The Cat Burglar's Tricks and Treats

[thegreatninja]

Characters: OPEN to all!
Where: Many places in Aqures Ixen
When: October 12th ~
Summary: Yuffie has stolen from the heroes, this is their chance to get their things back.
Warning: N/A

Yuffie was expecting the heroes to flock together once they discovered their things missing. That or run around like a chicken with their head cut off. Either way it would prove interesting. She had stashed the loot around the city like she said but each item was accompanied by a set of colorful traps as well.

The great thief stood watching the city below with a mischievous smile. She held a camera lightly in her hand as she mentally checked through each trap. She assumed that Zack and Sephiroth knew it was her who had sent the letter and would first go to her house to find her. She only had guesses for where the others might look.

Yuffie ran through the town giggling as the cold october air brushed past her. She wore her cloak with the hood pulled up over her head, giving her the veneer of a cat burglar. It was boring to sit around and wait for everyone to find their things so she went searching for her victims. There might be a trick or two she could play.

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House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[thegreatninja]

[For those who know that Yuffie is the culprit. She might just be at home, right? Be mindful though, someone else also lives here and he's kind of grumpy about his personal space.]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[nodreamsorhonor]

[ Well. This was an interesting surprise to say the least. Genesis smiled to himself when Talitha led him to Sephiroth's house and insisted that the Hero Yuffie also was staying in that house. He did not laugh - after all, he knew what living with Sephiroth was like - but he did snicker before entering the house.

He took a quick look around the common area, then flicked his hair out of his eyes before taking a seat and crossing his legs to wait. He didn't mind that she took his book, although he was a little touchy about someone going through his room. Still, he probably wasn't going to yell at her. ]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House (don't mind me threadjacking much?)

[shinrasfinest]

[For the most part the main room downstairs is kept in good order. Though it's very clear to tell the areas of the house that Yuffie frequents and Sephiroth steers clear of. Her disheveled arrangement of cushions on the couch, versus his extremely tidy desk arrangement on the other side of the room, for just one example.

If Genesis were looking, there is a copy of LOVELESS on the desk. It's certainly not his copy though, it's pages are well worn. Years of one owner or another folding pages down as a way to keep their place bookmarked. Certainly not any copy Sephiroth might have possessed before either.

Though, it doesn't yet seem that Sephiroth is home -]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[thegreatninja]

[A flash can be seen from the door way and then the figure of a hooded child. It is obvious to anyone who has met Yuffie that she is under the cloak.]

You weren't suppose to search here. Nothing is here.

[She is at least mostly honest. The only things that are here that she stole are currently resting in her pockets.]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[nodreamsorhonor]

But I'm not searching here.

[ Genesis smiles, leaning back in his seat and looking far too comfortable than he should After all, Sephiroth might come barging in and then things would get tense and maybe there would be fighting. Or maybe Genesis would just leave. ]

I am waiting for my young friend who has probably borrowed a book of mine and forgot to return it.

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[shinrasfinest]

[There are two sharp knocks on Yuffie's closed door.

It didn't take him very long at all to figure out this little prank, even if the letter had prompted him to quickly rifle through anywhere he'd stashed anything that she might have taken.

Like all the Materia he'd had equipped but wasn't useful for anything in Crystallis. He should have known. Too much to think that his being decent enough towards the girl would be reciprocated. No one ever went through his things. Period. They simply didn't dare to. Sephiroth had a right mind to kick the door down if she didn't answer him.]

Yuffie! You'd better be in there.

[He's certainly more angry sounding than she's heard him so far.]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[thegreatninja]

[For a moment there is only silence from the other side of the door.]

No ones here!

[Her voice sounded like she is rushing.]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[shinrasfinest]

You're not fooling anyone.

[That's it, patience is exhausted and Sephiroth grabs for the doorknob to let himself into her room. If it's locked, he'll push against it with a shoulder.

Unless she's barricaded the door, odds are he's going to enter that room.]

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[thegreatninja]

AH!

[When he walks in he will notice first that Yuffie is already half way out of the window. He will then hear a few quick clicks as a bucket filled with some bright blue unknown substance falls from above the door.

The young ninja tries to stifle her giggle.]

That's what happens when you enter a girls room uninvited.

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[wear_tear_rust]

This wasn't the way he wanted to visit Sephiroth. With a heavy sigh through the commotion he heard through the other side of the door, he figured that no one would hear him knock. He indicated with his head for Mogington to look through the windows instead to see if it was safe to open the door. The last thing he needed to greet him was a random flying plate aimed for his neck to come soaring at him.

With the coast clear, he entered the house and made sure that he didn't get in the way with his arms folded. "I see that you've been busy."

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[thegreatninja]

"Why do people keep coming to my house!" She had just been on her way out when Angeal entered and she felt like a child caught in the act. Granted she was far enough away from him that she felt confident in her abilities to run away.

"Your not gonna find your stuff here..." Yuffie was apparently not as stealthy as she thought and knew she would get scolded for this stunt. Though she hid most items Angeal's camera rest within her cloaks pocket.

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[wear_tear_rust]

"You left the invitation wide open the moment you took our things." Aside from which the unspoken rule that the three SOLDIER's had that their houses, or in the case back home with their apartments, was an open door. That's was how Angeal saw it. They were brothers- Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal- and doors were a symbol of trust.

Aside from which, he came to check up on the Silver General, but there was no way he was going to say that out loud for Yuffie's knowledge. "You have my camera and I would like to have it back. That makes it an open policy for me to do the same and invade your space. It's not a pleasant feeling. No?"

