The Great Chicken Caper!

From FiranMUX

SCENE: The Forum.

Jazayeri sees a chicken running around the forum unattended and makes her way towards it.

Jazayeri crouches down and tries to get a hold of the chicken.

Draugik watches the market as a good guard should. He spies Jazayeri and watches as she battles a chicken.

Jazayeri scowls at the chicken and tries to nab it using a different technique.

Jazayeri leaps at the chicken and tries to catch it.

The chicken squawks and runs under a table which contains glassware. Jaz chases it diving under the table.

Jazayeri captures chicken!

Draugik walks slowly up to Jazayeri and the chicken and, as he reaches them, he coughs loudly.

Jazayeri snickers as she gets the chicken cornered and catches it. She tucks it under her arm and turns around suddenly hitting her head on the table as she starts.

Draugik stands by Jazayeri as the woman crawls from beneath a table with a chicken under her arm. He looks at Jazayeri, "Mes, what are you doing?" He growls.

Jazayeri looks up at the haffie who is standing behind and above her. She frowns and says, "What does it look like I'm doin? I am catchin a loose chicken."

Draugik frowns a bit, "And, would that be your chicken, mes? Or one you just wish to aquire through illegal means?" he barks out.

Jazayeri stands up holding the chicken tucked under one arm. She glares at the haffie and says, "It's a wild chicken."

Draugik glares at the Old city woman a bit more, "Oh, are you sure of that? How do you know it is not my chicken!?" He yells. "Just because you see something around means you can take it without even trying to find out who it beloings to?"

Jazayeri smirks at the commander trying to imagine him owning a chicken, nevertheless taking it for a walk and she says, "Is this yer chicken?"

Draugik glares at Jazayeri, "I am the one asking the questions, mes. And, unless you want arrested for obstructing justice, I suggest you not ask any more. Now, is that your chicken?"

Nazeera see's Zoey off to the baths then to home and turns around to oversee the forum. A brow lifts as she notices what seems to be an all too familiar guard/oldcity combo. She sticks around to watch the situation carefully.

Jazayeri looks in her hands and says, "It is now. That chicken didn't belong ta anyone before, unless it was yers an' I did ask ya if it were yers, but ya didn't answer it. So I hasta figure that it ain't yers. There fer, since only you an' I care about the stinkin chicken, it must, by my the process o' elimination, be my chicken."

Draugik shakes his head, "Mes, did you buy that chicken from anyone or did you just see it here and decide to take it?" He asks.

Jazayeri rolls her eyes and says, "It's a wild chicken, prove it ain't."

Draugik shakes his head, "A wild chicken would be in the wild, mes. Not the forum. Now release the chicken and let its rightful owner come claim it. Or, shall I arrest you for theft?"

The chicken wiggles under her arm and struggles to get free, uncaring whether it is wild or not but not liking to be held.

Jazayeri says, "I caught the chicken. It is night comin on. If the chicken is left outside in the night, it won't be no bodies chicken. It will be a frozen dinner is all. I am savin its little chicken life. Ya would be doomin it ta freezin."

Draugik shrugs his shoulders, "Then, you are not going to release it, mes?" He aks, placing a hand to the pommel of his sword.

Jazayeri smirks at the haffie who is arguing with her over a chicken. She rolls her eyes as he postures with his sword. She says, "This chicken don't belong ta no body. Look around ya, does anyone care about this chicken? NO. What is the big bloody deal about the chicken? It is no bodies chicken." As the sleet comes down she pulls her hood up and she says, "Yer just gonna let it die out here?"

Draugik says, "Mes, there are public hunting grounds that the ranivor set up to be hunted upon. This, however, is not one. This is the market, where things are bought and sold. I suggest you buy your food here or hunt in the hunting grounds. Is that clear?"

Nazeera slips into the archway of the bath house as the sleet and rain fall down. She huddles under her armor and cape keeping an eye on the forum as she watches the exchange about the chicken. Freezing cold water slips off the edges of the pilot's helmet and she reaches a hand up to wipe the drips away as best she can.

Jazayeri is holding a chicken while the haffie commander attempts to verbally wrestle the chicken away from her.

Her comes Arcadia looking rather angry mixed with a great deal of hurt as she hurrily or the best she can attempt enters the Forum intent on heading south Tergus shouts, "Arcadia Stop right now!"

Jazayeri says, "Yes commander, I will do my huntin on the huntin places. But I is just rescuing this chicken from freezin ta death."

