1809/Stepping OOC

Stepping OOC
Date of Scene:	14 March 2015
Location:	SBC Glocken
Synopsis:	Amalie comes clean about her involvement in the Death Gun investigation. ... Or does she? Roleplaying cloak and dagger bullshit in the roleplay of my roleplay? Yo dawg.
Cast of Characters:	Kirito, Tomoe, 395

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Amalthea (395) has posed:
    SBC Glocken. It's currently evening according to server time, which means the crashed space ship is alight and alive with its nightlife of active players searching for better guns, purchasing ammunition, looking for groups and gathering new quests.
    The section of the ship-city that Amalie has tugges Kirito to meet her at is a small player-run back-alley establishment.
    It has to be player run, considering it's a MAID CAFE. After all, where else is there a place to have a clandestine meeting with a GUN TOTING MAID than in a shop full of GUN TOTING MAIDS.
    Funny enough, Amalie isn't in her moud uniform, though her hair is still tied back in a single long braid, and the fact that her eyepatch is still on says it may be more than RP gear. Instead, the odd roleplayer is in a set of black and grey fatigues, sipping lightly from a cup of DIGITAL TEA while she waits.

Kirito has posed:
    Of all the people to call for him, Amalie might've been near the last of the list. But it happened, and Kirito's answered.

    "There's even a place like this in Glocken?" He mutters to himself airily, vaguely amused and somewhat disturbed.

    He personally tries to avoid weird places like this. And it's all the weirder right now when he strolls in with long hair swishing about freely.

    The sooner he gets out of this girly avatar, the better.

    A glance left, a peer right... his sweeps eventually pin down Amalie. It's not easy without that ridiculous outfit... but he ambles towards her table and pulls up a chair.

    With a poker face up.

    "You wanted to talk to me?"

    Why the poker face?

    Because he's not at all sure how to talk to this person. They're the one person he's tried to avoid having to confront too much...

Amalthea (395) has posed:
    Kirito's poker face is met with that typical, vapid, 'maid smile' Amalie normall has on at any given time, as she stirs some more sweetener into her tea. ... Another spoonful. And another. And another. And another. And anoth-... If it were real tea, she would probably be at risk of diabetes at this point, nevertheless, she motions for the chair as the Black Swords-- gunman now plops to sit. "Oh, good of you to come! Thank you for seeing me on such short notice!" Chirruped as she slides a menu over. "Feel free to order anything you want! It's on my tab!" She offers cheerily.
    Sure it's digital food but the taste it still there at least. "I feel just terrible not being in proper uniform, but every time I come here people mistake me for a waitress and then it gets awkward when I pull my gun on them." She says flashing a grin. "Anyway I figured it would be best to clear the air a little, non?"

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito's stymied by this. There's a tiny but awkward pause before he grabs the menu and reluctantly flips through it. "Being able to eat without overeating is great." He remarks, perhaps in an attempt to poke at Amalie's SUGAR OVERLOAD there...

    But eventually the mask cracks and he's just left staring at her. He's forcing himself to not be awkward at this point.

    "This is about the investigation?" The menu's lowered and concern flickers in his eyes now. A little worry. But he's trying not to show too much of it!

Tomoe has posed:
Eisen has had an interesting day already meeting up with Sinon, she did some dungeon runs with pugs and was now looking about town she'd heard about the small back alley place and thought it be a nice place to cool off after her runs. She had no idea that the meido and Kirito would be there at all. Eisen's figure appears in side and soon is seated near them. She has much the same thought all the fix of bad food with none of the downsides!

Amalthea (395) has posed:
    "My my, you really are sharp as your blade." The maid chuckles when Kirito hits it dead on. "Though I guess here it's not sharp per se and more... Beamy-heaty-justicy-hot-blood burning." She does rectify herself in regards to the beam saber. A slow slip at her tea and the maid's lone eye slides closed for a beat before creaking open half-lidded. "Though in other ways you can be a little blunt hm..."
    Ah there's Eisen Blumen though, and her appearance earns a quirked look, before Amalie slides a menue her way as well in the same 'go ahead and order' manner. "Eisen, hello! You're just in time, have a seat, this is kind of important!" It has to be, if it's about the investigation.
    "I just wanted to say, you don't have to worry about me." Is that it? A sip of her tea and she glances over the rim of her cup as if waiting to see the response that earns.

