Year Two

He wandered down the street, listening for anything nearby that might attract his interest.

Dalia eventually came out of Alternate Space in an alley to renew it. While she was back in the real world she moved out to the street and looked up and down for Tyranno Boys.

The van is not a van, but a card. A sedan to be specific as they are usually seen driving in. The front of the interior is a mess from the crash as well as the litter, scattered bullets, and shell casings around the front.

The back is in either better or worse shape, the bench seats upholstry torn up, and more litter, bullets and shell casings scattered about. A grenade lays on the seat, a spring protruding from the torn up seat hooked on the pin.

The sirens cease, and the car is illuminated by the headlights of a police cruiser that pulls up behind her, sirens flashing.

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The two see nothing of interest.

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The blockade breaks up as the police scatter, heading back to the station. The cruiser on the other site halts at the scene of a car crash.

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Inquiry takes a long drag off a cigarette, the smoke burning his throat, his esophagus feeling like hot asphalt. Below he sees a convenience store close for the night, the large open window that once showed a clear view of a welcoming store now looked like a prison with the heavy iron bars across it.

It was not the first store that had forgone months of profits to ensure their business would be safe from the hell that the city had born.

The store light had gone off and the owner's truck had left the alley.

Aeka stood at the edge of the roof, always silent. She looked over at the man whose face she never completely saw. Only the unshaven lower half when he stopped to smoke.

He stared at the cigarette between his gloved fingers.

Inquiry: Fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his finger tips.

Smoking would be the only way he could ever hold fire. But down in the streets, there were people who could hold the elements in their hands. And use those to either save the city or destroy it.

He snuffed the cigarette out on the sole of his shoe, depositing the butt in a baggy kept inside his jacket. Even on the rooftops, it wasn't safe to discard it anywhere in case someone who means him harm finds it.

A white van pulls up in front of the building they stand on. The building had been suspected of housing a meth lab run by the Russian mob. A small lab which won't mean much if it's knocked over, but eventually it'll lead further up the ladder.

The police had mostly been hitting labs run by the Yakuza, the mayor in bed with the Russians and the majority of the honest cops on the force being too occupied with the Tyranno Boys. Noisy kids.

He pulls his mask down and returns the baggy to inside his jacket and the two descend a fire escape.

*She is forced to rush around the vehicle to make her escape.*

Dalia disappeared into Alternate Space and continued on her way home.

Grimm continued his walk through the streets, always aware and waiting for a target to cross his path.

*Cameron sighs and lands on a tree, looking around for his next target*
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*If she hasn't already, Eve goes to bed*

A police officer shouts freeze upon getting out of the car, giving chase when she doesn't stop.

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A stray cat crosses Grimm's path. It is black.

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He sees a white van pull up in front of a building, three people climb out and enter the building. From the alley beside the building, two people enter. A male wearing a fedora and trenchcoat and a Japanese woman in a waist high yukata and jeans, katana and wakizashi on her side.

Grimm looked to see if it had a collar as he passed by it.

*She looks for any avenue to make an escape--alley, fire escape, staircase, back yard, etc.*

Who the hell uses a sword?!

*Cameron continues to watch*

There's an alley. No fire escape close by except further down the alley where a plank fence is.

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There is no collar. Because it is a stray.

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Gunshots can be heard. A window breaks, glass raining down on the street below. A stream of blood sprays across another window.

After a few minutes of this, an entire row of windows explode, flames shooting out.

*Cameron fires a light sphere into one of the broken windows*

*She goes for that. Assuming the fire escape is before the fence, she just climbs it. Otherwise, she vaults over the fence with her spear.*

The police officer begins climbing the fence.

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Not sure what that's supposed to accomplish, but nothing happens. The fire rises.

The two leave the building, heading back into the alley.

*Luna is obviously scaling the fire escape.*

Grimm continued his walk, eventually retrieving a bar of fruit and muesli from the inside of his cassock and eating it. He put the wrapper back inside of his cassock.

The cop climbs the fence but forgoes the fire escape and instead radios in that a suspected vigilante is fleeing by rooftop.

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The clock tower begins to chime twelve. Not much goes on on a Wednesday morning. At least not what he's pursuing.

*Luna then, of course, begins vaulting from rooftop to rooftop. She looks for a rooftop that's far away from the reported site, & with a fire escape.*

*Cameron sighs, and starts heading for home*

I did absolutely nothing of value.

Reporter: "Two members of the Tyranno Boys were found in an alley early this morning, one in critical condition having been stabbed then apparently dropped off a fire escape breaking both of his legs, the other dead having been stabbed and shot. Police believe it was not the stabbing that killed him, but the shooting.

Elsewhere, two more members of the Tyranno Boys were detained having been electrocuted into unconsciousness. Police officers on the scene report seeing someone with a spear fleeing the scene.

