Session Start: Sat Jan 08 16:16:06 2005 Last time, on Hunters: Princess Oak walked into the expected trap. There was a huge sea monster, some good old-fashioned property damage, an old acquaintance from the Handcuff/Pie/Spoon debacle, some snipers spotted on nearby roofs... ...but nobody tried to kill the Princess. I mean, the monster did of course, but that's not what the Hunters were there for. The snipers withdrew into the buildings as Darkmoon and Taki got to them, the woman that Royal recognized was trying to get away before she was tackled and eventually blasted to death. Oak got safely home, where Make-Believe is keeping an eye on her. Royal searched her target and found that she had a miniaturized, much harder to spot radio set. ...and now the team, spread out over nearly a kilometer, is trying to decide what to do about the snipers. [Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 1315 local time.] [session start] * LadyNightshade waits in the back of her target building, keeping an eye on the exit. * LadyMysteria is busy staying somewhat out of sight, calmed down and focused. "Alright... status report." ... I should've went in after them. * Lord_Darkmoon catches his breath for a moment. "I'm going to have my little friends surround the building and watch all exits. I'll try to follow him. Nightshade, you're more experienced at this sort of thing; should we each follow one, or should we work together on only one?" he almost-whispers into the radio. * Kyouko scours the area with her eyes, and decides to transform to get a better perspective on her surroundings. We should watch both. I think I should go in and look for this one though... If you do, be careful. No tell what you'll run into. Will do. * LadyMysteria aborts her trip agency-ward and starts back in the general area of the fight. Following the path of destruction shouldn't be difficult. Let's be careful, there could be more people. * LadyNightshade checks the back door to see if she can get in that way. Or at least pick the lock. * Lord_Darkmoon closes his eyes for a moment, before casting his mind out and trying to observe through the animals' eyes briefly, asking them to try to inform him themselves if they see the target. He rubs his forehead when his eyes cease glowing. * Leena cues in over the headsets, "Well, Oak's safe. I'm a bit paranoid, though... Think I should stick with her just in case?" That'd probably be best... * Lord_Darkmoon mutters something, probably encouraging. Good idea. Something about this bothers me, just a little. Only a little? This bothers me a lot. Taki finds that the back door has an inside-only deadbolt. Not pickable, and probably more than she can kick in. There is a doorbell, and a sign indicating that deliveries should not go around the front. Bah. I'm gonna go in from the roof. * LadyNightshade bounces her way up to the top of the building. * LadyNightshade makes her way over to the rooftop door and heads in, keeping her senses alert. The roof is thoroughly unremarkable - just some puddles from the recent shower, and the door down to the inside. * Leena grumbles something, then curses. "Screw it. I'm heading over there, I'm gonna go stir crazy. Make Believe's got it, anyway." Leena, just stay. I can handle it. The door is unlocked, and a staircase leads down to another door. Taki, let her come. If this isn't over, it'd be best for her to be here... but everyone, stay out of sight. The police are bound to be looking into this by now. Fine, just be quiet about it. * Leena heads over there, waving goodbye to Oak and Haruko. Leena, Maya and I are heading back towards where the fight was. * LadyNightshade checks the second door, before carefully opening it. The police, or at least the sirens, have gathered at the intersection where the fight just took place. More are arriving all the time, but the buildings are relatively peaceful just a few blocks away. Taki sticks her head through the door and finds herself in a very tastefully decorated and lit apartment hallway. * LadyMysteria notes the peacefulness and thanks her lucky stars. She finds herself flickering back into visibility. * LadyNightshade looks for any indication as to where her target might have gone as she steps into the hall. There are eight apartments on this top floor, and no sound or motion at all except the faint noise of a TV on in one of them. * LadyNightshade decides not to bother any of the residents for now