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001 💥 (VIDEO) ⇁ CHARM

( so the holographic video begins with a close up of a girl biting her lower lip. the recording is wavering from side to side as if she's trying to do, well, something.)

Just a seeec...

( the girl says with more motion-sickness for the viewer. but she manages to get the mobile device propped up just right so she can be hands free. jinx grins big at her accomplishment while she scoots back in her seat, cross-legged. by the looks of her surroundings, she is somewhere up high, due to there being a lot of sky around her. and given the tiles she is sitting on, it's best bet she is on a roof -- possibly on the Inn's (and using the chimney to keep the device up). although everything seems to be squared away, she stays quiet -- just staring back with a smile so wide it could split her face in two. but then — )

So!

( jinx starts off as she digs in her pockets, then pulls out a pretty blue gemstone in which she carelessly tosses up in the air. )

What's everyone's crime?

( when she catches the gem with grace, jinx pops it straight in her mouth like it's a piece of candy. and as she sloshes it inside behind her lips, the girl looks up in thought -- talking with her mouth full no less. )

I got stuck with murder and illegal trading. So boring.

( rolling her eyes, jinx spits the gem out that's now filled with so much of her saliva (how disgusting), then resumes back to playing a game of catch with it. )

Sheesh, you'd think blowin' up a few buildings and starting a war would count WAY more. Whoever is in charge reeaaallly needs to fix their rating system.

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[ He doesn't answer to that, because that's the whole point of meeting someplace instead of talking over these little jewelry device things. ]

No need to go leaping from your perch, little bird. I'll meet you up there.

[ As soon as he, you know, figures out where the roof access is because like hell he's scaling the side of the building when there's likely a perfectly good attic window or whatever to crawl out of. ]

( little bird? how cute! too bad she shoots them and uses their feathers as bookmarks. so while blackbeard is figuring out some elaborate way to get on said roof safely, jinx is balancing herself along the gable canopy with her arms extending out like wings. with one foot in front of the other, she does a few spins with her eyes shut, with those long braids of hers coiling behind. this is absolutely dangerous and what lunatic would even play around when they're so far off from the ground?

but that's the thing with jinx. she treats every little aspect of her life as if it's one big game. the riskier things are, the more fun it is. even death can be funny if it's not fallen upon the people she holds close to her heart. it's the only way to live, by her logic. and as she waits for this bearded man, she hums a lullaby sweetly to herself -- or for her weapons that are prop against the chimney. it is getting pretty late and they need their shut eye. )

Edited 2023-06-27 16:15 (UTC)

[ He manages the trip to the roof with the confidence of a man who's jumped from ships' rigging to their decks for the majority of his life and somehow managed not to die young the way most people in his field do. He's getting old, though. Even that bit of effort to climb the roof to where Jinx is has him huffing and stretching out sore muscles he hasn't put to use in a while. Helps to announce his presence, too. Sneaking up on maniacs is generally a good way to get shot, after all, and Blackbeard happens to like his face the way it is.

Jinx is dancing and humming to the sound of nothing when he arrives, because of course she is. Absolute lunatic, this girl. Blackbeard only wishes he still had that much energy to put towards being fucking weird. He does his best to keep up anyway, though, taking a few shuffling steps towards her and swirling his hand in the air. Long gray curls of his hair falling forward over his shoulders as he bows dramatically, and his voice is a lilting mockery of itself. ]

Lady Jinx, might I have this dance?

[ On the fucking gable roof where it peaks and there's barely enough for either one of them to stand, never mind both at once. Uh, obviously. He wouldn't be asking if it wasn't a stupid fucking idea that might get one or both of them killed. ]

( thank ~~janna~~ goodness for all that shuffling or else this would had turned out very different between the two of them. but even if she was very in tuned with the music in her head, her voices are usually kind enough to alert her if something becomes amiss. keyword: usually. so when the girl spins to see him, she snickers at his gesture -- mimicking with her own bow. only with her, she replies in a posh accent she uses whenever she makes fun of caitlyn. )

A dance? Why certainly! How could I ever decline such a gentleman?

( finished with that, jinx stands up right again and bounces her way closer to the older man -- tone normal. )

Whoa, looks like you did make it up here. I'm impressed!

