[Millie and John wander away. Away! Through the crowds!] * Millie wanders off towards where the crowd thins out and then takes her hands down in a huff, shaking her head. "That idiot don't know nothin'. Why Jinxy's wastin' time with him, I've got no idea..." 'cuz the stupid people talk first. Yeah but they usually lie too. * Millie sighs and turns around. "He may get somethin', but we should try an' find somethin' out ourselves. It don't do no good to rely on that swindler ta give us accurate information." (Noooo, smart people lie. Stupid people just lie badly.) * John wanders with Millie. "Yer not sayin' that Tairan lies, are ya?" * Millie smirks slightly. "You said it, not me." * John smirks. "Well, ya any good at gettin' information, then?" 'Sides, Lanky ain't THAT stupid. He'd have been dead long time ago if he were. You said it, not me. * Millie rubs her chin. "Fair. I think I know some places ta ask. How 'bout you? I have experience. Nothin' outstandin', though. Anyways, if I know anythin', it's they'll talk to you more than me. If only 'cuz you're a girl... No offense, 'course. * Millie smirks slightly. "Actually, that's what I intended ta use." * John grins. "Glad ta see we're on the same page, then. Unfortunately, there are less girls around than guys." Or maybe that's fortunate. * Millie stops and turns to flutter her lashes at John in a vain attempt at satire. "Oh, but the big, strapping young farm boy'll protect this poor maiden from the villians of this debauched city, raight?" Flutter, flutter. * John can't help but chuckle. "Raight, let's go ann- Ah mean meet some folks." * John does his best farm-boy impersonation. [John actually is a farm boy, so it's pretty darned good.] * John would thank you, if it wasn't OOC to do so. * Millie squeals in delight and takes John by the arm, doing a happy smile as she walks along, looking at all the sites and sidealleys for any important details, rumormongers, etc. * John goes along being like a 'big farmboy'. Too bad he doesn't have a hay-seed to chew on. [He doesn't, but he has shiny teeth!] [They ting.] *TING!* * John tings. *TING!* * Millie hmms as she goes along and looks more serious but is still clinging to John's arm. "How we gonna meet up with Jinxy and the others if we find somethin'?" 'm sure we can. After all, 's not that big of a place. True but by that logic, y'all'd think we'd have run into Jan by now.. [Not that big of a place, he says of one of the city states of Teck.] (Yup! ^_^) (Some farmboy YOU are.) Yeah, yer right about that. We know where we were stayin', though. An' where Jinx was last. * Millie mmms and drops her voice a little more. "What do ya think 'bout droppin' the name Izu? It's risky...but it may be a risk we need." * John drops his voice as well. "If ya gotta. Better come up with a good reason ta be talkin' 'bout it, though." * Millie smiles. "Come on now. I'm a ruin explorer. Of course an explorer's gonna be interested in ghost cities..." But in Shomura? * Millie shrugs. "Say it has a link ta one of the ancient wars between Teck and Shomura. Heck, it's mostly true anyhow." Gotta point. Sure, go for it. But for better or ill, it was your idea. ~_^ Besides...I know a guy...uh... * Millie suddenly frowns and stops. * John stops with Millie. "What's wrong?" Nothin'. * Millie points up a street. "That way. Come on." * John frowns, but starts that way too. * Millie heads like she actually knows where she's going now. Maybe she actually does. Who knows? Where we goin'? [They keep going! They head to the north part of town, where the celebration thins. Looks like a general store, or something... well, more a knick knack store than a general store.] (Millie's gun sense is tingling.) * Millie nods and straightens her vest, tugging on it, then strides purposefully into the shop. * John follows along with Millie curiously.