Assemble

V"...Nothing."
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*Aroma blushes & nervously takes Taiyo's hand.*

And so they go down, Taiyo holding on to Aroma the whole way. At the bottom a life guard shouts to go one at a time from some distance away.

Fastforward to later in the night, Taiyo & Pals are at her place.

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Outside of her home, Dalia notices there's quite a bit of traffic on her street as people seem to be heading to a house not far from hers.

*Presumably there is now an argument going on on Taiyo's doorstep, Aroma wringing her hands & glancing nervously around her.*

V"Just admit it, you 2 are overreacting."

T"We are not at all. If we get a reputation for breaking the rules, we may not be allowed to go back. Not to mention the risks to safety. They could have gotten stuck, or tangled up under water, or hit their heads."

V"Isn't that what the damn life guard is for?"

T"We know first aid, does that mean you're going to try to eat without chewing?"

V"What does that even mean?"

A"Thiera's right, what if I got us all in trouble? Maybe I should have apologized? Oh God...."
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*Consulting with Thiera, Luna had decided that it was a good idea to get Google Earth on her phone, for the traffic view. Because of this, she suited up & made her way along the roof tops to Dalia's neighborhood. She doubted that it was anything criminal. But, if it were a party, then the Tyranno Boys might try to crash it. Or they may even be the hosts. So she digs out some binoculars & peers into the windows of the cars & the house, to try to see if she can make out what kind of people are in attendance.*

*The team has probably regrouped at Eve's house since it is near Daila's and thus near the party*

Eve:<I guess we should be getting over there...>

With a similar idea to Thiera's, Dalia had suited up and made her way closer to the party where she used Alternate Space to invisibly climb onto a rooftop after checking that there was nobody to blatantly spot her. She left Alternate Space prone on the rooftop looking towards the party, essentially beginning a stakeout.

Jin stretched vertically, lifting her arms straight up and pushing herself up onto the tip of her toes, "Lead the way, baws."

Taiyo: "Sorry...So it wasn't fun?"

Taiyo goes to open the door and phases through instead.

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What they see are regular people all around high school age going into a house. Music can be heard blaring as well as shouting and people just generally being loud.

*And now Luna also sees someone just kind of appear on another rooftop. Confused, she ducks down behind the edge of the roof & follows it to the fire escape.*
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A"I didn't say that...."

*Everyone stands around awkwardly, staring at each other. Ven shrugs & knocks on the door.*

*And so Eve does. She's still wearing her disguise, and looks very uncomfortable*

"Lighten up a bit," Jin said, bounding up ahead and walking backwards to face her. "Nobody is gonna tell or sell us shit if we look that gloomy."

Dalia watched, mostly trying to check out the cars and arrivals.

Taiyo opens the door to let them in.

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In a suburban residental neighborhood, fire escapes are few and far between. At best one may find one of those fence things vines grow on.

A car painted up like a Tyranno Boys vehicle pulls up, two people that look nothing like members of the gang climb out, the driver yipping and hollering about how his car makes him look like a slicer dicer.

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Azuma & Mimiru in costume and their terrible aliases move about the rooftops. Something is set for Tuesday night, but they neither have a time or even enough man power to do a thing about it and the only other potential ally they could have is nowhere in sight.

Two cars speed on down the street, recklessly taking corners. They begin pursuit.

*Whatever. She climbs down & makes her way in secret to the car.*
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T"Thank you."

*And so they head in.*

Assuming they eventually arrived at this party, Jin clapped Eve on the shoulder and beamed, "Remember, smile and look like you're meant to be here!"
She walked in with a spring in her step.

Dalia committed the license plate to memory and kept watching.

*Eve starts at Jin clapping her shoulder, then follows her. Cameron sticks close behind the pair*

Once they're inside, Taiyo shuts the door. No one is there to greet them, so it would seem they're home alone, free to make Baby Jesus cry.

Taiyo: "Anyone want a drink?"

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The exterior of the car looks like a fairly typical Tyranno Boymobile although it's much cleaner and consistent as if professionally done while the interior looks like a car in the possession of someone whose parents have too much money.

Dalia sees Luna skulking about like some kind of felon and the Three Stooges arriving.

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Mimiru: "Come on, keep up."

Azuma: "This isn't as easy as you'd think."

*Aroma & Thiera point at each other.*

""I'll just have what she's having.""

*Ven looks at them & sighs, before turning back to Taiyo.*

"What do you have?"
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*Luna looks around for its owners. If they are still around, she observes them, trying to hear what they're saying. If not, making a mental note to get a better lock picking device, she pulls the contracted spear from her belt & uses it as a wedge to try to open the passenger side door.*

Dalia watched Luna with interest, half-hoping that she wasn't just some thief.

Jin immediately looked for drinks.

*Eve puts her hand on Jin's shoulder*

<I wouldn't drink anything here.>

Inside she gets a whiff of something skunky, bringing her back to her college days.

The Three Stooges are greeted by some dude they likely don't know nor does he know them, raising a plastic cup in the air, a fourty ounce bottle in his other hand.

Drunk: "Hey, glad you could make it. Drink up!"

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Taiyo: "Water, orange juice, quite a bit of juice really, and I could make coffee or tea if you want."

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Gunshots go off outside a place called Tempest. One Tyranno Boymobile sits outside, two people firing on those who try to flee. The second car is nowhere in sight, but the destruction around the entrance implies it's inside the building.

Azuma: "Can we handle this?"

Mimiru: "We don't have time to dawdle around with these decisions."

A"Oh, we couldn't impose like that. Orange juice sounds great."

V"Orange juice all around, then."
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*She begins looking for clues, checking first to see if there's anything obviously stashed in a door or between the seats, or something. If that should fail, she heads for the glove compartment.*

"We can only stick out so much," Jin murmured before laughing openly at the drunk guy and helping herself to some beer.

Dalia continued her observation of Luna.

*Eve grabs her hand*

<(Jin, please no.)>

*Cameron grabs her shoulder*

<(She's trying to fit in.)>

Under the seat is a bag of dank and a can of Febreeze. In the glove compartment is a lighter, pipe, rolling papers, and documents pertaining to the vehicle.

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Some people look at Eve and Cameron like "Who the hell are they?" and someone begins to approach them until they hear a familiar voice.

Guy: "You decided to come."

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Taiyo: "Okay. Well, um...make yourself at home then?"

Taiyo goes off to the kitchen.

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Azuma teleports them down where they engage the two still outside. One is average height and fairly skinny with an assault rifle while the other is a brick wall of a man with a light machine gun.

They start with the skinny one, Azuma telepprts behind him to disable him with a shiv in the shoulder.

Big Guy: "Get out of the way, Spot!"

Azuma stabs him through the hand then both duck while the one known as Spot is periforated by his own comrade.

Big Guy: "Should've got out of the way, Spot."

More gunfire sounds off from inside the building. Sirens wail as footsteps make their way around the car.

*She thumbs through the documents, but only to see the name of the owner. Lastly, she checks to see if there is a compartment between the seats. If it's not there, or she finds nothing, then she exits the vehicle, locks it if it was locked when she found it, & walks around to the license plate.*
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*They awkwardly follow Taiyo, like fucking geese.*

"Hey, yeah," Jin nodded to Guy and took a swig. "Thanks for the invite, man."

Dalia watched Luna, cocking an eyebrow as she saw her checking the license plate.

*Eve narrows her eyes but says nothing*