Ozmodias Harbor

Sneaking around the corner, Raulio spots Megan interacting with the octopus sales men, giggling at her mispronunciation of the word.

"My, she's so brave." He says to himself as he quickly sketches the scene while waiting for more back-up.

The octopus man chuckles.

"Heh. That's funny. Me, the killer? You shouldn't joke about that sort of thing though, miss. It's bad luck."

He offers Rosa a piece of tentacle as well, grinning crookedly at her. Meanwhile, he prepares another one for Megan, with mustard. The way he grins at Rosa while seasoning a rubbery snack is very eerie, as it seems that his hand is acting almost independently from the rest of his body.

"Well, surely Megan can subdue the fiend with some powerful magic." Raulio came out of hiding.

"I definitely wouldn't recommend eating a snack from him at this point."

"Gah! Hey! What's the big idea!"

The octopus man kicks away the ice and hides behind his cart.

"Help! Help! The crazy witch is attacking me!"

The passer-by turn on Megan, raising walking sticks and umbrellas.

"Leave that octopus seller alone!"

"What did he ever do to you?"

"I don't know what's going on, but everyone's yelling at you! Grr! You suck!"

They begin advancing on the mage, sticks raised menacingly.

"AH! HEY! STOP! I'M THE HEROINE! OW!" Megan cried out as people began beating on her. She'd lose concentration and her trap would shatter. She was beat down until she was curled up on the ground, she wouldn't dare defend herself or she'd harm the civilians. When Robert and the authorities arrived with whom she assumed where the authorities. "AUGH! The Octapiss vendor is the serial killer!"

Ihram ran to the scene and drew his rapier. He chose to ignore the struggle between Megan and the civilians; that would give the murderer a chance to escape. He pointed the rapier at the octopus seller. "Surrender yourself to the local authorities, killer!" he demanded.

The crowd continues to kick and batter poor Megan on the ground. Raulio runs in, but an old lady smacks him in the face (or attempts to, at least) with a handbag filled with what feels like rocks.

"Get back, sonny! She's throwing crazy accusations! That man's octopus is excellent for my constitution!"

They back away from Lord Krigsbroder, however, when he draws his sword.

"Hey! Put that away! That's dangerous!"

Rosa slams into the cart, but the octopus seller jerks out of the way, throwing himself to the side. The frying cart falls over, and boiling deep-frying oil hits a puddle and explodes everywhere. Droplets of burning oil fly in all directions, scalding everything and everyone they touch. A shouting and whistling announces the arrival of the guards, who see the crowd and start yelling at people and cracking heads with nightsticks. It's clear that they don't know what's going on, and are just trying to break up what looks like a riot. They attack Rosa and Raulio as well. Megan is ignored because she's on the ground, and Ihram is ignored because he has a sword. Robert tries to stop them, but he's too out of breath to call out and is left unnoticed. Bennik runs away.

As the cart and its hot oil had been pushed at the Octopus Man, most of the oil is not sloshing near the people beating Megan, although a few little droplets do sizzle and make people back away from at least one side of her. Rosamond was just wielding her threatening frying pan when the guards come around. She relaxes, a relieved smile on her face.

"Oh, thank goodness you're he-- HEY!"

The frying pan clatters with a clang as she gets pummeled up beside a wall.

"I'm not the murderer, he is!" she cries as they forcefully keep her pinned.

"ERGG!" When the law arrives they start to break up the crowd beating on Megan and she crambles away. Her hair was a mess and she was covered in dirt now. She looks for the octopus salesman. Once she spots him, she'd levitate up into the air and pursue him, clutching her aching side while she floats.