and moves towards the stairwell to check the other floors. * Leena takes a moment to transform, on the way, taking care that her stuff doesn't get eaten by it. Going down one story, Taki finds a more or less identical hallway, though the decorations are more Western-influenced. Anyone else see anything? Nothing yet. * LadyMallet grumbles again. "That sniper better not get away. I want to know what the hell is going on." * LadyNightshade moves down the stairs, checking each floor in turn. ...mother and child leaving the building. Having Aka walk by, see if either smells of gunpowder. They'd disguise themselves as children? ...and finding still more of the same. The third floor has some noisy children chasing down the hallway. The second floor is being swept by an old lady. Puh-lease. I may be paranoid, but I'm not -that- paranoid. I do not know. I'm being over-cautious, rather than letting something slip past through carelessness. At this point, anything's probably possible. This is war... The ground floor is not accessible from the apartments - Taki remembers that it was a drug store. They smell clean. Going back to observation. Right. I don't see anything on any of the floors. It's possible he's in one of the apartments. * LadyNightshade heads to the storage closet on the second floor to check it. Stay out of my broom closet, girl! I haven't seen my target yet. Looking for places I might have missed him. S-sorry. *looks down, embarrassed.* * LadyMysteria smiles, faintly. "Mmmm. Wish I could be of more help here..." Nothing in there but cleaners, anyway. You're not one of those substance abusers who sniff stuff are you? ...where -are- you? *muttered at the as-yet-unseen sniper* Close by, as far as I can tell. No. I was uh... looking for something... Leena finally spots Darkmoon, a couple blocks down the street. * LadyMallet waves at him, even though he can probably see her already. * Lord_Darkmoon is walking slowly, huddled against the cold, and wearing dark sunglasses. Close inspection might notice faint purple light behind them, almost constantly. He doesn't seem to have noticed Leena yet. * LadyMallet doesn't poke him. He's obviously concentrating very hard. Come on... it's too big a coincidence for you to -live- there... come out! * LadyMallet does, however, talk into the headsets, and at him. "Hey, Darkmoon. How's your building look? I'm here." Any spots you want me to shake up or look at that you can't see? * LadyNightshade stays by the door, looking down and putting on a rather good show of being embarrassed. Before I head in there, anyway. ... hey, Leena. Can see you. Great! Do I look good? You look fine! The old lady finishes sweeping. "And no loitering in the hallways!" * LadyMallet does a little spin and pose. * LadyHeat puts her hand to her forehead. * LadyMysteria doesn't wave, looking a little too intense for it. "You pick the worst times to be fashion-minded." * LadyNightshade sticks her head in the door to give it a quick look before heading back to the stairs. * Lord_Darkmoon blinks, and doesn't actually look at her. Probably sees her through an animal. "Oh. Hi. Um. Yeah, if you could look around the other side of the building...I'm not having any luck." Well, if I'm gonna kick some goons ass, it's only common courtesy to have a pretty girl like me as the last thing they see. The closet was indeed full of cleaning supplies. The old lady squawks, but does not pursue. * LadyMallet pikus at Darkmoon, then takes the other side of the building. ...we're going to follow them, Leena, not kill them right off. Hopefully. * LadyMysteria proceeds to use her womanly intuition to home in on Rin. "Anywhere else you think they could've gone that we can search for you, Rin?" * LadyNightshade heads back up to the 4th floor to check the closet there. More of the same in the 4th-floor closet! Some extra tatami, too. ...I don't know, my Lady. Let's spread out, and keep our eyes open. That's all I've been doing. ...unless you think one of the three of us going inside might flush him out? *sound unsure, grasping at ideas* Flush him out? I wanna grab him by the hair and have him follow us back to the hottub. No, let's leave Taki to what she's good at. We'd just get in the way. For now... I guess we can keep an eye on the perimeter. We'll make sure no more of them try to get in? Taki's at the other building. ...she might need some help, too. And, Mallet? I'd prefer to follow the sniper to