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Who: Suzaku Kururugi

elude and Naoto "Toni" Shirogane

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What: Suzaku's able to outrun bullets - but he can't stop himself and slams into things. So he's out training in the hopes of having a less...embarrassing skill. Good time to run into a cop? Absolutely.
Where: The park.
When: Evening of 8/7

[Suzaku has been reluctant to embrace having an abnormal capability. It's not that he can't imagine a use for it - in fact, he has used it a few times. The problem is that he has no real control over his momentum.

And he certainly can't stop without slamming into something-or-other. He's got the scrapes and bruises to prove it.

But being someone who's trained hard to have as much control as possible when it comes to his own body, he's not about to accept that. So at night when it's dark, Suzaku has taken to going out running. Not so unusual, if not for the fact that he moves so swiftly. Tonight he's making circuits around the park, attempting to halt properly now and then.

Of course, that's not working out so far. His latest effort sees him slamming right into a tree with an audible thud, acorns raining down as leaves shudder overhead]

Damnit!

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[The thing about being a rookie is that you get saddled with the things no one else wants. Ergo, the night shift.

And the thing about the night shift is that you're starting to see a whole lot of insane, ridiculous things that you have no idea if you'd ever be surprised at any thing again.

The thing about that though is you can indeed be proven wrong.

Like Toni is right now.

There seems to be... well, someone running in the park, and seems like a blur to Toni's eyes-- which is ridiculous because her vision is 20/20, and always has been so. So she needs to investigate this. She doesn't call for backup, not yet and doesn't turn on the sirens on her car. But she does take out her her and click the safety off, just in case.

Though it seems like she doesn't need to tell this person to freeze, because he-- and yes, she can tell that they're a he now-- slams into a tree and she jogs towards him, gun still in hand. But once she does arrive next to him, he's familiar. She's seen him before, on the Network. The one with the cat.

... Well.]

... Can you get up?

[And here Suzaku's just brushing leaves and acorns off his hair and shirt, minding his own business.

He goes still when he hears approaching footsteps, and by the time he's asked that question, he's downright rigid. The park was normally deserted at night, he's pretty sure of it after cursory investigation. But then, he's only checked a couple of times and never stuck around for long.

It wasn't really anything important until he got hit with the weirdo-power stick]

...I'm fine.

[Is ultimately all he manages to come up with. Suzaku is pretty sure that he can stand, and he does, though he can tell already he's going to feel this latest collision in the morning. At least he's pretty sure he didn't break bones, that'd be a hell of a thing to explain]

[Toni is honestly still very much reluctant to get herself involved with the network, the little conversation she had yesterday aside. But if she doesn't act the way a proper officer should, there would be suspicions against her, and she doesn't want that-- especially when she's trying to keep a low profile.

So she replaces the safety on her handgun and holsters it, but keeps her fingers hooked into her belt beside it just in case, just the way she'd been taught.]

Good.

It seems a little late to be solo training. [Because clearly she needs to make him think that she thinks he's some kind of track and field runner. It seems like a good front, and might do well to put him at ease, like all she'd seen was him running, and then running into the tree. Like nothing superhuman had just happened.

How old is he anyway? It's difficult to tell sometimes with people.]

Edited 2013-08-08 12:36 (UTC)

[It occurs to Suzaku late that he doesn't know how much this officer has seen. While she's acting like what he's been up to is normal, it's possible she knows it wasn't. If she knows it wasn't...well.

There are two very different ways that could go. One of those is really not good news for him]

I always train alone, so the hour doesn't matter.

[Is the reply he eventually settles on. He's fairly sure there aren't any signs indicating hours he can't be in the park, having looked for them]

Perhaps it's best to make sure your surroundings are well lit. Or that you're fully aware of your surroundings, as even the park can be a problematic place to get injured in.

[Keep talking like she hasn't seen anything unusual. Don't hint to him that she knows what's going on with the network.

It's nothing too new-- she's spend months pretending the network doesn't exist in front of her own superiors, and pretending one of the sergeants isn't on it himself. That she doesn't see him continually make a fool of himself in front of strangers.]

[Suzaku debates what to say to her. On the one hand, he's dealing with a police officer, someone whose station demands and deserves respect. On the other, he's quite sure that nothing he has done is illegal or worth her time in the slightest.

There may well be people who need help getting chased by lighters come to life, or whatever other strange business this city might be rife with]

I'll take necessary precautions. But don't you think your time's better invested on something more important?

[While Suzaku tries to remain polite, there is a definite edge to his voice that he couldn't smooth over. She is wasting time on him. Someone out there could need help.

Besides, if she saw him before he hit that tree, he'd rather have her response (no doubt an attempt at arrest) and be done with it]