Could this day get any weirder [Open] (Read 405 times)

[Nexus Martel]

Nexus walked with his hands in his pockets as he headed down the street letting out a slight sigh. He hadn't been planning on coming out all the way here when he woke u this morning he had just wanted to relax and have himself a semi lazy day. That was the plan at least for the first hour of being up then he found himself bored with that and wanted something to do. He had headed around the guild for a bit but found it close to empty everyone gone and busy with their own things. So he couldn't take it anymore he needed to get out of there and do something or he was going to lose it. At first he had just planned on hanging out at the port a bit and then heading back to the guild, that plan changed rather quickly though.

He wasn't even sure how it all had happened, one minute he was walking along the port next thing he knew he was heading to this town for what. He couldn't believe that he had actually fell for it, thinking about it now it had to be one of the dumbest things to fall for. Really running into some weird old lady that, after you're nice enough to help her, tells you that you are to have a faithful encounter in a large town. To actually leave and go out in search of it, that was just dumb on his part for all he knew the lady could be some crazy. Nexus stopped in the middle of the street standing there an annoyed look on his face as people walked by and moved around him wondering just what his problem was. He moved to lean against the wall of a shop the annoyed look still on his face as he started to watch the people walking by.

One, two, three, all the people walking by and he started to tap his foot a slow pace at first but then faster as he grew more impatient. After a few moment minute of waiting not even sure what it was that he was expecting to happen or what he was even waiting for he couldn't take it any more. He leaped forward from the wall tossing his hands in the air and saying "What the hell was I even thinking coming all the way out here, damn old lady." At that point a few people were staring at him not as if he was a crazy person he could be bothered to care anymore though. He just closed his eyes letting out a sigh and started walking forward feeling something smack right into him. Well it was more him bumping into someone else but he was annoyed and when he opened his eyes to look at the person it should on his face.

[bunji]

What a boring day it was today, Bunji could not believe he was actually out, and about it was sunny today the air was warm, and the weather was just too hot for his taste he felt completely ’Bleh’ as his mind put it. The young red head was walking along in no particular direction, but neither was he looking in that direction he was walking, because his red eyes where completely focused on the blue book he held in his hands. It was a small pocket book, blue hard cover it was the latest erotic novel written by his favorite author whom he still believes is a woman using an alias. This however was an argument he would have with himself on another time, as Bunji read he occasionally glanced up from the pages of the book just enough to memorize the path ahead of him, so he could step side to side avoiding the people in his path. Luckily however the town market place was not as crowded as it normally was so he could walk without any interruptions.

Turning the page of his book, Bunj would suddenly stop moving as his eyes widened, he had stumbled upon an interested chapter in the book. His crimson eyes went down the lines as he continued to read, feeling his curiosity being tugged at with every passing word, oh things where getting good but just as Bunji was about to get to the good part. Well he felt someone bump into him, the resulting collision made Bunji stumble forward dropping his book to his dismay he dropped the book into a puddle of water. There was a long silence as he stood there glancing down at the puddle of water that was being soaked up by the pages of the book. His red eyes widened, slowly reaching for the book Bunji stared at it the wet pages sticking to one another…He slowly tried to turn the page but upon doing so he found himself tearing three pages off…his normally lazy eyes filled with an immense irritation that slowly overcame his being, standing upright Bunji turned with a flaring anger in his eyes.

Pointing a finger at the idiot who had bumped into him, “What gives jackass?! Why can’t you watch where you’re going!?” he asked the man in a loud tone filled with obvious rage.

[Nexus Martel]

As Nexus stared down at the person he tried to calm down a bit, it wasn't like it was the guys fault that Nexus was in a bad mood. That was the first thought until he heard the guy speak that is, it was then that any sympathy that he might have had or was willing to give left him. It was just his luck first he finds himself lured here things to the odd words of some old lady now, it seemed that he was going to have to deal with a temperamental brat that seemed to bark rather loudly. It seemed that he just couldn't win today, ever since his run in with the old lady all his luck had turned from good to bad. Clinching his fist Nexus stared down at the guy as he held his messed up book looking just as annoyed and pissed as Nexus felt.