wherever he goes. These people have shown willingness to die if they know they've been caught. * LadyMallet hrpmhs. * LadyNightshade looks around for anything else she might have missed before heading back to the stairs. * LadyMallet also looks around. * Lord_Darkmoon 's eyes return to their almost constant glow as he starts his sweeps again. He pauses every now and again to rub his forehead. Sounds like a plan. Taki, anything yet? Nothing yet. He must be in one of the apartments. You sure you don't want the backup? * LadyMysteria glances out of the corner of her eye for just a moment.. then does it again. "Leena, you're being watched. Don't react." * LadyMallet blinks, and keeps roving around like she was. "Oh, great." By who? A man, about... a bit less than a block away. Short hair, black... has this leather jacket on I wouldn't mind having. Looks pretty average. What do we do with him? He alone? Should I send a bird over to get a better look, Mysteria? Alone. ... and go for it, Rin. Acknowledged. *eyes glow again, and Tsubasa, with matched glowing eyes, wings overhead towards the watcher. Will stay up and as inconspicuous as possible* Keep. Close. Watch. while I do this. Can't. use. more than one animal at once. Gotcha. * LadyMallet plops down next to the rear office doors, and looks upwards, holding her chin with both palms. Then harumphs. * LadyHeat takes a swig of a water bottle. Mallet... if you could.. pretend you. have lost interest, and walk away. I would like to see. how this man. reacts. Please. * LadyMallet stands up, and kicks the door annoyedly. She holds back her strength, though. And wheels on her other leg, and starts walking back to where the fight happened. * Lord_Darkmoon watches the man's reactions through Tsubasa's eyes. * LadyMysteria keeps an eye on what Darkmoon *was* watching before. He's trailing you, Mallet. Don't look back. I will begin my sweeps of the building again, but include Tsubasa in it to keep tabs on him. Tsubasa will follow him on his own. Oh, that's good. ... but Taki's busy. * Lord_Darkmoon mutters, "don't want... them slipping out... while I watch Mallet's tracker." * Lord_Darkmoon hms, and also starts looking for other people watching him and/or Mysteria. Well, anyone in a good spot to jump him and I can conveniently stomp by them? Otherwise, I'm gonna hang around the crowd where the fight went down. I am not sure letting him know he was spotted is wise. What if he has a wire to tell them he was? Then we'll have his wire, and him. Let him think he's unspotted. If he attacks, we react. Otherwise, we need to figure out where he reports back to... and who. The apartment entrance bangs open again, and a scruffy-looking guy in his 20's walks out. Want me to make a scene and make sure he knows I'm a MG? Right. Perhaps... I can... let this sniper...get away. If we can.. trail the spotter... Make sure his interest in trailing me is warranted? That might be a bad idea Leena... * LadyMysteria tries to not look like she's paying the guy much attention. "Someone else. And *no*, Leena." She fights to keep her voice down. Wait... might have him! Sending Aka by... *sends Aka by the guy who just left the apartment, but somewhere down the road, smelling for gunpowder* The dog lopes by the guy as he straddles a small motorcycle. No smell of gunpowder, but... dammit. Motorcycle. * Lord_Darkmoon tries to get the license number of the motorcycle through Aka's eyes. Mmmmmn. Two people to watch... No shots were fired, were they? It might not smell so much... Leena reaches the scene of the fight - there are police and ambulances and what look like military vehicles everywhere, surrounded by a great crowd gawking at the dead monster. * LadyMallet joins the gawking crowd! ... and immediately is reminded of how short she is. ;_; * Lord_Darkmoon pulls out a scrap of paper and a pen, and scribbles some numbers down. Nightshade, can you follow a motorcycle? *sounds a bit edgy* Well, I'm here. What's Mr. Shadow doing? * Lord_Darkmoon checks, looking through Tsubasa's eyes. * LadyMysteria chances a not-glance in the watcher's direction as well. Not from where I am now. He'd be gone before I got out of the building... Just get the license plate. We can have Sakura check it. The motorcycle scoots away down the street, headed away from everyone. Shoot. Have. license number. * LadyMallet tries to get lost in the crowd. Which means shoving her way to the front lines of the