"Ah, actually I should be getting up about this time anyways. Thanks, but here." Mitsurugi was handed a piece of paper that gave the address to her house, which lied on just the outside of Ward 2's border and a key to said house. 'Dammit, now I'm even closer to the CCG...The opposite of what I wanted.' He thought as he smiled at her. "Feel free to let yourself in, I live alone so its a bit bare, sorry. Anyway, I gotta go or I'll be late for work." He gave a polite nod as she took off, which was kinda weird, and waved to her as she disappeared. When she was gone his smile quickly fading to a scowl. It was only a moment before he turned to the light post nearby and gave it a quick snapkick, bending the pole at the bottom, causing it to cave in and fall down on top of a car park just a few feet up, caving in its roof. "God fucking dammit. I've been trying to avoid those..." He looked in the direction of the 1st Ward and squinted his eyes. Sure, it was one of his hunting grounds but rarely did he go there. To risky for him right now at least. He sighed as he turned in the direction of where the girl went and shook his head as he lept to the roof of a building on the opposite side of the street before placing his mask on his face again and his hood up.

"Let's go see how Hydra's Nest is doing. He smirked under his mask before crouching low with his right foot back. Hyde had planned on getting there as quickly as possible and the way he was feeling, he would do just that. With the kick of the foot and a small crater in the roofing he lept high ad far into the air a street over before taking off in a high speed sprint. He had got to the end of the street before crouching low and placing his hand into the ground. With the momentum he had and then the sudden stop in one direction, he was able to whip himself around the corner at an incredibly high speed before jumping up onto another rooftop. His destination, 19th Ward, home of Hydra's Nest. 'I really should pay the King a visit. Haven't seen him in awhile.' He was fully aware of Hydra's Nest. A close nit group that relied on each others help but also held firm their territory. He was expecting to be watched by their members but it didn't really matter with him, a formality if you will. He respected their wishes and would ask for hunting privileges.

Norio nodded his head. It made sense to gather information. A short while later they arrived at the scene of the explosion. "Damn this place served good coffee too. It's a shame." Norio said. After watching their leader disappear, Norio decided to observe the building, what little remained of it was charred and blackened looking like something out of an apocalyptic movie. Norio watched as the King shortly arrived. It was obvious something was going down. Norio decided not to ask any questions yet. He'd just follow his King even if it lead him to his death. It'd be worth it. "Hey guys I'm gonna stop at this convenience store and get some smoke I'll catch up to you guys." He said. After buying a few packs of cigarettes he made his way to the coffee shop. Once there he ordered and sat with his people and waited.

@AbigailTenshi



Muto had been up early that morning training. It's what he did in most of his spare time, train, eat, work, sleep, and train, eat, work, sleep, over and over again. He really had no life and does not try many different things. Around 10 in the morning he was getting breakfast at one of his favorite places and rushing off to wok so that he would not be late and picked on for it. In truth all of the things listed are what he has in his life. They make up the world of Muto, and the only thing that really disturbs them are other people or things.

He was already inside when he heard his name being called. "Muto Kenji" He shot up and walked over to the First Class Investigator. He saw that the other two members were already there. The first being a black haired boy who was about an inch taller than him. He did not look to scary. The second was a shorter girl, dark look over her face, she seemed to be assessing the boy. Muto raised his eyebrow at this and chuckled.

"I am ready to head out when you are."

@XxLyraxX@FallenTrinity

[19th Ward]
"Hmm hmm hmmmmm~" Yaya, or was it Yata?, was walking on a ledge in an over exaggerated manner, kicking her legs out with each step and swinging her arms. She had already made up a new name for herself, not liking the old one as
Much and finding it too masculine. "So boring out here and my tummy is rumbling. Humans are so boring to eat too, they break so easy...Hmm?" Yaya sniffed the air, a demented grin coming across her face. The scent of Ghoul was In the air. She rubbed her stomach "Hm, I haven't tried Ghoul for a while." Yaya had two choices. Chase after the ghoul and possibly fight Hydras Nest or go home and have a dull night. "Hehe" She silently took off, leaping to the rooftops and staking the Ghoul TIL she was "safely" by herself. Yaya grinned, leaping off the roof top and downwards towards the girl. "READY OR NOT HERE I COMEEEE" Her scorpion like tail emerged from her back, shooting it downwards towards the girls neck. The plan was to paralysis her whole body, that way shed have time to play with her food.

