let's play cops and drug dealing robbers!

[flamberge]

Who: Anyone around/in Locke City High School
When: 5th period
Where: Locke City High
What: DRUG BUST.

[It's just about that time. Numerous cops were gathered outside the high school. They were now ready and waiting for the commanding officer's order to move in. The cop in command for the bust itself stands ahead of the rest while glancing at his watch. Almost time. Just less than a minute to go and they could move in. Their orders were clear: take in anyone mentioned in Aurion's report AND search and/or apprehend several suspicious individuals outside of that report. Use of force is approved should they resist.

The second hand finally strikes the golden 12 on the officer's watch. Time to move in. He puts down his hand and gives the order to start closing in. Instantly, the police force begins to approach the high school.]

((ooc: and thus starts the drug bust! feel free to npc your own cops if you tag into this!! and a note i forgot to mention: anyone arrested will be officially known to be part of the numbers club but they will get released within a day or so thanks to karl 's interference))

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open!

[siesinddasessen]

[Blaine is among the people in her class who are called out into the corridor. A few other sixteen-seventeen-eighteen year olds are already standing there, standing close to each other to stay away from the weapons of the police who make sure that nobody gets away as other officers go through the lockers of the teenagers.

Blaine will be more on the fringe of the group, nervous and not bothering to hide it, since that should be expected in a situation like this - not that she is nervous for the same reasons as the others. The police does not intimidate her horribly, and she has nothing that might mean trouble in her locker either. But what if one of them recognizes her from somewhere? She's had a few close calls with police over the years... And at least half of them were over something related to drugs.

Her eyes flicker over some of the other students, staying on some faces, studying some that she doesn't know so well. Distracting herself. Panic is not helpful...]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Akito's also more towards the fringe, having been about to stuff his hands in his pockets out of nervousness. but after a barked order from one of the cops, he's got his hands hovering cautiously by his sides, palms and clearly not hiding anything. He's suddenly glad he at least has the contacts in - no need to just give them even more reason to bring him in - but seeing as the worst thing he remembers putting into that backpack this morning is a game system, he's pretty sure having normal eyes is pretty much a blip on the radar at this point.]

Damn it.

[siesinddasessen]

Calm down.

[She is not particularly interested in anyone here getting all worked up and starting shit right now - the police seem to be a bit too happy with the situation already without that being added to it - and while she can obviously not do anything, she can at least hiss at people.]

[open]

[peacefulwinter]

[Winter is surprisingly bad at following orders; when she realizes something's happening, she has Raquel hide inside the air ducts and bravely stands to go outside the classroom and supervise in her (self-assigned) duty to the students, as the student council secretary.

Unfortunately, not only is there a possibility she's on Karl's list to begin with, but getting in the way isn't something police take kindly to. It was one thing when she glared at them across the schoolyard. It's another entirely for her to try and block them from their mission.

If she sees someone attracting suspicion, she'll attempt to help; if she sees someone getting dragged off, she'll try to stop the officer in question and demand an explanation.]

[indy_wannabe]

[Seeing Winter about to do something precipitous and possibly dangerous, Ez quickly rushes in to grab her.]

What are you doing!?

[peacefulwinter]

[Her voice is cold as she tries to shrug off the hand.]

I am doing my job. Please... l-let me go.

[OPEN]

[professorwolf]

Of all the people instructed out of their classrooms, Lyall appears to be the only teacher-- and he's also the first one to get the handcuffs roughly clapped onto him, despite his calm front and lack of resistance to it all. Whatever had changed in him in that subway, it at least is helping him keep his nerves tamped down-- because he's terrified, he's keeping a fierce control over any sign of it.

Even if it's terribly uncomfortable to have one's hands cuffed behind one's back. He knows this doesn't have anything to do with drugs-- it has to do with the network, and all the things surrounding it. He can only hope Kotetsu and Nick can get him out of it before the full moon, at the least....

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura pushed his way through the small crowd of rubberneckers, heart pounding loudly in his ear. No, no, no, this wasn't happening, this wasn't...!

He came to a dead stop as he finally had a clear path, his eyes going wide.

"Mr. Lyall!"

[professorwolf]

Trying to pick out one voice among the various chatter around him was difficult-- the police had made him take out his earplugs, as soon as someone noticed them-- but Bakura was familiar enough that he turned his head to the sound, looking over his shoulder until he spotted the boy.