gawkers. Be careful Leena, you never know who could be there. ... damn. Rin, anything? Careful, check. * LadyMallet ooohs and points at the big dead monster. Lost. him. Tsubasa says. went in entrance. Trying to see. building. * LadyMallet jabbers excitedly left and right to the other gawkers, "What'd I miss, what'd I miss?" * Lord_Darkmoon 's eyes stop glowing as he slumps a bit in defeat. "Lost him." Mmmmn. We need more ninja. How are you doing, Taki? A gaggle of kids, still in school uniforms, go into the apartment DM and friends are watching. * Lord_Darkmoon rubs at his forehead a bit more. * LadyMysteria notes the kids and gives them a looksee. "Taki, if you can't find anything else... now might be a good time to regroup and see if any more info turned up." * LadyMallet drops her voice, and whispers into the mic, "He went into a building? Darkmoon, can you get eyes on the face of it that can see the fight scene?" I'm not sure how to find this guy without going door to door. I can try...but Tsubasa only remembers it was "a building". It might be best to stake out the outside until he comes out. I can send animals your way, Taki, but he may already have left. ^^; We've been watching the place the whole time, how could he have? Same to you, Nightshade. Maybe you'll want to concentrate on the face that can see the fight? * Lord_Darkmoon glows his eyes again, and telepathically asks Tsubasa if he could kindly perch on the building the guy went into. The bird flutters about, trying to remember. I... don't know, but I just have this feeling something's at work here that we don't know a thing about. And that needs to change, pronto. Lady Mallet feels someone jostle into her from behind. Before she can react, someone is whispering into her ear. Don't move, don't look at me. *it's a command, and Leena feels it* The sound does carry over Leena's microphone. Let's just slowly back out of the crowd, little girl. * LadyMallet doesn't move. She does hiss, though. "I'm so going to kick your ass after the Order, unless you have a damned good reason for this." ...>< You can shut up, too. Maya, tell her to stop. Order her to stop. ... Order her to obey him only as much as she wants to. I'm having Tsubasa find her. * Lord_Darkmoon's eyes glow once more. Anything else we need to cove---Leena? Leena, ignore all of his previous commands. This is an *order*. ... * LadyMysteria starts to fidget, hands clenching. * LadyMallet flicks off the general direction behind her, then. Hmph. Your loss. * LadyMallet starts moving out of the crowd, slowly. Leena? Leena! God dammit... team, find her. Working. on. it. * LadyMysteria wastes little time in going in the direction Leena was headed, hand in her pocket and grabbing her wand. The strike comes silently from behind her - to Leena it feels as if the Lord just tried to put his hand through her back, and did a good job of it. Better than she could have, even with all her strength. Leena is propelled forward through the crowd, and is entangled with half a dozen spectators. Miraculously, she doesn't pass out despite nearly all of her rear ribs and vertebrae being cracked or shattered. What's happening? * LadyNightshade sounds a bit panicked. Leena's in trouble. * LadyMallet hisses, painfully. "OW. A lord- behind me- playing along- follow." * LadyMysteria hasn't stopped moving to locate her. Yes, but what are you doing to help her? * LadyHeat heads after Maya, looking around quickly for Leena. * Lord_Darkmoon is still and silent, as he uses Tsubasa's senses to try to find the attacker. * LadyMallet rushes through that, then falls silent, and limp, doing her best impression of 'out'. Not leaving her by herself, Taki. I'm not there yet... * LadyNightshade sits at the bottom of the stairs looking not at all well with herself. Can't... see... him. *looks for where Leena was knocked from, and tries to see anyone leaving the scene* The crowd is milling chaotically. Nobody saw what happened, the punch happening well below eye level. * LadyMysteria grits her teeth and closes in, scanning about for Leena and trying to look as calm as she can. Mysteria and Heat reach the fringes of the crowd, but can't see Leena. * LadyMysteria decides, against the hairs rising on the back of her neck, to delve into said crowd and start looking, wand ready for a quick-draw if needed. * LadyMallet whispers, hopefully softly enough to only be heard by the mic, "I'm fine. Find him before he