"Damn what a feeling. Wish some humans could enjoy a rush like that." He said as he stretched on the edge of a building about 3 stories up. He was talking about the thrill of running and jumping like ghouls do. Sprints that could out run a car and leaps and bounds that only superheroes did in the comic books but what they did in real life. Sometimes it just felt surreal. HE had passed a group of kids a few streets back, probably up late from some drinking and partying, only to leap over the group by 10 feet but 20 feet out. His momentum quick enough to turn, wave at them and continue on with stumbling or stopping. HE was pulled from that moment for a second by a girl who seemed to have his happy-go-lucky attitude until something below caught her eye. He quirked an eyebrow up and looked to see where her gazed had moved to. A young woman with green flowing hair and not a care in the world. He took a small wiff of the air and figured out that both were ghouls. His eyes squinted at the girl on the ledge. 'What do you got planned?' He thought until he watched her leap off and after the chick who was walking, her Kagune activated. "God dammit." He mumbled to himself as he stood up and stretched. "Guess I'm gonna have to get involved, huh?" He had a disappointed look on his face.

@Phobos @XxLyraxX

@Phobos@FallenTrinity
Out of all the things Sage thought might happen today, being attacked from behind was not one of them. Should she have been human, she certainly wouldn't have noticed the incoming assault until it was too late but it seemed being a ghoul had its perks. If the shout the other person made didn't notify her of the impeding attack then the sound of air rushing past a person as they leaped from above certainly did. Before Sage knew what was happening, her body acted instinctively. Her form tensed before leaping out of the way at the last minute. She hit the ground, rolled and popped up onto her feet. She frowned, gazing at the woman attacking her. As her eyes took in the activated Kagune Sage grew confused. Had she accidentally wandered onto another ghoul's turf. She glanced uneasily at the empty street, cursing herself for her lack of concentration at where she was walking. She didn't realize until know that she had been walking into a deserted part of the city where no one really goes. And now she was alone with a ghoul intent on doing her harm. Maybe she could defuse the situation? It was worth a shot. "Why are you attacking me? If I have wandered onto your hunting grounds then I will happily leave. There is no need for violence." Despite her words, Sage's body was tense, ready to activate her Kagune at a moments notice.

The visibly custom white and black Nissan Skyline, with Natsumi sitting behind its dark tinted windows, pulls off the road and out to the rear of a low-budget and slightly suspicious restaurant, turning off her lights as she pulls in. Behind the restaurant, out of sight from the broader world an updated total of 4 cars of varying aesthetics are lined up, facing an alley that leads out to a major intersection in the central areas of the ward. After turning the cars systems off and claiming her keys, she takes a screwdriver from the glovebox and steps out of the car. As she closes the door and paces to the front of the car, a familiar face - an asian-american man wearing a bucket hat regardless of the time - greets Natsumi with a fistbump.
"Hey, I'm glad you could make it!" greets the man as Natsumi kneels down and begins detaching her front license plate. "You know the rules and the route?"
"Yeah," Natsumi answers with a nod as she detaches the license plate and tucks it under her arm, "same as two weeks ago, just stopping at the intersection at 19th instead of doing a circuit back to 17th, right?"
"Yeah, you got it." the man confirms as he paces along with Natsumi, who now detaches her rear license plate. "If the police come in, just remember to scatter. We'll return any bets."
"Yeah, right." Natsumi responds as she detaches the rear numberplate and opens the passenger door to toss it on the floor. The man looks to the entrance as a fifth car pulls on before he folds his arms with a nod. "Alright, we're all here. Meet you at the finish line, yeah?"
"Keep the camera ready, cause I'll be the first to arrive." Natsumi boasts with a smirk as she opens the driver-side door. After trading waves with the man, she climbs into the drivers seat and pulls her seat-belt down.

