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[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

[OOM: A drunken challenge leads to a drunken acceptance. One done boldly, one done carefully. Guess which one was more fun.]

This is a space pirate who is entirely too pleased with herself. She's just about finished the bottle of sake, but it's too good not to keep going with.

Not only did Ryoko get to steal stuff because she wanted to, she got to steal really famous stuff, and there was no way she'd get caught.

She hasn't changed out of what she wore to the tower, incidentally, so there's a few bullet holes and a bit of blood Ryoko hasn't noticed yet. Come say hi, she'll buy anyone a drink (or many, even.)

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[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"Put them back? Surely, if you went to the effort to get past all that security, you have a buyer or some reason to take them, right?" His mind is still clear enough to ask the annoying questions.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"He doesn't want the whole thing, just certain stones off it. Once we take those off, I'll put them back. More or less." She's still wildly amused by the idea of putting them back in the wrong worlds.

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"Who's the buyer? Or am I better off not knowing?" He must admit that this is very interesting, like it's a caper film from the 60s.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Don't tell anyone, 'cause I think it's supposed to be a surprise. You know that Miniver Cheevy guy? He was a mouse for a while?" As if that would make a difference.

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"...a mouse." He can believe that, for some reason. He also recognizes that name but dismisses it. "And you had him sneak in as a mouse?"

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"No. He was a mouse when everyone in the bar got turned into animals. I was an owl, but that's beside the point." She pauses, trying to remember what the heck she was on about.

"Sorry. I just went in and took it. The crown, I mean. Only had to sneak in my world's London, because I still do business there."

She does request coffee from the bar. Not making sense was starting to get annoying.

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

She was whatnow? He blissfully managed to miss that. And agrees that it's not worth mentioning.

"That must have been difficult, though. They have really good security there. Those jewels are priceless. And highly symbolic."

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"I have certain advantages. It's probably great security against humans, but not me." Stealing priceless relics was what she was best at.

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"I know you can fly, but what other advantages do you have?" The sake has left the man very mellow as well as curious.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

She winks at him, then sinks through the chair and disappears into the ground.

After about thirty seconds, she reappears in her chair again with a flicker.

"Those tricks come in handy."

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"That's..." He wonders if he's had too much to drink, and opts to believe his eyes. "How is that even possible? How can you make yourself immaterial?"

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"I don't know the physics of it, but knowing my 'mother', it has something to do with dimensional shift." Ryoko shrugs. "She can do it too, but so could Kagato, so maybe it's the gems."

She holds out a wrist, where a little red jewel seems implanted in the skin.

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to take your word for it," he says while noting the jewel. "And it's obvious you can do it. Can you pass through anything?"

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"So far. There are some barriers I can't pass through, but they're too high-tech for most planets to have. Just Washuu and Kagato can make them, really." She finishes her coffee, feeling better.

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"So...I assume you got paid well to take the jewels?" He will let her ghosting skills be a given.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Enough to make it worth my time." The fun alone was worth the time. "But more about you now. How did your Christmas date go?"

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"Reasonably well, given that I'm dead, that she's thirty years younger than me, and that I was surprisingly nervous." He's not shy about admitting such things.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Thirty years is a long time?" She's almost sure it is, for humans. "What's to be nervous about?"

[dean-o-dell.livejournal.com]

"My last wife was younger than me, and things didn't exactly work out well. Never mind that I'm not really sure what I should be looking for. Or if I should be looking." Not to mention that to some degree, Madolyn is also as damaged as he is. "But thirty years is a pretty big gap. I'm more than old enough to be her father."