[ She's fun, isn't she? Plays right along, affected accent and everything. Blackbeard laughs and grins wide, though it's more apparent in his eyes than beneath the fluff of moustache and beard. Always nice to find levity in a world where even the trees want to kill you.

He stands lithely up from the bow, spreads his arms and nods his head in a much more genuine genuflection this time around. ]

'Course I did. Have a lifetime of experience for this sort of thing: balancing at a height, lurking about in the dark. Plotting explosions.

[ Which, speaking of business and getting right to the point: ]

Have you heard of Lorentia Cave, by any chance?

You're soundin' a lot like me, Beardie! I was taught to do the same stuff if not more!

( she says gleefully as they are now close enough distance they didn't need to shout at one another. if he is serious about that dance, she will definitely still do it but it's the man's job to take the lead.

although the question rips her away from their maybe-maybe not dance as she thinks this over carefully. )

Lorenita Cave? ... Hmmmm, don't think so! I just know this place is called "Aldrip". What about it?

Definitely more.

[ Blackbeard's got a pistol on one hip and a knife on the other after all, and he's currently looking past her towards that strange cannon-like device set nearby. Obvious who owns that one, and he has no doubts that she's used it on more than one occasion. ~~And a big fuck you to her dad and his "doc" for that, but that's a whole other thing.~~

The dance will have to wait, as the music's stopped and the moment's past, but there will be other opportunities. ]

Suffice to say you can blow up as much as you like there without garnering a second glance. They'll even provide the gunpowder. Though the real reward is—

[ He holds his breath as if to say, gestures as he leans in... Then leans back again. ]

Ah, wouldn't do to ruin the surprise, hm? Rather you'd see it for yourself.

(~~my dada is pure of heart. pls dont bully.~~ well, she practically looks as if christmas had come insanely early and just got told she had been a good girl all year. her eyes twinkle with interest, she chew on her lower lip in an attempt to keep herself from screeching and bursting the poor man's eardrums. even when he leans in for that few seconds, jinx inhales a deep breath in anticipation. there's a small letdown when he doesn't tell her the surprise, but hey — all the more reason to go on with this. )

You had me at "blow up as much as I like".

( with a quick turn of her heel, jinx scurries off to pick up the device and collect her weapons. )

So let's go!! I got juuuuuust enough juice for one more KABOOM run.

[ Ah to be young and full of energy for blowing shit up again. Well, it's still fun to live vicariously. There's a shadow of regret that flickers across his eyes for the last person he had a good time blowing shit up with, and how that ended, but it's gone quickly. Got what he deserved, didn't he? That's that.

He grins at her return, with her weapons now in hand, and gestures widely to the open night air. ]

Wouldn't expect anything less than right the fuck now. Let's go.

[ And then, after taking one step towards the edge of the roof and remembering how tall this building is, and the lack of water below, amends— ]

Meet you down there.

Ha ha! — Last one there is a raptor egg...!

( and what exactly is a raptor? it's just a chicken from her world that doesn't get seen too often in the underground city. but they are around just a little off of piltover. not that she ventured off too far away from there, either.

anyhow with everything all strapped in, jinx crackles and hops on down, doing all sorts of summersaults, leaping from window sill to window sill, and other acrobatic moves to maneuver her way down. and all the while, there's a long light of pink/purple-ish glow that trails behind her -- due to her eyes and her activating her shimmer ability to make all of this possible. which proves the point even if blackbeard suggest she should see a doctor, why would she if it means this wonderful ability gets taken away from her? )

Edited 2023-07-21 22:42 (UTC)

[ Just another word he doesn't know, aka another day ending in y. Blackbeard lingers on the roof, peering over the edge just long enough to watch the show of acrobatics. He's never seen anything like that: the way she moves, the glow of magenta light she leaves in the trail of her wake. He's way out of his depths with this one, isn't he? But that just makes it more fun.

With an amused huff, he does his own, very human, bit of acrobatics to get back in the attic window, and then takes the stairs like a normal person from there. When he finds her outside, she's probably been waiting a minute, but then she seems perfectly capable of entertaining herself in the meantime.

