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“Alright, we’ll meet you there,” Neko said as he watched Blade run off. Brow quirked he was beginning to wonder what his own mind was thinking. Now wasn’t the time to be off having fun while they were on the run, but at the same time the thrill that this game might entail was too overwhelming to resist. “Come on, Ri-” Neko looked to his side to find that Riyo was not where he had left her, or at least seen her last. Two minutes into his babysitting gig and he had already lost her, was the first things that came to mind.

It was then that his eyes fell upon Riyo in her current spot a few steps back. She seemed to be focused on a child and their mother as they went walking passed and she seemed to be mumbling something under her breath. Neko’s short ears gave a bit of a twitch trying to pick up what she was saying but his hearing wasn’t as great with these modified ears.

“Riyo?” Turning fully toward her he cocked his head to the side in a questioning manner. “Are you ready to go?” They would easily be able to walk out in the open with no problems, but he would need Riyo to stay close if she was going to come along. He was fairly certain she still shouldn’t be up and about but perhaps she had some sort of regenerative ability like himself? “I need you to stay close alright?”

Nodding to the two, Blade was just about to walk on down the stairs but he paused once again as he noticed Riyo acting like something was bothering her somewhat. He watched her and Neko for a moment though it seemed that everything was alright.

"Don't get in trouble on the way there."

Not wanting to take much more time, as it would take him a little longer to reach their destination, the thief headed down the stairs and towards the door. From there he carefully exited the inn and moved to the designated ally. It seemed that the guards had moved on from this area, but that was no reason to relax.

Mitsu shook her head as Hitsu asked her a question. "N..no. I just found these cards, they look interesting." She went back to studying them for the time, still curious as to why they were blank.

Mitsu’s eyes grew wide as a picture bled through the card in her hand. What once was blank now held the picture of a horned creature and scripted letters read ‘The Devil’ at the bottom. Though for some reason the picture had appeared upside down so Mitsu had to turn it over to see it clearly. When the fox came up behind her and spoke up it seemed to startle her out of her trance and fascination with the magic of the cards in her hands making her nearly drop them to the floor.

Clutching the cards closely thinking she was in trouble Mitsu turned her crimson gaze up toward the shopkeeper, a nervous smile quirking the corners of her mouth. “S…sorry.” She held out the two cards in her hand, the devil on top and the second one below it still mysteriously blank. “Um, y…yes?” Mitsu wasn’t sure how to answer as she looked to Hitsu for support. Normally she was not asked to make decisions even when they regarded her.

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Neko gave a nod to Riyo and gave her a quick pat on the head. “We’ll then, let’s be off.” From there they left the Inn as if all were normal. Neko checking back to make sure that Riyo was still with him. Following the thief’s directions they weaved their way through town until they found themselves at their destination. The tower. It seemed fairly well guarded from the front, but as night was falling fast cover of darkness was about to be on their side.

“Come on Riyo.” Neko gestured with his hand to follow as he made his way to the ally that had been designated as their meeting spot. He wanted to have a good time but at the same time he wanted to get back soon before he was missed.

"Nyuu!~" She replied to Neko's statement and followed behind him as closely as she possibly could. Wow, this place was huge! It was like a giant maze of people and buildings. Unkind people, apparently, since she'd gotten her fair share of pushes on the way. She'd occasionally take her eyes off Neko and glance around into the crowd of people. So many of them... So many interesting scents. So many... Strange people.

Riyo automatically stopped as she saw the tower. "Nyuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." It was so... BIG. How in the world did people make this? Maybe! They have a giant hiding around here somewhere and he put the top bricks up there. That must've been it! Another mystery solved by the great Riyo. Hohoho, she was a genius. Though, Mrs. Genius got a little dizzy from staring up at the tower like that. She shook it off and looked over at where her name had been called. She trotted over to the alley and peeked in. Ooooh, a dark place. Perhaps they'd adventure here? Maybe there was a cave down that way? What a place this would be for a cave!

“Glad to see you could join us,” Neko nodded as he too turned his attention to the tower. A few possibilities ran through his mind but one seemed to stick out more than the rest. “That guard that happened to enter the Inn, do you by chance know his position maybe his name?” He wasted little time to formulate a plan in his mind, one that would use the one skill he had mastered, shape shifting. As long was whatever he was trying to mimic was around his own size give or take a little he would have no trouble, and the thought of sneaking in right under the noses of authority seemed to perk an interest in him.

Hanse smirked lightly at the shopkeeper's plight, and then used to his tail to swipe a clear path around him before making his way to the exit of his pitiful shop. He turned slightly before leaving, looking over his shoulder at the three girls, lingering over each of them for a moment, committing their appearance to memory before stepping out of the shop.
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Skye was taken aback, slightly. He blinked a few times, and leaned in a little as well. "I didn't realize it was viewed as such..." He tilted his head down as he then leaned back his chair. "Our views on the planet and its resources are vastly different..." His hand moved itself to his chin as he began to think partially outloud. "We must reduce our consumptions... convince the corporations..." His brow furrowed as if trying to develop a crafty plan to take over the world.

Not expecting the transformation, Blade watched Neko shape shift into the guard that had shown up at the inn earlier that day. Impressed with this, the thief grinned as the face Neko now had matched the person known as Lieutenant Hartril.

"Nice..." he murmured.

A disguise of some sort to enter the building was an idea he had at first, but there was the problem of having to aquire the armor and such first. This was much better than he had in mind.

"Though... what about Riyo? Is she playing the part of prisoner as well? We.. could say she... was an accomplice of mine..."

The only issue he found with that was the fact that he had done most of his work alone. Then again, he could have had people helping him in secret ways or something along those lines.