thenearshore | Of course you know, this means war. [1 Open/2 Closed]

Who: Snatcher and you, Snatcher and Hat Kid, and Snatcher and anyone at Apollo's Temple
When: Near the end of February
Where: Around
What: Snatcher has found out a horrible, horrible truth. Engage Petty Mode+

[He'd had Jeremy check three times. Three. Times.]

[He'd looked online.]

[By some terrible, horrible twist of fate, Hibiki Shikyoin wasn't kidding. She was actually somewhat successful. That haughty, stuck-up, bratty pretty boy actually had one up on him. HIM! Why the HECK was someone like THAT better than HIM?!]

[They weren't. That was how. And he was going to make sure Hibiki knew it.]

[Let the games begin.]

A: Egg. (Open)

[All around the city, stores have been running out of eggs. There one moment, gone the next. Smaller businesses have reported someone leaving money, but the larger grocery chains? Nothing. Zilch. Nada. It's a mystery]

[Or it would be. If Snatcher and his minion weren't wandering around with a couple of wagons carefully stacked with cartons of eggs.]

All right. I think we've almost got enough. The store down the street should have everything we need. Let's go!

B: Death Wish (Closed to Hat Kid)

[Scene: A dark room somewhere in Subcon Weald. A single table stands illuminated by a single lamp, putting a spotlight on Hat Kid and Snatcher, sitting at the table]

All right, kiddo. You know why I've brought you here.

[He slides the contract over, face down, his eyes narrowed.]

And this one won't even cost you your life.

C: Attack on Apollo (Closed to residents of Apollo's Temple)

[It's a beautiful day. The sun's shining, the weather's finally reaching edging past the chill of winter into Spring, the flowers are starting to bloom...]

[And an egg sails through the air to splatter against the wall of Apollo's Temple.]

[It's a two-pronged attack, with Jeremy taking one side and Snatcher on the other, darting between goats and flower beds to launch egg after egg at what Snatcher can only think of as the worst theme park attraction in existence.]

[He's doing Hibiki a favor by helping her redecorate, really.]

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[He stops mid-throw, face falling as he realizes that he's been caught. At least it's just some brat--is what he'd say if brats didn't end up being a thorn in his side more often than not.]

Giving someone their just desserts.

[He goes ahead and tosses the egg anyway. Brat or no, he's a ghost on a mission.]

You can either join in or scram, kid.

[If she were a mind reader, Wendy would applaud him on his caution. That's the right way to respond to kids, in any kind of situation. For now, however, she clasps her hands together.]

That sounds like a lot of fun, so, sure! If I can borrow some of your eggs, anyway. It's not like I carry any with me!

So what'd they do, anyway?

[He hesitates a moment. He'd thought she'd be put off and run somewhere, but it looks like this kid has the same particular brand of "precociousness" as Hat Kid.]

...Fine. Take these and stay where I can see you.

[He shoves three into her hands, then picks up two for himself and lobs them.]

It's not about what the pretty boy in there does. It's how he acts.

[Toss]

Like he's better than me.

[Toss]

When he's not.

[Wow, three eggs, all for her lil' ol' hands. This is a lot of responsibility for a girl. Wendy tries to adjust them in her hands as she watches his own eggs go flying.]

Wow! So he just acted cocky, is that it?

[Because, yeah, that sounds like Hibiki, all right. And this really isn't working for her... Without thinking too hard, she tosses one egg up into the air, followed by another. Not towards the temple, just... up in the air.]

[Don't mind her as she casually starts juggling. It just feels like the thing to do.]

There's more to it than that. [Like the fact that she's actually successful.] But if you want to boil it down to the bare bones then sure.

[He tosses a few more eggs before catching her juggling out of the corner of his eye]

What in the world are you doing?

Listen, it's not my fault you gave me more than I could hold, so I had to-

[A pause, and she more properly takes in what she's doing even as she doesn't stop.]

Oh! I can juggle!

[She didn't realize that was a thing she could do. Acrobatics, sure, but that's something else entirely.]

...Congratulations.

[Seriously, who doesn't know that they can juggle? Especially when it's that smooth. It's almost like she's been doing it all her...

Oh.]

I get it. You're a shinki. [But whose?] One of the newbies, huh?

[Well, she's certainly a newbie in comparison to some people... So Wendy thinks she'll just agree with that, smiling brightly as she nods.]

Yup! You sure are smart, Mister~. I don't think most other people would think about me being a shinki from something like that! So are you a shinki or a god?

[He scoffs. Most other people don't have sudden revelations about juggling.]

God. Mephistopheles to be precise. You can go ahead and throw those, by the way.

Nice to meet you, Mephistopheles! [Wow, that's a mouthful to say. Such a pain.] And got it, boss!

[...But, this time, when she tosses her next egg up into the air, it's... a little different. That is to say, she adjusts the angle of it so that it's set to land riiiiiiight on Snatcher's head.]

[If he doesn't see it first, hopefully distracted by her looking as if she's getting ready to toss one.]

[...Heck, if he either gets hit or is distracted, she'll likely chuck it right at him.]

[He doesn't notice until it's too late, thick, gooey egg oozing it's way from the top of his head down over his ghostly frill and shoulders.

[He turns his whole body towards her slowly, quaking with barely restrained rage]

You missed.

[And there's the last egg, going right for him, so that she has her hands free to make her escape. Honestly, it's not too unlike her god's in that it's maybe a little flashier than it should be considering she pulls a wire out from her dress so that she can fling it towards the nearest branch and acrobat out of the way.]

[Hey, she's always had this skill. Being around Hibiki has apparently just made it naturally more Extra (tm).]

[Flinging herself onto the branch, she points at him.]

And you messed with the wrong house! I live here too!

[Damn it all. This shinki just HAD to be Hibiki's! What was with him and encountering terrible children?!]

Don't turn this around on ME, brat! You got a problem with what I'm doing, take it up with the head of your household!

Then harass Hibiki outside! But who do you think has to clean this stuff up!? Not Hibiki!

[No, this is a maid-slash-shinki's job! And that is roughly the job Wendy has decided is hers, although Hibiki likes to treat her as a princess at times. It doesn't really change much, honestly.]

Seriously, is this the best you can come up with!?

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