"Look you Dumbass, you were the one that had his face in a book instead of where he was going. So cut the crap and watch where you are going next time. I don't have the patience to deal with little brats right now." Normally Nexus could have and would have just let this slide, might have even apologized to the guy about messing up his book but not now. At this moment Nexus was to annoyed and pissed off about how his whole say was turning out to think about that. The desire to hit someone, or something was growing within him and if he didn't calm down soon it would be this guy that he ended up taking it out on. Nexus was stare glaring at the guy his fist so tight his knuckles whitened. He needed someone anything to take his mind off of this and to keep him from doing something he really was trying not to do.

it was then that he heard it the sound of music, it seemed someone was sing or preforming nearby. It was that sound that stopped him from acting on the dark feeling that were starting to grow within him. He stood there looking around from side to side for the source of the music almost forgetting about the guy completely. He had taken a step forward starting to head toward the source of the music when his foot landed right into the puddle causing it to splash out a bit at all near it. Nexus looked down noticing the puddle to late as the splash covered the already slightly messed up book in dirty water. Having calmed down a bit now thanks to the music Nexus was able to be more level-headed about this as he turned back to the guy.

Nexus ran his fingers through his hair as he looked at the book, he knew he would have to do something to repay the guy for it even if he didn't really want too. "So...about that book of yours...looks like you'll be needing a new one now."

[bunji]

The guy was tall, Bunji could give him that he was staring up at the guy as he scolded him for making him drop his book. When he was done ranting however, the man would stare down at his book all the while listening to the idiot talk to him. The man’s voice came off as harsh, and clearly annoyed Bunji may have been upset but at the same time he was not completely blind he caught on to the man’s sharp tone it was obvious he was not in a good mood either. Then before their little interaction could go on, the sudden sound of music rang into his ears this made Bunji blink a few times as he stood upright holding his ruined book in his right hand, and his other hand hanging lazily at his side. Turning on his heel he looked in the direction of the melody, the other man was already walking in the direction of the music. Bunji watched silently, a small crowd had gathered around a small group. Bunji could not see what it consisted off, but he was sure that is where the music was coming from before he could look further into the subject however he heard the man speak again.

Crimson eyes glancing over to the man as he spoke, he looked down at the book that was nothing more but a soaked mess now. Torn pages, smeared letters…It was useless, looking back up at the man he stuffed the book into the pocket of his long grey coat. “I guess I will, but I can’t really ask you to get me another. I know a special place that sells these, so no worries” he said speaking in a more calm tone now. Almost as if the melodic music that was flowing into his ears was also having an effect on his personality, with a much calmer demeanor Bunji would let out a yawn as he reached up with his right hand scratching the side of his face. Staring at the man with a very bored expression over his face “…So anyways, aside from the little incident that just hap—“ but before Bunji could make his exit comment, a loud scream echoed suddenly in the distance.

Glancing over with a surprised expression on his face, the crowd dispersed from the singing group that had captivated their attention moments earlier, there on the floor one of the singers a young brunette girl in a yellow dress lay on the floor. “What the hell?” Bunji asked aloud as his eyes searched around to see what had happened, why that girl died all of a sudden, and without any warning. He stared over at the tall guy, “Hey green giant did you see anything?” he asked the man as his eyes soon wandered back to the bloody scene that was made up of the girl now lying in a pool of her own blood.

[Nexus Martel]

Nexus looked over at the completely messed up book and then to the man and started to feel a bit guilty about it all. His previous anger was now fading with the sound of the music and he was starting to come to his senses and think clearly. He knew he should probably offer to get the guy a new book to replace the one that had gotten messed up even it just by accident, but it seemed that he wouldn't even get the chance. The music hadn't only effected nexus and put him in a calming mood but it had done the very same thing for the other man. It seemed that music really could tame the savage beast, no matter what shape of form it came in. The man had said that everything was fine and that he knew of a place where he could find and replace that book. Nexus gave the other male a nod and had turned his attention back to the source of the lovely music.

The crowd that had started to gather had grow even more in those few moments that he and the other male had their exchange. Nexus was by no means a short guy but even he was having a hard time seeing over the gathering crowd now with all the people coming. Nexus was about to start forward for a better look when he heard the other male start to speak again, he turned to give the male his attention but he never got to finish. There was a loud scream as all the people started to flee the scene and all that was left was the girl that had been sing laying in a pool of her own blood. Nexus eyes was glued to the sight even as the other male spoke, he shook his head no to answer him.

"I didn't get the chance to see anything, the crowd was covering it all. So i don't know what happened but I do plan on finding out, you are welcome to join me mini man." With that Nexus started to make his way toward the scene making sure not to step in any of the blood which could possibly ruin a clue. He looked around to try and see if he could spot anything before he asked "Did any of you see what had happened to the girl." Everyone looked around at each other but no one said anything they all just stared to the side or pass him. Nexus sighed as he looked around, it seemed no one wanted to talk but whoever was behind this wouldn't have had the chance to get far. Nexus turned to look at the other male "It's at least a safe bet that the person that did this is still close by, so be on guard."

