I do what I must... No hard feelings mon. [Open]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Characters: Xue'Kol and All the victims
Setting: All around the Tower during the halloween event!
Format: Prose or Action is a-okay!
Summary: Xue sets out to do what a rogue does best, steal. (Assassinations may occur if things go wrong!)
Warnings: Violence, Language.

The first few days of candy collecting had been a breeze for the agile trolless. In fact, she had managed to avoid much of everything as she went along in the cloak of the shadows and simply took whatever candy she wanted without even having to engage everyone. She had been relaxed, no stress whatsoever. Even the female version of the undignified costume that had latched itself to her , reminding her of more sour memories of her world hadn't been cumbersome at all... Having nothing to protect her chest and all, even then it had been actually pretty fun...

This week however, it seemed that just like most things in this tower, it wouldn't be as easy as the previous days. Candy was much more scarcer and she had been hearing death cries all over the place... It seemed that the stakes had gone up and it was time to get in the right mind set. With blades at her back and stalking the shadows, Xue would do whatever she had to in order to gain candy and keep her candy from being taken. She'd usually try to simply sap someone unconscious and take what she needed, but she knew that some wouldn't be keen on losing their life treats and she was ready to take them out or flee if need be.

Live to fight another day as they say, but she wouldn't extend that courtesy to her opponents...

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[savedbyasong]

And Xue'Kol would be coming across a boy in a undignified costume of his own. He is also looking for candy, though he wont be stealing any from anyone.

[snowyvalemaiden]

Xue paused, still hidden from the senses by the shadows as she saw a familiar face. Costume or not, she couldn't help but recognize one of the few people she had befriended in the tower.

She let out a small sigh wondering if he had faired well... he must have done decently if he was still around.

A chat wouldn't hurt would it? She would get back to searching for candy afterwards.

With a sharp whistle to catch his attention, Xue stepped out of the shadows, not really bothering to cover herself.

"Ey' Shion, joo be holdin' up alright?"

[savedbyasong]

He had been doing well so far, though today was tougher than the days before. He was trying though and trying to make sure Xion and Reno were alright as well.

He smiled when he saw Xue'Kol, he hadn't seen her in a long time. He blushed at her costume, and looked down. "Hello Xue'Kol, I am alright how are you?"

[snowdriftassassin]

"Can't be complainin' so far. Annoyed at dis dumb game but gotta do wat ya gotta be doin'..."

She looked him over and chuckled, shaking her head. "Ya seem ta have been dealt an intarestin' costume mon."

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, "I'm not sure what they are trying to gain from this one."

He blushed again, "Yours is... um interesting too."

[snowyvalemaiden]

"Probably another one of their meanin'less ones mon. When do any of der experiments make sense?" she shook her head and chuckled, raising an eyebrow at him and smirking.

"Ya tink so?" she presses her breasts together in a teasing fashion and laughs. "It be a bit breezy, but at least it ain't too cumbersome." Cause getting candy and sneaking around would have been horrible in something like full plate.

[savedbyasong]

Not many of them, but at least there did seem to be some scientific basis to them most the time. Even if they were cruel and senseless. He blushed again, "Well... I guess that is good..."

[snowdriftassassin]

"So joo holdin' up alright?" she shifted a bit in place and looked to see if he had his bucket.

"Joo still got enough candy don't joo?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, he was holding his bucket, he almost had enough for the day. Though he had to go and check Reno and Xion had enough as well. "I do, how about you? You can fight right?"

Since the monsters dropped candy... Shion had been able to fight a couple of low level ones; he thought it was best, after all there were a lot of kids and people who couldn't fight at all. It was better that he left the candy lying about for them.

[thereisnopie]

[Gamzee might be able to run off with things fairly quickly, but that didn't mean he was the best when it came to seeking them out - especially when he doesn't have a lot to go on.

Most places are picked over, and he worries that killing someone to steal their candy might not sit well with Karkat. (Or others, but their opinions didn't rate as highly.)

He has his pumpkin hidden for now as he quickly gathers candies in a separate and hopefully less obvious sack. The poor boy is dressed as a mime (minus the evil eyes for now), and doesn't seem to be paying much attention to anything else aside from digging around in the forest in the hopes of seeing a colored wrapper.]

[snowdriftassassin]

[There was someone new and she stayed low as she stalked him silently... Somehow he seemed lost and at a loss as to what to do, poor thing seemed to have even lost his pumpkin... Wouldn't that make it useless to look for candy since the canister was a requirement?

Maybe that's what he was looking for and Xue couldn't help but feel a little sorry for them if that was the case... but this wasn't the time for pity, she herself was stuck in this fucked up scenario and like it or not she wasn't going to let it get to her.