"Bakura, it's all right," he called over, hoping he'd take that to heart. "I'll be all right." They had friends in the police corps. Bakura knew that, even if he still didn't trust Richard. There were others.

[siesinddasessen]

So that's what all of this is about.

She has seen him on the network before, so unless he had shady dealings out of that - which of course is absolutely possible, going by her own example - that would explain the bust and why they have arrested a good number of people who seem to not have known what was in their bags...

But is it a good or a bad thing? She is not sure. On the one hand, it means that the network will probably try to free it's own. Hopefully herself included. It also means that they seem to not actually be on her trail for things that she did. On the other hand, it probably means that they either already have or will figure out that she is one of the numbers people, and that might open up a whole different kind of issues, be it in the short or in the long run.

Curses.

She'll be pushed to stand next to him while they wait to be shuffled on further, and thoughtfully look at him from the side. She hadn't realized that he was a teacher. That there were numbers teachers at all. Are there more?

[professorwolf]

There's a lot of things going through Lyall's head, as well, during all this, standing out in the sun by the police car with his hands cuffed behind him. Not the least of which is how much he wishes he had his had, because his skin is buzzing under the sunlight again.

He glances down at the girl beside him (or over; he's not all that tall) and offers what he hopes to be a reassuring smile. "We'll be all right. We didn't do anything wrong." He thinks. He isn't so sure about her; he doesn't know her very well.

[CLOSED to RICHARD/KARL]

[professorwolf]

Still cuffed, Lyall is escorted into one of the many offices in the building, and left to wait there before an empty desk, cuffed no longer to himself, but to a chair. He's still a little bit terrified, but those awful dogs haven't come across him yet, so maybe he has a chance to get out of this without coming onto the Enemy's radar.

It's a slim chance, but still. A chance. He has to hold onto whatever hope he can.

Re: [CLOSED to RICHARD/KARL]

[flamberge]

The small hope is a well held one as, at around 10 pm, the door opens. In steps a random officer, more than likely the one who had been checking up on Lyall at various intervals. "Well, it looks as though a mistake has been in regards to your arrest."

She walks over to Lyall and uncuffs him. When she speaks, it's almost mechanical and void of any apologetic tone. "Deputy Superintendent Aurion had found this error and will be here in a few minutes to clear some paperwork with you, after which you will be released. We at the Locke City Police Department apologize for inconveniencing you." She doesn't even bother really looking at the man in the chair as she speaks and makes to leave as quickly as she had come.

[professorwolf]

By this point, Lyall is less terrified and more frustrated and feeling a little ill. It's hard to sustain actual terror for almost ten hours. The nausea might well be from being hungry, but he's sure some of it comes from all the uncertainty and nerves, as well.

As he's released, he eases himself into a standing position with a wince, rubbing his wrist. "Thank you." His voice? Also devoid of any relief, gratitude, or emotion at all. Two can play that game.

Open

[dyingtohealyou]

[When the drugs that were supposedly found in his bag are brought out, Akito just stares. Sure, they just pulled it out of his backpack in front of himself and all others standing there, but there's no fucking way. There's just no fucking way.

Really? This is the excuse they came up with?

His first reaction is to give a short breath of laughter. His panic from the situation itself certainly isn't helping.]

You've gotta be kidding me.

[That's not even mine, he wants to say. You bastards just put it in there, didn't you, he wants to shout. But he grits his teeth, holding it back. This was the plan all along; if he says anything, he might just make it worse for himself.

Shit.]

[not_good_not_wicked]

Marisa, through a combination of being careful about certain things and just plain dumb luck, was not on the police radar. She still heard shouted orders from outside in the hallway and people running back and forth, and unlike most of her classmates, when she looked around nervously it was because she ACTUALLY had things to hide.

The teacher looked nervous as well, which wasn't helping the mood of the class. Just what was this about?

[peacefulwinter]

A voice carries in from the hallway, tense and high: "What grounds are you s-searching on? There are rules for this!"

There's briefly a bit of long purple hair in the door's window.

[not_good_not_wicked]

That sounded awfully like...

Marisa stood up in the middle of class to go and see what was happening. The teacher made a half-hearted complaint but really he wanted to know what was going on just as much as his class did.