And lastly, three members of the Tyranno Boys were found having apparently been vandalizing a taxi. Two severely injured and another mutilated beyond regocnition, their visor being the only form of identification until lab results come back.

In related news, three members of the Tyranno Boys were pursued by police after having shot up a liquor store. The arrested having claimed a giant bat was pursuing them until the police arrived.

Each incident took place on the east side of the city and all involved either one or more vigilante.

And finally, a large meth lab run by the Russian mafia was destroyed, the building it was located in having been set aflame, multiple casualties having been discovered all having died of either gunshots or injuries inflicted by a bladed weapon."

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Taiyo exits the bathroom, a towel wrapped around her and another in hand as she towels her hair off, going to her bedroom.

Why can't they ever report anything good? Like when that rain is supposed to come.

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Kentaro: "He's still sleeping, as usual."

Mimiru: "Shocking."

Kentaro: "Anywho, we're off. Later."

Kari: "Goodbye."

Kentaro and Kari leave, shutting the door behind them leaving Mimiru standing in the apartment.

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Hitomi sits at the table, a bowl of cereal in front of her, the radio on.

He didn't kill anyone, did he?

*Eve's eating breakfast, waiting for one of her parents as usual. She takes out her phone and texts Jin*

Morning.
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*Cameron was still asleep when his sister entered his room*

Kylie:<"The arrested having claimed a giant bat was pursuing them until the police arrived.">

Cameron:<Huh, what?>

*He sits up in bed*

Kylie:<I can't believe you actually had the guts to do that.>

Cameron:<You know it's me because?>

Kylie:<Giant bat.>

Cameron:<Meh.>

*Thiera listens to the radio, sighing.*

"Why do people take such stupid risks getting violent with the Tyranno Boys? It just makes everyone who fights them look bad, & gets no one any closer to stopping them."
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*Luna is asleep after last night's major disaster.*
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*Venezuela wakes up & checks what day it is.*

Dalia was just waking up. When she had returned home she stored all of the clothing she had worn in a chest under her bed which usually contained her Winter clothes (or Summer clothes if it were currently Winter). She then properly treated the side wound with what medical supplies she had in her bathroom and went to bed.
When she woke up, she immediately felt the wound with her delicate fingers, hoping that it would feel better. There was still a minor sting in it, but she was satisfied that she was doing better.
She got up out of bed, brushed her teeth and put on a dressing gown before going to get breakfast.

Hey. You hear the news? Sounds like the Tyranno Boys aren't even the worst of the crazy people out there.
Jin gulped down half of a scrambled egg.

Father Grimm was watching the television in his small home, his cloak hung by the door and his weapons stowed away. On reflection he found that his night of Mutant hunting had done nothing but cost him money. He took note that several likely Mutant related crimes had taken place in the city's east side.
I suppose I have a direction, at least.
Though it seemed only criminals had been targets for these vigilantes, these Mutants were showing their true colours by committing murder.

Mimiru: "Wake up, mutt."

Mimiru pulls him out of bed where he lands on the floor with a thud.

Azuma: "Ow, damn it."

Mimiru: "Two Tyranno Boys are dead."

Azuma: "Two? I can vouch for one. His comrade didn't check his fire and filled him full of holes. Then I dropped him off a fire escape. He was alive when I left."

Mimiru: "One could only be recognized by their visor."

Azuma: "Wasn't me. Any deaths are not directly my fault."

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It is Wednesday.

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Weatherman: "Cold front coming in, bringing rain with it. This evening will feature a nice rain shower to cut through this unbearable heat."

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In the office of Kyle Malkovich, his day is started off rather poorly with the news of one of his labs being destroyed.

Kyle: "What the hell is this?! How many of my operations have to be disrupted before you idiots finally do something about it?"

Mook: "We're trying boss, but we have no idea who's doing it. It's not the Tyranno Boys, they don't do this kind of thing. It has to be one of the costumes going about."

Kyle: "That fad hasn't died out yet?! How many of these clowns could there possibly be and why is it so hard to bury them? What the hell am I paying you for?"

Mook Two: "Maybe it's the Yakuza. This could be their way of trying to start something after all this time. Or...or it's whoever's behind the domino thing."

Kyle: "This isn't Tokugawa. It's not big enough. As for that domino bullshit, forget about it. It'll pass."

*Ven sighs & gets ready for work.*
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*With Aroma in class, Thiera opts to start her day with some planning. She returns to Google Earth. Unless she spots evidence of a crime, she begins looking over the distribution of the city's plants--lawns, trees, bushes, & so forth. In a separate window, she calls up a list of florists and green houses in the city.*

Yeah. Anyway, we'll have to talk about our summer community service project today.

*Eve father comes down, and the pair head out to the car*
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Kylie:<Did you even do anything of value?>

Cameron:<Not really.>

*Kylie sighs then exits the room, heading to school. Cameron remains in bed, thinking*