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[perfectionisms]

Do you take me for a child? [ Asks the thirteen year-old who's short for her age. ] That I would believe that the older me was abducted by an organization from the future and now lives in this seedy lodgings? If this is some foolish attempt to foolishly prevent me from being a prosecutor, then know this-- my Papa will hear about this. And he will not stop until you've been found guilty of all the crimes you have and might foolishly commit.

I won't too, once I've successfully passed the bar. I won't show you any mercy [ She swings her riding crop around as an example ], not even one minuscule bit.

[ Convinced that she has managed to intimidate her abductors with her message, young Franziska von Karma smiles. True to her nature, that smile comes off as snarky and condescending. ]

Of all the lies... time travel? Really? In the future, when I am prosecutor, all criminals won't escape punishment for their crimes. I won't be caught in a den of fools like this.

Comments

[have_hat_will_travel]

... How do so many worlds get by without a ruleset to work with?

Never mind how it has to be ignored for there to be an economy for non-player-characters...

[acemedium]

I'm not belittling you! I'm short too, you know!

[nanite]

[ HEY! ] So what are you here to do then? Kick ass and take names?

[perfectionisms]

How crass... I'm here to flog buttocks and besmirch records.

[perfectionisms]

Short and possibly diseased. I can see that.

[perfectionisms]

Are you talking about laws?

[perfectionisms]

Because I believe that my father will come for me? That's what fathers are supposed to do.

[perfectionisms]

Oh. I'm sorry you had to suffer through that.

[nanite]

That's the same thing.

[have_hat_will_travel]

No, no, those are different. They're enforced by the power of man in the "sentient beings prone to living in civilizations" sense of the word.

The rules are enforced by the setting. They're basically the laws of physics as far as an adventurer is concerned. They dictate how combat, spellcasting, and even exploration all work.

[whatsupcroc]

It's okay. I suffer in the most pleasant way possible.

( She nods. )

It's character building.

[perfectionisms]

I said it better.

[perfectionisms]

You've been playing too many video games, young missy.

[perfectionisms]

[ She shakes her head. ]

Being with my little brother has clearly turned you into some kind of deviant. We must do something before it's too late.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Why do so many people keep saying that?!

I don't even know what those are...

[whatsupcroc]

( Curiosity defines her features: more by choice than honest feeling. Collette's largely amused by Franziska's statements. )

Oh no! What do you think we should do?

[acemedium]

How rude! I'm trying to sympathize with you here, you know!

[perfectionisms]

You can start by sticking with me. We don't want him to influence you further.

[perfectionisms]

Poor girl, so out of touch with reality.

[perfectionisms]

I don't need your germs, your sympathy, or any food you might have on you! Though I might accept the latter, it's not because I need it!

[have_hat_will_travel]

T-that's how reality works where I'm from, though!

[whatsupcroc]

Good idea! Then what?

[rewritethis]

Sure, and since when does "supposed to" have any bearing on what happens in real life? That's the kind of thing you should've at least thought about if you were such an adult.

But who am I to tell you what to do? Keep on waiting for your old man or God or whoever to bail you out of this instead of working on it yourself. I'm sure that'll get you somewhere.

[nanite]

Sure, whatever, but it's still the same thing.

[acemedium]

I don't have any food or germs! Just sympathy! And if you're hungry you should just say so!