♕ Power Raining and Reigning ♕ ~ (CLOSED)

[InfectedHau]

A low rumble shook the already rickety timbers of the inn's upper floors, followed by the sound of breaking glass. Of course. Someone was playing fast and loose with their mark, and she doubted they'd have the money to pay for the damages. Which meant she'd have to throw them out. A weary sigh escaping the fighter-turned-bouncer's lips, she stood up from her seat against the wall and headed for the stairs, cracking her knuckles against each other. Hopefully they'd leave without a fight, she felt guilty enough with them being refugees.

She caught them as they were leaving the room, presumably the one whose window they'd just shattered. "You wanna break stuff, you can do it somewhere else," she called out to them, "this place is busted up enough as it is."

[Stealthlock]

Cephas / Male / Extension, Soul Print / Form / Tags: Roxanne

Well. Ceph thought. She’d be surprised what all stuff she’d break with her abilities in order to be rid of a creep.

“Go! Dave!”

He threw the bedbug at Roxanne, trying to land it on her chest.

[InfectedHau]

Roxy's foot reactively slid forward, her right hand sliding to her waist and her left arm going up as she settled into a low, defensive stance. Her eyes flashed white as she raised her forearm and closed her fist, the bedbug splattering against her now-adamantine skin. Okay, so it wasn't a very serious attack, but it could have been. "Real funny, kid," she said, straightening back up, "now you can either pay up for what I can only assume was the window or I can toss you out of here. None of this 'I'll pay you in the morning' nonsense either, I'm not as nice as Albert is.

[SarahStuffies]

Issac opened his mouth to speak an apology when Ceph blurted ‘Go Dave!’ And.... Threw.... the bedbug.... what... Issac’s face twisted into an amusing look of ‘what the heck?’ While Jet’s milky eyes went wide... Jet regained his composure once Roxanne started talking again, and once she had finished, he said, rubbing the back of his neck “‘m sorry. I saw someone spying on us... And our little friend here-“ he rested a hand on Ceph’s shoulder “-kinda over-reacted. I don’t know if we have money to replace the window, but can we offer our services instead? Something need doing?” A common practice, to offer the brief use of one’s ability instead of money. More common in the borderlands than any one kingdom, but generally accepted everywhere. Jet then proceeded to list the abilities they had to offer; fire, ice, his shapeshifting, portals, Vitali’s lunar abilities. All of the ones they had he thought might be helpful. Only then did Issac take a breath and relax a bit, glancing at Ceph. He was going to have to tell the kid breaking things wasn’t ok.

[InfectedHau]

Roxy raised an eyebrow, not entirely convinced. Of the abilities listed, none seemed capable of fixing a window. Portals would be nice, if only to get her further way and help muddy her trail, but it didn't help the inn much. Of course, that wasn't really her decision, and Albert seemed to want these people around anyways. Knowing him, he probably wouldn't ask for payment at all, he had a bad habit of being insufferably altruistic. One would think operating a business in extreme poverty would make him a bit more economically conscious, but it appeared to have the opposite effect. "Talk to Albert about it," she said finally, letting out another weary sigh, "and keep your gremlin away from anything else breakable, or he can sleep outside."

[SarahStuffies]

Jet narrowed his eyes, offended at the term gremlin. It slid right past Issac though, who nodded a brief thanks, and walked over towards Albert to explain the situation. Obinni following along at his heels

Meanwhile, in the room with the now broken window, Alex took a deep breath. and let her heat spread to her hands. kneeling down, and resting her hands on the floor, she began to raise the temperature of the room. It quickly started climbing and climbing. Until it was as hot as an oven. The heat was contained to the room however, and didn't damage anything in the room. Except for the bedbugs. After a few minutes of heating the room, and slowly increasing the temperature to around 400 degrees, Alex started to somewhat struggle to breathe. Not enough to be dangerous, but enough she's kind of gasping, and sweat dripped down her nose and onto the floor. This temperature would literally cook and kill anyone without a heat based ability like Alex's own, so even she was struggling. But she kept it up for a bit longer. If she was struggling, all the bugs in the room were dying.

[Consulting_Angel]

Vitali had essentially collapsed onto the bed once he got into the room, and had ended up dozing off for a while. As a result, he was entirely unaware of what was happening out in the rest of the inn. For now, anyway.

After a while, though, Vitali woke up, and he sat up, looking around, quite confused. He looked around, just getting his bearings again, then he stood up, quite slowly. He heard the faint sound of... something happening. He raised an eyebrow, wondering what had happened while he was asleep. So, he ran a hand back through his hair so it didn't look like he'd just woken up, then he walked to the door, and he opened it. Looking out into the corridor, he glanced around until he spotted some of the group, along with a rather weary-looking stranger.

[SarahStuffies]

Issac - Male - Ice/FutureSight - Tags: Albert, Everyone

Issac approached the counter, and with a sigh says "Someone was spying on us through the window of our room." he explains. "We ended up breaking the window. Listen, sir, I'm really sorry. Maybe there's a trade we can make? We have useful abilities, maybe there's a way we can pay for the window with them, instead." He suggests hopefully. He then does as Jet had just done earlier, and lists their abilities.

[Knuckles the Echidna]

Jo - female - flash speed - tags: gang gang

Jo hid in an alley close to the inn, keeping an eye on the door. This would make most people feel creepy, but not Jo really. Hiding kept Jo safe, hiding was good. Jo had learnt this the hard way. She was getting a tad bit bored, but she could be patient. Anything to meet women potentially great friends or feel less lonely in general.

[InfectedHau]

Albert dismissed Issac's offer with a wave of his hand. "Now it just matches the rest of the place," he said, "although that being said I'd be mighty grateful if that firebrand of yours could help out with some of our uninvited insect friends. Don't stress it much though, You'll need your strength for your journey ahead." Behind them, Roxy came back down the stairs, gracing them with the third weary sigh that night as she sat down at her customary chair in the back of the room. Albert gave her a glance, then lowered his voice and leaned in. "Also I'd be much obliged if you could take Roxy there with you when you leave. Living out here gives her too much time to think, makes her grumpy. I feel like y'all would be the perfect diversion for her. We'll call that your payment for the room."