ic Star Meets Star (IC)

[Poncho]

(Golden Star)

 

Michael smiled and had the good nature to look at least a little embarassed at being complimented that way. He didn't think his contributions were anything to write home about, but he was willing to take them on for now and wasn't going to get into a back and forth over who had been the most helpful; sometimes you had to just take the compliments.

 

"Thank you, Shooting, Officer Morris." he offered a little wave. 

 

"As for who owns this...well, I'm not sure. But it seems like it might not be someone whose fully on the 'up and up', so to speak, if they were willing to hire dangerous mercenaries to get it back; ones that won't even say who hired them. My assumption is people like that are quite expensive to purchase."

[Kaede Kimura]

Shooting Star 

 

Alice gave Golden Star an encouraging pat on the back at his thanks. She genuinely meant it when she had said he had done well.

 

She too shrugged helplessly at the question of who the owner of the axe was, chuckling as Golden Star mentioned that it was probably expensive to hire super mercenaries. "I dunno, given how many supers there are in Freedom I'm sure the wages for mercs have been pushed down due to competition. Pretty sure there are more of them than supermarket cashiers."

 

Officer Morris grinned slightly, "It gets pretty expensive once you get past the supers whose power is to be strong enough to tear a phone book in half." He shook his head amusedly. "Well, we'll get a couple pictures of the axe. You can feel free to strike heroic poses with it, chances are we'll have the proper owner turning up within a quarter hour of the pictures entering our systems. Somehow they always know."

[Poncho]

(Golden Star)

 

"Ah...no...I don't really want to touch that thing again." Michael said seriously, looking at the axe in concern. "It's...no. I don't like that thing. I would be careful with it." he mumbled. He was clearly uncomfortable about the idea of even touching that thing again, much less striking any kind of pose with it. "I'd put it in a case somewhere and definitely make sure it's not touched. I really don't want to deal with it anymore if I don't have to."

He looked at Shooting Star, who hadn't touched the Axe and offered a little shrug. He couldn't really explain it better than that, and he definitely didn't seem to suggest she should touch it and find out.

"Er...you can, if you want to. I'm okay." he said finally, controlling his composure a little. Maybe he was overreacting? Or maybe he was just mentally weak, and Shooting Star wouldn't have issues with it.

[Kaede Kimura]

Shooting Star 

 

Alice wasn't going to second guess Golden Star's opinion on the obviously abnormal axe. If he thought people shouldn't touch it then she would follow that. "I'm alright, I trust your opinion. No one touches the axe unnecessarily."

 

Officer Morris nodded, waving over one of the people taking pictures of the scene. "Was there anything else that we might need to know? Also we're you wanting to hang around in case the real owner shows up or did you want to be on your way?"

 

Alice didn't particularly mind. If she had been alone she would hang around, but this was specifically a patrol with Golden Star as a mentor, so she turned to him. "What do you think, hang around or head back to the patrol?"

Edited Sunday at 11:54 PM by Kaede Kimura

[Poncho]

(Golden Star Post)

 

Michael was quite for a moment to think about it; he was always willing to stop and think about what he thought would be the correct thing to do, and he was willing to use his super-speed enhanced brain power to consider his options. He put more brain power and thinking into this then you would expect, considering his options before responding.

 

"...To tell the truth, while it may be more appropriate to return to patrol, as there's always new issues going on, I feel like in this case we're not really finished this investigation." he finally decided. "At the very least, even if we assume that all of this is on the up and up and our criminal bounty hunters, so to speak, were overstating this man's dark side, I don't think there's anything wrong with personally making sure that the axe gets back to his hands for certain; I think that's the right thing to do, to be honest. We can always continue our patrol after being assured that the axe has been returned to it's rightful owner."

[Kaede Kimura]

GM

 

So decided the pair of heroes waited while pictures were taken of the axe and the rest of the crime scene. Rage and Ruin were loaded into the back of a cruiser while Officer Morris made small talk.

 

Just under a quarter of an hour later a sleek black sedan with a stylized wolf's head painted on the side doors rounded the corner. Just below the logo was written 'WOLF TECHNOLOGY'. The car stopped just before the police cordon and a harried looking young woman in a lightly rumpled white dress shirt, black pencil skirt and low heels stepped out. She adjusted her glasses for a moment before beginning to speak animatedly to the police at the edge of the scene, pointing repeatedly to her phone. After a few moments the officers let her approach the heroes.

 

"Hi," She sounded slightly out of breath as she spoke, "I'm Marianne, with Wolf Tech. How did you two find the axe? Wait, superhero business, shouldn't ask. Uhm, thank you for your service to the city." She looks nervous to be talking to a pair of superheroes, especially since the pair of Stars stand over a head taller than her even with her heels.