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Post by ventix on Apr 9, 2018 17:13:38 GMT
"Nice to meet you, Selina." Lily says. After the handshake is finished, she looks to her Xtransiever, using it to call Christie.
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Post by abzhz101 on Apr 9, 2018 18:22:47 GMT
And then as soon as they hit the street corner, they scatter into smaller groups, fractaling out into the different sidestreets.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Apr 9, 2018 18:36:34 GMT
Misha curses as she hears the kids leave the building and run off. "Damn... should've seen that coming... probably should've started talking before barging in."
At Chris' comment, she shakes her head. "Won't work, they'll probably split up and meet up later. Best you can do is keep an eye out on the Skitty and hope we don't lose track of her."
She thinks for a moment, before sighing. "Most of my old haunts are construction sites, so that's no help. I haven't really been keeping my eye on stuff like that anymore, so I wouldn't know where they'd be hiding out."
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Post by Infynis on Apr 9, 2018 21:41:19 GMT
"Yeah, they did split up," Chris confirmed. Artemis, understanding her partner's motivations, followed the one that carried Princess. "Artemis is following Princess."
Before they could get any farther with their discussion, Chris' watch beeped. "Hi, Lily," she answered as her flatmate appeared on the little screen. "What do you need?"
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Post by ventix on Apr 9, 2018 21:45:42 GMT
"Just wanted to see how you were doing on your search. Did you find Princess yet?" Lily replied.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Apr 9, 2018 21:49:29 GMT
When Chris' xtransciever rings and Misha can hear Lily's voice coming from the other end, she shouts a quick 'Hey Lils!' before gesturing inside the building to Chris, indicating that she's going to take a look inside.
Having done so, she moves further into the dilapidated building, looking for anything of interest regarding the kids.
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Post by Infynis on Apr 9, 2018 21:57:32 GMT
"Yeah, we found her," Chris answered, somewhat distractedly, as she shifted her attention back and forth between Artemis' eyes and her own. "but she's made friends with a group of street kids, and they ran away when we tried to talk to them. I'm following her right now. Er...Artemis is." When they were linked like this, separating who was who could be difficult.
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Post by ventix on Apr 9, 2018 22:02:10 GMT
"Ah. Well that sounds like complicated...Well I also called to let you know that we got two more jobs while you were gone. One is from a Mr. Ye Qiu, who wants us to fetch him a dragon plate. The other is from a Ms. Selina, who wants us to take care of an aggressive Mightyena."
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Post by abzhz101 on Apr 9, 2018 22:13:40 GMT
As Misha goes deeper into the building, she finds a giant crate of what’s supposed to be poke’chow that the kids had been bunking nearby. The crate doesn't seem to be opened, but wanting to be thorough the woman checks.
Unless the brand is branching out to treats that look like money... Misha doesn’t think it’s poke’chow.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Apr 9, 2018 22:21:35 GMT
Misha blinks a few times as she takes in the contents of the crate, fighting down her initial reaction of 'rich, rich! I'm so effing rich!' to a more sensible one. "Of fucking course..."
Sighing, resigned, she leans heavily on the crate before getting up and turning to the door. "CHRIS! GET IN HERE, NOW!" she shouts towards the entrance.
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Post by Infynis on Apr 9, 2018 23:44:21 GMT
Chris dashed in at Misha's call, assuming her friend to be in some kind of trouble. Had the roof collapsed on top of her? Chris hadn't heard anything, but she had been distracted... Relief flooded through her when she saw Misha standing in front of a crate, seemingly unharmed. "What is i-" she cut off as she saw the contents of the crate Misha had opened. "This is really bad," she stated, but then said, "but this is really good! This could be a huge case! We have to investigate this." Her face was lit with excitement. This was exactly what she had been hoping to find for her last four years in Castelia. Suddenly remembering that she was still in call, she turned her xTransceiver's camera toward the box of cash. "Do you see this, Lily?"
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Post by ventix on Apr 10, 2018 0:15:27 GMT
Lily's eyes widen as she looks at the cash on screen. "What in the world...?" She whispers as she stares dumbfounded at the screen for a few moments, before shaking herself out of it. "Okay, first of all, try to put things back like you found then and then leave. Whoever's responsible for that is probably too much for you and Misha to handle by yourselves. Me and Nisa are about to head out with a client, so come back here and wait for us while Artemis continues to track the kids. Call Taylor on your way back and explain the situation to him. Got all that?"
