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[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"Yoooo Sayaaaa... I'm not blazed or anything.. that ain't me. I saw all of what happened, just didn't know why it happened, y'know?" Shane explained. "You're right though. We should get out of here and find that witch." Shane created a green aura around his trusty pizza box and began to levitate it. He then hopped onto it like a hoverboard. "You ready to go?"

 

She hoped onto Cerberus the One-Headed and nodded, "Right after you. You said your name was Shane, right? I was a bit distracted during that introduction; the Fedora Channel caught my eye." She brings her demonic dog up to his pizza box and sighs to herself. "The things I do for friend who won't consider me a friend... Time to catch a b*tch. I mean, a witch." She opens the door, a ball of energy read to fling at the next enemy she sees as she charges. As she opened the door, two purple blasts shook the far wall of the house. It was obvious that the intent was to scare them out as there was no real aiming involved. After checking up to see that Shane was alright, she followed the lock she had on Belinda's signature and threw her bolt of conjuration magic at her. While it wasn't really an attack spell, it was still a bolt of soul-draining energy that should probably be avoided.

[Chickey 383]

Belinda turned over towards Jason, however before she could reply she heard something coming towards her from behind now. She flew upwards on his broom as the bolt passed by under her. She did a one-eighty and faced Sayaa. "Say, Girlie... why are you fighting me anyways?" She asked with a curious voice, ready to book it on her broom if she made any attacks. 

Edited August 11, 2014 by Waluigi Time

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Belinda turned over towards Jason, however before she could reply she heard something coming towards her from behind now. She flew upwards on his broom as the bolt passed by under her. She did a one-eighty and faced Sayaa. "Say, Girlie... why are you fighting me anyways?" She asked with a curious voice, ready to book it on her broom if she made any attacks. 

 

"You through the first bolt! Or was that purple magic designed to make me stronger? Because it made a nice hole in the wall. Both of them." She conjured up a riding harness for Cerberus and glared at Belinda, "On top of that, you are a targeted, dangerous assassin who helped my prisoner escape. Which is a problem. I have orders to take care of problems. Speaking of which..." She made a very convincing-looking illusion bird-cage around Jason. The magic would feel solid and real enough, but hit it too hard and it could shatter.

[Chickey 383]

Belinda chuckled, stalling. "Well, technically Misha threw the first bolt now didn't he?" She asked. "I'm not a assassin, dangerous yes, but assassin? No no no... I think you have me confused with someone else who wears gold all the time. In fact I learned today I haven't killed a single person in my life." Belinda continued. "And your prisoner, is just a regular citizen that tried to help lil' ole me. So now I ask you again... why are you attacking me?"

[Glaceon 793]

Jason did not seem to be bothered by the bird cage. He pulled up his gun and aimed it towards Sayaa the green dot of the laser sight rested on her chest. "As far as I am concerned you attacked this one without just cause, and simply for the sake of vengance. Now I suggest you make your illusions disappear, trust me when I say; I won't miss."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Belinda chuckled, stalling. "Well, technically Misha threw the first bolt now didn't he?" She asked. "I'm not a assassin, dangerous yes, but assassin? No no no... I think you have me confused with someone else who wears gold all the time. In fact I learned today I haven't killed a single person in my life." Belinda continued. "And your prisoner, is just a regular citizen that tried to help lil' ole me. So now I ask you again... why are you attacking me?"

 

"Mostly because you shot at me first. Partly because I believe Misha." She checks her phone, "Funny thing about him though. He's remarkably inconsistent. Hmmm... If I incapacitate the witch, it'd probably be a bonus boost, but that would mean fighting and potential loss of the prisoner..."

 

Jason did not seem to be bothered by the bird cage. He pulled up his gun and aimed it towards Sayaa the green dot of the laser sight rested on her chest. "As far as I am concerned you attacked this one without just cause, and simply for the sake of vengance. Now I suggest you make your illusions disappear, trust me when I say; I won't miss."

 

"Oh, we can play this game. This might not even be the real me for all you know. Still..." She shoots Misha a text; Prep for encounter with prisoner ASAP. He's getting the hot drop to your last teleportation location. Drawing on the circle she drew earlier, she teleports Jason upside down to the same spot she dropped Misha not hours ago.