After a brief exchange with the fifth car and the driver removing both license plates, the asian-american man paces out to the front of the lineup and holds up his hand, all appendages outstretched to indicate '5'. Natsumi slips her key into the ignition and rotates it completely, bringing the car to life, and moves the gearstick into first. She presses on the clutch before pressing the accelerator to rev up the engine.
'4'.
'3'.
'2'.
'1'.



The man makes an exaggerated point down the alley as he steps back and out of the way. The assembly of cars roar to life, taking off down the alleyway, making a formation of five in series in order to fit through the alley, before flying out into the intersection to the surprise and frustration of many drivers, a number of whom had to slam on the brakes. Natsumi, sitting on second gear from the speed gathered from the somewhat lengthy alley, eases on the accelerator as she makes a left corner at the intersection before straightening out and getting herself behind the third place driver.

Natsumi slams the gearstick into third and then into forth, making the most of the long and wide stretches of road provided by the large, two-lanes each way road running from 17th, through to 16th, then to 4th, then down to 1st. The turns are wide and there's plenty of road to operate on, so it'd be reckless to not use the straights to her advantage. She rapidly gains on the third place driver, getting in close to him before tucking on his inside at the next turn and moving past him. She pokes her tongue out as she passes the driver before moving to line up with the rear of the second place driver, training on her next gain as she moves well into fifth gear.

The assembly of cars boom through the roads, performing all sorts of road offenses between them all. A duo of police officers in their cruiser cruise along the road heading up to the main road, the passenger enjoying her coffee as they take in the night sights of Tokyo; of course, both the night sights and the coffee are ruined when five high-speed vehicles roar past the t-intersection and the coffee is sprayed all over the window in surprise and urgency. No words are required between the two officers - the driver slams on the accelerator as the passenger flips on the lights and sirens before going for the radio.
"Dispatch, this is Cruiser 16-E, signal 13 westbound along the 16th ward main, codes 505A and 510. We count 5 persons."
"Cruiser 16-E, this is Dispatch - acknowledged, out, to you; all available 16th call-signs, this is dispatch, over." The conversation continues as available cruisers report in to dispatch.

The street race continues, the cars now turning off the main road to hit the streets leading to the 19th ward. Natsumi slams on the clutch before pulling up the handbrake and turning the wheel right, causing the back to spin out left and her nose to point to the right-hand turn. As she begins to slip out, she releases the handbrake, turns the wheel left to turn into the spin and releases the clutch, sending her drifting into the turn before she straightens out and beads onwards towards the second place driver.

As Natsumi begins her attempts to get on the inside of the second place driver during the various turns leading up to the 19th ward, various police cruisers bead onto the racers and begin following in pursuit. Natsumi glances into her rear view mirror, seeing the drivers behind her begin to scatter at the sight of the red and blue lights, and lets out a curse. She looks to the second place and first place drivers, who continue on course, before she lets out a 'tch' and looks over to a small switch with a single LED at the bottom on her dashboard. As they enter a softer corner, Natsumi seizes her chance - she brings her nose in to form a straight path through the curve in the road before she flicks the switch, bringing the red LED to light, as she slams on the pedal to bring the throttle to full open. The car surges and jolts forward as the nitrous enters the system and the demand for fuel in the mixture skyrockets. After roaring past the second place driver, she flicks the switch off to disable the nitrous system and brings herself in to the rear of the first place driver.

After about 10 seconds or so, the third place driver scatters, a cruiser going after him and leaving three cruisers with her and the first place driver. They continue on course, keeping their speeds up, as the police slowly gain on them. Ahead of the two drivers is a Y-intersection, splitting off and heading different ways entirely - one leads back to the 17th ward and one enters the 19th ward. The first place driver and her don't even need to negotiate - they lasted this long and that's enough bragging rights. As the first place driver splits right to hit the road to the 17th ward, Natsumi pulls left and continues on to the 19th ward, gunning down the road and weaving through traffic as two of the prior three cruisers stay in pursuit. Natsumi grits her teeth as she continues through traffic and beads for the path she knows - the one she can hopefully slip the police with.