It was a passive way for him to scold her while he gauged the situation. It seemed that the little ninja girl and Sephiroth's housemate was a bit too much and she was annoying but at least she was healthy and that was important too.

House A-02 - Yuffie's House

[thegreatninja]

"Okay... you got that." Plus he was friends with her roommate. "But I need to use your camera." It was the only thing that she stole that she actually wanted to use. "I remember saying I wasn't going to break it."

Yuffie was used to unpleasant feelings, she was stuck in this world with the people who destroyed her home and was all alone. She didn't think she would ever be comfortable here and for now, she was okay with that feeling.

She stared at Angeal for a moment before she began to move out of the back door. "How about I give it back when I'm done. Deal?" Unless he was more direct he wouldn't get a reaction out of her. She was immune to pathetic attempts at scolding her, which was why her father often attacked her when she did something wrong.

Seventh District - Alley Way

[thegreatninja]

[The best place to hide something would be the district no one goes. There are research labs as well as a few abandoned builds located in this district. As you walk you see an empty alley way that feels like it's calling your name. Maybe there is something there?]

[red_planet_blues]

[Never fear - Marshal Officer Nevada is on the case. Discovering his marshal badge conspicuously missing, he had to put up with a lot of teasing from his roommate, but Sparks new he'd never lose anything that important to him. It's had him irritable, but can't imagine where it could have gone.

While out on patrol that evening, Sparks wandered past the alley... and then stopped and turned back, looking down it. He wasn't sure why, but he was going to chalk it up to a lawman's gut instinct. Sure, why not?

He strolls into the alley, keeping an eye on everything, fingers drumming idly on the hilt of his police-issue sword. And, as usual, mutters to himself.]

But why would it be somewhere like this.

[thegreatninja]

[A soft giggle could be heard echoing through the alley. As a masked figure stands above the so called officer. She likes Spark which is why she had to tease him and swipe his badge.

The sound of scrapping could be heard and then a soft click as an array of blades shot out towards Sparks. As they get closer he will see that they are butter knifes.]

[red_planet_blues]

[Sparks is a spry fella, and he manages to jump out of the way of the blades, though one skims his hat. But the blades just hit the wall and clatter loudly onto the ground.]

...Butter knives? Whaaat?

[Clearly he'd snagged a trap. The giggling only annoyed the deadpan marshal further, since now he was almost totally certain who it was.]

Y'know this is dumb, right? Yer gonna get yerself arrested over nothin'.

[He started to move down the alleyway again, slower this time, watching out for any more wires or trap springs.]

[thegreatninja]

[He will hear a few more click and an assortment of colorful liquids, pudding like substances and other weird things came toppling at him.

A soft giggle could still be heard echoing around him.]

I'm just having fun. Aren't you? Besides your late.

[Yuffie's tone was playful and it is obvious that it is her speaking.]

Random Searching

[thegreatninja]

[Yuffie is getting bored waiting for you to find something. So she is going to come find you. At this rate you might never see your things again.]

Re: Random Searching

[gomu_ningen]

Luffy had been minding his own business, walking about while boredom was doing its best to get the better of him, when he saw a familiar face cautiously walking about.

With a big grin on his face, the pirate comes up alongside his ninja, patting her on the back with a hearty "SLAP" to get her attention.

"Hey! Yuffie! How's it goin'?!"

Not expecting that

[thegreatninja]

Yuffie turned to face Luffy with a shocked expression. She didn't much care when others surprised her and even less so when she was running from someone. She pulled her tan cloak tighter around her shoulders as she addressed the pirate.

"What are you doing surprising people like that!?" She had been thinking about the events that just happened and admittedly wasn't really looking around her as she walked. Her grand plans appeared to have backfired in the worst way.

Re: Not expecting that

[gomu_ningen]

"Shishishi~!! Whatcha' up to, huh?"

His face shifts from jovial to quizzical, looking her over to see that she's bundled up in a rather outlandish looking cloak.

"You cold or somethin'? Is it cold out?"

Luffy looks up into the sky, blinking a few times before he catches on with the crisp air. A shame that Monks only wore trousers and shoes.

"When did it get cold out?"

Re: Random Searching

[unitesearthandsky]

Having been informed by Zelda that something of her's had been taken, Link had taken the morning to be a chance at doing some investigating. Unsure of who might have taken the harp she cherished, Link went to go for his blade and shield only to find that his precious equipment had also been proliferated.

Frantically, the Skyloftian ran about the streets of the city, ducking into alleys and dead ends to see if he can find any sort of information on who might have burgled their belongings.

Random Searching

[thegreatninja]

She can't believe how long it was taking some of her targets to find their things. She assumed that they would be good at scavenger hunts. Yuffie jumped across the roofs before spotting her target on the ground. His ears made him stick out and she knew exactly what it was he was searching for. She had made sure to put some peoples things together.

She whistled trying to grab the boys attention, her cat hood obscuring her face from his view. "This way!" The young ninja was tired of waiting for the game to start. After getting his attention she darted off with a smile.

Re: Random Searching

[unitesearthandsky]

When his ears catch wind of her whistle, it sends the Skyloftian flying faster. Boots hit the pavement hard, only for a fraction of a second before they push off and send him running towards the youthful voice. He doesn't have his sword to try and retaliate, but he does have some manner of wit to try and get an upper-hand on the thief.

"Coward! A real thief would know honor and show themselves!"