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thenearshore2018-06-18 02:18 pm
onehandsomeslickninja) wrote in thenearshore2018-06-18 02:18 pm
Return to the Planet of a Prayer for the Lost
Who: Edge, Marinette, Snake, and Adrien
When: Backdated to Dec. 2 because what is time
Where: A suburb down in the Near Shore.
What: Edge rounds up a team to hunt a missing dog.
"According to the prayer," Edge said as he stood before the others on the streetcorner where they'd convened, "this dog has been missing for a week, much longer than it had ever been away from home before. That means we're working with a cold scent and... possibly uncomfortable news at the end." No good way to put that, as he rubbed at the back of his neck. "But setting aside negative potential, we do have to consider that something may be keeping the dog away. So our goal here is to track the dog, find it, return it, and in doing all of that, establish for certain whether or not any forces beyond the normal are responsible."
Questions? Here was the chance.
When: Backdated to Dec. 2 because what is time
Where: A suburb down in the Near Shore.
What: Edge rounds up a team to hunt a missing dog.
"According to the prayer," Edge said as he stood before the others on the streetcorner where they'd convened, "this dog has been missing for a week, much longer than it had ever been away from home before. That means we're working with a cold scent and... possibly uncomfortable news at the end." No good way to put that, as he rubbed at the back of his neck. "But setting aside negative potential, we do have to consider that something may be keeping the dog away. So our goal here is to track the dog, find it, return it, and in doing all of that, establish for certain whether or not any forces beyond the normal are responsible."
Questions? Here was the chance.
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She did, in fact, decide to follow him over to see what Edge had managed to get his hands on, though she glanced at Martin and chuckled as she made her way over.
They were just close enough that she could hear Ayn's half of the conversation with Plagg, and she tried to picture the look on the little black kwami's face in response to that.
By the time Edge had hopped the fence and caught the balls in one fluid motion, Marinette was already getting a little anxious to get the show on the road. But she made sure to applaud the ninja's impressive display as she waited. "That's right!" she announced. "They just need to get the scent and then we can go."
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Ayn and Martin would both do the same once Marinette and Adrien get close enough to let them. Until then Ayn would tease Plagg, "That's basically the same thing. And it doesn't make you any less adorable. I could just eat you up!" She's teasing, probably, since she's not even remotely in a position to try to strike at Plagg, not the way her neck is relaxed as she moves towards him.
Snake at least doesn't seem worried, casually telling her, "Ayn, focus...."
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Adrien hustled over huffing as Plagg plopped himself down in his hair. "Ugh, Plaggg. Stop fussing. I know you don't like dogs but this is silly. I could transform if you're going to be that big of a baby." Not that he wanted to to but he didn't want to deal with his kwami's whining either.
[Reaching out he's taking one of those balls and holding it closer to Ayn.]
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"I'll take to the roofs and follow from there, just in case we need the height advantage for spotting anything." He kept the balls held out so the others could take it or sniff it or whatever they needed to do. "I don't think this is going to be any trouble, but keeping watch for ayakashi is never a bad idea when four people from the Far Shore are around."
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Still, she moved close enough for Martin to have access to the ball, and bit the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing at Ayn. She really was ridiculous sometimes. Tikki, however, wasn't even trying to cover up her laughter.
"She's not wrong, though~"
"The roofs?" Though she had to admit that it did seem like a good idea. Having someone up there to keep watch for ayakashi, or the dog, would be a big help. "Good idea. And I don't think it'll be that bad, but I'd rather be safe than sorry."
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With the plan set Snake takes to searching for the dog, his tongue darting about as his massive body swings back and forth.
"He and Ayn have the edge on us, Marinette," Martin complains as he gets the scent.
Ayn makes sure she gets the scent too before teasing, "See? Your other admirer agrees."
That finally gets Snake to laugh, even as he explains, "Ayn and I can see heat."
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Adrien lowers the ball and hums softly. "Actually, That's a fantastic idea. Having someone at a higher vantage point would keep us from being caught unaware." He's glancing over toward Edge before giving a little nod at that. "You take up high we'll cover it down here."
And if Edge needed any help up high he could always transform and Chat could lend a hand. It was no secret to him that he fought better as Chat than he did as just himself - he knows this.
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They all offered, but damned if Edge isn't still a little displeased about getting kids involved. Even if they were fairly close to the border of that distinction. At least he wasn't the only adult here, though.
Edge took two steps, broke into a quick jog, then vaulted onto the roof of the nearby house in one smooth leap. Ninja, after all.
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Tikki, for the most part, was paying attention to what they were meant to be doing.
When it seemed like they were going to split up again, Marinette turned to watch Edge's ascent. It might've been easier to do this if she transformed, but she had Martin and didn't want to risk it just now.
Once he was gone, she turned around and started walking away from the boys. She figured it would save time to split up as long as she didn't get too far away from the others. And Martin should, in theory, be able to help. But then, how hard was it going to be to find this dog?
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Ayn finds her way to Adrien's arm, stretching towards different objects while she tries to get a catch of the same scent as well.
Snake meanwhile sets out silently in a direction between Marinette and Adrien, apparently content to go looking on his own.
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"Do you want down?"
He's stooping to bring Ayn closer to the ground. "Here. I mean it's a little dog not a person so the scent would be closer to the ground, right?" Heck if he knows. He's just guessing. So he'll let her down to the ground if that's where she wants to go.
Plagg gave a little snort. "You've got a Cat, three snakes, a ninja and a princess looking for a dog. This by far the strangest time I've been awakened."
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Here was hoping.
The scent, though old, lingered all over the street -- how many times had the dog been up and down, doing its business on walks, over time? They'd need to canvas carefully.
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"How long do you think it's going to take to find this dog?" she questioned, and then something else occurred to her.
"Do we even know the dog's name?" How had nobody thought of that yet? Maybe they were all too focused on figuring out the logistics of this to even think about something so simple, but now she just felt a little foolish.