[Samurshy 708]

Zeke began to feel the effects of the adrenaline boost wear off, and almost all at once it felt as if his entire body weighed 200 times its original weight. Zeke dragged himself to the unoccupied room. It was a nice room, white walls, king sized bed, a desk with a rolling chair. The entire room was carpeted with a very plush fluffy light grey carpeting. The only place that wasn't carpeted was around the desk so the rolling chair could slide in and out easily. Zeke flopped his body on the bed and immediately passed out without even taking any clothes off or bothering to pull the blankets around him. The sleep was dreamless.

[Azura 1,107]

Hikari suddenly opened her eyes and swiped her hand through the air before hopping back up onto her feet and said  "Where did she go?!"  Looking left and right, she noticed that Zeke and Misha were in the apartment as well. "S-She took the key.. I.. I can't rememb-" Hikari felt a sharp  sting in the back of her head. "Ouch.." She placed her hand on the back of her neck and started rubbing it gently.

[Chickey 383]

With Zeke asleep, Misha glanced over to Hikari. He didn't mind to check his phone yet. "Well she definitely isn't here anymore. And with that neither is the key." He commented with a grumble. "You know who they are by any chance? That'll make tracking them a lot easier." He asked afterwards with a sigh. "You want an ice pack or a cold rag for that?" He finished.

[Azura 1,107]

Hikari closed her eyes and tried her best to recall her. "I don't think I know her personally, but she must have been caught by one of the cameras in this room. Maybe one of the tech espers could get into the security files and grab the video for the cameras located around the apartment room." She finished and pointed over at a camera in the corner.

[Chickey 383]

"I suppose that would probably work... Though where is Lily anyways?" He asked, looking around the room for a minute. He pulled out his cellphone, reading the new message with a sigh. He simply sent back a "Why..." And then sent Lily a text afterwards. "You still around here? We need you for something."

Edited August 14, 2014 by Waluigi Time

[Concerto Dusk 240]

After finishing some basic repairs on Ticky, Kenji beads back up to the apartment, poking his head in he asks, "Is it OK if I pop in? And how is that guy with the built in light show? he didn't look too bad, I mean he managed to take the metal bastard down. And now I will need a new car Sigh."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"I suppose that would probably work... Though where is Lily anyways?" He asked, looking around the room for a minute. He pulled out his cellphone, reading the new message with a sigh. He simply sent back a "Why..." And then sent Lily a text afterwards. "You still around here? We need you for something."

 

 

"You told me to take care of it. I took care of it. There should be five of you there, and you can leach some energy out of the trinket I gave you earlier. Check your pockets, it should look like the demon tags from oriental myth. It's a charge token. Not to much, but still worth making."

[Chickey 383]

Misha pulled out his phone and kicked his feet up on a stool nearby. He gave Kenji a wave. "Still breathing it seems." He commented before he pulled his phone back out. "I said take care of it, not move your problem to me. Do those things sound the same? And just because I have the ability to act doesn't mean I want to. I've already fixed the problem here, and you just teleported another one over here and now have nothing else to do yourself besides chat it up with my past buddies. You're looking even more lazy than I usually do." He texted back with a grin. 

 

Belinda looked a bit confused as Jason suddenly disappeared. "You're quite adamant on dukeing it out aren't cha girlie?" She said with a chuckle. "Well I don't think it'll yield much of a accomplishment myself. Now that the nice man is gone I'm growing rather tired of our little talk." She continued and made a fake yawn before her book opened a portal a few feet next to her. "I might see you later. But for now I think it's time for us to part ways." She finished as she flew in it and disappeared without a trace. Afterwards the portal quickly closed.

[FractalMoon 378]

Lily returns to the apartment, looking flustered and still carrying her strange weapon, "Um... I just got a text saying you needed me?  What exactly did you need? I was just working on... Something..." She shakes her head and looks up again, "Anyway, that's not the point.. What is it you all need from me? And what the hell is that armoured thing in the parking garage? I haven't done anything with it yet, but if no one would mind I'm going to melt down the metal." She starts idly flicking through options on her phone, beginning to run some esoteric calculations.

[Chickey 383]

"We had a bit of a uh... situation." Misha started. "Some guy was after Hikari. I killed him. But who I presume is maybe his friend or something showed up afterwards and took the key while we weren't really looking. I'm going to need you to work some magic and find out who they are and where they went. Sound good?" He explained 

Edited August 14, 2014 by Chickey

[FractalMoon 378]

Lily shakes her head, "Can't help you then... I can't use magic, that's your department..." she slaps her forehead, "Oh, you mean you want me to tap into the security archives, don't you? Where and when was the key stolen from you? I need time and location data for which cameras I'd need to break into..." She pauses her calculations for a moment, her interest piqued for a moment.

