Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20151107020221/@comment-26362067-20151125051230

Ravelyn was roaming the streets when she literally stumbled upon a police line. A couple officers holding the tape line went sprawling to the ground.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't see you guys," she said apologetically, though her face never changed expression. The officers stood up, dusting off their shoulders.

"It's okay, miss. Just stay behind the line, we have a situation here," one said, as they picked up the police tape again to make a perimeter. Ravelyn nodded, backing up a few steps before melting in with the gathering crowd.

I gotta find out what's going on, she thought. ''I'm a Huntress, a Pilgrim, and the Yatagarasu. None of those occupations would allow criminals to get away.'' With that thought, Ravelyn ran off to call the rocket launcher Beacon was lending her, like they were lending one to all of the students from the other academies. She was going to do things her way--alone and (hopefully) anonymously.

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(A Little Later...)

Ravelyn dashed across the rooftops, not wasting a second in getting back to the scene. Watching from a nearby roof, it looked like the police were at a standstill.

Wait... Who are they? Ravelyn grabbed her binoculars, thankful she'd thought to bring them, and zooming in on the non-officers. Hm... Is that the Black Order Battallion? she wondered, spotting a small crest on one person's outfit. ''Has to be. What are they doing here? Maybe this building has to do with them.''

Ravelyn took a look around with her binoculars. Spotting movement on the opposite side of the building, she zoomed in. No way... the vigilante thought, almost dropping the binoculars in disbelief, though her face showed nothing. ''Kidnappers... And that looks like the same gray van from last night...''

Sure enough, men were sneaking out the back door of the building, dragging kids along with them and shoving them into a gray van that looked eerily similar to the one Ravelyn had encountered last night. Shifting her gaze to the front again, she saw that the police and the BOB had no idea what was going on, before noticing a sign above the door. So this is an orphanage, Ravelyn realized. ''These criminals' goal must have been kidnapping in the first place. I can't let them get away with it.''

Stowing the binoculars, Ravelyn made her way to the other side of the roof, taking out Enshi and notching a Fire Dust arrow, hoping the trail of flames it left behind would be noticed by the police. At the very least, they'd hear the small explosion as it went off. She wouldn't aim for the van or the kidnappers directly, as that would hurt the children. Rather, she aimed for the section of ground about 10 feet away, then fired.

The arrow wasn't visible, but the flickering flame trail was. A couple of the kidnappers, and the kids, looked up, curious. A moment later, a small explosion blew a hole in the asphalt about ten feet away from them. The kids screamed, as did the onlookers, while the kidnappers panicked.

Having done her job, Ravelyn sank back down as the police sent men to find out what was going on. She would watch for a little while longer, then leave. By the time the police figured out that an arrow had been fired, and where it had come from, she would be long gone.

"IIIRIIIS!" The cry broke her concentration, making Ravelyn take out her binoculars again to see a boy dashing through the police line...

(Not sure if Beacon would actually lend rocket launchers to the incoming students, but then, it doesn't make much sense if they don't. And on another note, Ravelyn doesn't have much respect for the police, thinking they're basically blundering idiots cause of all the criminals that have been right under their noses--the ones  she  finds out and informs the police of. Anyway, time for Sandi's entrance! :D )

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No... No, no, no! "IRIS!" Sandi shouted again, running to the site of the explosion, past stunned police and onlookers. He'd been on his way to pick her up when he heard the live news.

"Brother!" Faint, but there.

"Iris!" I can't lose her... Not after... Unbidden memories surfaced, filling his mind with the sights of the bloodied Dust shop his parents had run. Their bodies... A younger Iris, completely innocent, telling them to wake up, not comprehending the fact they were gone... No! I can't think of this now! Sandi berated himself.

Suddenly, he collided with someone. Instinct took over, and the Huntsman-in-training grabbed the person and threw him/her into a wall. Hard.

"IRIS!" he shouted again.

"Brother!" Close, so very close... But the smoke from the explosion wasn't clearing anytime soon, and he started to cough a little.

Then an engine started up, and he heard thunks as doors closed, before hearing the vehicle speed off.

"IIIIRIIIIS!" Sandi's cry was loud enough to wake a neighborhood, but no one answered. He fell to his knees, coughing and sobbing at the same time, and huddled up against a nearby wall. He didn't pay any attention as the police came by to pick up the man he'd taken out. All that mattered was that Iris was gone.

(Well, this is gonna be fun. :D To explain on the explosion: it's not that big, about a foot or two in diameter. So neither the kids nor kidnappers took any real damage, except maybe a little smoke-inhalation.)