Ha! like Arcadia will listen to Tergus now after he let his whore insult her, nopes, no way. Escape is the only thing on Cadi's mind at the moment as she runs into Solgarik.

Draugik shakes his head to the woman again, "Mes, if you attempt to leave with that chicken, you _WILL_ be arrested!" He barks out.

Solgarik comes walking out of the bath house, unsuspectingly accosted by his cousin, whom he reaches out to stop and steady. "What the hell is going on here?"

Nazeera steps out of the bath house archway and marches down the stairs straight for Jazayeri and Draugik. She salutes Draugik properly before leaning in to mutter something to Jazayeri.

Jazayeri says, "Fer what? I am not stealin nuthin that belongs ta nobody. No body is claimin this f*ckin chicken." She holds the chicken up and shouts, "Does this chicken belong ta anyone?"

Tergus is now ridding the horse, so Arcadia isn't escaping to far before he can be beside her and it would seem Solgarik. Tergus still has a bit of an grin upon his face, as he thinks about what just happened. "greetings prince Solgarik.." Tergus nods from atop the horse.

Nazeera mutters to you, "I don't think a chicken is worth it Jaz. Just let it go. I'll -give- you 5 more chickens."

Draugik returns a salute to Nazeera and then yanks her on the shoulder. "Do not ever interrupt me when I am speaking, centurion! Is that clear! Now, what the hell did you just say, exactly!"

Wiggling in her hands the chicken squawks as it is held up for the people to see.

Solgarik shoots a glance to Jazayeri as he hears the disturbing coupling of 'f*cking' and 'chicken' in the same sentence.

Jazayeri waits for anyone to claim the chicken.

Nazeera looks at Draugik then narrows her eyes, "I did not inturrupt you. I merely was attempting to convince her to let go of the chicken as it was not worth it."

Tergus turns towards the Women with the chicken "Aye..its mine, and it keeps getting away from the stables. For a Stenis its yours."

Zeysani has the hood of her byrrus pulled far over her head, concealing her features. She is pleased the market is, for the most part, closed so that no cheers give away her presense. She has no one with her at all, not a single guard trailing behind her.

Draugik glares a bit more at Nazeera, "Centurion. What exactly did you say to her!" He yells, then looks back to Jazayeri. "Mes, you are now under arrest. Release the chicken and come with me!"

Kader wanders into the market with Tarana, balancing a small boy over his shoulders. They both head in the general direction of the bath house.

Jazayeri smirks at Draugik with eyes that pierce like ice at him as she hands over a stenis to Tergus. "It is now my chicken commander." She says smuggly. "Yer arrestin me fer collectin up my own chicken?"

Solgarik looks at the ruffled Arcadia, brow cocking in curiosity and concern, the prince making himself oblivious to the conversation concerning the pilfering of poultry. "What is wrong?" he asks, looking to Tergus as if perhaps expecting the answer from him.

You hand 1 stenis to Tergus.

Tarana walks at a sedate pace alongside Kader, leading their oldest toddler son along by the hand. When the boy pauses to stare, wide-eyed, at the commotion, she gives him a little nudge and leads him on towards the baths.

Nazeera glares at Draugik, "I told you what I said. Do you question my honesty?"

Arcadia buries her head into Solgarik's shoulder. All she wants to do is just get the hell out of Dodge

Jazayeri smirks with gratitude at the lord as she returns her icy glare towards Draugik. "Well Commander is I still under arrest fer holdin this chicken? I did as ya requested an' found its owner. The owner sold it ta me an now it is mine."

Borias comes into the forum and spots a small crowd of people, he goes over to watch.

Draugik shakes his head, "Mes Jazayeri. You stole the chicken first and then paid for it after you were caught." He snaps a brisk salute as the general makes himself known. "Sir, the mes here stole a chicken and only after getting caught did she decide to pay for it."

Zeysani spots Arcadia in the market and begins to make her way over to the woman, then noticing her husband as she draws near and her pace slows.

Draugik ignores Nazeera for the time being.

Tergus watches the commander for a moment to see if he will now arrest the women who rightfully owns the chicken in her hands. He then turns to Solgarik "I was walking home with the horse here and I happened upon Zutiva. We where talking when Lady Arcadia came along, and...." He turns to Draugik "Are you questioning my honesty Commander? IN fact I should give back the stenis to the Mes here for rescuing my escaped chiken."

Jazayeri snickers at the commander's impotence in this situation and says, "I tol ya all along, commander, I is rescuin this chicken. Chickens don't do good livin outside in the sleet without protection."