Though he nods in their headed direction, makes a showy gesture of it and then starts walking, he asks barely after a step: ]

Don't have a magic glowy horse or anything we could ride, do you? It's a bit of a hike to this place.

[ Like, he doesn't mind walking, but she's way fucking faster than he is, probably get bored before he's even caught up with that energy of hers. ]

Nope, just magic legs!

( and she demonstrates (despite not needing to) by lifting up her left leg and wiggling her foot. but when she stands up right again, jinx shrugs her shoulders nonchalantly. )

Well, not really magic. It's just what the drug is doin' for me. Pretty cool, huh?

( before she lets blackbeard answer, the teen turns her back to him and does a little wiggle -- making her shark rocket launcher on her back wiggle along with her. and as she does this, she says in a very goofy-like tone. )

❝ Super cool, Jinx! I love feeling the wind through my snoot. ❞

Edited 2023-07-25 22:30 (UTC)

[ Ah, a shame. Walking it is. Though not yet, because he's having a cannon wiggled at him first, all puppet-like? Blackbeard blinks owlishly before his expression twists, brow creasing with concern. ]

Uh, Jinx? Mate, you brought a friend along and didn't even think to introduce us?

( she hop-spins back around to face him with a winning and beaming smile that only a parent could love. )

Whoops, sorry!! I thought he was gonna do it himself. This here is Fishbones. The most deadliest rocket launcher of all of Runeterra...!

( another little jiggle as if he is waving "hello" without... any fins or hands. it's a rough thing being a shark with none of those. )

Made him myself! I worked him on for years. Since I was a kid. Buuuuuuut he's a lil' useless now since he doesn't have a rocket in him.

❝ ...O-Oh. ❞

( if the weapon could show disappointment, he would. but she'll just provide the sad tone for him. it was nice to feel important that one little blast back home. and now? it's because to just being nothing. )

[ Runeterra? Never heard of that, but by now, that's no surprise. Still, Blackbeard chuckles and half-bows to the rocket. ] How d'you do? [ Then his eyes lift to Jinx again. ]

You made this? Incredible.

[ Then back to the "rocket launcher," which, since he isn't loaded, Blackbeard gives a friendly pat. ]

Hey, mate. We all feel useless now and then. Your girl here's got the skills to make your rocket thingy. We'll get you right as rain again.

[ He looks over the launcher to Jinx with a stern look like, uh, now I've promised him. Better not let Old Fishbones down. Then he starts them walking, because the night's not getting any younger, and explosions always look prettiest in the dark. ]

( it takes her a split second or two for her to catch that look in his eye. the girl blinks twice before coming up to speed. )

Hm? — OH, OH! Riiight, right. I'll so make a rocket for ya, Fishbones.

( jinx lets the man take the first step and lead as she happily follows behind him -- adjusting all of her weapon straps. )

❝ Really?! I would like that a lot! But uhm... this time, can you shoot me for good? I want to be a better example for our new friends! ❞

( and here he goes again, trying to gear jinx into a path of good and righteousness. the teen rolls her eyes which luckily, her weapon isn't able to see given he is can only spot forward and above her head. )

Sure, sure. Definitely... we'll make everyone super happy and filled with colorful rainbows.

( she makes a motion of her gagging -- sticking out her tongue and pointing her index finger in her mouth. )

Edited 2023-07-27 00:10 (UTC)

[ Blackbeard tries to think whether he's ever heard someone have a conversation with themselves like this before. Do seagulls count?

He listens as they walk, only glancing back when he thinks to add to the conversation. ]

Could try the middle road for your next project. Skim a line between reckless destruction and charity work. Something like... gunpowder and no shot. Fireworks and smoke. That kind of thing.

I do need some fireworks...

( she trails off as she thinks, unhooking her pistol off her belt to take a little gander over her own craftsmanship. )

And I'm gonna run outta bullets soon with this too.

( after doing a light inspection, she places her weapon right back on its rightful place on her hip. a small sigh leaves her as jinx really takes in the fresh air, the night sky, and whatever bugs creaking in the grass. )

Someone out here gotta sell 'em for a few coins right?