[bunji]

’Mini man?’ Bunji thought to himself silently as the man told him to join him, he stared at the guy with a blunt expression where did he get off calling him names. With a shake of the head Bunji slowly walked over to the crime scene, hands stuffed in his pocket, and crimson eyes looking side to side as he tried to spot anyone suspicious amongst the crowd. He was in hurry to get near a crime scene, he stopped just a few short feet from the dead corpse his eyes looking down at her with a few blinks he would look away. His eyes would again scan the surrounding area, being a member of Raven Tail well Bunji was not exactly the straightest arrow, he was a career criminal after all. The man asked if anyone had seen anything, but people just weren’t going to fess up to stabbing some girl in the middle of a performance. Bunji had to admit he didn’t believe that no one saw anything, they were all staring at the girl sing, how could they not….

That’s when it hit him, walking over to the girl who was face down he would use his right foot to dig under her side, and then push over to her back. The lifeless body easily flopped over, blood having stained her entire front Bunji stared down with a very calm expression on his face, while the few people who still lingered to watch the scene seemed to cringe, and some look away from the corpse. Her wound was no exposed, Bunji stared at it for a minute or so then looked back to the tall guy, “Alright jumbo size, it seems this that this wasn’t done with a physical weapon…Hence why these people didn’t see anything” he said as he let out a yawn. Reaching up he covered his mouth, he was starting to feel the laziness crawl its way into him, this was bad he would soon lose interested in this whole little mystery.

He figure it would be best to explain quickly, with what looked like more of a sleepy expression on his face he pointed at the open gash on the woman’s stomach. “See that, its perfect slice straight across. There is no way in hell no one here saw this happen, now normally I would not believe these folks, and use my charm to get them to talk. However this slice is too perfect…Leading me to believe that this was not made by a blade.” Lowering his pointing finger, he reached up with his other hand as he scratched the top of his head in the process ruffling his hair around. “This leads me to believe….that we are dealing with a mage, specifically one who uses wind magic” he said with another yawn escaping his open mouth, crimson eyes look onto the crowd he had spoken loud enough, he was wondering if his words would affect the ego of the one who had done this?

Yet no facial expression led him to believe that this person was still here, “You know what, I think whoever did this i—“ but before he could finish a loud whistle caught his attention. Looking back, Bunji’s eyes widened when he saw a small group of what looked like foot patrolmen heading their way. “Woah! Time to go!” he said as he started to run off passed the tall guy, “Good luck explaining why you’re near the corpse” he said to the man as he kept running off passed the fountain the girl had been singing near.

“You three chase the one who ran, we will apprehend the tall one!” the man who seemed to be leading the patrol called out as their little unit splintered, and the four remaining foot patrolmen charged for Nexus. Ready to shoot first, and ask questions later….

[Nexus Martel]

Nexus was still looking around the area for any clues while checking out the faces and movement of those in the crowd. There were a few that looked like they might have wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. From what he could tell from the peoples expressions there was a lot of fear, confusion, and panic to go around. Nexus sighed it seemed that they really didn't plan on talking about what they had saw, and with everyone as close as they were someone here saw something the likely hood of them not seeing anything was slim. Nexus was about to ask again really dig into the people, when he noticed the other male turn the body over and started talking. Nexus turned to look at what the man was talking about and that was when he saw the cut was clean and perfect just like the guy had said. The guy continued to explain his theory about how it had to be a magic user that did it and why that was probably the reason none of the other people were talking.

The whole time he was talking Nexus was looking at the body examining it for any other clues or marks that might lead them to the killer. Nexus had started to lean in to get a better look at the body when movement from the corner of his eye caught his attention. He scanned the area looking at all the faces of those still there just as the guy had said he thought the murderer had likely used wind magic. It made sense if that was the case, the wind magic would have been able to make the clean cut and no one would really be able to see it, but it also left them with another disadvantage. If it was a wind user and they were as good as it seemed that they were considering they were able to pull this off in such a large crowd, he might not have been as close at they had thought to his target.

Nexus was pulled from his thoughts by the other man's voice again this time however it wasn't just him. It seemed that the cops had decided that they wanted to show up now, as late as ever he thought to himself. It's not like they would be able to save the...Nexus turned just in time to see the other guy making a break for it and the cops calling after the two of them. "What the hell....you've got to be kidding me." A few of the cops continued to run after the other guy as some started toward him. He could read them loud and clear they weren't about to hear him out or try and figure out what really happened here. He sighed it was always liked that with them and now he really needed to find the person that killed the girl before he found himself locked up or deal.