Solgarik nods to the Commander, reminding himself of the last time he interrupted an arrest in the Forum and the urinary consequences. "You witnessed the entire incident, I trust?"

Zeysani reaches Arcadia, and therefore Solgarik. She pushes back the hood of her byrrus, eyes appraising the woman. "Cadi? What is wrong?" she asks softly, thankful that her spouse now appears involved with the commander.

Zoey races into the forum, her right side covered all in snow and she appears to be looking backwards as she bends down and scoops some snow and appears to be making a snowball.

Zoey crafts an nice looking snowball. snowball has left.

Zoey wields her snowball. You notice Nikos trying to hide.

Nikos's snowball becomes a useless slushy mess.

Nazeera steps aside for Solgarik to speak to Draugik and Tergus. She does salute the Prince General respectfully.

Nazeera glances over in Niko's general direction and smirks slightly.

Draugik nods to the General. "Sir, I witnessed the woman walk into the market area, spot a chicken the scurry after it! The woman caught the chicken after some time, diving uinder a table to get it! Then, sir, I approached her, asking her about it and who the chicken in question belonged to, and she said that, after some arguing, that due to the process of elimination, it belonged to her cause noone else was here to claim it! Now, sir, I hear from the lords own lips that it is his chicken, and even if the mes buys it, at the time she captured it, it was stolen, sir!"

Nikos scampers behind some handcarts as he chases Zoey into the forum, and sneaks around to ambush her!

This is all just too humilating according to Arcadia. She lifts her head from Solgarik's shoulder to look at Zeysani. There are unshed tears in her glassy looking midnight black eyes. She raises her chin just so...call it pride or perhaps anger or the combination of both. She leans toward her cousin's beautiful wife to whisper softly within her ear.

Jazayeri watches an assault about to take place and snickers, her shoulders shaking as she sees children playing. She looks back at the lords, the commander and then to the children. The chicken squwaks and tries to wiggle free, but Jaz just holds on to it.

Zoey sticks out her tongue at NIkos's POOR attempt to hide and she packs her arsenal and was in her midst of preparing to throw it when she hears a familiar voice. She peers and starts to look around.

Tergus steadies the large war horse as childern start to toss snowballs around the forum. He does rember how horses and snowballs don't mix very well. Rather life threatening at that. Tergus steadies the horse, however with horse being a war horse it rather enjoys the excitement of combat.

Zoey lets out a squeal as her snowball was all but forgotten at the sight of her favourite prince, "Solgie!" as the running hurricane of green hurtles herself towards Solgarik stomping through the snow.

Jazayeri says, "Scuse me commander, ya left out the part where ya tol me ta try ta find the owner." She smirks at the commander in a helpful way.

Solgarik nods, frowning thoughtfully. "Then do as you see fit, Commander." The prince general's attention is unceremoniously diverted with the bellowing of the pint-sized assassin called Zoey who comes hurtling in his direction.

Zeysani's violet eyes widen and then narrow as Arcadia murmers to her and she looks about the Forum. "Insult? Surely he would not have allowed such a thing!" she replies quietly.

Nikos scampers up ontop of a handcart to better see what is going on with Draugik. Infact, at seeing Draugik, the little boy remembers a song he recently learned and starts to sing.

Nikos tries to sing The Bully Song but winds up sounding like a foof!

Nikos plays the humorous Bully Song which makes those around laugh!

Nikos has trouble with the words but plays the beat of the funny Bully Song on his little drum, as he struts around along the edge of the handcart. "Whee!" He says happily, grinning as people turn to look at him.

Zoey launches herself at Solgie happily, "You've come back!" She states happily as she huggles whatever part of Solgarik that she can reach, "I tried to go off to war, but I was too little! I'm gonna be riding a Griffon just like Naz. I'll be a little smith on a griffon!" She rattles off excitedly at the Prince non-stop.

Nazeera remains at attention as the kid starts singing the bully song to Draugik.

With the General's proclamation to the commander she just holds her breath waiting to see just what Draugik will end up seeing the 'fit' thing to do.

Zeysani's mouth drops slightly in amazement and her expression hardens. She takes the woman's hands and bends slightly to whisper in her ear.

Tergus frowns a little as he see's that the commander may get his way with the arrest. He shakes his head a little "Commander, Not to be interupting or anything. But the chicken was lost, and the Mes is inarticulate which is a fault of birth. She simply was rescuing the chiken from certain death. Then with your guidance she was even more brave and asked those around who the chicken belonged to. I said it was mine, and she has now paid for it. As well since the chicken is mine, wouldn't be up to me to lay charges against her for theft?" He then hears Sani's words "I didn't but Arcadia left before I was given a chance to respond for her to hear."