[ He nods and hums in agreement, then when she mentions "this too," he turns to see what it is she's got, and raises an eyebrow at the caliper of that barrel on such a short pistol. The gun holstered on his own hip is much more the style of weapon he's used to. But then what isn't weird and interesting about this place, and this girl? ]

Dunno if you'll find the kind of bullet you're thinking of. Might need to engineer it a bit for the result you're after. ...May I?

[ He walks backwards a few steps with his hand outstretched to receive the weapon, if she deigns to hand it over for inspection. ]

( oh, she notices him moving the opposite direction and she comes into a complete halt to look back. and when he asks to see her pistol, there's a bit of hesitation in her. she... had never handed any of her weapons to anyone before that was purposely. and she'd be a liar if she isn't worried the moment she hands her pistol over, blackbeard will even run away with it or use it on her.

but this man had been nothing but kind to her somewhere, so why would he turn on her now?

...

there are several reasons why he would. for starters, this being a fucking prison. well... not by the looks of it, but with the fact every single one of them are being "sentenced" to a crime or two. and another, just because he is being polite doesn't mean there isn't a hidden motive. jinx has been around so many sleazy and shady people for as long as she can remember. and she'd be an idiot to fall for the "nice guy but i'm actually evil" trope. ... although. she does have her machine gun and fishbones strap on her person.

the teen unhooks her pistol again, her index tighten the grip over the trigger for a brief moment before extending it for the man to take. )

If ya turn the dial there, it'll wind up the first six bullets in line.

Edited 2023-07-28 22:33 (UTC)

[ She's right to hesitate, and if Blackbeard's honest, this is all as much a test as it is genuine curiosity. He's stoically calm, hand still outstretched as easily as if he were accepting a compass or a telescope rather than a deadly weapon, even when he finger lingers on the trigger before she finally hands it over.

He accepts the gun with a nod of thanks and immediately turns it over in his hands to examine it. Despite the strange look of it, it's easy enough to identify the trigger, how it's cocked and fired. The loading of it, on the other hand... He looks up at her explanation, eyes gone wide. ]

Six? Fucking— You say thing loads six bullets, just by turning this knobby here?

[ Hello yes you've just blown the pirate from 1717's mind, even more than the pink glowey magic and all the zipping around prior. ]

Uh-huh! You wanna see it in action? ( his flabbergasted response perks her up immediately in a glow -- now rocking back and forth in her heels with an enormous smile on her face. )

'Course I ain't gonna waste all six bullets, but I think I can afford to drop two.

( jinx takes one step forward, feeling a little cocky and proud now. )

And hey if I'm about to get the hang of this place, maaaaayybbe I can make ya one.

Incredible.

[ Does he want to see it in action. Uh, fuck yeah he does. Wants it for himself even more. Though he knows better than to try to steal a gun off a magical girl carrying a rocket cannon. He's not even sure if it's a good idea to accept an offer of one, but damn if his interest isn't fucking piqued. He flips the gun around in his hand and offers the handle back to her even before she's stepping forward. ]

I'd pay you well for a copy, most likely. Though, I'll need to see it in action first.

[ He grins, because fuck yeah shooting things. Things though, ideally. Not that he particularly minds shooting people, depending who and where, but it's a small town and he's not looking to get chased out of it until he's got a ship at the very least. ]

Lucky for the both of us, the place we're going has targets of all kinds. We're almost there, now. Let's go.

[ Still grinning, he turns again and picks up the walking pace a bit down the trail. The sea's in view now, much closer than before, and just in the distance, at the foot of a towering mountain is the yawning entrance to a cavern cut straight through. ]

( she happily retrieves back the gun, another unnecessary twirls with her index before it hooks back to its rightful place. and when blackbeard takes their lead again, jinx skips on after with her arms throwing up in the air, ecstatic: )

Wooo hooo, yeah!! — Let's blow up all the rocks and whatevers!!! Nobody can stop us from wreckin' all the havoc...!

( certainly someone can, but do they really want to go up against a tiny girl that is practically locked and loaded with so many deadly weapons? and who knows what blackbeard has on him too besides just the gun. )

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sorry for the delay!

its okay. im ill so it works out.

ugh, that sucks. feel better!!

im trying!

good, take care of yourself!

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