PlagueOfUndeath

"They're the ones training me and helping me be...uh...normal or something. Shiomi-nee teaches me to use my powers more and Asuka teaches me how to fight with my hands and feet. Actually Shiomi-nee does that too...she does a lot. They're not here, I think they're back home or maybe on some super secret mission for the Lady," Shioh said, shrugging.

"Neither have I! I've never seen so many hot dogs in one place," she said, scarfing down another hot dog, "The carnival wasn't so bad, I still have my mask from when I was a member. Everyone's always trying to exploit me, except Shiomi-nee and Asuka. They keep telling me 'The future is YOURS! Grasp it by the cajones and make it your [censored]!'"
As she said this, she stood straight up and did her best impression of Shiomi.
Suddenly something occurred to her, and she turned to Harry and asked, "What are 'cajones'?"

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"This room reminds me a lot of home, and hot dogs taste better at home. Do you want one?"

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"No thanks," Harry said, wincing a little as he looked at the hot dogs. "I'm afraid if I eat anything too substantial while drinking this stuff, I'll be upchucking all over the nice people in the row below us."

Harry sucked in a breath through his teeth, hissing in sympathy when Silk was hit.

"Ouch. Kinda brutal," he observed, sipping at his glass. "I gotta ask though," he added, turning back to Shioh. "What home did you have if THIS place reminds you of it?"

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"When I was little," Shioh said, her face showing the mixed emotions of remembering a troubled past, "some guys found out I could 'read' fights and casino games. I'd always know where the roulette ball would drop, which cards would pop up from the deck, which slot machine would payout next, and I could see the end of the first round of a fight like this."
She paused briefly to woof down another hot dog before continuing, "So these guys from 'The Family' 'adopted' me. They fed me everytime I guessed right. I got to eat three meals a day, until the casino bosses figured out the little girl walking around had unusually good luck and blacklisted me from the casinos. The guys who 'took care' of me decided to move to St. Martial after that, but when the casino bosses THERE found out, my caretakers were 'disposed of.'
"But, during that time I actually got to eat, and even though I ended up with the Carnival because of the attention my 'precognitions' gave me, it was the second best time of my life," Shioh looked wistful as she remember, "I still wish they hadn't executed Uncle Roberto so close to me though, the blood ruined the pretty dress he bought for me."

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"Waffa dwinthin?"

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"Huh?" Harry answered, not understanding her right away. He worked it out in a second, holding the glass up to look at the drink himself.

"Actually, I forget what it's called now," he said, frowning as the name refused to come to him. "Some kinda punch. Mixed with paint stripper by the feel of it."

He drank a little more.

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Shioh kicked a chair over near Harry and sat down, resting her hot dogs down on a serving tray she had somehow swiped from the bar. Anyone watching would be amazed since the only way she could have grabbed it would be with her feet.
"I hope you don't mind I sit here," she said after swallowing the hot dog, "This room reminds me a lot of home, and hot dogs taste better at home. Do you want one?"

(OOC: Shioh's standing in front of Harry too. Girl in a qipao with an armful of hot dogs ^_^

(OOC: Um, again I bring up the point of what the hell security is doing right now? I'm not expert on cruise ships but wouldn't one that size with passengers from as many walks of life as we have (some of ya'll have mentioned having files and public records stating how dangerous they can be...this includes Shioh btw.) have a small platoon of trained guards with at the very least, knowing CoH-tech, the same kind of technology heroes supposedly use to teleport crooks to the Zig? Or in this case the Brig. After so many fire alarms and fights, I'd...I dunno...expect security details on known dangers.
Again, this includes Shioh.
UnlessPolice are Useless ))

Shioh walks from the grill, arms filled with hot dogs with one in her mouth, and somehow makes it to the bar without ending up in the engine room. She sees Harry, legs propped up and drinking something. Curious, she walked up to him.
"Waffa dwinthin?" she asked, her speech muffled by the hot dog in her mouth. (OOC: God that sounds wrong...)

Shioh followed the cat and entered the room where the luau was being held. When she entered the room her eyes went wide.
"WOW!!!!" she exclaimed as she dashed as fast as she could to where the hot dogs were cooking.

(OOC: I just had a thought: what do the crew and security personnel think of all these fights and fire alarms?)

Shioh heard the cat's meow and knelt down in front of it, looking it in the eyes for a few seconds.
"Do you know how to get to the hot dogs, kitty?" she asked it.

Shioh blew the disgruntled Jake a raspberry and kept walking, kitty in hands...or arms...through the hallways.
Unfortunately, she had no idea where she was going...

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Jake quickly put another disk-shaped object onto the mechanoid, causing it to dissapear in yet another flash of light before any damage that he would have to fix was inflicted. "Relax. The whole point of this was to catch the cat that was running away from you. Figured I'd try to do something nice, although I see that's something I should try to avoid from now on..." He stated, looking up at one of the still blaring fire alarms.

