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"Thanks a ton, Zeke." Iorek smiled at the ticket. "I'll pay you back."

Iorek looked to where Anya was motioning and watched the woman on her way out. "I don't know....I think Zeke might be right. There could be a catch, ya know?" And lately in life there always seemed to be some kind of bargain with how everything worked out. Fel essences probably could work the same way. At least this one wasn't physically destructive...just had the chance of being emotionally so.

"I'm gonna take a jar just in case. If it's a mover I don't want us to go on a chase if we could catch it while we're up there." Iorek took the bag for a quick moment and rummaged through it to find one. "I'll be careful and try not to...uh...drop it."

He handed the bag back and looked up to the ceiling. It looked a little confusing up there but with the compasses help hopefully they could find it. "Hrm...maybe still ready another jar and vial...just in case?"

Making sure he was good to go Reks gave his wings a mighty flap, kicking up dust and gum wrappers in a not so majestic fashion "We'll be back soon! Let's go guys!" Iorek grinned at his fellow raevans feeling suddenly excited about this.

Unlike Anya Reks was very good at flying. He gave his wings one more strong flap and shot upwards with ease. The higher he went the lighter he felt. Warmth radiated through him as he climbed up and up until he was amongst the ceiling beams. Up here Reks felt so...happy! It had been a while since he felt this peppy and filled with delight. He gripped the jar and looked back down to see where his buddies were. "Come on, gang! It's great up here!"

Elation filled Aadhira for a moment as he realized something: this was essentially a contest. And maybe they could win. He watched Iorek and Anya intently, hands clasped in front of him. He debated going up to fly, but instead he just held the compass between his hands, pointed at the source.The elation was shocked out of him by the sudden yelling and he took a deep breath, seeming to curl in on himself.

"Oh, please! I'm sorry, are we really not allowed? I... I lost something; it floated away and so my friends said they'd get it for me because I'm not as strong a flyer as they are." Aadhira looked at the security guard pleadingly, blue eyes wide and shining. "He will be right back down - won't it be okay? Please." Aadhira was glad Iorek had possessed the forethought to take a jar along with him; there was no way now that the jar could be passed up to him without drawing more suspicion.

Justin took his cue and stepped forward, a comforting hand on Aadhira's shoulder. He hadn't quite seen this before, but he would roll with it. "I apologize; this is my charge and the thing in question is very dear to him. I'm sure they'll be back down shortly. I understand if it's a policy, but..." At that moment, Aadhira let out a shuddering sigh, as if he couldn't possibly contain his sadness over losing the 'thing'. Justin hoped Zeke would just go with it.

The two raevans up in the rafters better be damn quick about bottling it, he thought.

Iorek could hear someone shouting from below but now was not the time to listen. It was time to take a risk!

"Don't be silly, we won't get arrested. We're doing a good thing! They'll thank us when we're through." Reks laughed and searched for where the essence was. If this wasn't a recovery mission Iorek probably would have been content to just let the fel essence thrive. Sure Kyou wouldn't have his collection back...but would it be so bad to just let it keep bringing happiness here at the station? It could bring an awful lot of good here judging by how content people seemed to be.

Too bad they had work to do and he couldn't let down the Lab.

Luckily a little glint caught his eye. It cut through the dark and dreariness of the subway station ceiling beams.

"Gotcha!"

Iorek drew slowly upon it, being ever so cautious incase it would zoom off. When he was right beside it he had a much better view of it and goodness it was adorable! A cute little cloud just floating lazily about. Iorek grinned widely and held back a sound that would probably have been a squeal of glee. It was radiant! He had found their first missing fel essence! Maybe he was still capable of helping people out?

The rumbling sound of a train luckily brought Reks out of his happy daze. Now was not the time to dawdle! Quickly Iorek hurried open the jar, scooped the cloud into it, and popped the stopper in without another thought.

Phew! Thank goodness he caught it in time. Iorek couldn't let it get hit by the train! Although...if it was hit...it would break off into tinier clouds and everyone could take a piece of it home with them....

Iorek had to shake himself out of that thought and flew back in the direction he came in with the jar tucked securely against his chest.

"Got it!" He shouted to Anya over the noise as he passed her and headed down to where the group was.

"Safe and sound." Reks tucked the jar into his shirt before he made it back in view of the rent-a-cop. He still hid behind the clump of guys as they waited for Anya to descend. "Sorry sir, we'll uh, be going now. Have a wonderful day! Let's go guys." As good as Iorek's hearing was, he had no clue what they may have been saying to security. So...best to head out ASAP.

The security's eyes looked up when the darker skinned Raevan mentioned about losing something up there. Even squinting, he don't see anything, only Iorek creeping nearer to the area right above the tracks. Which is dangerous. "COME BACK DOWN HERE NOW OR WE'RE CALLING THE POLICE!!" He nearly had a heart attack when the train did came in at that very moment. He had pulled out his stun gun but realized that shooting Iorek might make him fall onto the train.