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Apr 10, 2018 14:19:13 GMT
"No need to tell me twice, Lils," Misha says as she picks up the lid of the crate and carefully aligns the nails with the holes, before lowering it back on the crate, shoving a bit to get it stuck again. "Like nothing ever happened," she mutters, before taking out an end of cloth out of her bag and wiping any potential fingerprints off of the crate. "Better safe than sorry. Let's go." The last is said to Chris as she moves towards the door, picking up her umbrella (which she'd left near the entrance) on the way out.
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Post by technoRomancer on Apr 10, 2018 15:48:07 GMT
With Chris and Misha making a go at tracking the feline Pokemon by scent, Taylor had headed out to Tohou Street himself. Visibility would be low from the rooftops in this weather, so he'd opted to ask around at some of the local businesses that knew him and see if anyone had spotted a stray Skitty recently. On the way, he let Bandit roam, making a game of it as they often did - he'd request an item of a specific color, and the Aipom would try and get back with something matching the description as quickly as possible. Usually it was something like a discarded candy wrapper or empty Soda Pop can, but every once in a while he came back with something more useful. For example... Taylor hoped nobody was missing the Pokemon-sized belt Bandit had brought him with a victorious grin. It did look a little beat up, at least, so it was probably trash..?
Bandit's search might have borne fruit, but before his own line of questioning could he got a call from the girls getting him up to speed on their own activities. Three jobs in one day? And a secret cash cache? Maybe this wasn't a lost cause after all... assuming anything actually panned out. At least they'd seen the Skitty, even if they had reached a dead end. "Regrouping back at the office, then," he replied, whistling sharply to call Bandit back to his side before making haste towards their home district.
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Post by ventix on Apr 10, 2018 16:32:37 GMT
Lily hangs up the call and turns to face Selina. "Sorry to keep you waiting. Shall we head out to find that Mightyena?" She said, with business smile.
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Post by Infynis on Apr 10, 2018 16:42:31 GMT
Lily was granted to a nice up close and personal view of Chris' notes while she was talking. It looked like Chris was writing down a description of Princess. "Hmm? Chris said when she heard her name. Blushing, she replied, "Oh, sorry, Misha. Are we leaving? Should Artemis keep following Princess?" She quickly made her way to the door and recovered her own umbrella. She'd totally forgotten about Lily's call at this point, so it it was good that she remembered to end it.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Apr 10, 2018 18:14:46 GMT
Misha stares at Chris for a few moments, blinking, before shaking her head, smiling slightly. "You're hopeless, you know that? Good thing I'm here. Yes, we're leaving, yes, Artemis should keep following Princess, and next time we find a large crate filled with most likely illegal money, focus on it, please," she says, sounding fondly exasperated.
She gestures for Chris to follow, finally walking out. "Come on, we gotta go back, hold down the fort while Lily and Nisa are out on a case and we try to figure out what to do with this mess."
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Post by Infynis on Apr 10, 2018 19:51:43 GMT
"Oh, uh yeah, I'll try," Chris said, still pretty distracted, though she was obviously making an effort to keep her mind in one place. "Do you think we'll find more money?" She was really excited about this idea. All the possibilities of what kind of underhanded dealings would be going on in an abandoned warehouse like this swirled around in her head. As they left, her mind drifted to how this could affect them, and she remembered something. "Oh! What about the door? We want it to look like we weren't here, right? Can we, like, re-jam(?) the door?"
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Post by abzhz101 on Apr 11, 2018 0:56:45 GMT
As Artemis follows the child with the cat, whom she is able to tell is not the one who originally had the cat, the girl looks up at the bird and deliberately places the cat on a porch that doesn't have any people on it, in clear view of the bird before running off.
Princess mewls sadly as she leaves.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Apr 11, 2018 9:17:08 GMT
Misha nods as she looks over the door. "Good idea, yeah. Stand back." With that, she takes hold of the door, puts her weight against it and slams it shut. "That should do the trick."
Taking a step back from the door to take a look at her handiwork, she opens her umbrella and begins leaving. "By the way, where's Artemis at by now?" she asks as they walk.
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