Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20160605231716/@comment-5999656-20160614181649

The foursome slowed, seeing that they were no longer being pursued. However, at the emergence of police presence, they ducked into a side alley to avoid being seen. Maris began patting down the last tendrils of flame, and Fen whipped her Scroll out.

"We were attacked by a member of the Jabberwockys," Fen began. She was pretty riled about the incident now that they were safe. "He was after the Dragon symbols too, but when I tried to get him to come down off the roof and talk to us, he used his concrete manipulation semblance to attack us."

Fen glanced around the corner. They hadn't run very far before he'd had to give up chase, and she had a clear view of the collapsed wall. There was a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. What if there were innocent people who had been crushed under the rubble?

"The police are on the scene now, so we'll need to regroup somewhere else. Got any safe houses nearby?" Fen asked, while Freya handed Maris a bottle of water. Fen continued this next part in a quiet, low voice.

"Once we report this to the HQ, that the Jabberwockys attacked a Dragon operation, it's going to be interpreted as a declaration of war. The gang'll probably all be assassinated within the next week, even sooner if we tell them about how overt the attack was. I don't understand though," Fen said, resuming a normal pitch, "What kinda douchebag asks for information free of charge, info that we don't even have yet, and then attacks when we try to reason with him? And then he levels a building just for show. It goes against everything the Dragons stand for." And true, the biggest limiting factor of the Dragons was their unwillingness to enter the public eye. That was why they aimed for coexistence rather than all-out war. That was why they were on this mission in the first place: to make sure what is supposed to be secret remains secret. An attack in their home city needed to be met with immediate retribution.

Fen took a long, deep breath to calm ourself, before talking into the Scroll again.

"Anyway, we've got what we came here for, the locations of all the emblems. And given the impending destruction of the Jabberwockys, the only thing I'm concerned about is how they'll limit our mobility in the present."