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The Auric Avenger: One moment, I'm still sorting through the details.

-There is silence for another ten seconds or so.-

The Auric Avenger: Okay, it looks like our thief - or thieves, perhaps, still can't rule that possibility out - has been targeting businesses all across Phenac. There doesn't seem to be any real pattern to the burglaries... sometimes they'll hit a hotel room and take everything that isn't nailed down, other times they'll go for a bank and only make off with a pittance. Seems like this has been going on for a while now... it'd be nice and simple if we were able to catch them in the act, but until we can figure out what's next on their list that's going to be pretty tricky.

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Shieldmaiden: ... That's weird. Are you sure they're all connected? They don't sound similar at all.

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-The Avenger shrugs.-

The Auric Avenger: The authorities - what passes for authorities in Orre, anyway - sure seem to think so. And the timeframe is pretty regular too. Once a week, every week, like clockwork. What little security footage there is certainly suggests that we're dealing with the same guy each time... still, we don't know enough to make assumptions right now. All of this is second-hand information, remember.

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Shieldmaiden: Super weird. So should we split up and just run around the city until we see someone up to no good?

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-The Auric Avenger scratches his chin.-

The Auric Avenger: No need to break from tradition, I suppose... only thing is, I doubt our quarry will be considerate enough to paint a big red bullseye across their chest.

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Shieldmaiden: Unfortunately. Unless this thief of ours runs around in costume. I don't suppose you can hack into police radio or something and monitor any reports of break-ins?

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-The Auric Avenger nods.-

The Auric Avenger: That I can. It'll take a few minutes, though, and I'll need to stay elevated. Feel free to scout the area on your own initiative until then. Try not to cause too much property damage whilst I'm not around to supervise.

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Shieldmaiden: Yeah, yeah. Lemme know what you find.

-she activates the pistons in her boots as she leaps to a new rooftop and takes off running, keeping an eye on the street-

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-After a few minutes spent observing the streets of Phenac for suspicious activity (this being Orre, there's a fair amount of it, but none that seems obviously related to burglary) the Avenger's growly voice begins to sound in Shieldmaiden's helmet.-

The Auric Avenger: Okay, there's some chatter about a recent burglary at the Poke Mart. They had their entire stock of Pokeballs taken, apparently. According to reports, you're looking for someone around my height dressed in... wait a sec, that can't be right. EDI, are you sure this is all accurate?

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-Shieldmaiden pauses, checks her location, then changes direction to head for the Poke Mart-

Shieldmaiden: What? Another costumed nutso?

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-There's a few moments of silence on the Avenger's end before he replies.-

The Auric Avenger: ...So it would seem. According for this, you're looking for someone in a rainbow-coloured Ho-Oh outfit. No, that sentence isn't making any sense to me either.

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-Shieldmaiden snickers, barely restraining herself from bursting into full-on laughter-

Shieldmaiden: Seriously? That's hilarious. Makes my job easier.

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The Auric Avenger: At least now I'm not the only person you can call "fruitcake" anymore...

-As Shieldmaiden makes her way across the rooftops, the Poke Mart starts to come into view. The only person present is a bored-looking police officer who appears to be taking a nap whilst leaning against the front wall.-

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Shieldmaiden: Aw, but fruitcake is special. I couldn't use it for anybody else!

-Shieldmaiden makes her way to a building across the street from the Poke Mart. She crouches down on the edge, looking down at the mart-

Shieldmaiden: I'm here. No costumed bird-men that I can see. Oh, by the way, when you say it's your height, do you mean your real height, or your costume's height? Because there's like a foot of difference there.

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The Auric Avenger: Real height. As in, five foot six. As in, still way taller than you.

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-deadpan-

Shieldmaiden: You're hilarious. But I don't see any short fabulous bird-men around, so I'm gonna start spiraling out to see if I can find where he went.

-she straightens up and starts circling around the Poke Mart, moving outwards away from the building-

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-There don't appear to be any costumed bird-men near the Poke Mart, or indeed any indication as to where they could've gone. There is, however, an open window near the back of the building with a red feather lying nearby.-

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-Shieldmaiden hops down from the building and goes over to pick up the feather, turning it over in her hand-

Shieldmaiden: I don't suppose you've got a Pokemon that can track by scent.

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The Auric Avenger: I do, actually. Want me to send Fulgrim over? You're both jerks, I'm sure you'll get along just fine.

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Shieldmaiden: Sounds great. I'm sure he's delightful.

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The Auric Avenger: He'll be there before you know it. And by that I mean he'll be arriving some time within the next two to five minutes.

-One minute and fifty-five seconds later, a Zoroark with greying fur emerges from the shadows by Shieldmaiden's side, looking her up and down before giving a contented sniff.-

Fulgrim: <...Finally. Someone who doesn't stink of human.>

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-if Shieldmaiden had a watch, she would be taunting the Avenger right now. As she does not have a means of counting seconds outside her head and doesn't care enough to, however, she doesn't. She raises an eyebrow at him-

Shieldmaiden: Um, thanks. Anyways, can you track this guy down?

-she offers him the feather-

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-Fulgrim takes one look at the feather and nods.-

Fulgrim: <Simple. The stench is a particularly distinctive one. Follow me, and try not to lag behind.>

-He takes off down the street on all fours.-

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Shieldmaiden: You got it.

-she shifts to Sneasel form and darts after him-

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-After scurrying along for a couple of minutes, occasionally taking a sharp turn to the left or right, Fulgrim comes to a stop outside a public phone booth whose windows are far too smeared and dusty to see through.-

Fulgrim: <...Humans still have these? How very backwards. Regardless, the trail ends here, which presumably means your prey is still squatting inside that thing.>