As the guy slips into the duct, losing his lock-on in the depths of the shaft, Skyler leaps from the building he's hiding on, landing with a louder noise than he would have liked next to the open shaft. He has to trust that whatever the guy is doing inside there, it's much louder and important than paying attention to a possible stalker.
... God, this really is like that one British spy movie. Skyler hunkers down and enters the shaft himself after he double checks that the coast is clear of both the guy and Keys. The paths inside the vent split into several paths, but Skyler switches on his night vision once more, peering down the vents and checking for anything this guy might be interested in, backtracking a lot as he doesn't have the foresight to actually listen to what the Keys below might be saying until about halfway through. For all of his cybernetics and by now sick criminal rep, Skyler Veracruz is still a dumb teenager.
He eventually gets his shit together and starts following the sounds of distant conversation until he feels as though he's almost in the right vent... huh. Where did the guy go? He noses around until he spots an open vent... that's gotta be it. He makes his way over there as quietly as he can, peering out of the opening and letting his enhancements do all the locating for him. Both infrared and nightvision pick up the guy's back as he puts his ear on the wall. Gotcha.
... So, now what? Skyler realized that he's been tailing this guy all night without any intention of actually, uh, confronting him. He just wanted to see what was going down. But looking the way he did, and considering what he did to get here... Uh. This may be a little difficult to explain, especially if this guy could very easily attack him on sight.
Or maybe he can't? Skyler hears the mutter of a short conversation outside the door. If he came down this quietly, and had to sneak in instead of just barging in with guns blazing, maybe it was in his best interest to keep quiet at a high cost. Skyler doesn't exactly know what reason that would be, besides the obvious stealthy info gathering angle, but it's a good enough cover as any for him to try entering the situation. If all else fails, he can cause a ruckus and set this guy up to get taken in by the Keys. Hey, at least it'd be way less awkward to explain than the truth.
So he does roll out of there as quietly as he can, although again, he doesn't have this guy's finesse, so he does land a little more loudly than he would have wanted. When Skyler lands, though, he remains deathly still, gauging the guy's reaction to his sudden visitor. Your move, super-spy.
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... God, this really is like that one British spy movie. Skyler hunkers down and enters the shaft himself after he double checks that the coast is clear of both the guy and Keys. The paths inside the vent split into several paths, but Skyler switches on his night vision once more, peering down the vents and checking for anything this guy might be interested in, backtracking a lot as he doesn't have the foresight to actually listen to what the Keys below might be saying until about halfway through. For all of his cybernetics and by now sick criminal rep, Skyler Veracruz is still a dumb teenager.
He eventually gets his shit together and starts following the sounds of distant conversation until he feels as though he's almost in the right vent... huh. Where did the guy go? He noses around until he spots an open vent... that's gotta be it. He makes his way over there as quietly as he can, peering out of the opening and letting his enhancements do all the locating for him. Both infrared and nightvision pick up the guy's back as he puts his ear on the wall. Gotcha.
... So, now what? Skyler realized that he's been tailing this guy all night without any intention of actually, uh, confronting him. He just wanted to see what was going down. But looking the way he did, and considering what he did to get here... Uh. This may be a little difficult to explain, especially if this guy could very easily attack him on sight.
Or maybe he can't? Skyler hears the mutter of a short conversation outside the door. If he came down this quietly, and had to sneak in instead of just barging in with guns blazing, maybe it was in his best interest to keep quiet at a high cost. Skyler doesn't exactly know what reason that would be, besides the obvious stealthy info gathering angle, but it's a good enough cover as any for him to try entering the situation. If all else fails, he can cause a ruckus and set this guy up to get taken in by the Keys. Hey, at least it'd be way less awkward to explain than the truth.
So he does roll out of there as quietly as he can, although again, he doesn't have this guy's finesse, so he does land a little more loudly than he would have wanted. When Skyler lands, though, he remains deathly still, gauging the guy's reaction to his sudden visitor. Your move, super-spy.