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It seemed like a good time to be out for a walk given that the rain from earlier had finally let up, leaving behind snippets of sun and a breeze that whilst brisk wasn't too chilling.

Aaliyah was one of those making the most of the let up in the weather as she stood close to one of the many partially constructed buildings.

She was waiting for Jane, one hand tucked into her jacket, the other on her smartphone as she absently paged through the local newspaper, before flicking to messages, dark eyes absently scanning through the most recent ones.

There was one from her mother asking her to 'please remember to pick up eggs' and another with a link to a craft market event happening in a few weeks. Neither was anything that required her direct attention however, although she did ping back a quick response to her mother promising to grab the eggs on her way home later on in the day.

She glanced back at the clock, although she wasn't particular fussed - after all she was a little early.

In order to take the city back, Damien figured it made the more sense to try to map out the area and become familiar with it. Figure out which buildings were new, figure out what was old. Figure out who stayed in certain areas.

Perhaps see if he could come across anything suspicious.

Damien did his best to make sure he wasn't also suspicious, though, leaning his back against a nearby building, not under construction, as he scrolled through his phone. On occasion, he'd lift it, snap a few pictures, and tuck it back into his pocket, before surveying the environment again.

His eyes caught an androgynous woman moving to meet up with another woman, asking something of the other woman when she walked up to her. They were probably meeting up. It was nothing too suspicious, at least, though he did take note of them in his mind, as he took note of everything else. If they were locals here, perhaps he could track them to figure out where a lot of the locals seemed to gather themselves.

He took out his phone once more.

Jane returned her friend's smile, "That's good to hear. The train was running later then I wanted so I wasn't too sure." The tall girl glanced at her phone before eyeing the construction around them. "They really are dragging their feet on these aren't they?" Her comment was mostly just in passing, no special meaning behind it, even though they were actually the perfect place for them to train in the dead of the night.

"Oh thats great," They had their own little code for talking in public. Jane knew quite well that 'book suggestions' was gossip and other things that they as senshi needed to look into. "I've got to show you the pictures I took the other day! There are some really great shots," basically she got pictures of places that they were interested in. Kind of like reconnaissance pictures. It was all MI6 and stuff! If screwing up wasn't so fatal it would almost be fun.

Blue eyes took in the surrounding crowd, completely skipping over the people who just seemed to be chilling including one particular stranger who was playing on his phone. "Sure, I've got the rest of the day free." Jane started to slowly stroll down the sidewalk only to pause for a second and turn back to Ali. "Oh hey, you want to head over to Alice's Tea House? I haven't eaten yet so grabbing a bite would be welcome." Jane leaned a bit closer and added, "Besides the boys at school swear there is something fishy over there. I think its a ploy to get a girl to go with them but it should be amusing to see if they are right."

Aaliyah glanced over to what had caught Jane's attention, her smile turning into a rueful laugh as she caught sight of the 'in progress' construction works "True, but you know how it is with these projects - they always seem to overrun." And if truth be told the overruns worked in their favour - well at least in the favour of their powered counterparts.

"Must be all the tea breaks," her words were mildly sarcastic.

"And yes I'd love to look over your snaps - you've got a good eye for it" code speak for 'it would be useful to look over what could potentially be their next target'.

She nodded at the suggestion that they head to the tea house "Sure, I'm up for that - Alice does great teas, even though I wish she served them a little less hot" Her inability to drink hot tea was sort of a standing joke between them.

An green eyebrow rose at her friend's mention of 'something fishy' "Oh? I mean I sort of heard something about strange things too" her nose wrinkled slightly as she walked next to her friend "But the people who mentioned it were the same people who swore that the post office was haunted."

Dark eyes glanced up at blue as she continued "Do you think there's something to it? I mean we go to different schools."

They seemed to be coming closer to him. A convenient direction for them to take, for sure. Damien glanced up from his phone for a moment as they drifted close, but rolled his eyes back down to his phone when they were just about on top of him.

Part of eavesdropping was appearing innocuous, after all.

The more they talked, the more it seemed like that they did not believe there was anything to this 'Tea House' rumour, talking about boys and how boys were just trying to prank women. Typical teenager talk, really. At the thought, Damien chuckled to himself, quiet but likely loud enough to be noticed, especially when the more butch-looking woman asked what the point of boys was, anyway.

Definitely quite typical teenager talk.

Perhaps this was a way to worm himself into their conversation?

Lifting his eyes from his phone, he remarked, bluntly, with an amused grin on his face, "At the basics, boys exist so the human race continues." His accent probably was not the most British the two women had ever heard, but he was affecting the accent he heard when he was younger from his grandmother and his grandfather. Overall, it sounded like he had probably adopted a softer accent over time, perhaps from living in a more metropolitan area.

At the interruption of their conversation Jane gaped for a second before her blue eyes narrowed and she took a step in front of her friend, shielding her from the strange guy. "Three things wrong," The girl held up three fingers, her first two fingers and her thumb, and began to count them down. "First this a private conversation so go back to where ever you came from." Her thumb went down, "Second pretty sure science has proven a guy actually isn't necessary at all, not even for your dna." Her pointer finger went down and she turned her hand around so she was just flashing the guy her middle finger, "And third... ******** off."

With that she gently guided her friend forward, hurrying them past the stranger who thought it was a good idea to approach two women who were minding their own business. "Come on, lets get out of here." She kept herself between Ali and the guy, shooting him daggers as she glanced back. Ugh, boys really were gross!

Dark eyes looked slightly embarrassed as Jane stepped in front of her, a part of her feeling a little sorry for the stranger as from experience that was usually a precursor to a Jane tirade–

At least right up until the point where he grinned - well more liked smirked, Ali's eyes narrowing as she huffed, letting her friend tug her past and away from him.

Jane was right, guys really were more trouble than they were worth most times–

And to think that she had felt the tiniest bit sorry for him.