"But fine, here's the cat." He said half-heartedly, cancelling the detention field and picking up the cat from under its front legs, holding it out to Shioh.

"Sorry for trying to do something for my ditzy ally..." He muttered under his breath.

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Shioh gave the boy a look, you know...one of 'those' looks.
"If you're going to help someone, you should use appropriate force! You don't crack eggs with hammers! Going after a poor little kitty with a big ol' robot shooting bubbles isn't nice," Shioh said, "We widows are taught that discretion and something called 'kid gloves' are greater weapons than the most powerful WMD in a country's arsenal."
Most of what Shioh said was from a variety of Widow training videos and some lectures by Shiomi and Asuka. It was obviously lost on Shioh that the cat fought back against the robot, of course a cat with seemingly magical powers was still a cute little kitty to her, and cuteness trumps danger every time in the mind of the naive little widow.

Seeing the cat in the bubble, Shioh grabbed onto one of the protector bot's appendages and, slamming one leg against the deck and the other against the bot's chassis, began to pull, all the while screaming "Give back kitty!" over and over.

Shioh was extremely offended. Since the cat was hiding behind her leg now, it appeared the robot was firing at HER.
And, what neither the cat or the robot seemed to notice was all this crackling electricity in the air would surely fry a few particles in the air, and when things burned they created smoke, and where there's smoke there's fire...alarms.
For the third time today.
Shioh covered her ears. She was really, REALLY getting sick of that noise. And robots.
She stilled liked kitties and hot dogs though, so she held her position in front of the cat like a mama bear protecting her cub.
"If they run outta hot dogs, I'm gonna pitch that guy overboard. I hope his amphibious training went well," she said as much to the cat as herself.

Shioh rounded the corner in time to see the protector bot trying to scrape the cat off of it.
"Leave the cat alone!" she bellowed, jumping into the air to execute a kick to the robot's chassis.
(OOC: Note: Shioh's a Night Widow, and uses 'tactile telekinesis' (yes I got the term from DC's Superboy, it fits even though hers is more like adding a few dozen pounds of force rather that allowing her to lift heavy objects) to add 'oomph' to her punches and kicks when she needs to. She won't be throwing around cars but she CAN punch through a solid wall with enough focus.)

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Suddenly, the white feline squirmed from her arms, jumped on her shoulder and leapt to the ground in the direction of Jake. The cat turned back toward Shioh with a Mrrow then continued down the hall before turning a corner.

Only a moment later, Miranda came walking down the hall in time to cross paths with Jake and Shioh from the direction of the luau. Her eyes went to Jake then Shioh before saying a word. “Young lady, you might want to be careful. You might have a stalker that could pose a danger but if you want my advice, you should just talk to him to find out what he wants.” She said nothing more and continued to her room.

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Shioh seemingly ignored Miranda's comment, not quite knowing what it meant. She didn't ignore the kitty, however.
"KITTY! Come back!" she yelled as she chased after it, any illusion of maturity gone as she scampered after the feline around the corner.

Shioh didn't like being kept from dinner, but she couldn't really ignore a possible threat, the fire alarm didn't change her mind, either. She was hungry, she was promised hot dogs!
"Hold on," she said, disappearing back into her room for a moment and returning with a pair of cellphones, one of which she handed to Jake.
"If its been on the ship this long it's probably not going to spontaneously grow arms and legs and start killing people. If it set off the fire alarm just now it's probably not dangerous enough for me to be involved either, since if it exploded, the ship would probably be shaking right now, and if it's incendiary, the fire alarm going off means the sprinklers are probably working too.
"Also, I'm an assassin, not a technician. If it IS a bomb, I don't know enough to disarm it. If you REALLY need help, just hit speed dial 1 on that phone and I'll come. Otherwise, I'm hungry, I'm going to that party."
Turning on her heel, Shioh kept going down the other hall.

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"A Widow?" He muttered to himself, a hand going up to his chin. "And you're on... Vacation... As part of your training? Who the Hell authorized that? I haven't had time off since I joined Arachnos." He suddenly seemed to go from cold to half curious, half confused. "So, you're not here on some undercover covert mission hiding behind my own objectives, then?"

Not waiting for an answer, he continued. "Well then, good. Maybe you can help me then. You see, intel told me about this box..."

((For the record, he explained that the box had seemed suspicious in that, not only was it on a luxury cruise ship, but was also armored. Fortunatas also detected strange happenings in the future involving it. For this reason they sent the first available operative they had, Jake, to investigate. After explaining his objective here, find out what's in the box and, if thought to be a threat, either destroy it or confiscate it, he asks...))

"... So, if you weren't ordered here, this is incredible luck for me. C'mon, while everyone's at the luau, we can scout out the cargo area." He began walking down the hallway, looking over his shoulder after a few steps to make sure she was following.

