Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20180122052038/@comment-25389303-20180216184959

"Uh huh," Raiden replied quietly, only half-listening as his eyes scanned the map one last time for more clues. Nothing more jumped out at him, but maybe there was a geographical pattern as well? He'd have to examine the sequence of robberies later.

He hurried to collect his things as he noticed Lustra abruptly leave the room, walking briskly to catch up with her. At the mentioning of his suitcase, though, he could almost feel his train of thought derailing in his mind.

"Oh! Uh...that's a difficult..." Raiden stumbled awkwardly over his words as he tried to think up a hurried excuse. Normally he would have one ready for a situation like this, but he was obviously out of practice. The reality was the case held the mechanical puppet Flayyer. A freakish abomination of machinery and clockwork that he had been forbidden from carrying around in daylight - a unique condition insisted on by Professor Ozpin himself upon his enrollment at Beacon Academy. Raiden hated having his sanity questioned whenever he introduced his metal companion, so despite not feeling whole without the puppet by his side he chose to keep it locked away from prying eyes. Out of sight, and out of mind.

He was saved from having to think up an answer due to Nozomi's timely arrival, but was disheartened somewhat by the look of dismay she was trying to conceal.

"Not much from forensics, no," Raiden replied. "Our thief is certainly skilled at his craft, and has access to good equipment. Luckily for us the amount of places he's hit has narrowed down the list of potential targets, though."

He glanced at Lustra. "Lustra suggested we focus on figuring out where he'll hit next, and I'm tempted to agree."