Year Two

"Wow. I don't know whether this means the police are good at stopping vigilantes, or that they're terrible at finding them."

*To test this theory, she decides to look up what's known about her, & the vigilantes who attacked the Tyranno Boys recently.*
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"I don't know. This was your idea, wasn't it?"

Grimm climbed back down his ladder, shifted to another window, climbed back up and started cleaning again.

Taiyo: "Err, yeah, but we normally just walk around."

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The only thing she yields concerning herself us an article about the burger joint shooting stating an unseen Mutant with plant-based powers intervened. The only mention of her being a vigilante is a question at the end of the article asking the reader "Could it be a new vigilante making their debut?"

In regards to another is just an article pertaining to the events that were mentioned on the morning news and the appearance of a vigilante wielding a lance-like weapon who had fled from police.

A link to a message board called Vigilantes Survivors Anonymous features a post from someone in the city named ManderGirl44 who says a Mutant dressed like a member of the Crips saved her from a mugger.

*Eve closes the door behind Jin, her father driving back to the lab*

<Want something to drink?>

"Oh, sure, whatcha' got?" Jin nodded enthusiastically, looking around the room and taking everything in with wide eyes.

Dalia arrived at home and opened up her laptop. She opened up two tabs in her browser, searching for a current weather forecast in one and a daily news report in the other.

Grimm continued slaving away at the windows.

*Thiera peruses this board to see the general feeling towards vigilantes.*
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"Okay."

Apparently it having been decided they'd go for a walk, the two walk through the park.

Taiyo: "You didn't seem to like Azuma."

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The feelings are mixed, leaning more towards begin against them. Disdain for Mutant vigilantes being more heated than for non.

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Aside from the impending rain, the rest of the week is set to be cooler with the temperature climbing back up next week.

The latest news is about the morning's murder where a Tyranno Boy was believed to have put a grenade in a woman's purse. Single mother of two from the lower east side, Martha Wilkinson.

"What makes you say that?"
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"Shocker."

*She next checks the news & presumably sees that story.*

"I wonder what will happen to the kids...."

<Juice, milk, no soda though.>

*Eve shrugs and pours herself some juice*

"Juice, please," Jin said. "This is a lovely home, by the way."

"Scum," Dalia said as she read the news story. She then went to her bathroom, removed her dress and began tentatively inspecting the wound on her side. She proceeded to redress it.

*Eve pours her a glass of juice*

<Thanks.>

*Eve drinks some more, staring at the wall*

<So, we need to make a plan.>

Taiyo: "You just kind of ignored him whenever he spoke."

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It's a pretty gnarly wound being still fairly fresh. The kind of things one goes to the hospital about.

"Well, he did basically tell me to stop talking."
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*Thiera is still looking to see what will happen to those kids.*

Taiyo: "He just asked for a change in topic. It was pretty depressing."

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The kids aren't mentioned ever again in the article.

*She looks at other articles, obviously.*
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"Rescuing kittens?"

Taiyo: "No. That they were born on the docks. Bad things happen there. And maybe the mother was abandoned or even feral. It's really unfortunate."

The sky darkens more. Every now and again, a rain drop lands on one of them.

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The other articles aren't much different. Not hard to see the children are either going to be placed with another living relative or foster care.

"It's really not that big of a deal. Animals are used to struggle and competition even before we come in to rescue them."

*She looks up.*

"Should we find somewhere away from the rain?"
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*Thiera doesn't want to go out in the storm, so she clears her search history & thinks about the dominoes. Did that guy get them downtown? He sounds like he tried them before. Are there many more floating around campus?*

Taiyo: "It's not too bad. And a little rain after all this heat won't be so bad. Also...I like the rain."

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Being another slow day, and they're walking the boss tells them to close up early and go home.

Azuma: "Tonight will be nice."

Hitomi: "Hm?"

Azuma: " A nice rain storm after this heat. It'll be nice."

Hitomi: "If you say so."

The two begin their walk home. Another car like the one the day before drives past them.

Azuma: "That's unsettling."

"What if it gets worse? What if there's lightning?"

Taiyo: "You're afraid of lightning? Well, I guess it is pretty awful depending on how you're hearing is."

"I'm afraid of being hit by lightning. Because it's deadly."

Taiyo: "That doesn't happen often."

The rain begins to come down a little faster, but it's still not storming.

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Hitomi: "Thank you."

Azuma: "Anytime. See you tomorrow."

Hitomi: "Yes. And please be careful tonight."

Azuma: "I will. Thank you for not believing I'm a killer."

Hitomi: "You're still unsure of how you wish to present yourself. But I know that no matter what damage you inflict on others, you won't cross that line."

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Inquiry enters a room at the top of the clocktower of old city hall, Aeka following behind him. A redheaded glasses wearing female in a wheelchair is working at one of the many computers in the room.

Inquiry: "What do you have for me, Watcher?"

Watcher: "Locally, the Russians suspect it could be the Yakuza hitting the labs, but it comea off as out of character for Tokugawa, that they're not looking to counter attack yet. Nationwide, the Dreadnaught program isn't going to be finished its first phase until sometimenext year."

Inquiry: "Any word on what the Dreadnaught program is?"

Watcher: "Afraid not. This is something even I'm having trouble sticking my nose in. Philips gave his approval for it, so likely it's something anti-mutant. Going to get under the Russian's skin again tonight?"

Inquiry: "Yes. Any word on this domino thing. Two more bodies turnes up, the police managing to keep the word away from the press. For now at least."

Watcher: "Nope. I have about as much info as anyone else. Although, I did some digging around and apparently some small towns in Europe were wiped off the map a few years back. Word is a new drug matching the description of these dominos was introduced and it all went downhill from there. Government officials kept it as quiet as could be even going as farnas bribing the few remaining residents of the towns."

Inquiry: "So whoever introduced it in Europe is now in the United States."

Watcher: "Sure looks like it."

Cameron:<You go ask.>

Kylie:<I'm scared!>

*Kylie and Cameron sit in the kitchen, in the process of making sugar cookies. However, after starting, they found they were out of powered sugar*

Cameron:<How about I go with you?>

*Kylie nods and they head for the door*

"Yeah, because most people are inside when it storms."

She put her dress back on and moved to the window with her cell phone, to call her Doctor and have an appointment to have her wound inspected. She would blame it on a random mugger.

"A plan... yeah," Jin nodded thoughtfully and sipped at her drink. She looked sheepish. "I'm not so good with plans..."

Grimm decided to put off cleaning the last few windows until tomorrow, and started putting his gear away. The rain would do some of the work for him, anyway.