We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

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Joanna disembarked from the ship as well, looking to Samus for guidance. Though the older bounty hunter was the obvious choice for a tracker due to her experience and magical equipment, Joanna was also less than convinced of her general competency at the time. Her thoughts had grown more cloudy and detached of late, and she knew well enough that it was a symptom of the curse progressing. She needed to take in a new soul, and soon. In the meantime, she was vaguely afraid that her stumbling around in her dreamy frame of mind would be detrimental to the mission if she was tasked with anything too important.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"You should probably leave your swords here." Faro said to Joanna.

Seras find Steve and asked the question of whether he wanted to see so movie with her.

 

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Seras would find Steve in the ship's hold. He was lying beneath his disembowelled Harley Davidson, its innards strewn across the deck around it. She would just about hear the sound of a monkey wrench cranking over the sound of Van Halen's 5150 album, which Steve had playing at a hearty volume as he worked. He heard her approach over the sound of the music, and squirmed out from beneath the bike and sat up to look at her, wiping a streak of brown grease from his forehead as he did so.

"Oh, hey Seras. Were you saying something?"

Joanna turned to look at Faro.
"Hmm?" She glanced down at her swords. "Oh! I... why? I never go far without a weapon."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"You can keep the weapons if you conceal them. We are hunters after all, it would be unwise to go after the target with no arms." Samus had changed into her civvies, a jacket-shirt-jeans combo, but she was still wearing the Zero Suit underneath it complete with the holstered Paralyser.

 

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Joanna thought for a moment, the process taking longer than it might with her mind floating. It did make sense to leave her swords, as they were far too long to conceal and still be able to draw in a hurry.

"Oh, very well. But I am keeping my daggers." She replied with a pout that would have been endearingly childish if not for her decomposing face. Darting up the ship's boarding ramp, she loosed her sword belt and left it inside the door before rejoining her companions. As might be expected, she had not discarded a thread of her usual attire, to the contrary she kept it fastened up even tighter than usual over her leather cuirass, with her hood pulled up to hide her face. Her bandoliers of daggers were concealed beneath her robe, but two long fighting knives were secreted up her sleeves over the vambraces, ready to drop into her hands at a moment's notice.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus nodded. "Alright. Let's head out. We know she's an environmentalist, so perhaps we should check parks, forests, zoos, other such locations."

 

[Slenn]

EMily pulled out Photon in tablet form.
"Let's see if I can find the police's webpage on this thing." She said, using the same technique she used to link the device with the cell phone system. "Here we go, found it. And they got their phone number on here too. I'm going to try and call them."
She dialed the number on her tablet and waited for a response.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

After a short wait, a man answered EMily's call. "Metropolitan Police Service, how can I help?" he asked.

 

[Slenn]

"Hello, this is Emily. I've heard word there's an arsonist on the loose that is setting fire to forests. Has there been any word from the fire department as to whether or not there's been recent fires in and around London?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

EMily would hear the faint sound of typing, before the man responded. "No records of recent arson reports. Anything else I can help you with, ma'am?"

 

[Slenn]

EMily gave a sigh.
"Shucks." She might not have started anything yet? What were her other charges? Oh yeah! "Oh, yes. I know this may sound odd, but has there been anything from lumberjacks or loggers regarding assaults? Or have they received any threats from anybody?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The was more typing, then the man said, "Not from loggers, but someone had his life threatened a couple of days ago. He claims it was because the company he's an executive of is involved in deforestation."

 

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Joanna watched as EMily talked to the police officer through an invisible connection, listening absently. A thought drifted through her clouded mind: Why would this lover of the forests threaten the men who come to cut them down. and yet be prepared to start fires herself?

 

[Slenn]

So this girl *is* active.
"Ah! We're investigating an arsonist who might be linked to these threats. Did this person receive it through the phone, mail, or an anonymous note?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

"He said a woman ambushed him with an axe and threatened to, quote, 'see if he likes being chopped in half'. It was near Hyde Park."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus stayed quiet as Emily conversed with the police, noting the important details such location and weapon.

 

[Slenn]

"Excellent. Be on the lookout for any signs of forest fires or any settings with vegetation being burned like zoos or gardens." She looked at the wanted poster and relayed the description of the bounty's name and appearance to the officer. She didn't tell them the bounty in question was a dryad, because she knew they wouldn't understand. "Thank you for the information." She waited for a response.

 

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"She uses an axe?" Joanna asked, and smiled. I can compete with an axe.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

"Thank you for the warning. We'll keep an eye out." the officer replied.

 

[Slenn]

"Alrighty then. Thank you for your time. Have a good day." EMily hung up.

"I have a location. We're going to Hyde Park. I'll pull up its position on a map." And the tablet showed a 2D map of London to help guide them. She typed in a few search words to locate the park. She then showed it to the others once it was done.