WHO: Tiara and Fang
WHAT: Hunting down a thief
WHERE: Fayren
WHEN: Jan 4th, Late Evening

[ Though she hadn't said anything about it too blatantly, Tiara was more than a little unnerved by the incidents with the Hands of Decay recently. Poor Cui was usually the one to be squished in her arms, but the fairy was used to offering a little comfort to his Fencer. If she was surprised how gung-ho and proactive Fang was about patrolling, she never said it, precisely. Of course, she couldn't sit and worry and fret in the inn room she shared with him, which is why when he came back she had basically shoved the paper in his face and told him they were going out to capture a thief. Who knows, maybe he was connected to these Hands of Decay people! ... very unlikely, but she wouldn't stand and just let some foolish thief take advantage of other mages while they were away. Still it was nice that she let him get -some- sleep when he came back. He can't protect her properly if he as falling over, right? ]

Come Fang, it is time to begin our stakeout.

[ Did he get enough rest? Well it was probably only an few hours if that, but at least she let him get some rest all! Because she knew he would be at his best when he'd rested, and he has been working pretty hard lately. As he should! ]

Who: Troy Dantes, and others.
What: Bounty hunt for Red Claw assassin who attempted to kill the CEO of Aster Technologies, and related missions linked to the manhunt.
When: 1/6 (EDITED)
Where: All over Nova City

[At a meeting room inside the Aster Technologies HQ, bounty hunters have assembled for a briefing before starting their operation. Troy was the first to answer the bounty, and as former Deputy Guardian of the city he was tasked to lead the operation. As soon as every hunter who answered the call has arrived, Troy shows up in his power armor. He speaks up to begin:]

Alright, listen up. I'm sure you already know why you're here. Nova's police force have their hands full on something else right now, so we're on our own here. Our target is an assassin with cybernetic enhancements and the ability to avoid surveillance cameras with his cloaking ability, which sounds easy enough until you add in the group he is a part of. The Red Claw is a sizable faction of cyborg terrorists with a bone to pick with Aster Technologies. They will be armed and combat ready, and we are asked to apprehend rather than eliminate our target. No doubt there will be a tussle before they give up their brother and we get our paws on him, so try not to be trigger happy and keep the property damages to a minimum, that'll make things less of a headache for the new City Guardian. We'll split everyone into small groups and each of you would have a different mission. We have less than 24 hours to get this bastard, so let's get to work

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[OOC: This thread would work like a mingle log since I wouldn't be able to GM for all of us. Your characters can interact with each other, and don't necessary have to team up with Troy himself. You are very welcome to pick any of these scenarios, operate the NPCs, and determine the outcome of the missions yourselves! Also if you want to join in the hunt and haven't commented on the newspaper thread, please let me know]

(The woman had been surprised to find herself waking up lying in something soft and under dim lighting. She could not remember falling asleep and she had been in a much brighter place - a place of beautiful music and good company.

And it had felt like a very deep and restful sleep, though she knew she had no dreams during it and she wasn't quite sure how to feel about it and she wonders if letting her eyes shut again, just for a few minutes, was something she could afford to do.

Most likely not. It was never good to keep to one place for every long. "Besides," she jested, "it was never really her style to begin with." Then she froze and her eyes opened wide - her diary, the sonic...

It was that one thought that allowed her to find the motivation to push herself up right, causing her wild curls to bounce and to grab her clutch where a small blue book should be lying in wait for her to open and begin to fill it with words of adventure and with it a sonic, the last gift she would ever be given from her husband.

She rooted through the clutch before internally sighing with relief.

"Ah good, my diary. Don't know what'd I do without that... though, I don't remember any entries about this sort of thing and I've been in quite a few binds in my time. Ah, the sonic is under it too."

The woman flips through each page and scans it intently with her eyes which narrowed as her suspicions were confirmed - there was not one entry about waking up in such a place and the diary was nearly full - was this something that still had yet to happen or did this mean something else entirely.

There weren't enough pages left for another long adventure.

It was chilling, she knew her time was coming to its end.

Then her attention was drawn the box which she carefully opens and then to the necklace, pamphlet, and the communication device which were inside with her. She sat up and pulled herself out then started pouring over the pamphlet. Then she finds herself dramatically sighing and shaking her head.

"It feels more like a collar...and it's not very cute either... and I actually have to wear it... well, what the hell? It isn't life without risk."

Then she sees the red bills and her eyebrow raises, but instead of grabbing the money she goes for the communication device instead and within a second, she has it turned onto video. Even without the pamphlet, it was primitive enough - well, by her standards.)

Well, well...

(The woman slowly moved her head around and then a very slight smile appeared on her face as she finally glanced back at the screen. She had been in a place that was no one close to a cave, and the box...she certainly would have remembered climbing into a coffin or a sleeping pod.)

Isn't this quite the surprise?