[Later in the 1st Week, OTA] After Drizzt Gets Arrested....

[naturaltwohands]

[Ever heard resignation and embarrassment in your head at the same time? Because you are now.]

Before I say anything else: I am all right. Unharmed. Unhurt. Fine.

However, I have been arrested by a Council Enforcer and a member of the Elite Duskling Corps, although I did not catch her name. I believe I am being held near to the center of the city, and I am to speak to one Councilor Verena.

... I would prefer to abide by their laws, and I've only been arrested on suspicion because my saying that I didn't know what assistive devices were, which was taken to be a lie. However, is this truly the best course? I do not see any reason why they would keep me for too long.

[A pause, then a bit of a chuckle.]

Please make sure my father Zaknafein does not do anything rash this time. I am truly unharmed, Father.

((OOC: After the top thread here.))

Comments

[fridgeninja]

If you want to stick to the truth, I won't argue.

But I could help explain assistive technology, if you'd like.

[naturaltwohands]

I already claimed it was a joke, so knowing what they mean would be incredibly useful. And.. Quickly would be good. I appear to be an adolescent, so I hope they will not be too harsh on me.

[fridgeninja]

When someone's got a difference or disability that holds them back or makes things harder for them, people make devices that help even things up. Glasses - you've seen people in Liminal Space wearing frames with glass in over their eyes ? - help adjust vision with special lenses, like in a telescope. Something like crutches or a cane can help people whose legs are hurt.

But it can be a lot more complicated than that, too.

[naturaltwohands]

I have seen many of these things over the course of my life. [Drizzt clearly is not happy with his next words:] Why would people be denied such things? Is it not important to make their lives better?

[wickedestwitch]

How much are they holding you for bail?

Also, I'll be there as soon as possible to try to defend your case.

[naturaltwohands]

I have no idea what 'bail' or 'case' even is, but I have not heard either mentioned.

[wickedestwitch]

They can't hold you forever without actually charging you with a crime.

This isn't my first time dealing with police and being on the wrong side of the law.

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

ARRESTED?!?!?

-=yeah he heard that word and everything else just went out the window=-

[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt is trying to figure out if Zak plans on killing him or every single guard that gets in between the two of them. Probably the later.]

Father, I'm fine!

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

You are an idiot. We know nothing about what these people do to criminals.

Where are you?

[failgoyle]

Dude, you gotta learn how to portal. That saved my ass when they tried to arrest me in the Bando.

[naturaltwohands]

Duly noted for the next time I am arrested.

[Drizzt, this is the wrong time for that tongue of yours.]

... Can others create portals to rescue me if it becomes necessary?

[failgoyle]

Oh, yeah, that should be possible.

[There's a pause.]

...I could probably do it, but just my luck I'd screw it up.

[memoryandtheft]

Do you know the reason for your arrest?

[naturaltwohands]

... Being suspicious? I am not really sure. It is as I said--I did not know what assistive devices were, and so the female elf believed I was planning something.

[memoryandtheft]

That's it? You were just talking, the subject came up, and she dragged you off for not knowing what they were?

[There's a sharpness to her telepathic voice that suggests something closer to unease than incredulity.]

...Was your cat with you?

[uzoda]

Did she have a big hammer as a weapon? And a poofy skirt? I bet I know her name...

[There's a groan. He's had a bit of a time with the local law enforcement, too.]

[naturaltwohands]

She has hassled you as well?

[uzoda]

Me, and probably a bunch of other people! She called herself "Isolda Snow".

....she still there?

[awondrousplace]

Oh, bollocks.

Do you need any help? I can likely help with any sort of information that you need, or, well, ignorance of the law does sometimes work as an excuse.

It seems that others have this well in-hand, however.

[naturaltwohands]

Bollocks? ... I will have to remember that one. I like the ring of it.

[Bad time for humor. Drizzt sounds a bit embarrassed as he goes on.]

If you do not mind helping, have a healthy lack of information about most things, still. If they were to ask me questions about such things regarding my age or what rural town I am from, I wouldn't know what to say. I know that I appear about fifteen or so years of age for a human, but somewhere in my twenties if I was still drow. Being an adolescent in form is much more of a headache than I originally thought.

[awondrousplace]

I certainly do not lay claim to the word.

[There's a thoughtful pause before she goes on.]

Adolescence is awful no matter what your culture. It is an awkward time no matter who you are.

As to anything else, I'm still trying to find more information. The plague seems to have wiped out most of the cities other than this one. There is also not much information at all. I am assuming there are rural areas, but there is precious little about them that I have found.

I will keep looking, though. Give me a couple hours, and I'll pour through the libraries I've found.

[Action]

[neverfeltthatway]

[Drizzt is in trouble. Not immediate danger perhaps - although that can be deceptive, and change quickly - but he is trapped and to be questioned. Since he was brought in because he knew too little of the world, that confrontation is unlikely to go well.

They want to try and get him out legally, for obvious reasons - it's but the beginning of the jaunt, and breaking him out now would have several of them fugitives for the length of the jaunt, and mark the rest of them under more suspicion than they already are. But they also need a way out in case the legal means fail.

Naturally, Armin makes his plans to help with both contingencies.

The biggest immediate concern is how this interrogation goes. He knows too little, and relaying questions over the network may be too slow, and give him too many responses to form a coherent answer in the heat of the moment. So obviously, Armin's best solution is to be there with him. He sets himself up in liminal space, with Sansa there to watch over his body, and ready to portal Drizzt out if the need arises. Then he leans back, closes his eyes...

And appears next to Drizzt, without warning and giving no sign he's not actually there. He looks around - quickly taking in the situation and their surroundings - before he turns to the drow, calm but serious.]

Drizzt. Are you all right?

[Action]

[naturaltwohands]

I am unharmed--

[And then. Drizzt realized the question was heard by his ears, not his mind, and he is answering with his mouth--

Drizzt scans the room, his eyes falling onto Armin, and then he takes a few stumbling steps back with wide eyes.

Fuck, Armin. Warn a drow, would you?]

How did you--?!

[Action]

[neverfeltthatway]

[It's true that it might have been wise to warn Drizzt he was coming. But the network has been a large part of his life for so long now, sometimes it's hard to remember how out of the ordinary some of the things he can do really are.

Armin tenses, not anticipating that reaction.] Drizzt! Calm down, please. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.