[Wow, Crow really makes for a convincing cheerful adventurer who just found an odd trinket... but, well, he is a stage actor of sorts! Hijikata trudges up to him, as does one of the prison guards - the other one stays behind to guard the door. Maybe they're not totally daft.]
What are you guys doing all the way out here? You're from Camelot, right? Don't you know where you are?
In Elphame? We've been invited over by your queen for the solstice!
That's not until the twenty-first, though!
We were curious! We've never gotten this far north on the island. And already we found an artifact, see?
[He procures the time top and shows it in his palm, even letting the guard pick it up to inspect. By now his workmate is getting so curious that he comes over too... okay, scratch the "not totally daft".]
Have you seen something like this before, Malenael?
Isn't it just a toy? I don't think it's old at all! It's probably from one of those coin machines.
[After being passed around the little thing is given back to Hijikata, who pretends to inspect it some more before crouching down with it.]
I wonder if it spins?
[He knows it spins. As soon as everyone else's movements slow down he dashes forward, disarms the men and harshly knocks their heads together thrice, then unsheathes his sword to do worse with the pommel - but they already fall down unconscious, mercifully in slow-motion as the time top only stops spinning when they've already hit the ground.]
That worked well.
[For Crow it probably looked like Hijikata moved at the speed of light, taking the guards out in a blink... but at least he knows what really happened! Dragging the men into a hiding place, stealing one's outerwear and leaving them bound and gagged will be pretty much par for the course now.]
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What are you guys doing all the way out here? You're from Camelot, right? Don't you know where you are?
In Elphame? We've been invited over by your queen for the solstice!
That's not until the twenty-first, though!
We were curious! We've never gotten this far north on the island. And already we found an artifact, see?
[He procures the time top and shows it in his palm, even letting the guard pick it up to inspect. By now his workmate is getting so curious that he comes over too... okay, scratch the "not totally daft".]
Have you seen something like this before, Malenael?
Isn't it just a toy? I don't think it's old at all! It's probably from one of those coin machines.
[After being passed around the little thing is given back to Hijikata, who pretends to inspect it some more before crouching down with it.]
I wonder if it spins?
[He knows it spins. As soon as everyone else's movements slow down he dashes forward, disarms the men and harshly knocks their heads together thrice, then unsheathes his sword to do worse with the pommel - but they already fall down unconscious, mercifully in slow-motion as the time top only stops spinning when they've already hit the ground.]
That worked well.
[For Crow it probably looked like Hijikata moved at the speed of light, taking the guards out in a blink... but at least he knows what really happened! Dragging the men into a hiding place, stealing one's outerwear and leaving them bound and gagged will be pretty much par for the course now.]