Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20180122052038/@comment-25389303-20180212215643

Raiden's face creased with annoyance at Lustra's suggestion. The idea of giving up on creating a profile didn't sit right with him at all - not at this early stage, at least.

"We need to understand him if we're going to corner him effectively," he replied. "Trying to catch our thief in the act should really be our last resort. But fine! Let's look at the map again."

Raiden walked away for a moment, before returning with his Tome. He connected it to a nearby computer, which projected the holographic heat map Hemingway had sent them earlier along one of the laboratory walls. This time, however, he filtered out the older robberies so that only the relevant ones remained displayed. Of the three-hundred and thirty-two original dots, only twenty-six remained.

"So, these are the break-ins which gave our Data Thief their nickname," Raiden began, in an attempt to explain his thoughts aloud. "The time gaps between robberies are greater than his past ones, probably due to the greater amount of planning involved. From the looks of things, he started out on public corporations with shady business dealings, then moved onto local information brokers, and eventually even shadier private enterprises. I recognise some of the names - a lot of them have links to established crime rings in the city. My guess is our thief is looking for something - or someone - but doesn't know who has the information they need, so they're targeting those that deal in that kind of thing."

Raiden leant back on a nearby table as he stared at the map intently, before eventually turning his gaze to Lustra. "Vale's a big place, though. Luckily, I imagine the Detective will have a much better idea about our thief's next potential target than either of us. We should go meet up with her if we're done here."