The Tavern

[Meru]

"Umm.. I would like it if you would apologize to her. And Stud, I guess you can't come along.. I can tell you about what I find though. And apologize for dragging you here when you couldn't even get on the boat." Leon says, apologizing.

[Empusa Sesshi]

He stands up and stands nose to nose with Stud. "Oh lookee 'ere, the wee little girl thinks she's got tha stones ta stand up ta a man!"

[Mitera Nikkou]

She presses her nose into the old man's, continuing to glare at him, ignoring the boy because of this guy's affront. Then, she sighed and seemed to resign herself to her position, being a weak girl and all. She backed away a step and turned her head aside, as if ashamed to try and fight a man.

"Well, maybe I don't have the stones..." Then she swiftly swung her foot into the direction of the old seadog's crotch. "But you do!"

[Empusa Sesshi]

"G...gar...." He plops to the ground with a thud. x.x

[Mitera Nikkou]

After the successful kick, she fell onto her bottom, holding her foot. "Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye...! Oooo... That hurt!"

Still, she couldn't help cracking a smile upon seeing the old fisherman in worse shape.

[Meru]

"Umm... Err..." Leon stutters, quite suprised by this sudden turn of events, and being ignored.... "Er.. That guy.. He was the one who knew where the flying lobsters were..."

[Mitera Nikkou]

She kind of froze at that, then slowly looked up at the boy with a smile that she hoped was hiding her embarrassment. "Is... That so...?"

Inwardly, she cursed at whatever was bringing upon her all this bad luck lately. Curse them! Making her think that she would have a run of good luck after encountering the boy!

[Meru]

"Yeah... So we sorta lack a boat and a guide now... Eh... Maybe there's some other mission around here.. Either that, or we could head on out of this place.. I mean, you did just knock that guy out. He's not going to be happy when he wakes up." Leon explains.

[Mitera Nikkou]

She couldn't accept that. Not only did she want to continue on her quest to return to normal, but she didn't like feeling guilty for messing up the boy's plans after he had been so willing to help her. So, she pulled and then pushed up the old fisherman (with a lot of effort) and began to shake him once he was sitting upright and wasn't that hard to keep from falling over.

"Hey! Listen up! You're going to take us both to where we need to go, or I've got more where that came from! I might even place a curse on you!"

And while she wasn't sure that she could work her magic like she used to, she did hope that, if it ended up being a bluff, that he'd see her "mystical", "more humanly female" appearance and come to the conclusion that she was a creature that could work such magic.

[Empusa Sesshi]

He's rattled heavily...jerking like a marionette on it's strings a bit. "G...gaaaar! Ye be a witch too? Nay witch wench is gettin on me boat!"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Then I'll turn you into the fish that your ilk catch, and throw you into the harbor!" She threatened, using one hand for a gesture that appeared to be a signal for a preparation to cast something. However, while she had been able to cast such spells as a male faery, she wasn't sure that she could accomplish such a thing as a human female: because she couldn't "feel" her magic like she used to.

[Meru]

"Umm.. Maybe you shouldn't be so rash Stud.. I mean, this captain would be glad to take us there, right? Because we would be solving a natural mystery, and he would be involved in it, right?" Leon asks.

[Empusa Sesshi]

"Gar! Take this!" He swings..and punches Stud right in the boob...ouch.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Stud yelps and falls back, her back hitting Meru's legs. She cradled her offended breast in her hand, and she was filled with many emotions, though most prominent were anger and humiliation. How dare that old human attack her, as well as strike something that she had never wanted to experience being struck! How dare he! She didn't have to take this, whether if she had the body of a woman or not: she had the heart of a man!

Seething like a kettle left over the fire for too long, she growled and as she sat upright, trying to grasp whatever power that she could. She didn't know how to garner magic in a human body, but it felt like she was garnering a little bit of something if the rise of stray hairs from her head was any indication. She didn't know how much she had (much less know how to focus it), so she thrust her right hand toward the old fisherman and directed the power through it, not knowing what would happen (that is, if anything would happen).

(Sesshi: Okay, have a ball while it's in your court. ;p Also, what about the other patrons and the bartender? What are they doing, or reacting? Just watching since they don't expect a girl to do anything spectacular? XD)

[Empusa Sesshi]

Stud feels a bit of a build up...and instead of turning him into a fish...she conjures a guppy which binks off his nose. Everyone has by now noticed what's going on, and at this "impressive" display of magic the crowd begins to laugh. Salty Mike however finds this less amusing. "Ye hexed me ye she-devil!" He grabs a pitcher of booze and dumps it over Stud's head.