She peered into the hall, looking around.

"Winter?"

[paradiseshrinemaiden]

Reimu is more annoyed than worried. She'd been careful to keep her head down too and had also managed to avoid the police's notice...

Or at least she thought, which is why she's a little surprised when her name gets called to step out into the hallway so her locker can be searched. Her confusion shows clearly on her face too. Still she gets up to walk out without complaint. She might actually be a little nervous, but it doesn't show. It wasn't like anything she'd gotten back so far were things she even had to physically carry around with her and if they were, she wouldn't have been stupid enough to bring them with her to school. Still, it's weird that they'd call her to begin with, considering she was the Foreign Exchange Student with above average grades who hadn't even caused any normal teenager style trouble (well maybe she's skipped class a time or two, but she hadn't been caught doing it).

[open]

[needsmorezippers]

[Neku was already on high alert when the police showed up. He wasn't incredibly suspicious or anything- involved in sports, good grades, all that. But Mr. Locke might not have been the only person to see him graffiti stuff around town...

He keeps trying to get a look into the hall to see what's happening. He wouldn't put it past the police to plant stuff.]

[open]

[strikeraid]

[ ... So what is actually going on here? If there was an actual drug bust here at the school... Well, first of all, he wouldn't be in a position to get legit busted for once in his life. Strange, but true. He'd always thought they'd make a beeline for his locker first, though, given his background. Which they didn't! They didn't even touch it. So...

... Wait, who's this guy again? He remembers the boy peering into the next hall for some reason. Something annoying, but also something weirdly Echo related. He considers the situation a moment before deciding that his life is pretty much screwed for all reasons possible before sidling closer and engaging. What could possibly go wrong? ]

So what are you gonna get busted for?

[open]

[needsmorezippers]

[On the other hand, Neku knows who this kid is. Remembers him being an ass on the network (where Neku hardly ever shows his own face), and remembers him picking on some of Neku's more geeky friends. So excuse him if you're just getting a really weird look, Skylar. Seriously, why the hell are you talking him?]

Hopefully nothing.

AFTER SKYLER AND NEKU SPLIT UP, LIKE PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER SEVENTH PERIOD

[strikeraid]

[ Scene: Skyler is stuck in the principal's office, pinned by a bunch of cops. There is a closet right next to the chair he's sitting in, and both he and the cops are very visible through the window. He's been there for a while, but he's looking a little uncomfortable now that the interview's stretched this far. Uncomfortable and maybe a little angry. IS ANYONE GOING TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS? HMMM. ]

[gogoghostpowers]

[Danny's goal for the day was to just make it out without any cops catching him. Why they were crawling all over the school, he didn't know, but they'd trashed his locker and that was enough to put him on edge. What if they were coming after him next?

Which is why Danny keeps pulling down on his hat to try and cover his hair even more, and trying to keep his eyes down and not look at anyone. The last one kinda backfires when he walks past the principal's office, though, and sees through the glass walls a bunch of cops surrounding someone. A very familiar looking someone, at that...

Oh. Oh god. That's Skyler.

Danny walks right over to the glass and stares directly at him, trying to get a better understanding of what it is that's happening exactly.]

[strikeraid]

[ Skyler's focused on the police - well, technically the police's shoes - but he does look up really angrily at some comment the police makes and catches sight of whoever the fuck's outsiiiiaaaaaahhhh what the FUCK Danny!? Could you NOT be a dipshit for ONCE IN YOUR LIFE and -- ]

You listening to me, Mr. Veracruz?

[ Skyler catches himself and diverts his attention back to the police. As much as he thinks Danny's kind of a wimpy shit (ha.... ha......), he's not about to blow both their covers. Or would he...? He flicks his eyes over at Danny, his eyebrows coming to a slow v as he comes to a decision about this...

and shakes his head near imperceptibly, briefly jerking his head and looking in the direction of the front door of the school as he replies to the officer. ]

Dunno what you're talking about, sir. I've never been busted for anything in my life.

You remember what we said about this warrant, Mr. Veracruz? We are permitted to take you into custody for further questioning on the strength of your behavior record...

[ His fists curl into tight, tight balls as the cop drones on. Even if you couldn't hear a thing through the door, Skyler looks nervous. ]