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After proceeding well into the 19th ward, Natsumi pulls a hard left at a four-way intersection and beads along, pressing for an alley at the turn up ahead. She drops the gear to third as she moves into the alley, causing one of the cruisers to break off to wrap around as the other goes through. She drifts a hard left as she comes out before she rockets forward for the ramp up to the overhead toll road, occasionally bumping the clutch and revving up the engine to make her presence known; this may come to the presence of a nearby party (@XxLyraxX @Phobos @FallenTrinity), as this would be unfolding conveniently close to their events.

Natsumi guns for the ramp - as opposed to going up it, though, she swerves left of it and drifts right with a less-focused turn to continue her around and move underneath it. As she moves underneath the ramp and out of sight, she slams on the breaks before quickly turning off the ignition and holding her breath. She waits in the silence of the car, holding her breath out of fear of being caught alone, as the sirens near; the sirens boom overhead, continuing onto the toll road and moving along. After a moment for her to process that she evaded prosecution, she lets out a cheer as she opens the door and grasps her license plates. She shouts her joy as she goes about the process of putting her plates back on - conveniently alone under a noisy toll road.

@vFear@XxLyraxX@FallenTrinity


[19th Ward]

Much to her surprise, the young female Ghoul reacted appropiately. Rather than stabbing into her neck, the tip of her tail stabbed into the ground and creating a small crater. Yaya landed on the ground, her green and yellow scorpion tail in front of her. Her head was lowered, the hat blocking her mischievous smile "Hooo~ I didn't expect you to dodge it, this may be funner than I thought" She said under her breath, raising her head and holding onto the front of her hat. Yaya giggled at the young girl's questions, already knowing what she was trying to do. She brought back her tail behind her, the tip swaying back and forth behind her own head. "Are you trying to get out of dying?" She said with a smile, tilting her head. Before she could continue, the roars of car engines echoed through the alleyway. Yaya was distracted, genuinely interested by the nearby incident. The sirens of one car gave away that it was a police car but the other one was what interested her more. Obviously it was someone who was running from the police.

Then silence came, the siren of the police fading away. She looked back at the girl in the alleyway with her, scratching her head "Who are you again?" Yaya asked, completely forgetting about what she had just done earlier. She looked behind her, as if baffled by her own Kagune "How did you get out" The tail retracted back into her body. She had a genuine look of confusion, looking down at the crater as if it was an alien. She shrugged "Well, anyway, I'm going stranger. Buh bye~" She casually said, turning around to walk away but stopped midway ".....oh wait.....noooooow I remember" Within an instant, the girl turned around and brought her Kagune out. She charged at the female, sending her tail towards her legs in a spiral pattern.

Mitsurugi sighed as she went after her again. With him now all limbered up now he walked to the edge and leaned forward, letting him fall forward. He waited until he was about angled towards the two so he would land inbetween. When he was he kicked off the wall, kicking off some of the bricks as he shot down at high velocity. Just before the tail could touch the girl he tucked and kicked his legs out so he would land on the girl's scorpion like stinger. He crashed down on top of it with such force it shattered the tip of the tail and sent up a plume of smoke. Quickly he followed up with a straight jab to her face with lightning speed, should it connect, it would cave in her face, nothing that would kill, but enough to send a message that he was not someone to mess with or to be taken lightly.

The dust began to settle he with his body sideways, his kagune's blade ran down to the ground. It had a webbed like structure starting at the shoulder until it got to the blade itself, which was solid and glistened in the moonlight. Red viscous looking material seemed to drip from it. A light buzz came from the goop, like that of a cicada as its movement would vibrate and ripple as it made its way back up the leg of Mitsurugi. "You will leave now if you value your life." His voice was stern with a steely edge to it and a underlining threat. He casted a sideways glance at the othr girl, his mask still his head still facing Scorpion Tail. "Are you alright there?" He asked. He then turned his attention to the girl with the tail. "What do yu think your doing, harming your own kind like that?"

@XxLyraxX @Phobos @vFear

Yume would glance over towards Tatsuo and the others once they made it to the location of the exploded building. Tapping her fingers against her hips as she looked at the ruins in front of her once again before watching the King running of into the distance, barely visible as he was somewhere between the rummage. The smell of blood was slowly becoming worse and stronger, indicating that some people had passed away. It was never nice to witness these things but it was not an abnormal happening either as not everyone was just as peaceful. She stuffed her thumbs in the pockets of her jeans as the King came back to them only to say that they were going to stay here for quite some time which made her huff in response as she did not feel like staying put until night time. But it had to be done if she wanted to or not.