Thankfully, both Raevans came back down at that very moment. Seeing that they are back down onto the platform, the security guard seemed to pacify a little as he holster back his stun gun. His eye searched Iorek carefully for whatever trinket he was retrieving back though, but not seeing any. "I ought to give you guys some sort of ticket for trespassing, but I'm going to let you go this time. Now scram before I change my mind!"

The security watched with his hands on his waist as the group followed the crowd out of the station, which is on the other end of the platform from where they came in from.

As if karma was playing a joke on them though, when they got back to Justin's car, there is a ticket on the windshield. As with the cars parked in front of and behind them. There is a reason there wasn't a sign or parking meter along this row, because it's not a parking area.

On the bright side, at least they got out unscathed from the train station?

(( Roll for a new location

[1] Shopping Mall
[2] Apartment building
[3] Police station
[4] Old shady downtown area
[5] Junk Yard

Also the GM had now shuffle into the new posting order. Ravina will go next, and the GM will post after Sembu's post. ))

Iorek just smiled and waved from then on once he touched back down to earth. It was best to just let the guard yell and boot them out than to defend their actions since they were all set with the train station. Hip hip hooray they had found their first fel essence!

And the little group even got to see a smile come out of it from Anya. And then she was even laughing! What a sight to behold. Pretty job all around around.

Til they saw the ticket. Yikes.

"You should be good. The lab can handle it. Now, where to next?"

They all huddled around the compass, loaded up into the car, and headed off in the direction it was pointing. Before they knew it they were sitting pretty outside the police station. At least this time they had some actual parking spots right off the bat.

"Oh....oh bother..." Iorek grimaced as he got out of the squished car and looked over the building. Here they just got away from the rent-a-cop and now they get to hang out with more cops....lovely.

"Best to put this away then." The gargoyle hadn't even noticed he was still holding onto the Fel Essence until now. He had showed it off to everyone in the car but had yet to actually let it go. It was just so cute floating lazily in the jar. Plus Iorek capturing the cloud was a much needed accomplishment for him. It had been so long since he had some good luck a part of him just didn't want to put it down. Ah well. Reks gave it one last pat and tucked it into the backpack.

Stretching out his stiff arms Iorek looked back at the rag-tag crew. "You all ready? Long as we're nice and polite hopefully we should be good."

The parking lot of the police station is pretty big, as is the police station building itself. About 60 cars could be parked in the squarish parking lot, which is just a huge open air area with small trees dotting the edges. There are about 15 police cars parked near or against the police building itself. And the other 20 or so cars were visitors of the police station. The parking lot is actually devoid of people at the moment, as all the police officers are inside.

Oddly enough, when they reached the area of the town where the police station is, the sky had darken a little bit, like it was about to rain. Faint sound of thunder could be heard above them.

If Anya would look closely at the petri dish, she would see that the needle is pointing upwards again. Well, as best as it could point upwards anyway due to the limited space inside. There is nothing above them aside from the sky, and the dark clouds gathering around the area. Strangely enough it wasn't especially windy, given the type of weather it is seemingly turning into.

Iorek drew back into the group after a good stretch and leaned in to check out the petri dish. "Oh! Thanks Aadi! I try." He chuckled and flushed at the sweet compliment. He was pretty proud of his ability to fly about. All part of training! It was always best to have strength and agility.

Glancing at the little arrow Reks arched a brow. Up? Again? Based on the stormy scene they were now in this had to be all relevant to the fel essence. So maybe they wouldn't have to rumble with cops but with the weather? Eh...probably for the best.

"So....it's up there?" Reks looked up at the dark sky. Hopefully this wouldn't be too dangerous.

"Looks like we'll have to fly up there again. Probably best to grab a vial or a jar and head on up. I guess it's the raevans again. Sorry guys." Reks looked between Aadi and Anya. Anya wasn't the best of flyers and there probably wasn't much to grab onto up there. Aadhira he wasn't exactly sure about but his wings looked sturdier than the spiders. Either way, he'd offer help when the time came to that if his raevan buds needed it.

(( If I roll under 5, I'll hit one of the Raevans. 20-30 I'll hit one of the cars below, with 30 being Justin's car. ))

As the Raevans began to ascend, something descended in a flash. It was like this bright white laser shooting out of the sky. In a bright flash, a straight lightning struck the ground behind the car in front of Justin and Zeke, just missing the car by a few inches. Thankfully, it did not activate the car's alarm. A thundering noise was heard above them a second later, as the cloud above began to glow once more, seemingly ready to strike again.

(( Roll a random number between 1 - 30. You need a number 1 to catch the lightning. Only roll if your character is holding an opened vial or jar. Stop posting and wait for the GM's post when you have rolled the number. ))