melodiesoflife | Mooglehunt

Characters: James Kidd (Mary Read) and the Heroes she's approached about her Assassin's Guild
Where: Trano Golsaucia
When: Begins November 6th and hopefully ends by the 9th
Summary: The information that Mary has gathered has lead her to believe that the fugitive moogle Artemicion has been spotted in Trano Golsaucia. She's decided to take a small group to take him in herself.
OOC notes: This log is semi closed to people who Kidd has had CR with. However the first prompt will be open and if you want to try to come on board please contact me via plurk or message. Even so, she wants to keep party size limited so to not spook her quarry. OOC post here: link

Largely this will be a first proper mission for her guild's pc trainee's. Information on the Artimicion will be supplied by the mods as they're able to help us out. Beyond that this is sneakytime fun. I'll handle any npcs that we interact with. I believe the best way to do it would be for each player to pick which location and date they will be searching an area during the trip, covering the 7th and 8th. On the 9th a move will be made and hopefully the moogle will be captured.

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On the 5th, letters go out to a few particular Heroes, and not through the normal Mognet channels. Instead they are dropped off quickly and quietly, though a keen eye may still spot the hooded moogle jumping from hiding place to perching point as she goes about her deliveries.

The letter reads:

Dear Friends,

Ever since the vanishing of Palitutu I have been reaching out to various contacts that I could make around the world, trying to find out what I can about her movements. While the Tarutaru has remained elusive, there seem to have been sightings of a particular moogle that I would like to investigate and I'd appreciate your assistance.

Please meet me at the Eagle Eye pub tomorrow so that we may discuss matters.

Yours,
James Kidd

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Kidd couldn't help but laugh at the description that Saori just gave her. "A few rooftops is it? I think you might be getting a bit too much into being an Assassin." She couldn't blame her though. There was a nice free feeling that came along with running along above the crush and bustle below.

"But it sounds like a good plan. A steak sounds like it would hit the spot nicely. Lead the way."

Saori couldn't help but laugh as well. "I guess it just comes naturally to me. You'd probably love the area where I lived back home. There's plenty of buildings of all different shapes and sizes. Freerunning paradise."

She was happy to lead the way. A little pre-dinner date exercise never hurt anyone. After climbing up and out of the stadium, she stopped on the first roof to get her bearings. So far, so good. It wouldn't be far after all. If Saori had to pick the one thing she loved about traveling over rooftops, it would be the freedom and the occasional adrenaline rush it provided. After traversing several small inns and taverns, Saori slipped back down onto the streets into an alleyway. She turned the corner leading the two to a main street. There were several restaurants that lined the road and with the sun hung low in the west, lines of hungry customers began to form at the doors.

"Ah here we go and just in time!" The steakhouse was relatively small compared to its flashier neighbors. It wasn't shabby to say the least but the size made it one of those establishments that anyone could miss in a blink. Saori opened the door and let Mary go in first.

The steakhouse was already half full by the time they had arrived. They were quickly ushered to a table, and at Saori's request, by a window facing the street. If she was lucky to get the date like she wanted, then maybe there was a chance they might spot their mission objective.

"And before you ask, don't worry, I can foot the bill without a problem. See anything that catches your fancy yet?" Saori glanced up from her menu at Mary.

"Perhaps so. From all you've told me it sounds like an interesting world. That and I wouldn't mind seeing what Earth's future holds." She couldn't even imagine what would come further along in her world, even with all she'd been seeing in Crystallis. The pirate in her wanted to see it all for herself.

She moved easily with Saori across the rooftops, smiling as she watched the other woman enjoying herself. The cities in Crystallis were denser than most of those in the Caribbean so she too was able to enjoy the view of the city and the glimpses of life below unaware of their passing. To her, she loved the fluid motion of being able to move like this. There was a certain amount of oneness that came with the freedom of running so high up.

Once in the restaurant, Mary felt slightly out of place. It wasn't that this place was posh or anything like it, but it was still kept up a bit better than most of the taverns she frequented. She tugged on her coat, hoping she didn't stand out too much. Following Saori to the table she turned her attention to the menu.

The problem was that there were a good many things had caught her eye. A good number of the offerings sounded lovely or would let her try something new and it was difficult to pin things down to a single choice. In the end her eyes settled on one of the house specialties, which would give her a bit of the new and the familiar both.

"I think so but...what are these mozzarella sticks?" The potato skins looked lovely as well.

Her eyes skimmed through the menu as well. One of the house specialties looked rather promising. It was when Mary asked her about one of the sides did she look up from her menu.

Saori's lips cracked a smile. "Possibly one of the best appetizers the Western world has blessed us and a bit of guilty pleasure of mine. It's strips of mozzarella cheese that are breaded and then deep-fried. There's marinara sauce you can dip it in as well. Let's get one to share."

Mary's eyebrow went up at the description of the treat. Mozzerella and frying were both words in her mind that she equated with things that were delicious. 'Deep frying' was a new concept, but with the enthusiasm that Saori was putting into the description it sounded like something worth giving a chance.

"I guess I'll have to try it then. Every time I hear about how things change in the world's future I find a new reason to want to go back...though perhaps not to precisely when I left."

"I can't say I don't blame you. Lots of things have changed so it's easy to get overwhelmed. Food is always a great start though since it's probably one of the universal things everyone can agree on."

Speaking of other deep fried guilty pleasures, those onion rings on the menu looked rather tempting to her. They would be really good with her choice of a rib eye steak for the entree. Once a server came up to them, Saori looked over to Mary. "I'm ready. What about you?"

Mary nodded and turned to tell the waiter her order. She was taking it all a bit more seriously than she perhaps needed to. All she had to go back on were some faint memories of being brought up in England and how to act in polite company, which was a bit much for this place. If anything she seemed like an overpolite sort of tourist, standing out far more than she usually did.

She trusted Saori to have her back.

The ordering went without incident and the waiter moved on to Saori while the pirate continued to read over the menu out of curiosity.

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