"Coming?"

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"Sorry, but Shiomi-nee and Asuka gave me very strict orders to 'relax' and 'have fun'. Their orders supercede all but Lady Ghost Widow and Lord Recluse himself for me. If your box interferes with those orders, I'll help you, but 'til then, I'm under no obligation to deviate from eating hot dogs and playing with Mr. Kitty," Shioh explained, walking in the opposite direction. She didn't know whether or not it was the right way to the luau, she was just trying to make a point in her own childish way.

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((>.> I did, actually, but nevermind.))

"You wish. Now answer the question. Who are you, why are you here, did Arachnos send you, and what branch are you from?"

If she couldn't tell before, she could tell now. This guy meant business, and he really wantd some answers.

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"I'm a Wind Widow, a division of the Night Widows, I'm here on vacation as part of my training," Shioh answered, frowning.

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((Uh, Jake was standing right outside her door, Plague. >.&gt)

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(OOC: Crap, I'll fix it then, you didn't mention her name so I thought you meant someone else)

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When presented with the bowl of milk, the cat lowered its head to sniff the surface of the liquid. It lapped it a few times before smelling it again. When Shioh returned after changing into more dressy clothes, the cat had resorted to dipping its paw into the liquid as a means to entertain itself until a more substantial meal was offered.

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"Wanna come with me kitty?"

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Seemingly confused if that meant ‘are you hungry?’ or not Mrroow was its answer, tilting its head at the smiling girl.

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Shioh couldn't tell what the cat was saying, but because of the nature of her powers, she could 'understand' its hunger.
"Awww you're just hungry...well come on! I bet there's food at the 'luau' thing. That weird scared guy said there would be at least," she said as she scooped up the cat and ran outside and slammed right into Jake.
"OOOOOWWWW what are you doing outside my room?! Are you peeping?!" she yelled.

"You're so cute! I've got the perfect thing for you in my room. I should probably get dressed for this 'luau' thing anyway," Shioh said to the cat.
Practically prancing, Shioh made her way back to her room, a lavish first class cabin. Of course, given her upbringing, she saw the room as especially excessive, though the bed was exceptionally comfortable.
"I have lots of room, kitty, so you can play all you want in here," Shioh said as she set the cat down and rifled through her refridgerator, removing a bottle of milk which she poured in a bowl and presented to the cat, "Now stay here! I gotta get dressed!"
Shioh moved to the large stack of luggage on the other end of the room. Shiomi-nee and Asuka had packed the bags for her, so she really wouldn't know which bags contained what if it weren't for Asuka's vague but still helpful labels: Weapons, Meditation, Casual clothes, Formal, Underwear, Toiletries, and 'Candy', which was code for 'explosives'.
Since luau was some kind of party, and Shiomi-nee had told her parties were a formal occasion, Shioh started rifling through the Formal luggage. Among the oddly large amount of clothing she had never seen before, she found: A long red dress with frills and lace, a small white dress, a blue qipao, a yukata with flowers as a design motif, a pink long sleeved kimono also with flowers as a design motif (Shiomi loves flowers), a long black strapless dress with a slit along one side, and a tuxedo. She also had various kinds of shoes she had never worn, most of which had a heel to them. Each item also had a sticker with a number, Shiomi had explained that items with the same number MUST be worn together.
Shioh was pretty lost on what to wear, since she had never dressed so formally before, so she just chose the qipao, since she liked blue. The outfit was assigned with a pair of strapped high heeled sandals, stockings, and a set of hairpins.
After an inordinate amount of time getting ready, Shioh stepped out of her bathroom and crouched down in front of the kitty.
"Wanna come with me kitty?" she asked smiling wide at the emerald eyed cat.

"Sushi?" Shioh tilted her head a bit, "Shiomi-nee likes sushi...I never liked it...do you have hot dogs? I like hot dogs."

The audacity! Shioh's feet felt surprisingly heavy, and a quick glimpse at her ankle revealed the glyph from whoever had decided to cast a spell on someone they had never met or seen. Several options sprang forth in her head, most involving revenge, some involving capture. She didn't appreciate the cowardice of someone casting a spell on her from out of sight, especially since she found out just how much of an invasion it was during her time with the carnies.
Shioh's senses returned briefly as she recovered her composure and turned to the steward stepping up to him and looking him square in the eyes.
"I promised to behave, but if I find the finger-waggler who cast this on me," she said as she pointed to her foot, "I will do something...I dunno what but I'm gonna do it!"
Her expression softened a bit before she continued, "Now, what's a luau?"

(OOC: Yes it's pretty safe to say the fire and scuffle on the stern are pretty far apart as well, they typically don't put very many cabins next to the engine of the ship. And how would she know metahumans were causing the fire anyway?)