her way of proving him wrong! So... So Noel quickly looks back to the two, attempting to give off an equally threatening look. Even if, in the end, it's Noel trying to look threatening.]

H-He's my accomplice, and he's here for the same reason. So... this is your last warning!

[trueknight]

[The glaring stops.

Mostly because Yuri is giving Noel this face now. Not that Noel will really see it or anything while looking at the other two.

Accomplice. Accomplice? Really, Noel?]

[failazure]

["Last warning? You act like you own the place. Last thing we need is a little girl like you telling us where to go!"]

It has nothing to do with that! What I mean... Is that-- [For a split second, she almost looks to Yuri for some sort of support. Only for her to catch the look.]

...what? W-What did I do!?

[trueknight]

[... All right, this is getting bad again. So, Yuri decides to ignore Noel and just address the refugees directly. He sounds pretty exasperated, too.]

... Listen. I don't want to be here, and it's pretty obvious you don't either. So why don't you make things easier on both of us and leave? If you're still hungry or whatever, just ask someone to share some food. They'll probably do it.

[... At least one of them seems to be considering it, saying "This is getting annoying anyway."]