Draugik snaps a salute to the general and looks back to Jazayeri, Tergus, and Nazeera. "First, M'lord. I, in no way questioned your honesty. If you would carefully listen to the statement I made, you would understand that." He then looks to Nazeera, "And, yes, centurion. I am ordering you to repeat what you muttered to the mes than I will decide on whether or not I question your honesty. Is that clear, centurion!" Finally, to Jazayeri, "And you, mes, are now under arrest for theft!"

Solgarik nods to Zoey, smiling and hefting her in his arms. "Well tell me, how have you and your sisters been? I've missed my little run-ins with you and Mes Orelia."

Arcadia shakes her head then whispers back to Sani.

Zoey wraps her little arms around Solgarik's neck and then she wrinkles her nose, "Talia's been kissing boys." and then she leans into whisper into Solgarik's ears about some news apparently as she hugs him happily, looking very happy that he's back and totally ignoring Draugik's tirade.

Nazeera stands up taller if possible and shouts at Draugik, "Sir! Yes Sir. I told her to put the chicken down as it was not worth it! Sir! And I also told her I'd give her 5 chickens! SIR!"

Jazayeri smirks at the commander at the lord has chosen to point out the finer points of the law to the commander. She nods as the lord speaks, "I did tell the commander how worried I was fer the health o' this chicken several time, m'lord an' he was content ta let it die from exposure."

Zeysani 's voice is a bit sharp as she replies, "Laughed?"

Zoey seems to mutter to Solgarik, "She's been ....... Lord ..... ... .... ........."

The name Talia just makes the situation worse in Arcadia's eyes. She then nods to Zeysani looking away. Heck she is far too humiliAted to look up At anyone at the moment.

Draugik listens as the lord does not seem to know the Firan laws as he is not needed to press charges as the commander witnessed the event.

Solgarik frowns as Zoey whispers. "Well now, I would have thought she'd have better taste than that."

Zoey then looks slightly miffed, "You're not gonna be a stinky boy and start kissing Talia again, are you!? You got Princess Sani and she's so pretty! If you do that I'm gonna be vewy angry wif you!"

Draugik nods to Nazeera, "Very good, centurion. Now, dismissed."

Solgarik coughs slightly, raising a finger to plant softly over Zoey's lips. "Shhhhh, that was a long time ago, wasn't it?"

Nikos snickers as he hears Zoey's muttering, "You're sister is easy..." He says with a giggle. Shaking his floppy mop of long blond hair he crinkles his nose, "Dumb girls..."

Zeysani blinks as she hears Zoey's remark and she turns to look at her husband.

ROLL: Zoey rolls her Perception at difficulty 9 and gets 1 success.

Jazayeri says, "M'lord, the commander was plottin ta let that chicken die. I was attemptin ta rescue it. I didn't steal it. He didn't even give me a chance ta find it's owner with him bitchin at me as soon as I picked it up."

Zoey's very sharp ears catches Nikos's snicker and she frowns at him, sensing its not a good thing. She squirms in Solgarik's arms and yells at Nikos, "She's not easy!" and then she peers back at Solgarik and then she thinks, "But you kissed her until I was right in front of you and you didn't even see me! and then there was the time I saw you kissing this other girl, but I was vewy quiet so you didn't see me...why do you like to kiss other girls Solgie? PRincess Sani is so pretty! I wish I was like her!" though her eyes still glared at the Nikos as she was speaking.

Nazeera steps back a bit from Draugik and Jaz. She sighs audibly as she looks to Jazayeri. Then she turns to look at Lord Tergus curiously.

Jazayeri says, "If anyone is guilty o' anythin it is the commander with plottin chickencide. There ain't no excuse fer not renderin aid."

Zoey mouths, "Stinky little lying boy," at NIkos in a taunt as she nestles happily in Solgie's arms.

Solgarik broadens his smile, almost malevolently so as he looks to Zoey's favourite Commander. "You know, Zoey, if you want to fight for the Republic, I expect Commander Draugik here would be happy to teach you."

Draugik shrugs his shoulders and now steps closer to Jazayeri. "Mes, are you resisting arrest?" He asks. "Because, your failure to come along peacefully to a lawful order of the guard sure seems like it!"