leaves." Trying. Leena. *sounds determined, if distracted* There's so many people here... I'm looking. The crowd starts to settle down a little, and a couple of paramedics have made their way to Leena. * LadyMallet hears that, and gets up, slowly. Mysteria and Heat are having no problems at all making their way through the crowd, but they're just not seeing the guy. * LadyMallet hops to her feet, and frowns at the paramedics. Um... don't worry about me I'm fine! * LadyHeat sighs and takes a nervous drink of water, then heads over towards Leena and the paramedics. * LadyMysteria notices the paramedics and homes in on them, quickly spotting Leena as well. Her next reaction is to focus on the crowd again, as sneakily as she can. * LadyMallet ducks back into the crowd, rapidly. Hopping hurts like she's breaking all the bones again, but the paramedics can't tell around her fixed grin. ... dammit, girl, stay still. * LadyMallet starts limping instead of running as soon as she gets into the crowd, looking around frantically. Leena, I'm heading over... I'm fine, worry about HIM! * LadyHeat takes another drink, and then resumes her search for the Lord. Dammit, did I scare him off? * LadyMallet heads for the outside of the crowd- the side away from the paramedics and flashing light and whatnot. Good job, Leena. * LadyNightshade doesn't sound sarcastic. I'm. not. seeing. anything. Coming. over. in. person. If you need... bird's-eye view.... tell me via radio. *leaves instructions for Tsubasa to watch for that guy from before, and breaks of telepathic contact to head towards the crowd and watch for the guy, himself. * LadyMysteria frowns a little, then starts to withdraw back into the crowd proper, still as tense as a stretched rubber-band. He wasn't gonna get nuthing outta me. I was waiting for him to go somewhere where he couldn't get away, and you'd see us exit the crowd! Mmmmn. Regroup for now. We need to report this. The crowd itself is starting to break up. Once you've seen a giant dead sea monster for five minutes with policemen standing around, you've seen a giant dead sea monster for five minutes with policemen standing around. What about me? * LadyMallet mutters to herself. "At least he's got good taste." Coming in. I want to see if Sakura can get a sketch artist. I think I saw him well enough to recognize him untransformed. Hopefully. If he's out here, I don't want to leave anyone by themselves. I'd prefer you came with us... I've a feeling we won't find the other assassins. * LadyHeat meets up with Maya again, still drinking her water, it's almost done by now. Make Believe's with Oak, she's fine- Oak! .. to late to get a Princess here to Order him still. * LadyNightshade sighs heavily. He can't just disappear. He has to come out sometime... I'm in no danger from him. And Oak was too far away for it to work anyway. Sadly. *being a Lord has its advantages. Such as running and talking at the same time without losing breath* Almost to you guys. ... God, I was worried. Heart's still going a mile a minute. If there wasn't a crowd, I would have dropped the Mallet on his head. It's okay, Maya. Nothing irreparable has happened. How's Leena? I'm FINE! * Lord_Darkmoon's voice carries his smile over the radio. "I thought you would be." What if he could, Taki? Maybe he has powers to become invisible? Just got to wait for my internal bone structure to decide to firm back up... * LadyMallet winces. Mmmmn... if we just had the manpower, this would be so much easier. or if he were super fast. ...should I try to call in my animals again? *sounds weary* Not everyone just has superpowers. * LadyMysteria shakes her head and proceeds back to meet up with Darkmoon. "No, let's call it a day. As much as I'd rather not..." Tsubasa flutters out of the sky and perches on Darkmoon's head. But if you think there's nothing left to find, I'll leave. ... so, are we agreed that who I thought he was was who you all thought he was? I'm not sure *what* might be left, but at this point we're just grasping at straws. We need to butt heads and try to see if anything else came up. * Lord_Darkmoon reaches into his pocket as he slows into a walk, meeting up with the girls. He pulls out a handful of some sweet-looking dried fruits and nuts, and offers them to Tsubasa. "Good work, Tsubasa. Thanks for your help today." The little bird twitters, somewhat exhausted. It makes sense it was him... would most Lords try to punch a hole