A reputation to keep. [Closed]

The guards stagger backwards from the sudden entrance of the Trickster. Some of the crowd back away, a few even running into town, and some even grumble and glare at Fizz. The guard nearest the Atlantean happens to be one of the latter, and motions for two more guards to come and hold Fizz's wrists.

"Just so there's no funny business, my boys here are gonna hold ya while I get captain Teemo. Any sudden moves, and you'll be feelin' the force of the Bandle City ground patrol. Capiche?"

The angry white yordle snarls and scampers off to the nearest guard tower, phoning in for Teemo's arrival. Luckily the scout was out on his daily patrol around the perimeter and it only took him a few minutes to arrive.

He marches through the thinning crowd of yordles, staring sternly at Fizz. When he gets within spitting distance, the scout captain signals for the guards to release the outsider and step aside. Teemo folds his arms expectantly, addressing Fizz in a mildly irritated tone.

"Well, well... mind explaining why you've called for me, Fizz? Or maybe you'd care to explain your previous visit."

Teemo snarls at Fizz shortly, eyes never leaving the Atlanteans.

"First of all, we do have evidence of your involvement in a few incidents around the city. Quite frankly some of your particular 'funny events', the one contaminating our city's entire water supply in particular, are more threatening than you might think. Over half of Bandle was inebriated that day. Imagine the situation we could have had if an enemy decided to attack. Would you like to have been responsible for hundreds of innocent lives?"

He pauses to let the Trickster process the information, taking a deep breath and losing much of the aggression in his tone.

"But you're right. We don't exactly have something capable of holding you short of an army, and I don't want to waste so many units on you. And I don't believe you ever intend to hurt anyone, physically at least. There were a few accidents that day, but luckily nothing serious. Some yordles are still very upset with you and Gragas. So, if you'd like to try and get the citizens to stop fearing you, go ahead. You can start by at least admitting your involvement with the inebriation incident, if you won't apologize to some for it."

Teemo doesn't even flinch, never showing a hint of a smile. Obviously Fishbreath wasn't getting the message.

"Whether or not you're an enemy, your actions were still dangerous. You put a lot of planning into your pranks, sure, but it seems like sometimes you don't plan on the worst case scenario for your targets. The little things I can handle, but when you render over half of the city's population incapable of doing any work, things really start to fall behind. I don't know if you've noticed, but Runeterra is much less safe than it used to be, and there's danger around ever corner. I intend to keep my people safe from that danger. At first my distaste for your pranks was just a personal thing. But after the trouble you caused for my people, it became much more."

The scout narrows his eyes slightly, though not threateningly, and his tone becomes calm again.

"Now... I know people make mistakes, some they hadn't intended. Maybe you didn't think your alcohol trick would be such a big deal. I just want to make sure you understand how careful you've gotta be about this stuff sometimes, okay? And if things start spiraling out of control, you can at least stick around to help clean up the mess. Really, we can't imprison you or take you in for something unless it becomes a major safety issue. Specifically something that would cost a lot of rubees to clean up.

And if you really want people to stop bein' afraid of you, then try doing something nice for them once in a while. Or at the very least take responsibility for your actions. Sound fair?"

Teemo nods, sighing again through his nose.

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense. The yordles here are so used to kindness by now that they're pretty sensitive to pranks, you could say. But if you really wanna get the people to stop being afraid of you or angry with you, then just be nice to them when you see 'em. And you probably shouldn't act like some famous hot-shot, either.

Anyway, if you promise to stay out of trouble, at least for a little while, I guess I can let you go this time. Just remember to be more careful, and we'll remember to keep a better eye out for your slimy tail."

He extends a hand to Fizz, though he's fully prepared in case there's any funny business. Hopefully fish-breath would learn a bit from this and finding a peaceful way to deal with him was the better solution for the city...

Teemo folds his arms again and nods.

"Well, I'd suggest against doing that, but I already know you wouldn't listen. So... just be careful. Noxus is a very harsh place, and they won't be as forgiving as us yordles. Wouldn't want the only Atlantean we know to get caught and killed, now would we?"

Teemo rolls his eyes, scoffing at the notion of a kind Noxian. "Last I checked those guys hated our guts... they even sectioned off a portion of their slums for our kind to be treated like animals."

The scout takes a breath to get rid of his mild anger and turn to Fizz with a smirk. "As for Bandle, we've really started picking up. All of our units are finally back in the city, save a few located in Demacia to keep the embassy up and running. The people are calm and safe, as I see if. For now at least. But we're only getting better! Mayor Jadefellow thinks it's about time to start looking for new alliances, too. Piltover and Ionia, mainly, because of our connections to them. I'm honestly not very sure about Ionia, but since we've already got the YASP set up and all, Piltover is a good shot. That way, if Bandle does get attacked and we can't hold 'em off, then at least we'll be able to have a place for our people to go. Sending them all to Demacia would probably be an issue, especially with the state they're in."

The scout scratches his head, raising an eyebrow at the story.

"Rammus? In Piltover? That's odd... but then again, he showed up here as well when you and Gragas pulled the alcohol stunt. You don't think he's actually following you do ya? Can't say I know much about him, but if he's shown up anywhere else you've been then maybe you ought to give him a little chat."