Walking towards the coffee shop with the others however Yume did not say much at all as she did not exactly know the other two guys that were with Tatsuo. Maybe it was her fault for not having actually met them before but well… that was just something like her to happen as she was not the most talkative person around strangers. She gripped the ends of her sleeves as she stood in line to order her coffee. Black without any sugar or milk thrown into it, the way she liked it the best. Warming her hands as they were placed on the sides of the cup an sat down next to Tatsuo as she took a sip from her drink. Shivering a little as the liquid went down her throat as it had been a while since she had drunk coffee, maybe longer than two weeks in total. Her coffee machine broke down and she had not been to the store yet to buy a new one.

@Phobos @RangingWolf @floodtalon

@Phobos

Kazumo Igirir-ward 10----> 12

"I don't know how you did it.... but you did it." A man inside a garage told Kazumo who was spinning himself on one of them spinney chairs. "If I told ya, Id have to kill ya. But I told you man, the bike is indestructible." Kazumo said as the garage man picked up a sledgehammer again hit the bike and in turn the bike remained fine while the sledgehammer broke. "Always a pleasure to see what else this bike can do Kazumo." The man said with a smile which made Kazumo grin. "It can drive itself to and all I have to do it push a single button, anyway you got those tires I requested for?" Kazumo asked to which the man nodded. "Sure do, but will that even work for this? Oh who am I kidding, you always make it work." he said walking away to get the tires and while he did he received a text message. Kazumo grinned and laughed at it quite loudly before replying back. "See you then bby girl ;D" Kazumo replied as the man brought out the tires and looked at Kazumo curiously. "Whats so funny?" he asked to which Kazumo smiled at the man. "Oh nothing, I just got one hell of a date tonight."

At the twelfth ward he arrived at about 8:30 so he had plenty of free time, in fact a little too much. The roof he sat on where his motorbike also was present had multiple bodies laying upon it. Kazumo while eating at a leg looked towards the shadows. "You three don't want any of this shit? No? Fine suit yourselves more for me. You three are also only here because fuckboi likes to do stuff strategically, so I feel I would be fighting more than just him. So if anyone else comes then you guys get to play with them..... OH MY GOD IDEA!" Kazumo shouted standing up and digging into his bag for purple and green spray cans. "Just so he knows I'm here." Kazumo stated and proceeded to jump off the building spray painting a giant Barney that anyone who wan't blind could see. When Barney was finished he flew back up to the roof and checked his watch and laughed. "Still got five minutes to spa-" Kazumo looked at the now clean roof and looked at the shadows. "You little....Eh don't care."

@FallenTrinity@Phobos
Sage was also distracted by the sounds of sirens and screeching tires. As the other ghoul glanced away Sage briefly considered fleeing. She knew it was a cowards move but she honestly didn't want a fight. Then anger at herself washed over her. No, she wasn't running! She wasn't going to let that happen again. She couldn't. As the other ghoul focused back on Sage, she tensed, prepared to unleash her Kagune. She then grew confused at the ghouls next words. It seemed like the ghoul had completely forgotten what she was previously doing. Relief swept through Sage to see the ghoul turn to walk away before she tensed when the woman suddenly seemed to remember again and turned to attack Sage again. As the tail spun towards Sage once more, the girl prepared to unleash her Kagune however before she could she heard the familiar sound of air whistling past someone as they descended from a great height. She looked up just in time to see a tall figure fall between her and the tall ghoul. With a cracking sound, the figure landed on the woman's scorpion-like tail. He, as Sage could now see that the figure was male, kicked out at the woman. Sage knew then that the male was another ghoul; that fall would have killed a human and she knew her guess was correct as he activated his Kagune. Her body tensed, thoughts whirling through her head. Was this other ghoul out to kill her too? Was it a turf war? Or was he actually trying to help her? When he asked if she was alright she nodded, eyes trying to keep both ghouls in her sight.

