Year Two

*And so she looks in the front gate.*
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*Ven sighs.*

"Great. Well, thanks for your assistance."

*Ven heads off to rescue kittens.*

She sees a building being built, but there are no signs as to what it's for.

A police cruiser and ambulence go by, sirens wailing.

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She can see an older, short haired cat facing her, its back arched, growling and hissing at her. The space is pretty narrow that she might be able to fit in with some difficulty.

*Thiera frowns, heading off in that direction.*
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*Venezuela tries to squeeze through, holding her arm up in case some psycho cat attacks her.*

*Once his mother leaves, Cameron hops on the computer and searches for army supply stores in Manderlay*
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*Eve turns in her bellwork, and starts to read again*

At the scene, she steps on something which if she looks is a woman's ear.

A small area is taped off, various markers placed about indicating where things were found. A forensics person approaches her.

Forensics: "Excuse me, ma'ma can you step back?"

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The cat does scratch at her before backing up, growling.

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There is an old army surplus store in the city, but like most stores of the sorts it sells clothing, camping supplies, and memrobilia.

*Thiera backs up, grimacing.*

"What's happened here?"
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*Ven reaches towards the cat & grabs it by the scruff of the neck.*

*Cameron copies down the address, grabs his wallet and coat, then starts heading down that way*

Grimm finished up his garden-tending and went back indoors. Minutes later he emerged and set off on a walk, heading in the general direction of a news agency.

Dalia attended her class, presumably without incident.

Jin listened to a teacher drone.

The forensics person glances around as he collects the ear and pits it in a baggy, putting a marker down to show where it had been found.

Forensics: "Likely a Tyranno Boy dropped a grenade in some woman's purse. Probably shouldn't be telling you this, but you'll probably hear about it on the news tonight anyways."

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The cat snarls and scratches her on the nose.

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He gets weird looks from people he passes as even in a big coat, he probably can't hide that he's as described, a giant bat.

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The first news agency he comes to is a right-wing magazine office.

"That's terrible! Why do they even do shit like that?!"
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"How did you do that? First of all, this hold is supposed to pacify you. Second of all, I'm holding you at arm's length."

*Regardless of the absurdity of this situation, she climbs back out. She'll put the mother in a cage, & then come back for the kittens.*

He just looked for a current newspaper. On finding one, he would purchase it and be on his way.

A few nearby people look in her direction. The forensics person looks a little embarrassed.

Forensics: "Nobody knows why they do what they do. There's just no humanity in them. At least if I go on to a burglary turned homicide I at least know why the person did what they did. These people...they do it just for sport."

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So she puts the cat in a kennel or something. A yellow Charger drives by, creeping by her and the van.

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So he gets a newspaper. It largely states what could already be heard on the radio or seen on television.

T"But how do they get like that to begin with? Do...(do you think it has to do with Raptor's power?)"
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*Ven does nothing until she watches it pass.*

*Cameron makes sure his coat covers his wings both continuing on, ignoring the weird looks*

Why can't it be winter?

Forensics: "Not for me to say. No one knows anything about him except he's a Mutant."

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The kittens start mewing, wanting their mother.

The car passes.

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At the store, the clerk doesn't bat an eye especially after the last weirdo who came in the day before.

*Cameron looks around to see if there anything along the line of bullet proof vests*

*Ven goes to retrieve the kittens.*
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"I see...well, thanks, but I don't think there's anything I can do...ah, around here."

*She begins to head off in a random direction.*

He scanned it for notable names as he walked towards the park. Anybody related to Mutant crimes.

The forensics person shrugs and continues on with his work. Thiera is left with a whole lot of nothing.

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And it goes off without a hitch.

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The only vests for sale are the kind that are not kevlar as an army surplus store merely cells clothing, camping equipment, and military memerobilia while kevlar is a whole 'nother ball game. But tactical vests are on sale and some include lots of pockets.

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There are none that are recent. Just what was mentioned on the news the other day and that person was apprehended.

*Once she secures the kittens in the cage with their mother, she heads off back for the animal shelter.*
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*Thiera looks for a news stand.*

*Cameron shrugs and checks the price*

Grimm ended up at the park, tossed the newspaper into a trash can, and found a sunlit bench to sit down on.

She finds a newstand which one would think is quite rare in this day and age, but she finds one.

It mostly has the same magazines one could find at the till of any grocery store and the book section of any retail store as well as newspapers from cities around the state and Manderlay. On one rack is seemingly unpopular local right wing magazine which appears the stand has in abundance as opposed to anything else.

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And she makes it back to the animal shelter easy.

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Regular forty dollars, but it's on sale for 25% off.

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Some park goers pass by not paying him any mind. Some other people, a man and a woman walk by.

Woman: "Why don't they just tear that old place down? It's such an eyesore."

Man: "I don't know. Maybe because there's no one around to buy the plot."

Woman: "Expand the park. It might as well be apart of the place, it's stupidly close."

Man: "Maybe no one wants a place that was responsible for the shit that happens in this city. Man, I heard during the night of the explosion, someone fell into a chemical vat and actually survived. God knows what became of that poor bastard."

*Thiera looks for the person watching the stand.*

"Excuse me, are these materials free to peruse?"

Grimm continued sitting in the son, basking in the bright weather. He lifted a hand up and obscured the sun. His serene expression darkened momentarily.
The hand of God...
"...my burden," He whispered.