Jazayeri says, "I ain't resistin nuthin. I has been busy keepin the city safe fer its chickens."

Draugik decides enough is enough and now grabs the woman.

Zeysani can not help but overhear Zoey's remarks, the little girl's voice carrying quite clearly to her. Her violet eyes snap as she looks at her husband and clear promises flash in them.

Nikos sticks out his tongue at Zoey, "No wonder that lady wants you to stay away from Zutiva!" He says with a devilish grin, "I bet being easy runs in the family!" The little boy giggles like an imp and flops down on the edge of the handcart to watch if Skull Woman puts up a fight.

Jazayeri does not at all resist.

Imenope is carefully cradling something beneath her leather byrrus as she enters the Forum. She frowns a bit at the crowd, but moves through those in the back as she tries to make her way to the bath house.

Tergus nods towards Jazayeri and then turns to the Commander "Umm how can there be a crime to be arrested for?" He frowns a little as the Commander moves to arrest anyways.

Draugik attempts to find some rope to tie the womans hands but realizes that he forgot it.

Borias speaks up,"She ain't dun nutin' wrong why dun ya haes a trials so ya kin get all the people ta say she ain't dun nutin'? Huh yer da only one dat says she stole it an' dats cause you like ta beat up on her."

Zoey shakes her head and beams at Solgie, "I'm already learning from Quo and Naz says if I'm a little bigger. She would take me on her Griffon ride! Qwent also wants me to ride on the Griffon with him, but he says I have to be as big as Talia and Zutiva wants me to go with her again." and then she glares at the little boy and states importantly, "Princesses don't get angry with lying little wormy stinky boys!" and she turns her head away and continues to cuddle Solgarik happily.

Jazayeri looks at the lord and says, "He kin arrest me fer no crime, he does it all the time."

Nazeera keeps her eye on the Draugik situation as a crowd gathers around.

Draugik glares at Tergus, "M'lord. She violated the law. At the time she got the chicken, it was theft. You may not wish to press charges, however, you are not needed to press charges."

Sadin pulls his byrrus around him in the cold and shivers his way through the market. Damn winter comes too fast and sticks around much too long.

Tergus nods towards Draugik "True...." He turns to the Magic Stenis lady "If you need a lawyer for this arrest I would be more then happy to attend it." He then turns back to Arcadia, Sani and the discussion about Zutiva, and others I am sure.

Solgarik blinks, a bit taken aback by Zoey. "Well I don't think you want to go on a griffon ride with Quentino. Women have a bad habit of touching back down with a bit of ... extra baggage."

You are now following Draugik.

A hot bath, Sadin muses. That's what I need.

Tarana links her arm through her husband's as she walks beside him. "Don't run down those stairs!" she calls after her two energetic sons.

Zoey looks confused at Solgarik and asks, "Why!? He remembered my birthday. That stinky little boy threw a snowball at me! and he tried to lie to me to tell me that there are girl-burrowing worms in the pretty feathers that Naz gave me!" and she points at Nikos, her attention diverted back to the stinky little boy.

Draugik steps behind Jazayeri and, since all the people are bitching, he grabs her in a very tight arm lock. He tightens the hold more and more as he pulls the woman along.

Jazayeri says, "I has never resisted arrest Commander. I ain't no crimminal, just a honest citizen attemptin ta save the life o' a chicken."

Solgarik sets Zoey down, turning his mischevous grin to Nikos. "Well you know, Little Princess, when boys start doing that, it usually means they like you ... a lot."

Draugik growls at Jazayeri, "Shut up."

Zoey makes a disgusted look and she says, "YUCKKKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" very loudly indeed as to what she _Thinks_ about that!

Draugik glances back to Borias, waiting for the brave little gladiator to actually do anything.

Jazayeri stands on her toes as he pulls her arm up behind her back. She turns her head to glare at him, but holds on to her chicken.

Borias sighs,"All ya do was witness her catch a chicken, dat ain't stealin'"

Nikos sputters! "I don't like her!" He shouts down from his handcart's edge, "She's loud and looks like a Griffon's behind!" The little boy folds his arms over his slender chest and hmmphs!

Solgarik pipes up for Draugik. "Mer, the Commander here is empowered by the Republic to do his job. I suggest you don't stand in his way."

Draugik shrugs at Borias, "Were you here to witness anything, mer? And I use the term mer, very loosely.

Jazayeri says, "It's just a stupid chicken stop bein such a ass."

Draugik smacks you now, "Ass?!" He growls.