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He was perhaps not in the best of shape, considering he had been going almost nonstop since first hearing about the disappearances. Not...that he had ever enjoyed sleeping in the first place. Still, he had insisted on going with them on this run, and at the commands he gave a salute and silently tapped his headphones to let Zink know he was a short call away before making his way up to the rooftops.

Scheelite scanned the surrounding area, seeing nothing really out of the ordinary. Didn't feel anything either...hrm. Still! He had to stay on the lookout just in case! The blonde captain paced back and forth on the roof, anxious to find out something but knowing that right now this was the best thing he could be doing.

...Still nothing strange. Just Zink and Faya down below scoping out the area. There was a bird over there...but really, how was a bird strange? No Senshi, no -civilians- even. Just them, and the random bird that didn't seem to be doing much.

On he paced, waiting and hoping that the others would find something.

"Could be... " He confirmed, but it could be a lot of things really given it was on the ground. "Ours or theirs I wonder." He mused taking a gloved finger and scrubbing at the spot, tracing the direction of the cast off. He'd have to remember to pick up a book on blood spatter, maybe something in the true crime section would be informative.

He cast around, scowling as though by doing so he could intimidate any small important detail to the foreground, something here had to stick out, SOMETHING must be left behind that even he could read. Think... think, this was no where near as easy as the mystery books would have it, where one found grit and clay that lead you to the last known location of a killer.

This has a high schooler in a boarding school trying to solve a kidnapping with a group of friends while serving in a secret military shadow organization, fighting a war against other high schoolers with magical powers who held ties to alien worlds. Good grades and sharp wit only carried you so far trying to follow events over concrete that were growing older by the moment.

No... He'd have to find another way, a more realistic way to solve this...even if he could find every step they had taken it would eventually be lost to the pedestrian traffic, which, even in the evening could be incredibly heavy.

"Ah..." he said after a heartbeat of a pause as he blinked down at the tiny bird that had made a b-line for his shoulder. "Don't hurt him, but be careful all the same... Scheelite meet the Quail, one of Elision's guardians, rather dangerous with wind when he is so inclined. Very brave too...and rather clever." He nodded slightly remembering Quail's unorthodox defense of his mistress.
"How may we help you Quail... assuming that if you were planning an assault you would have done so?"

He offered a polite arm on the suspicion that the young man-bird might remain as he was, he'd been capable enough of human speech before and there was no reason to assume that he would be incapable now.

The bird blinked for a moment, feathers puffed up in indignation at being held captive in hands of all things. Really, here he was a Guardian of Elysion, and this silly kid felt it was a okay to just grab him mid-flight and hold him captive? The nerve!

Soon enough he had settled down, feathers smoothing back down as he made a move to hop out of Scheelite's flat hands and onto the general's offered arm. Beady eyes shot a single glance at Fayalite before returning it's full attention to Zink. They might not always see eye to eye, but the general was at least polite. It was more than what could be said for the other two present.

"I am just curious..."
The first of Quail's statements was interrupted by a squeal of "HOW CUTEEEEE" from Scheelite. Apparently the blonde was quite pleased with the idea of a tiny talking adorable bird, and rather than be concerned with anyone's safety he was a bit too busy cooing over the tiny guardian. At least until Faya called him shrimpy, which earned her a playful bat and a cry of "heeeey!' in return.

Scheelite distracted, the bird continued on.
"Curious why every night I see you and those aligned with you combing the streets? It doesn't seem to be for the various things I've heard you all go after..." He let that statement hang, not really wiling to talk about death or energy stealing at the moment. "And yet every night I see you all searching. What is it for?"

Fayalite just grinned at the blond as he finally caught on to her rather horrible joke. In reality, he was maybe only a inch or two shorter than she was. Zink on the other hand was a different story...

"I guess." She paused, not trying to intrude but wanting to ask questions as well. "Do you remember seeing anything a few nights ago..around here? Or possibly a area of high senshi activity?" Zink's question was rather broad so she wanted to tack on a few specific questions as well.

"Scheelite..." Zink said with just an edge of warning to his voice.

"We would all appreciate that Quail, would you like to walk with us while I finish surveying the area? Or...ride..."

Actually he was half hoping that the little bird would give them a.... well a 'quail eye view' from flight but that seemed just a bit rude to ask for, after all he was a small bird, and the cross winds in so large a city might be catastrophic.

"Cookie?" That was enough to draw Schee away from the cute bird. The blonde turned on his heels and happily bounded off after Faya, babbling on and on and -on- about cookies and ice cream and how awesome both of these things were.

Bribery worked well on this particular officer.

"Can it be cookie ice cream Faya? That'd be AWESOME."
Within moments he was out of reach of the bird, and Quail visibly relaxed the further away Scheelite went.

"I will help you look tonight." The bird bobbed it's head in a nod, hopping around on Zink's shoulder a moment before fluttering up to his head as a new perch. "Is this where they were taken from? Or was it somewhere else?"