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito's menu now dangles against the tabletop when Eisen seats herself next to them. There's a brief gape, a suspicious peer... man, what brings Eisen to a place like this?

    It's definitely Amalie's fault.

    But he's left gawking like a little kid at Amalie's sudden statement. "Only that?!" Blink.

    "You came in with Arthur's group, right? Why would I worry?" Except he's never managed to verify that. Blah!

    Eisen's given a short glance that almost says 'did she call you here?'

    He ends up blinking at Amalie, hands resting on the table...

Tomoe has posed:
Eisen is invited over and she comes over she looks at her with a no she didn't look. She moves to sit down and grins a little bit. "All right good to see you both, I didn't expect to see anyone I know here. This place is mostly word of mouth, than ads on the forums really. Mostly caters to longer time players, I was going to meet up with Pendragon on a few things that the squadron needed."

Amalthea (395) has posed:
    Amalie does her best. She does her level best to maintain a neutral expression of face. But Kirito's exasperation is way too amusing, and the maid nearly cracks. However, she manages to control herself, setting her teacup down. "What made you think that?" It is a valid question. "I'm not in the Syndicate or anything."
    Now it's clear, she's completely OOC for the moment, though she apparently still hasn't dropped the silly French accent. "I heard the rumors about you-know-who." She's more subtle than simply saying the name Death Gun. "And I knew the famous Kirito- the one who cleared Sword Art Online would just have to stick his nose in."
    It's hard to wink when you have only one eye.
    "Anyway, I'm not here to get in the way of your looking into things. But I'm not just some joe-random roleplayer that suddenly threw herself into the deep end over her head~."

Kirito has posed:
    BLINK.

    The famous Kirito who cleared Sword Art Online?

    Kirito can count the list of people who know him that way on a handful of hands at most.

    All of a sudden the poker face is gone, replaced with sharp attention bordering on panic. He gazes hard enough to bore holes through a wall.

    Things get tense. Really tense. Quickly.

    ...

    But just as it seems like he's going to flip... instead, the boy sighs snortily, rests an elbow on the table and his head against the hand. Expression? Shifts from tense and worried to soggy, unamused, and frustrated all in one. Yes, there's even a little eyetwitching there.

    "Give me a break." He mutters.

Tomoe has posed:
Tomoe is about to say something else when the bomb gets dropped she wonders about these rumors. Man did Klien have a bit too much to drink somewhere? Sigh she might have ot talk to him. However Meido contiunes on and she's kinda staring now wait she's not just a random RPer who latched onto them?!

Amalthea (395) has posed:
    It's quite the cryptic smile that crosses the maid's face as she leans back in her seat and finishes off the last of her tea. "Anywho, I shouldn't stay out of character too long, it'll feel funny trying to get back into the role afterwards. Oh it's great stress relief, you should try it sometime, what do you think I've been giving you all hooks for?" Teased lightly.
    "But like I said, don't worry about me getting in the way, I'm more than happy to work investigating ~with~ you." Said as she brings up her game menu and pays the tab, before rising.
    "Oh and another thing." Added as she makes her way towards the door.
    "My military pride won't let me lose. I hope to see you both in the Bullet of Bullets~."

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito regains his composure quickly enough, sprouting a mischevious smile. "I'm just a wandering mercenary seeking fame, fortune, and good challenges, you know." The boy cracks out warmly, a little more 'in character' than before.

    How he wished it were more so these days. Things are too serious to be TOO mischevious.

    So he meets her on the way out with a fiery and determined gaze. "We'll see you there!"

    He's not going to lose either.

Tomoe has posed:
Eisen looks to Meido for a moment and she nods a little it. "All right then I'll trust you on this. I see and it should br fun right? I don't intend to lose either in this. Oh heck no I'm not going to lose this." She grins waves to Meido as she leaves, but then she turns to Kiriro

"We might as well wait for my old man we're going to need to stock up, right?"

Still man the revelations about Meido is some soldier just cutting lose? She wonder is she connecteds to Reker at all...?