Hunting the Subway Sculptor

[shiromadoushi]

Who: Everyone who expressed interest in going to check out the Subway Sculptor
Where: An abandoned subway line under Locke City
When: 6pmish, Saturday
What: Going to try and talk to the guy making the snake statues.


[[OoC: Info | Plotting | IC organization]]

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[professorwolf]

"Whether or not he can, I can, and it's not a rat. I know what rats smell like. He smells human, at least. Not like that detective or the dog police." Lyall slows, pausing at a change in the light up ahead around a corner. The scent isn't strong enough that anyone is there... he thinks... but he's fairly sure there isn't anyone directly around that bend.

He leads the way around the corner slowly-- feeling remarkably at ease for all this, his only real nerves coming from the fear that they'll lose their prey-- which only shows a ladder out of the subway and an open porthole at the top. "It looks as if our quarry has gone above ground. Shall we?"

And up he goes, first, himself. It opens to an alley, right beside that unused shop, it seems like.

[hollowleg]

Shiro is the same. He could be back to the site of the fight in an instant.

"Man, I just got this ability. We're lucky I can pick out that particular signature when YOU'RE standing here. It's like there's a blast chiller blowing on my neck. It's very distracting. Never mind the people milling around upstairs," He points up, then he gestures at Lyall, "See, this is why we have overlap. I can trace it through walls and stuff and he can make sure I'm on the right trail. What's the deal with that cop... What's he smell like, anyway?"

He nods and follows, though he forgoes the ladder, using a reishi powered jump instead.

Shiro looks up, "He's at the top, inside. I think. Second or third floor. There's no one else in there, at least. Toshirou, you wanna go with Lyall inside? I can go in through one of those broken out windows," he gestures up, "and we can sandwich him."

[icy_heavens]

There's a huge difference between a person and a big rat; he doesn't see how any useful sense could get them confused.

He doesn't have the same jumping ability that Shiro has -- yet -- but he's not far behind in climbing up the ladder. The difference in Lyall's demeanour doesn't really register with him yet. He's too focused on getting to Proud.

"Yeah. And if he tries run again, I can prevent it."

[professorwolf]

The jump earns Shiro a mild look, one that says fairly clearly he thinks the older boy was showing off, but Lyall lets it lie with just the look. Now's not the time. "All right. I am fairly sure he is unarmed-- at least, I don't smell anything like gunpowder." And he knows what gunpowder smells like, at least, by now. "If you can, try not to hurt him," he adds. "I think he may be frightened of us, and if we want him to talk... well, frightening him worse isn't going to help matters."

With that said, he's ready, so he looks between the boys once more before motioning for Toushirou to come along. At least he doesn't have to go climbing through any windows... the doors seem to have been left open in their quarry's wake.

[hollowleg]

There is not as much difference between a person and a big rat as you might think, kid. There isn't! As for Shiro's little maneuver, it was only fifty percent showing off, ok. The other 50% is laziness. Jumping is way easier than climbing.

"If he is armed, let me take the hits. I can heal." Granted, he's not sure if he could heal from gunshots, but...

"Got it. Scared guy," and with that, Shiro climbs into the air, using platforms of reishi to zigzag up into the air, up to the third floor and to a window that had been broken some time ago. Just enough for him to reach in and unlatch it. Then he slips inside.

Now... where is that guy?

lol yup HE'S TOTALLY BEEN HERE... YUP...

[needsmorezippers]

Neku was by no means a very good tracker, so the only reason he was tagging along with this team is if they caught up to the guy and started questioning him then and there. He was lucky he ran a lot, otherwise there would be no way he'd be able to keep up with them.

He's been hovering at the back of the group, trying to distract Shiro's... 'aura sense' or whatever it was as little as possible, even though the small amount of distance probably didn't do anything. Whatever. He'll just be here, a hand on his fire pin just in case, until he's needed.

[icy_heavens]

He doesn't have any intention of causing more harm than necessary. Worst he'd do to the guy is freeze him in place. He heads inside with Lyall, steps light. He'd make more use of his ability, but he doesn't want to get overly far ahead. And dragging along people who aren't used to the speeds tends to make them sick. Kind of something to be avoided.

Even so, he goes into the occasional small burst, to minimize the number of steps he takes and thus any sound his footfalls have. But never so much as to let Lyall and Neku lose sight of him.

[professorwolf]

Hey now, Lyall really isn't hard to keep up with. He still has a biology teacher's physique, after all, so he wasn't going all that fast. And now, in fact, he's going even more slowly. Walking silently isn't exactly a thing he has practiced, but he's trying. It doesn't help that he has to hiss at Toushirou at least once, "Slow down. Don't get ahead of us."

The stairs creak a bit as he climbs, but otherwise the trio isn't particularly loud, and Lyall turns off the staircase in Toushirou's wake and into the hall Proud turned down last, moving cautiously, fully expecting to see the man in it, or in a room off said hall.