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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 19:03:52 GMT -5
"Sorry about the reception Miss, but this can be a stressful job sometimes." The detective told her. "If you'll excuse me I have a bank robbery to get to, but why don't you head down those stairs to the boiler room. Our current janitor may have something for you to do. Although, this isn't really the kind of work I'd recommend for you, you may be able to get better work at a store or restaurant."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 19:15:44 GMT -5
Thala smiled, "Thanks for the concern, but I'm pretty set on this place. Anywhere I can be a help to the public." Thala said and turned to the stairs, "Thanks again and good luck with that robbery."
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 19:23:29 GMT -5
"Strange girl." The detective said before hurrying off.
Sleight walked back to his apartment. Half trying not to let anyone see him in pain, half wondering what how he was going to survive the month and completely livid at the guys that robbed him. He quickly sneaked away from the bank after the robbers left and chaos ensued. No point in him being there when the police finally found the time to actually do something about this, although he doubt they'd make too much of an effort.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 19:28:37 GMT -5
Thala followed the detectives instructions and walked on down the stairs and into the boiler room, looking for the aforementioned Janitor.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 19:47:19 GMT -5
Down in the boiler room, sitting in front of a desk with tools and keys scattered about, was a worn looking character. He could have been in his late sixties. He had half a head of hear, literally, with one half full of hair and the other side bold with a visible scar running over it. His right arm was missing as well. But when he looked up suspiciously at Thala when she arrived his eyes were clear and full of energy.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 19:51:34 GMT -5
Thala put on a wide smile and walked up to the desk of the man, "Hello, I'm Thala and I'm hear to help out. Any work I could do around the office to make things better."
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 20:00:19 GMT -5
The man took a long hard look at Thala before answering. "No." He said. "Work I have, cleaning, scrubbing, washing. If you want to make things better you're in the wrong place. Leave town, go to someplace where they'd appreciate you, where you can make things better, before it's too late."
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Fin City
May 3, 2016 20:15:01 GMT -5
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 20:15:01 GMT -5
"I'm sure you could appreciate the helping hand. And thus city seems to need help more then others. It's also where the train led be. I'm pretty set on staying here." Thala said, "and with ask do respect, if I just wanted to be appreciated, I could have continued working as a farmer. Nothing more noble then giving food to the peoples."
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 20:30:45 GMT -5
"Have you not heard what they say about Fin girl?" The man asked her. "This city is where dreams die and life begins. You look like you still have dreams and hope. Why do you want to throw that away to come here?"
Sleight slammed his door shut before heading to the medicine cabinet to get something for the pain. What's was he going to do? Right now he may as well rob a bank himself. Or rob the robbers. If he could do that he may even get an award from the owner of the bank. That may just make it worth it.
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Fin City
May 3, 2016 20:48:44 GMT -5
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 20:48:44 GMT -5
"I hadn't heard that, but hearing that I'll make you a wager. I won't lose my hour and dreams and you let me work here. I'm really set on helping here, in this city." Yuki said confidently.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 21:16:27 GMT -5
"Fine." The man told Thala. "But tomorrow you go back to the train station and you buy a ticket home. And if you loose your dreams you take that ticket back home. You don't stay in this city and you leave everything you have here, you take nothing with you, no matter what you find here, you leave it all behind and go back home." He stood up and walked to a locker in the back with a limp in his step. "Do you have a place to stay?"
Sleight concentrated on the table and made a portal beneath the glass. It shot up through the portal near him, he missed it and it shattered on the ground. If he was going to get his stuff back he was going to need to do more than just some parlor tricks with his abilities. He opened a portal in the trashcan and one under the broken glass.
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Fin City
May 3, 2016 21:25:23 GMT -5
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 21:25:23 GMT -5
"Agreed." Thala said and pulled out her wallet which she'd managed not to draw attention to until now. "And no, if not gotten a place to stay. I figured the precinct is 24/7 and I could just remain here our wonder around nearby till I got settled."
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2016 21:36:36 GMT -5
"There's a room with a bed around the corner, it has a lock on it." He threw a set of keys for Thala. "You can find a place of your own tomorrow. You'll need this." He threw her an overall. "There's a mop and bucket behind you, someone threw up in interrogation room B. Use this." He threw her a floor plan that showed the outline of the police station.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2016 21:42:08 GMT -5
Thala grabbed each item and once she had that under control she looked at the floor plan. It was a bit complicated but nothing she couldn't understand after a bit of study. She immediately got to work entering the room and putting in the overalls before grabbing the mop to clean up.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 4, 2016 4:03:27 GMT -5
That night...
Night fell over Fin City like a blanket dropped over a fire. A cotton blanket soaked in gasoline. Like always the police station was busy, but only the nightly shift of officers were in and most of the facility was closed. Including the fire exit at the back, for now.