@Nightmare Bites@Oblivion666@RangingWolf@floodtalon


[15th Ward]

Tatsuo chuckled at Ryan calling him sir so many times, wanting to say something but not wanting to be rude. "It's not a problem at all. You got me those coffee grinds too, its the least I could do. Tatsuo ordered a regular black coffee. He took a sip of it once it had came, making a slightly displeased voice. He raised an eyebrow at Ryan's offer and nodded his head "I'll be sure to stop by. Truth be told, this coffee is rather lacking. It's decent but it lacks that handtouched feeling and the soul put into it. It's why I'll never trust machines" He said as he took another sip. Tatsuo had noticed Yume being silent as usual, smiling at her "That's right, most of you haven't met each other. This is Floria, one of the 9 Heads of Hyrda's Nest. She may not look it, but she's strong. Hell it scares me when she's mad" He chuckled at the end, slightly teasing her. "Floria, this is Sage and Plague. Sage has been around for a while and Plague is a recent recruit. But he's shown promising skills. I'm sure the three of you will get to know each other in due time" He said, resting his back against the seat and taking another sip of the coffee. Now he had to wait, patiently for the time to come.

- Night time -

The blanket of darkness finally took over and it was the Ghouls' turns to come out. An alert came on Tatsuo's phone at 8:30. He pulled it out and clicked on a button to stop it, standing up and reaching into his coat. He looked at the three, unsure whether he should bring them along. Chances are Jester brought extra people with him. For Tatsuo, they would probably just be a nuisance but with Jester around he couldn't be too careful. "You three ready for a hunt?" Tatsuo put on his infamous black steel mask. He walked out of the coffee shop and faced the 12th Ward. He waited for Yume to be beside him before he spoke "Yume...things may get crazy. If things go south, leave me behind and take the other 2 back to the base. I'm finishing things with Jester" Tatsuo took a step forward before stopping "Meet me at the tallest building in the 12th Ward" That's where that dunce would be at He nodded at them, kicking off the ground and zooming like a jetplane towards the 12th Ward.

[12th Ward]
It wasn't hard to spot where Jester was at. The poorly painted purple dinosaur was a massive indicator "I swear, that clown has a boner for that purple dinosaur" He sprinted at the building, taking a single powerful leap to scale the entire building, landing not too far away from Jester and his team. As expected, he's not alone. His lifted his head, his cold black eyes staring at Jester "Well what would you know, you actually showed. Anyways, let's end this. All of you can come at me or just you Jester, it doesn't matter." A bump rose from Leviathan's back, a single black and crimson scaled tentacle creeping out from his jacket. He stood there nonchalantly, waiting for Jester to attack. Ofcourse, he expected Jester to insult him but insults from a child didn't affect him.

@XxLyraxX@FallenTrinity


[20th Ward]

Yaya had a crazed grin on her face as she moved towards the female Ghoul, too caught up in her head to even notice the man dropping from below. She felt her tail shatter, raising an eyebrow at the dust "Ooooh, what do we have here?" Suddenly, a fist came flying towards her face. As if it was natural reaction, Yaya instantly crossed her arms in front of her face so they could take the full force. She was sent flying and flipping before she crashed into a brick wall. It was silent for a few seconds before an annoyed groan came out of the hole "Owwwwww, baaakaaaaa. Stupid hobo, garbage man!" Yaya walked out of the rubble, her arms swaying back and forward. The bones were mostly shattered and were still in the process of healing. Anger and annoyance was all over her face "I thought you were just another hobo cause of your horrible smell...owwwwww look at my arms bakaa" She said, flailing her arms around like a ragdoll. It was as if the pain was nothing to her. "Cause I'm fucking hungry you baka!! why else! You're basically killing me by saving her, so thanks mr macho man for saving the day" She sarcastically said, falling forward and unable to push herself up "OWWWW, IT FUCKING HURTS! WHY WOULD YOU PUNCH A GIRL SO HARD YOU PERVERT?! DOES THIS TURN YOU ON?! WHAT COMES NEXT, YOU GONNA EAT ME NOW HUH" She said, kicking her legs like a child throwing a tantrum. She had to slam her head on the ground to help herself up, although she was struggling the entire time.