[Chickey 383]

"It was like seven minutes ago in this apartment." He commented. "Besides that Hikari will probably have to tell you anything extra. I wasn't actually there when It went down." Misha explained as he went to the fridge and got a bottle of water. He took a swig and walked back to his spot with it and sat down.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Misha pulled out his phone and kicked his feet up on a stool nearby. He gave Kenji a wave. "Still breathing it seems." He commented before he pulled his phone back out. "I said take care of it, not move your problem to me. Do those things sound the same? And just because I have the ability to act doesn't mean I want to. I've already fixed the problem here, and you just teleported another one over here and now have nothing else to do yourself besides chat it up with my past buddies. You're looking even more lazy than I usually do." He texted back with a grin. 

 

Belinda looked a bit confused as Jason suddenly disappeared. "You're quite adamant on dukeing it out aren't cha girlie?" She said with a chuckle. "Well I don't think it'll yield much of a accomplishment myself. Now that the nice man is gone I'm growing rather tired of our little talk." She continued and made a fake yawn before her book opened a portal a few feet next to her. "I might see you later. But for now I think it's time for us to part ways." She finished as she flew in it and disappeared without a trace. Afterwards the portal quickly closed.

 

Sayaa smiled, '​A thief has her tricks.' At that moment, he recieved a text message from a five numbered caller ID. "You can now locate <Error>" Clicking the link would bring up a map with a flashing locator beacon. The beacon was obviously picked out of Lily's pocket or aircraft at somepoint, and was about the size of a bead. She'd planted it on Belinda when she through the gun at her. 'Have fun, I'll be there as soon as I figure out what books I want from this house.'

[FractalMoon 378]

(The latter part of this post is written as a stream-of-consciousness from Lily's perspective)

Lily nods, "Alright, I'll try my best, but it may take a while for me to get a real result... Anyway, entering the web, don't disturb me if you actually want anything to be done." She lies down on the couch and begins to pick her way through the records. Cameras for apartment 7133, timestamp between 10 minutes ago and now, run at high speed. A flicker of light, followed by the appearance of a person in a hood. Pause playback, move to array photos of all possible angles, triple scan resolution, begin 3D reconstruction. A hint of a face, rotate view to front. Much clearer view from here, bingo. Begin photo search through the Novarius facial recognition database, a blessed gift from the police state. Slow going, must not be a regular criminal, switch to esper database, match found. Load image and biographical information, and beam to the TV.

 

She looks up, "There's the teleporter. What do you want me to do with her?"

[Azura 1,107]

"Track her down where she's heading right now if that's possible. I don't think you'll catch her on street cameras since teleporters can easily avoid them from teleporting from building to building." She replied Lily in hopes that they'll be able to track her down to where she's taking the key instead of perusing the esper.

[FractalMoon 378]

Lily suppresses a laugh, "They could avoid buildings in any other city, but Novarius is wired to the gills... I'll just look for where she's going anyway though..." She lets herself sink back into the incomprehensibly deep ocean of data and starts bouncing between databases at light speed. From a name to the phone book to get a number, reference number by list of carriers. Handshake with server, flash it a smile before slipping a metaphorical dagger between its ribs. Exploit complete, access tower network and begin triangulation. 

 

She snaps back into reality as the far-longer process of triangulating a phone number that may or may not still exist begins. She looks over the group, "So, what's the plan? We do have a plan, right?"

[Chickey 383]

"I think the plan at this time of night is that we sleep on it for a bit once we find out exactly where they are. Then find out tomorrow what to do about it." Misha commented as he leaned his head back into his seat. "Shane and Sayaa are still out there too, we need them to come back too." He added before falling silent for now.

Edited August 17, 2014 by Chickey

[Azura 1,107]

"A normal esper wouldn't just break into an apartment to steal a key. If we trace her back to where she's heading right now, we might be able to find out some useful information about the key and what it unlocks." She explained to Lily. "Unless we're going for a night hunt for this teleporter, we should get some rest." Hikari finished before she went into her room and sat down on the side of her bed thinking about what happened just now.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"Okay. We need to get home. Preferably with misha's car. Hey Shane, get in the car." She gets in the driver side of the car and dispels her demonic dog. Levitating her wooden doll to her person, she remembers something else. Getting out of the car, she grabs the phone she'd taken off the weapon-specialist and slipped back into the drivers seat. She then looked expectantly at Shane.

 

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