in you? * LadyNightshade heads back up to the roof, giving each floor another look. * LadyMallet sighs. "... I'm going to beat myself up over scaring him off, now. We could've had him..." *sigh* While we may have lost the obnoxious Lord, we do, at least, have the license number of one of the snipers' motorcycles. That's something, right? Was the Lord the same guy who was following me? And what about that guy who ducked into a building? I wish we had more means to scan the crowd. And yes, Mallet, I believe he was, in fact, the same guy. It would make sense as to why Tsubasa *pets the bird comfortingly* couldn't recognize him coming out of the building again. ... * LadyMallet cracks her knuckles. "I really need to beat up something, now." He might've been. And it can wait. * Lord_Darkmoon nods to Lady Mysteria. * LadyMallet walks more surely, phasing out the limping. She breaks into a run to catch up with the others. ... so let's go. If I stay this tense much longer, I'm going to start shaking or something. * LadyNightshade notes the kids playing in the hallway left, and heads up to the top floor. Making her way to the roof exit, she hears a baby crying, but on closer inspection notices a lady comforting it. She makes her way onto the rooftop, giving it one final look. * Lord_Darkmoon whistles, and Aka lopes over, having caught up. Lord Darkmoon scratches the dog behind the ears, too. "Don't get dispirited. We won, today. The princess is safe. No one is hurt more than a few hours of rest can cure." ... yeah. There's always tomorrow. * Lord_Darkmoon looks worriedly at Maya. "Yes, let's find some way to unwind." Taki notices a cleared spot on the roof where the sniper must have set up. * LadyHeat sighs. Anyone want anything to drink? * LadyNightshade checks the spot for anything left behind or marked. * LadyMallet says, cheerfully, "Arcade! There's this new boxing game I wanna try, but I'm too short... So Darkmoon, you'll get to hold me up." * Lord_Darkmoon quirks an eye at Leena. "Perhaps. I was thinking you girls could use the hot tub at the agency, and I could make us some dinner. Then we could report to Sakura." Pffft. I'd just like to be home right now... but thanks, Kyou. I need to beat up something. * LadyHeat puts the used up waterbottle in her backpack and pulls out another one. There is a faint muddy shoeprint in the cleared space, only barely smeared. * LadyMallet smacks one fist into the other hand. * LadyMallet then grabs Darkmoon by one of his hands. "So, you're coming with me to the arcade." * LadyNightshade looks around for any other prints. There are a few other smears, and one spot where it looks like the assassin might have knelt, but nothing that could be of any use. * Lord_Darkmoon tousles Leena's hair with a friendly smile, but pulls out of her grasp. "Maybe in a moment." ... Rin? * LadyMallet DOESN'T LET GO. Yes, my Lady? Arcade? * LadyMysteria makes an amused face in his direction. "C'mon, you can do away with the formality. Are you two going to head out or something?" * Lord_Darkmoon ceases trying to pull out of Leena's grasp, feeling almost like he's being tug-of-warred. ^^; "...are you going to be okay, Maya? Perhaps Leena's right, an arcade would be a good way to unwind." There're some footprints on the roof. Maybe we can get Sakura's contact in the police to get some forensics on it? * LadyMallet pulls, using just enough of her strength to let Darkmoon she's not going to take no for an answer. She's got a forced grin on her face. "We. Are. Going. To. The. Arcade." I heard there was a new Magical Ningyo Fighters game out... I was wondering if you two wouldn't mind me following along. I could use it, too... * Lord_Darkmoon smiles, relieved. "I do not mind at all. What gentleman could resist two lovely ladies escorting him to an arcade?" His smile includes both Leena and Maya. Can I come too? * LadyNightshade decides to call Sakura. Taki gets Sakura's voice mail. * Lord_Darkmoon laughs, seeming to have lost almost all the tension he was under, at least. "Why don't we all go?" He does kind of look to Leena and Maya for their acceptance, though, since he's not in charge or anything. And it was Leena's idea in the first place. * LadyMallet glares at Maya, for just a second, before shaking her head. "... if you want." Rinada, you charmer. * LadyMysteria gives Leena an odded-out '...what?' sort of look. * LadyNightshade grumbles. "Sakura, it's Taki. Just calling