He cautiously moved forward his blade cocked back ready to strike at a moments notice. "First and foremost I don't smell and I'm not a hobo. I have a place to stay. Second, if your hungry go down that way." He pointed behind her. "There was a group of partygoers that way. Go feed on-" He stopped dead halfway as he looked at her just in time to watch her kick and scream. 'You gotta be kidding me...' Was all that he thought as he watched the girl thrash about on the ground, a disbelieving look upon his face under her mask. He turned back to the other girl, a thumb pointing back at the chick he hit. "You almost died because of 'her'?" He looked back and groaned.

Elizabeth was on her way back to the rat's nest when she heard the telltale sound of a certain street-race that would soon go horribly wrong, but in an entirely different ward. She saw the cars passing a few streets away, for the fraction of a second. Nothing she concerned herself with, the girl never learned driving to begin with. As the sound of tuned-up car engines slowly faded into the night, she adjusted her shoulder bag and strolled onward, down the nightly streets of the 17th. At this time of the night, hardly anyone was still out. The 17th ward didn't see too much action on a daily basis, despite sitting in between the Hydra's and Yatagarasu's turf. No doubt the strategical and systematic leadership of the former played an important part in that.

Liz eventually arrived at her homely street and took a few moments to look at the majestic palace she called her home. It sat there silently, lightlessly, peacefully. A state she appreciated highly. She took a few deep breaths of night air, subconsciously probing whether any ghouls crossed these streets lately, but there was nothing. A feeling of unease overcame her. A hunch, not of imminent danger, but still making her uncomfortable out in the open. The rat hiding in her hood grew restless, so she swiftly made her way over the low fence and around the house, in through the back door.

Once inside, the feeling of unease ceased immediately. The warmth of the day was still present, purging her of the nightly cold. She felt the gaze of several pairs of black, beady eyes on her. "I'm home~" she said into the almost perfect darkness. A street lamp shone into one of the few unbarred windows somewhere, bathing the house's interior into a ghastly light that was just barely enough even for a ghoul to see. Liz took a moment to take in the mood of the house, the emotional state her family was in, and quickly came to the conclusion that everything was in order - she was alone with them. Nothing had disturbed the rats lately. That was all it took for the girl to feel safe.

She made her way through the almost pitch black house, kicking her boots off her feet on the way. Making her way upstairs, she coiled out of her bags strap and tossed it in the middle of what she considered 'her room' on her way in. A small swarm of rodents followed in her wake, staring at her and the bag expectantly, but they kept a respectful distance. It took the ghoul a few minutes to peel out of her street-wear without tearing it up, and the rats waited patiently. One of them settled down on her shoulder, another in her lap after she sat down next to a shoddy gas cooker, lighting a candle.

The house actually -had- electricity, through a shady, not-quite-legal arrangement she had made with the janitor of one of the neighbouring buildings, but she prefered to keep that down as much as possible so the people paying for it wouldn't notice. So shitty gas-cooker and candles, it was.

Elizabeth went through the slow process of making a pot full of junk-food level soup. It had all the nice things she brought with her - instant noodles, dried vegetables and several types of instant soup powder. Had a human tried to eat that, it probably would have caused a ghoul-normal food kind of reaction. You can't expect much from a cook without functioning taste buds. But it didn't smell too bad, and her target audience never complained. Liz filled a few bowls with the toxic waste and arranged them across the room. Her 'family' virtually lunged at the bowls and devoured it in mere minutes before slowly spreading out and repopulating the rest of the house again. Two of them stayed with the girl, enjoying the luxury of getting fed from a seperate bowl. Liz settled for joyfully inhaling the nice smell of the soup, a strange but consistent passion of hers.

Sometimes she actually ate some of the rat food she produced, too. It gave her a sense of belonging despite the disgusting taste, the closest thing she had to 'normality'. But not tonight. She felt too much actual hunger, tonight.

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Her members finding their ways to her silently made Miyoko feel relieved... She didn't want to have to search for the three of them.