Sleight was balancing on some stacked boxes as he tried to get a good look through the window at the door from the inside of the police station. After some trail and error he was finally able to create a portal where he could unlock the door. He quickly jumped down and quietly sneaked into the station.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 5, 2016 19:19:27 GMT -5
Thala had been listening to the officers all day to get as much information on the robbery as she could. She remembered the number and faces of the men who mugged her as well, though she hadn't made the connection yet. She'd finished a cleaning job and was in her room for a bit as she wrote down some notes about the case. She figured she could go and recover the money if she could get more information.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 5, 2016 19:37:51 GMT -5
Sleight sneaked through the dark halls in the back of the police station, trying to find his way around the complicated maze and looking for some kind of computer he could use. He wasn't the quietest sneak, but he figured most of the cops would be too busy at the front to notice a few bumps in the night.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 5, 2016 19:41:28 GMT -5
Thala resolved herself to get the information herself and stood up with a fair bit of gusto. She slipped out of her room and into the main area. She remembered one of the computers basically always looked like it was on.
OOC: I'll have you do the specific meet up. I don't want to assume anything.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 5, 2016 19:54:15 GMT -5
ooc: Hmm? How will we let them meet up? Thala finds him in the room with the pc or he finds her? She tries to fight him or they... I'm not sure, somehow come to a standstill, although Thala would totally kick Sleight's but right now.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 5, 2016 20:05:03 GMT -5
OOC: How about Thala starts to get on Sleight but he says he has the information she needs. She can get him on a computer and we develop from there, since catching the bad guys is a higher priority to her.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 5, 2016 20:20:28 GMT -5
ooc: So she walks in on him? He doesn't have the info, that why he's there, but he knows people that could help him to find the truck. Also, can Thala use a PC considering her background?
Sleight finally found himself in front of a promising looking door. He checked if it was open, it was and there was a pc inside. Hopefully he could find what he needed on it.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 5, 2016 20:25:10 GMT -5
OOC: She not a "smart cookie" but she's also the youngest and "hipest" of her siblings. She can at the very least log in and browse the web. Nothing big. BIC: Thala walked up th stairs and was headed to the back where Sleight was from the front where it was still busy. She made sure not to look out of place while she was at it.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 5, 2016 20:41:43 GMT -5
ooc: So they're roughly the same in the tech department, Sleight wasn't too much into PCs either, but he knows enough of smart phones and stuff to know who sell it to or where to buy. Basically street smarts and not tech smarts. Sleight sat down and turned on the PC. After some startup noises the police system finally flashed on. He tried to find out if there was any information about the minivan that he saw, but everything that seemed to take him there was protected by a password.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 5, 2016 20:48:38 GMT -5
Thala opened the door to the back, not expecting to see anyone, and so was shocked to see a person. She walked up to him with the sinister smile as she cracked her knuckles, "I've been here all day." She said, "And I know you're not supposed to be in here."
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Post by Bio Plus on May 5, 2016 21:17:12 GMT -5
ooc: Yeah, that was the guy with the poncho, he's name is Crook. He was the bad guy that I mention both of them will face and loose. First Thala at the station then Sleight at the bank. I never had opportunity to introduce his name so I used Poncho and and boss of the robbers so you knew it was him, but I'm going to refer to him as Crook from now on. He's also the villain they're going to loose to at the end of the chapter.
Sleight spun around and almost fell off the chair. "Oh, hi, I'm... the janitor. Thought I could sneak in some solitaire on this. You know? Mopping floors all day. It gets a bit boring."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 6, 2016 15:33:32 GMT -5
Thala lifted up the badge on the chest of her uniform which read Janitor, "I'm obliged to allow you to speak you master plan before I bring you in. You've got one minute." She said, remembering how it was done in the comics and looming almost over Sleight at this point.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 6, 2016 16:59:59 GMT -5
"Hey, hey! Now wait a minute." Sleight said putting his hands out. "Let's not overreact. I'm not a thief, I'm just looking for a car. And with how busy the police are by the time they helped me the car would be long gone."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 6, 2016 18:50:40 GMT -5
"And why do you need information on a car? You saying you know our systems here?" Thala said, figuring she might be able to get him to help her before he brought her in if he could help.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 6, 2016 18:56:29 GMT -5
"Well, no, not technically." Sleight tried to explain. "But I've seen them used plenty of times. It shouldn't be too hard to get a little information. And how many bad guys can there be riding around in minivans these days?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 6, 2016 19:11:33 GMT -5
"Do you drive in a minivan?" She asked accusingly, "Anyway, what's this information to you? I'd feel bad beating up someone because they wanted to buy a car from a criminal." She said feigning impatience.
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