USERNAME: #B91600 SUBJECT: A Map of Chroma

[heartsteals]

To my fellow refugees:

At long last I have completed a Map of the town and would like to share it with you all. I am far from a cartographer, having only made maps of interiors before this; nonetheless, I hope that it will be of some use.

I must also offer my thanks to Monsieur Bruce and his associates for producing a great many copies of this map. If you would like to have one for yourself, please stop by my home in Ruga - it's the house with red roses blooming in front. Otherwise, I have posted one in the Town Hall building in Ruga for all to view.

That's all that I have to say for today. Be well!

Yours truly,
Lupin

[ just as he says, there's a hand-drawn map of Chroma tacked up in the town hall! If your characters want their own copy, feel free to start an action thread coming to Lupin's house here, too; he'll be sitting in the kitchen with a stack of them to hand out. ]

Comments

[pursestrings]

An illegal airship race.

[Hm..... sounds weird, but okay.]

Those things are pretty slow.

[heartsteals]

[ these are like, steampunk airships with propellers and shit on them, but since those are the only kind Lupin knows, he doesn't even think to explain that... ]

Not when they're built for racing, they're not. My friend souped ours up before the race, besides. We were going so fast that we had to crash-land it.

[ also because they got shot at a lot and overclocked the engines to win BUT ]

In any case, now you know how I make my living. A lot of people have heard of me, but I'd still rather not have you go telling everyone in town I'm a thief if you can help it. People might get the wrong impression.

[pursestrings]

[don't say souped up, you're so old, god lupin!!!]

You were just making faces at me like it was too bad I didn't know who you were, but you don't want me telling anybody? What's the point of being great pals if I gotta keep secrets about cool criminal shit?

[UUUGGGH]

[heartsteals]

Unfortunately, not everyone thinks it's cool. [ his tone says "they're wrong, but." ] And I don't want people thinking I'm going to steal their things here.

[pursestrings]

For real? Nobody even has good shit around here. They gotta be crazy to think that.

[There's nothing worth stealing!!]

[heartsteals]

[ excuse you, he could steal some chickens, and some gold-embossed original poetry ]

Maybe, but I'm sure there are still some folks who would think it. I'd rather not assume everyone's ready to get cozy with the thief in their midst. [ a beat. ] Part of it is just that I'm used to keeping my identity under wraps, anyway.

[pursestrings]

[go away loop]

Yeah yeah, I'm special, I get it. I won't tell anybody about your life of crime. You're pretty alright, too.

[heartsteals]

Woah, woah, who said anything about special? Maybe I just think you're boneheaded enough to trust me anyway.

[ the comment is very clearly a joke; he grins. ]

Consider it an honor.

[pursestrings]

[Okuyasu looks at Lupin for... a long moment.]

You're such a nerd.

[heartsteals]

[ he laughs at that. sticks and stones!! ]

So are you.

[pursestrings]

No way! [TAKE IT BACK!!] What'd I do?

[heartsteals]

Hmm. Where should I start? The goose drawing, the nicknames, the poetry...

[ but it's okay, they're charming nerd features. ]

[pursestrings]

Those things are cool. Everybody thought those were cool!

["Ochako thought those were cool" - local teen, whipped]

[heartsteals]

Miss Ochako doesn't count as "everybody."

[ HE SEES THROUGH YOU OKUYASU... and thinks it's cute ]

[pursestrings]

[hey......don't read him like that!!]

Maybe, but her vote counts twice anyway.