She strode silently towards him, hidden for sight as she unsheathed her weapon and pressed it against the back of his neck, just applying enough pressure for it to be noticed but not harming them just yet.]

Oy, lost somethin' mon?

[thereisnopie]

[They wouldn't count until they were in the pumpkin, but he could still get them back there in time, right? Or at least he assumes he can. Having a little bit stolen would be better than losing it all...

He freezes at the feel of the weapon against his neck.]

Uh...

Might be that I did.

[snowdriftassassin]

Well? Wat be it mon? Wat exactly are joo lookin' for den?

[Because if it was candy that he was searching for, then he would be better off not being around someone else competing for it. It would be detrimental for them both after all.]

[thereisnopie]

[This is probably a good time to make up an excuse.]

Just getting my search on for sweets, same as any other motherfucker.

[Shame he doesn't have one.]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Well, I be hopin' joo got extras den mon. I s'pose joo could be callin' dis a stick up? Yeah I tink dat be da right term.

[To make the 'point' noted, she pressed the point of her weapon more against him.]

Ain't askin' joo ta gimme all dat joo be havin' but I be needin' a few more treats in my bucket mon.

[thereisnopie]

[And people said he talked funny.]

Don't know why you'd think I'd have been any more mother fucking lucky than you, sis.

[snowdriftassassin]

Joo ain't dead, an tings be gettin' mighty rough 'round here. Call it insurance if joo will mon, gal's gotta survive one way or anotha.

[heavenspear]

Ken didn't have a costume, but he had picked up a few pieces of candy during the earlier days of collecting -- mostly because he was a kid, and kids liked candy. As the days passed, though, it became increasingly clear that for whatever reason, people were turning mean.

They really wanted this stuff, and Ken thought of simply handing his over to the nearest victim, but what if someone cornered him later? He'd have nothing to bargain with.

So instead he took to carrying his spear around with him, careful to be on the lookout for the less scrupulous denizens of the Tower.

[snowyvalemaiden]

Someone else had gotten into the rogue's sights but... he was just a kid was he not? Sure, she had run across enough 'kids' in her lifetime to not underestimate based on looks but...

This place really didn't hold back did it? Everyone was fair game as far as these experiments came to. However, he didn't seem to be straining like the rest and was that a costume or just his usual clothing?

She'd have to investigate further, she was certain she could handle herself against anything that might pop up surprisingly so she simply stalked over to his spot and came out of the shadows as if she had just appeared there, crossing her arms under her chest and looking at him curiously.

"Joo part of da game or jus' a bystander mon?"

[heavenspear]

Ken looked up and up and up -- Xue was tall, goddammit. "Game? Uh, I'm not really here to play any games. I'm just..."

Well, she didn't seem hostile or bitey. Maybe he should just ask. "...do you know why everyone here's so... strange?" He couldn't quite figure out the right way to convey the feeling of offness about the people he'd run into on the way here, even factoring in the presence of elves and things all over the place.

[snowdriftassassin]

Poor thing wasn't even aware of the current experiment being played, surely he had been exposed to it however considering what he had asked, or at least that's what she thought.

She squatted to his level and let out a small sigh as she looked at him. "Ya know how da owners of dis place be doin' all sorts of bad tings to us now an' den right? Well, dis time dey be makin' some of us dress funny like dis," she pointed at herself before continuing.

"An' we gotta be collectin' da candy, like da ones ya hold in yer hands in order ta survive... Dat might be why joo might have encountered some people bein' not nice to joo."

[heavenspear]

He'd kind of figured as much, but it was nice to have confirmation on that. Also, he was secretly grateful he didn't have to crane his neck just to look at her face because ow.

"To survive? What are they going to do to you if you don't collect the candy?" Blow up rooms? Withhold food?

[snowdriftassassin]

Xue shrugged, "Don't know mon, I haven't seen wat be happenin' just yet but... A few of da ones dat were around before disappeared, an' I be even hearin' dat da costumes dey be wearin' came ta life and are doin' not very kind tings if ya know wat I mean."

[heavenspear]

"I... guess that would explain a lot."

He didn't know exactly what she meant, no, but all the same, it sounded like she needed the candy more than he did. And she was the first person here to really explain things to him. Ken held out a small hand, fingers curled over candy pieces he'd collected, and waited for her to hold out her own hand to accept it.

[snowyvalemaiden]

Xue blinked a few times and a warm smile spread on her lips. She extended her own hand over and laughed a little,

"Yer a good kid joo know dat? But joo should really try to go to a safe location, maybe da dormitories or sumtin' while all dis be goin' down... It seems it'll only get worse."