Bigger Booms

"MMM yeah, I think I can help out with that. One sec..."

Mari slunk back into the book as Trist shrugged and downed some more of that beer. It had grown on her over the past... half hour or so? She lost herself in the sauce of tinkering at times. Really had to get a clock or something in here but she was nowhere near as bad as the guys could be.

Inside the book, Mari cracked open a small side door inside her home. It had been something she'd been testing. Well, testing wasn't really possible given she was in the book by herself. More theory crafting. But now that she had a Master, well why not give it a shot? She walked inside the 'storeroom' she had set up, this time with some purpose behind her steps.

"Well now my pretty, time to show the world what you can do." the Imp said as she walked over to a barrel and cracked it open, "Time to put on a show."

She brought her hand down and ran her fingers through the fine powder before her.

See, every Mistress got a run down of how the book work. Either innately by way of throwing all that info into their minds, or a large book inside the tome that helped explain the mechanics and rules that they found themselves in. Sometimes both. But Mari knew just what kind of effects the Tome did to those around it. Along with the 'limit' of this effect; only those nearby or in contact could be changed or altered.

That was something she had tried to solve, the 'range' problem. Trapped inside for who knows how long and with a smart head on her shoulders, it gave Mari something to focus on in the empty Tome. An answer to find while keeping herself focused. And the powder before her was that answer.

The gunpower was infused with her, and thus the book's, essence. It was a part of the Tome as much as she was or more comparatively; the bed, sheets, and clothes supplied inside. If she was right, the powder should have a similar corrupting effect on those exposed to it. Either by using said powder or being shot by bullets using it. Maybe even explosives. And Trist seemed to be the kind of gal to get into fights or shootouts for one reason or another.

If Trist wanted some help with her guns, well, this was one way of doing that. One hell of a kick to her shots that Mari was eager to see how it worked.

"So this your GOOOOOD stuff?" Trist slurred out a bit before blinking a few times.

Mari had found Trist kinda sprawled out in her chair, one hand holding the bottle she had left behind. Maybe drank too much by this point. After all the bottle was..., well it wasn't an INFINITE drink but had a lot more inside it than any normal bottle would. Mari chuckled as she helped Trist sit up straight.

"Of course, boss, after all even I need a way of making my guns work." Mari cheerfully responded, though she made sure to motion to the box of powder she had brought with her to show what she meant, "And I'm pretty sure it's got a bit more kick to it much like my moonshine. Here watch."

Trist watched as Mari easily tossed her own bottle into the air and quickly grabbed her pistol, making sure to spin it in a showy manner before firing it. The bottle shattered, revealing it was empty. She then spun around to aim at the Yordle's worktable, a large solid slab of wood full of all sorts of trash, materials, and other weights. Before Trist could say anything, Mari quickly pulled the trigger. While the shot didn't destroy it like the bottle, the entire table was shoved a decent way across the room. Trist's eyes were wide, and her mouth was open... but her jaw was fighting not to clench.

"Oh, relax boss, if anything got busted that you really care about, I'll fix it for you." Mari said as she put her pistol away, "Point is this probably has a lot more kick than your stuff. Mind you, this might only be the absolute case for ME cause well.... magic stuff. Now if you wanna give it a go..."

"OH yeah... sure! I mean..." Trist started moving towards her worktable to get the tools out, "What's the worst that could happen?"

Mari's grin widened the moment she was sure her new boss couldn't see her.

"Locked, loaded, and ready to rocket!"

Tristana headed down towards bot lane before her squadmates could say anything. She'd been terribly eager to try out the new Imp Powder she was packing so much that she pushed ahead of the other lane member. Wanted to get a few shots in on the first person she stumbled across. Granted this might end up making her give up first blood but... that's what Flash is for right?

The power worked well for her cannon and bomb during testing, and the range on her jump had nearly doubled. She SHOULD be unstoppable but that's when Mari had to be the responsible one of the pair. After all, if others saw her jumping, shooting, and blasting twice as hard, they'd know something was up. And she wasn't willing to let her boss risk HER existence just for some silly little show off stat boost.

So, she had to hold back, only using the powder in some of her shots. Along with using it with some of her tools of the trade, just not the rocket jump. A strange increase in a couple shots would be easy to sweep under the rug..., jumping that far in plain sight would be way, way too much. With a promise to keep things under control, she took the powder into the fight, and she wasn't going to be breaking that promise.

For one she seemed pretty wise to stuff like that, and Trist wasn't entirely big about lying... more just omitting certain bits of information.

Besides, she was sure Mari was watching from the Tome that was strapped to her belt. A 'good luck charm' when questioned before the battle. The explosive power of said powder faded rather quickly the further away she took it away from the book. In fact, it took only a few yards for it to just turn back to normal powder. Thus, Trist kept the Tome nearby. As long as Mari didn't pop out..., or at least not pop out in a place she would be seen, should be fine right?

Eventually she was in the bottom part of the map. Odd it was split into three lanes but just made things easier on everyone. Now it was time to see who she would be testing this stuff on. More than likely, she'd run into one of the bot lane pair while trying to ward, or maybe their Jungle position who'd be in the river looking to get a cheeky pick. Maybe mid if they were doing something tricky..., top lane was a very, VERY rare chance of being down here and if that was the thing; she'd probably give up first blood. Who'd expect that sort of line up shift anyway?

The risk of rushing forward without her partner. Oh well, that was also just part of the excitement. She shifted a bit in the tall grass that hid her, eyes darting from side to side, watching and waiting to see....