?promise of particles?lloyd x FEM!reader?

All this over a Hammer?? :153:

Kai smirked, lighting his index fingers up as he finger-gunned (?) to Arin. "We'll all be there next time. Whenever there's smoke, fire has to be close behind."

With a small smile, Lloyd nodded. "I- thanks. You guys are such a good team. I don't know what I would do without you." He took a deep breath.

Sitting down next to your Nya turned to you. "So this Elemental Master took this what- mallet? And brought it to Lord Ras? And that is..?"

"The purple deviant art OC looking one." You explained, since she hadn't seen the tiger herself yet. "The one who used to be in Imperium but then got kicked out. I'm just not sure what he wants with it."

Everyone sat in silence, brainstorming.

Thankfully, it barely took any time for Sora to speak up. "I.. I can think of one place to start."

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Pushing through the crowd, Arin hot on your tail, you stepped up to the antique store, glancing at Sora. "This is the one from last night, right?"

She nodded, "Yup. Let me do the talking. Let's just say the owner of this place isn't... super friendly."

The small team of you, Sora, Lloyd, Zane, and Arin all agreed, walking up to the Merlopian outside the front.

"Ah! The Ninja, welcome to my fine establishment. Can I help you?" He said, his green gills fluttering as he spoke.

Sora stepped up, glaring up at the man. "We know a mallet was stolen from this place, Fedulian. We could help you get your property back." She commented, looking down at her nails. "We want to know why anyone would want a glorified hammer out of all the cool stuff in your store. Do you have any idea what their motive could be?"

The Eel shrugged. "Who am I to say? People bring me old, unwanted stuff, and I sell it. I don't have time to research everything in this place." He started, glancing around. "Like this-" he picked up a book, "-this could be a helmet, or a doorstop, or maybe it's a toy! Nobody quite knows.."

By the First Spinjitzu Master's name.. he could drop the sales act, it should've been clear you weren't going to buy anything. "We're not trying to get dirt on you, we just wanted to know what the deal with the mallet was." You stated, earning a 'I told you I would speak so shhh' glare from Sora.

"I am sorry I cannot help out then. I have a business to run you see. I hope you can manage learning that some cases cannot be solved." He stated, turning, and grabbing a trash bag, and going inside.

Immediately though, you saw him walk back out into the alley. Suspicious.

"Get us up on the roof, Arin." Lloyd said, seeing the Merlopian leave as well.

He furred his brow, glancing around. "You guys really think he's hiding something? He seems really reasonable to me." Glancing around he sighed. "Guess majority rules.." he shot hit grappling hook up to the roof, which everyone used to leap up.

Landing silently on your feet, you motioned to the side of the building, laying on your stomach to see what Fedulian was doing. He seemed to be using a tablet of some sort.. a Hypnobrai serpentiness on the screen.

"-tro, the Ninja were just here." He stated, rolling his eyes.

Hantro -you think you heard- mimicked his reaction, gagging. "Ugh, grossss."

You could barely hear Sora calling them some colorful names. Placing a hand on her forearm, you raised your brow. She needed to be stealthy now.

Fedulian continued, switching between the video call and a screen that looked to be counting stock. "But consider this a warning: the Ninja might come calling. Be careful, I don't want them snooping."