Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20180122052038/@comment-25389303-20180123114145

Raiden shook her hand and nodded. "Sounds good to me."

The three left the main investigative branch of the precinct and took a short elevator ride up to one of the higher floors, where the more senior members of the force had their own offices. When the doors opened Raiden saw the door to the Superintendent's studio open and a pair of uniformed officers exit. Following them came a short twig of a man who looked like he had been five days from retirement decades ago.

"Ah, Detective! Perfect timing! Please, come in!"

The old chief ushured the three of them in and closed the door behind them, gesturing at several uncomfortable-looking chairs as he retreated behind his glass desk. Raiden looked at them with a frown, but reluctantly complied.

"It's good to see you again too, Raiden. You know, we really could find a space for you to move your equipment and have you work in headquarters. It really wouldn't be a problem." The old man spoke with a firm voice that belied his years.

"I appreciate the offer, sir, but I prefer to work in the comfort of my own home, if that's all right," Raiden replied with a nod of thanks.

"Suit yourself," Hemingway said with a dismissive wave of his hand, before gesturing to Nozomi and Lustra. "I assume since you arrived together that you have already been introduced to Detective Pr...Nozomi, here, and her assistant?"

Raiden nodded. "I have. From what I've heard before we're lucky to have at least one competent officer here."

"Good, good." He turned to Nozomi. "Detective, this here is Raiden Manikin - the lad's been helping us identify and track down suspects for several months now. He's been a big help."

"Just doing my job, sir," Raiden said, but then frowned. "Which I usually don't do here. May I ask why you have called me here today?"

The Superintendent huffed slightly. "Straight to business as ever, eh? Raiden, you'll be pleased to know that you'll be assisting in a particularly challenging case - one that requires both strong deductive abilities and a keen eye for detail." He turned his attention to Nozomi. "Detective, I'm afraid this task may be quite the challenge, even for you. I need you to track down and arrest a particularly elusive thief this time. I've assigned several of your peers to the task in the past, but none of them have turned up anything of value, much less caught them."

He tapped a few buttons on his desk and a large holographic screen appeared behind his head. "I'll go through what leads we have on the case now, but if you have any questions before I begin, now's the time."