"Heh heh, as your superior Volke, I'm allowed to be as unhealthy as I want and not have to worry about your feelings heh. Seriously man, chill out, it's only a can so I don't need a coaster. Didn't know you worked as a maid along with being only a rank 2 investigator" Leaning back in his office chair, Furen smugly aimed a smirk at Atsuro. Miyoko however wasn't impressd at all. "Don't you have work to be getting on with Sumoya. Stop wasting mine and my subordinate's time." "All have you know Ruri, I've almost finished my workload for this week. How is your squad coming along by the way? They look like... an interesting bunch" Holding his smugness, Furen glanced at Adrian as the girl became lost inside her own mind before shooting another glance at the flame-haired Muto who seemed rather quite if anything. Looking back to regain eye-contact with Miyoko, Furen released a short chuckle noise. "Good luck trying to get to my level Miyoko" "Stop wasting my time Sumoya." Finally listening to Miyoko, Furen swivelled around on his chair to face his computer and continue with whatever he was doing.

Miyoko quickly turned her attention onto more important matters. "No need for the apology Volke, just get to work on time from now on understood? Also, from the information I've received, there is only one body, therefore it shouldn't take long to gather the evidence from the scene. I believe the location is on the border between the 23rd ward and the 8th. Ghouls tend to frequent the 23rd ward so be vigilant, all of you." Miyoko spoke with an authoritative firmness to her voice. She then turned to Adrian who announced her presents, keeping a facial expression of stone despite the other woman's cheery nature. "I haven't received any further information than what we already know." After giving an answer to Adrian, Miyoko looked over to Muto who voiced that he was ready to go. "Right, let's go." Walking over to her desk at the back of the office, Miyoko grabbed her briefcase before pulling a 180 and heading for the door. "Always bring your Quinques as a precaution." She stated as she walked passed her squad members and opened the office door to step out.

Without looking back, Miyoko walked through the hallways of the building and waited at the CCG's main entrance for her members to catch up before heading to the destination to begin investigating.

Natsumi's head swings away from her license plate operations as something nigh on an explosion rings out, originating from a hard impact on a brick wall. She sits still for a moment, contemplating what it could be, and regardless of her attempts to steer her train of thought she can only wonder if it's what she thinks it might be.
'I know I shouldn't get involved but.. isn't the 19th ward Hydra's Nest territory?' she ponders to herself, 'If it's what I think it is, then..' She cuts off her train of thought at the idea of having been terribly misled about Hydra's Nest, but puts it aside for now. Against her better judgement, she reaches into the car to open the glovebox and take an angled, featureless white mask, and accompany it with a black beanie.

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Nebula, accented by a broad pair of demonic wings clad in white, purple, blue, and black which resemble a picturesque space nebula, seems to glide up the side of the toll road support beam before taking off and soaring across the street to the rooftop of a neighboring building. She leaps across alleyways, scales the sides of buildings and then jumps down to lower rooftops as if it's natural for her. As she comes down to a rooftop overlooking the events of the battle below, her wings seem to fold upwards before sliding down and into her back, concealing themselves away from the world. She slows and controls her breathing with deep breaths as she creeps over to the edge of the building, to look down on those below.

"-NNA EAT ME NOW, HUH!?" booms one of the two girls, the other girl and a male figure stand across the street. The two girls don't come off as particularly concerning relative to her, and the one yelling doesn't look like someone you'd find in Hydra's Nest, but the man... Nebula stares at him as she contemplates.
'Is this Hydra's Nest?' Nebula wonders within the safety of her thoughts, '..cannibalism in packs? Something's not right.. this isn't who they were meant to be, not the ones I..' She shakes her head to cast away the thoughts before she stands and leaps over the edge. In mid-air, her wings spread wide from her back and rain a brief volley of crystals down on the man and woman across from the lone female, with the intention of not harming them but keeping them from advancing, before she glides down to the side of the seemingly victim lone female. After landing and securing herself aground, Nebula slides her feet to sit at shoulder-width with slight bent knees, pivoted to have her left side presented on an angle, her left hand open and down low with the back of the hand presented and the right hand up high with the side and palm presented.

Nebula speaks in a hushed tone to the lone female as she remains still, intending to regain what energy she can before having to fight or move quickly.
"I have a car nearby. We can make an escape."