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[perfectsymmetry]

[Since the big April Fool's Day reveal, Crowe has been in a pretty rotten mood. Most of the time, he just goes to school, not really talking to anyone or paying attention, and going as far as to avoid people completely. During the whole debacle he was killed twice, and he shot two people as well - one of those being his "father" who had also gunned him down outside the highway diner. To make matters worse, our intrepid wannabe investigator pushed himself so hard to find clues or be of any help, and completely failed to find anything. On top of that, the whole thing was a ruse anyway, and now Crowe feels like there's nothing anyone can ever do to get ahead in this town. Clues and information cannot be trusted since Mayfield can so easily manipulate everyone in town. He feels more useless than ever.

Fine then, he thinks. If this is the case, he might as well stick to what he's good at, or at least what he knows. He doesn't consider him to be a good thief, but he's better at it than he thinks...]


[Crowe's up to a lot the next few days. You'll find him:

A) Skipping classes and curiously lingering in the lunch rooms and hallways of Mayfield High. He hasn't practiced pickpocketing in ages, and wants to get back into the habit. Although rusty, he's good at it. He'll be aiming for drones, students and teachers alike, but outright avoiding friends. He won't be going for anything too big, just watches, wallets, easily accessed jewelry, things like that. Of course, with all the new people incoming recently, he might not realize you're a drone, and today you might be missing something from your pocket or schoolbag.

After classes, he'll be out on a parkbench sorting through what he has, mostly looking uninterested in it... unless he happened to find something valuable or different. He's making no effort to hide this, either. Feel free to approach.

B) At the rec center, giving the boxing equipement one hell of a beating. Thanks to constant practice, he's actually getting pretty good, but he looks pretty exhausted. He uses a strange combination of tawkwondo moves and out and out vicious street brawling. Sparring partners, anyone?

C) Sitting up in a tree in the park, reading a novel. A white tomcat lounges with him. The trees are only budding, so he can be seen easily up there. Now that the weather's warming up again, this is where he spends any free time he manages to find. Occasionally he stops to look at and fiddle with a small metal pendant on a chain he's using as a bookmark. Strange for someone so young to look nostalgic, but that's the only way to describe the look he's giving it.

Comments

C

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[Ruri peers up at the boy from the ground with a curious look]

"How is the book?"

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He looks down at her, but stays in the tree.] Gets better every time I read it.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Is it your only book?"

A!

[seetails.livejournal.com]

[ she's not one to pry -- but her good sense of justice just pings her to find out if someone's doing something wrong. so. here she is. ]

What are you doing?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[You've caught him just after he deftly pulls a wallet from a drone's open bag. He frowns for a moment, not happy to be caught, but he shrugs.]

Practicing.

[seetails.livejournal.com]

Practicing what exactly?

A - at the park

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

[Here's Yuna, running all over the place in a panic looking for... well, something. She's hurrying along through the park, talking to herself as she empties and re-empties her pockets and backpack.]

Oh man, this is bad! How could I lose it? I just got it back! Aaaahhhh, Negi-sensei is going to be so mad at me!

[It shouldn't be too hard for Crowe to piece together what she's missing, though, as he will find a small playing card (http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp10/yoda_and_jubjub/Pactio/YuunaMangaPactio.png) with the girl's likeness on it among the things he's looking through.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe looks the card over. That actually is pretty interesting. He doesn't really have an interest in keeping the things he took, and though he's sure it's owner is going to chew him out for stealing it, he'll return it. Crowe calls to Yuna.]

Excuse me. Over here.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Huh? What is it? I'm sort of looking for something...

[She hasn't seen that he's holding it just yet.]

C

[caaats.livejournal.com]

Ah--he really seems to like you.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He looks down at the stranger. Ah, he must mean his cat. Crowe smiles a little. ]

Yeah. But he likes anyone who feeds him, I think.

B!

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Ken's just heading in for one of his own work outs. He's been getting soft lately and he doesn't want Miakis to continue to be able to kick his ass.]

Ah? Oh! Hey Crowe!

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe stops for a moment to catch his breath, and gives Ken a little wave.]

Hey there.

A

[alexanderofny.livejournal.com]

<sub>[A wild teacher's hand appears as you're trying to reach into that teacher's pocket!

Teacher's hand uses "firmly clasps around Crowe's wrist"!]</sub>

[not even looking at him] Do you really think that's wise?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Well that was unexpected. It also really bugs him when he gets caught. Is he really that rusty?]

....If it matters, I wasn't plan to keep anything.

B. A NEW CHALLENGER APPEARS. *the guile music plays*

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

[A tremendous fellow in a white bodyglove with a black wolf's head emblem on the breast steps over to Crowe.]

You in need of a human target for a while?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah, hello Garviel. Um, sure. It gets repetitive just using the bags after awhile.

B

[chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com]

[Perhaps noticing Crowe acting odd all day, chaos will follow him down to the rec center, and sit to watch him train for a time. During one of the probable lulls in activity, he'll finally talk.]

So you know how to fight, hm?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe would have noticed he had a watcher, and felt a bit self-conscious on having an audience.]

Ah. Yeah, I do now.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana is hanging from a nearby branch, smirking at you.]

What have you got there?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh, hi there. Ah, just a novel. [He holds it up. It's Agatha Christie.]

A.

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

[After Crowe brushes past Edward, the man in green stops in his tracks. He sounds stern.]

Mr. Crowe.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe freezes in his tracks and mutters something quick under his breath. He doesn't turn around.]

Ah. Yes?

[grand-theft-moe.livejournal.com]

[She's going to watch you pick those pockets. Oh yes. She sees you.]

It works better if you engage a different action script first.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Sorry, he's too annoyed by the fact that someone caught him again.]

You saw that?