not_so_great_wall | 008 ~*~ At least she can't drink and fly...

[ Action : Olney's Tavern : Open ]
[ If you're a regular at the bar, you might notice a new sigth in one of the stools. A tall red-haired Chinese woman in a plain green dress is making herself right at home, even if the drone workers don't particularly care about serving her anything other than weak, fruity, feminine drinks.

That doesn't mean she hasn't been trying to sweet-talk them into it for the better part of an hour. And by sweet-talk, I mean whining pitifully because she really doesn't want to get thrown out for taking matters into her own hands. ] --c'mo~on. Can't you just pour me something a little stronger? I'm going to need a whole lot more than this. [ She remarks, fingernail grazing the edge of the colorful cocktail glass. ]

[ Action : Around Town : Open ]
[ Later, no matter how much she had to work at it, she managed to get herself sufficiently smashed (for a short while, at least)! You can encounter her:

1) Wandering the neighborhood, humming some old tune to herself as she sways.
2) Attempting to enter your home and not realizing why her stupid key isn't working...
3) Napping on your front lawn. ]

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Yeah, little green men and everything.

[Though he seems confused by the last part.]

Youkai?

Whoa~ That sounds cool!

[ Not like those aliens that the Commissar guy was talking about. These didn't sound all that scary, and this man was pretty cool, too. She takes a big gulp and nods after setting it down. ] Mmhmm! I'm a dragon, but youkai is the catch-all term we call all the supernatural and spiritual beings where I'm from. It doesn't seem to be a popular term around here...

Dragon?

Man, I fought one once. It was rough.

[ A hearty laugh, but it's not mocking. ] I guess we're a tough breed, no matter where we're from.

[ She pours them both a little extra, and raises her glass for a toast. ] No hard feelings, I hope?

[Clinks glasses.]

No hard feelings.

[Down it goes.]

Besides. He was working for the bad guys. I'm a super hero not a dragon hunter.

[ Gulping hers down, too. Mm, that hit the spot~ ] Good to know! Then we won't have any problems. [ Or so she hoped. ]

Yeah, just don't gobble up innocent children or something.

[ Appalled! ] I'd never do that! Do you think they'd let me work at the school if I would?

Here? Yeah.

I'm pretty sure they'd put pedophiles as teachers.

[ Frowning. ] That's awful. [ Going to start being more curious about who Flandre has classes with, now. She doesn't want to have to go cracking heads, but if she has to... ]

This town is awful, you get used to that being the only predictable thing here.

[ Meiling just stares down into her glass for a moment, before raising it again. ] But now's not the time for thinking about that, right? [ Please say it's not. She came here to avoid moping. She gives him a hopeful look... ]

[But moping is what alcoholic, illiterate super heroes do best.

But hey, the chic says let's do something else. He gets another drink, raises it up to clink hers.]

Yeah, let's have a good night.

So, are you a dragon with wings?

Exactly! [ clink~ ]

[ After a drink, she shakes her head. ] No, ah... [ Gesturing with her hands. ] I have this long body, with green scales, red hair, and yellow horns. I could probably eat a car with that big maw of mine! [ Exaggerating? Maybe a liiittle, but she hasn't had to make use of that in a while, so embellishing didn't hurt. If he's ever see the side of a box of Chinese take-out back home or anything, it's like that, the way she draws a curvy line in the air with a hand. ]

Oh, man, the one I fought was like a giant lizard with a long neck and purple hot pants.

It's finger was bigger than me.

[Shaking his head.]

You mean it had fingers instead of claws? [ She's teasing, at this point, finding the banter oddly liberating. ] Must've been a sight.

Yeah, fingers. I tore one right the ☠☠☠☠ off. (http://marvel.wikia.com/File:Captain_fighting_foom.jpg)

[Man, that wasn't the best of memories but hey... it wasn't the worse either and she was good company.]

He was trying to stuff my teammate down his pants. I've seen some crazy ☠☠☠☠.

[ Sympathy pain, she shakes her hand and flexes her fingers. ] That's painful! --and weird.

It'd be like a fly landed on your finger and ripped it the ☠☠☠☠ off.

[Pouring them both another drink. Frowning at the nearly empty bottle.]

So, yeah, about flying. You want to try it?

[ That is a hilarious mental image, but she shakes her head at him when he asks. ] I already know how! So do most of the youkai from Gensokyo. I just can't fly here, yet, even though I got my body back.

Your body back?

[It took him a bit to get his flight back too. So he knows how that goes.]

Yep! I had some weak human body when I first got here -- not that anyone could tell. [ A drink. ] Now I'm much better!

You're stronger now too?

[Topping her off one last time along with himself.]

Y~~ep! [ Nodding slowly. ] I can heal faster and move easier, too. Which is great because my center was off for weeks and it made training frustrating...