to report in. Everyone is okay. The would be attackers got away, I was hoping maybe Detective Morioka could get a team out her to investigate some footprints I found on the roof of *gives the address*..." * Lord_Darkmoon tries very hard to pretend he doesn't sense the tension suddenly between Leena and Maya. Shall we go, Ladies? ^_^ * LadyMallet drags Darkmoon. DRAG. Away from Maya. Fast. Hold on... Taki, are you heading back? Coming with us? What's your plan? * Lord_Darkmoon is dragged. o_o; Call me when you get the message so we can talk and uh... *long pause* stuff. Miss you, hope to see you soon. Later. *hangs up* I'm uh... going to stick around here a bit, if you don't mind. Something is bugging me. Stay safe. Call if anything goes down. Of course. * LadyMysteria then notices that Rin's being dragged off and pursues. "... geez, Leena, wait up!" * Lord_Darkmoon is eyeing Leena a bit worriedly. But trying not to show it. ...hey! * LadyHeat heads after the others. Taki's cell phone rings. * LadyNightshade picks up. "Hello?" It's me. * LadyMallet stops for a moment, slides the headsets off, and looks up at Darkmoon, before the others catch up. She almost whispers, "Please... just you." * Lord_Darkmoon turns off his radio, and asks quietly, "What's wrong, Leena?" Oh, hi! *sounds much more pleasant and less suspicious this time. She's not very good at trusting her phone yet.* You found a footprint? * LadyNightshade takes off her radio. * LadyMallet eyes Maya and Heat, then looks back up at Darkmoon, commencing the fast-paced dragging again. Yeah, a couple on the roof. The snipers never even fired. They packed up before the uber Ningyo died. * LadyMysteria is still pursuing, but seems to not have noticed the turning-off of radios. yet, anyway. * Lord_Darkmoon is dragged. But his expression is more openly one of concern than of o_o;. Um. Well, there's no way Morioka has the clout to get a forensics team there, but if you get a good picture of the print, he might be able to check it. If you need a camera, just buy it and you'll be reimbursed. Maya should be able to do that from the petty cash. Alright. Guess I should've paid the extra money for one of those camera phones... There's a drugstore down stairs, I can pick one up. Good girl. Everyone's okay, then? Yeah... for the most part. Uh, Leena was almost taken by um... Hmm? But she resisted and Maya ordered her not to so he hit her and ran. I think. They weren't very clear on the details. Taken by the assassins? No by the um... Lord. You know. *shudders* ...oh. OH. Yikes. Is she okay? Yeah, she's healing. And dragging everyone to the arcade. Right. Okay. Take the pics, then call the Detective. I'm still dealing with Akahara-san. She's quite the... negotiator, so this is going to take a while. Alright. Heh. Anyway, later. Well if you're free later maybe we could... *frowns at the dial tone* ... Leena, slow down. Really... is it that fun of a game? * LadyNightshade heads over to the edge of the roof and bounces her way down into the alley and heads into the store to buy a camera. * LadyNightshade tries not to look too mopey. YES! ...? * Lord_Darkmoon follows Leena at whatever pace she sets. * LadyMallet sets a fast pace! I really am going to have to talk to her sometime... * LadyMysteria keeps up as best as she can manage. What's wrong, Leena? *again, love that benefit of being a Lord - running and talking* I I'll tell you later, c'mon! * Lord_Darkmoon runs. * LadyNightshade fills up an entire disposable camera with footprint pictures and even uses her cellphone for perspective like they do in those American crime shows. * LadyHeat sighs, as she follows the others. * LadyMallet breaks into a run now that Darkmoon has- no more need to drag! * Lord_Darkmoon turns on his radio again. "Leena wants to race me there. We'll see you when we're all there." He turns his off again. He's not a very good liar, so some of his concern probably leaked into the vocalization. * LadyMallet , now that Darkmoon is following at speed, tries to lose Maya and Kyouko, leading Darkmoon. ... ...She's running away from us, Maya. * LadyMysteria doesn't reply, and soon just breaks off pursuit, coming to a stop at an intersection. "... let her. I imagine she needs to get something off of her chest. So... back to the agency?" Sure...we can pick up some food... * LadyMysteria nods and starts in the direction of the Agency. She doesn't look *too* worried... [end session]