Nexus took one moment glaring into the eyes of the cops and said "You know you should spend your time actually finding out who killed this girl instead of picking the first people your see to blame this on." Nexus hand curled into a fist, he could fight them but that wouldn't do him any good right now. He turned and made a break for a side alley with quite a bit of shade to it. He ran pass a few people still lingering around and could have sworn he saw one of them grinning. Nexus almost stopped in his tracks but new he had to keep going hitting the alley and blending in with the shadows. With his powers it was easy for him to move within the shadows and finally catch up to the other guy. "You know we people look even more guilty now don't you mini man." Nexus called out to him from the shadows to his right as he ran keeping up with the guy."I might however have some good news, when I was making a break for it i ran pass the crowd, I could I sworn one of the guys was grinning at what had happen. He is our best lead right now, I only got a glimpse but he was one of those guys that if you saw him again he would stand out. It was fast and I was trying to get out of there not really looking at people but I do remember he had a scar on his cheek. Not much to work with but better than nothing."

[bunji]

He had been running along now the brick path of the city, he moved side to side avoiding people every now, and then when they got in his way. Bunji’s long jacket danced wildly behind him, and his red hair was pushed back by the wind he was running against his crimson eyes focused on the path ahead of him he wanted to get away from this mess as fast as possible. To be quite honest he had already forgotten about the tall guy, he was a thing of the past if the cops had captured him ’Oh well, to each their own!’ Bunji thought as he kept running. He looked over his shoulder suddenly when he heard whistles, and men ordering him to stop but the red head kept running ignoring their commands. Taking a sharp right he sprinted into an alleyway, one which he jumped onto some dumpsters then up into a nearby rooftop, running across the rooftop he easily lost the police unit that chased him, the men harmlessly kept running down the alley believing Bunji had done the same. Coming over to a flag pole Bunji jumped off the roof, and grabbed onto the flag pole for some stability as he swung his legs once, then twice, and then let go before landing rather harshly onto the wooden rooftop of some fruit stand. Lucky for him the rooftop held itself as his feet impacted against it, extending his legs the red head jumped off the roof of the stand to land on the ground below.

Standing upright he heard a familiar voice, it was jumbo size Bunji turned to face the man who had apparently also lost his pursuers this was a good thing for the two of them, though to be honest Bunji wished he did not have to deal with this anymore. He was tired, all this running around he wanted to nap however that seemed impossible now especially with all the info this guy suddenly gathered, he listened silently to what the guy was saying. When he was done Bunji crossed his arms over his chest, “Yeah…Ok, so there’s a guy with a scar on his cheek, and he was grinning. How do you know that’s not just some random guy who found the whole situation funny?” he said with a bit of doubt in his tone. “I mean there are people out there with a twisted sense of humor” he admitted, walking over he would lean against a nearby wall figuring they could relax at least for now.

“But….You could be right, it is the only lead we have, and I guess he is the only suspicious individual that was amongst the crowd” he said rubbing his chin with his gloved hand, his mind was trying to put together the possibility of this individual being their guy. At the same time he wondered why he was bothering with trying to figure out this case, then again he was already in it pretty deep in this, and he had to clear his name. With a sigh of defeat he figured he would have to play along for now, whether he wanted to or not “Well, I guess we can try to find this guy…I mean we can’t go back to the crime scene it’s probably littered with officials. So did you catch any other details you might be able to remember?” he asked the man with a curious tone, but remaining leaned against the wall.

[Nexus Martel]

It seemed if nothing else that the guy was going to hear him out and at least try and help him figure out what had happened. However Nexus was good at reading people and it was easy to tell that this wasn't the first thing on the guys this he wanted to do list. It was understandable after all they were now being chased by the cops, with little to nothing to go on when it came to actually finding the real people behind it all and if Nexus slight lead turned out to be a bust, well they couldn't just go back to the cops and be all Hey sorry about earlier the whole running away thing but it looked like you guys wanted to kill us so we figured it best to split. I hope you can understand why we did it. Nexus let out a slight sigh as he tired to think so that they could have some sort of plan on how to go about this.

Nexus ran his fingers through his hair closing his eyes as he tired to focus on this few moment from when he was running away for the cops. There were lots of people with all different kinds of expressions, he tried to remember the man with the scar. He remembered his it ran down the guy's cheek but he was having trouble remember what the guy was wearing. Nexus opened his eyes rubbing his head annoyed with himself for not being able to remember more. "I can't seem to recall-" just then there was a strong breeze and something flew pass Nexus and that was when it all clicked. He did remember something he hadn't before, two things in fact that might be of use.

"Actually I do remember a bit more, the guy with the scare was wearing this odd blue hat. It wasn't something you normally see around here, so the guy might be from someplace else. If that is the case, and he is our killer he won't have much reason to stay in town now that his work is done. Oh and there was one more think I remember, it wasn't something I saw but something I smelled when I passed him. This will probably sound odd, and believe me I agree it is odd but the guy smelled like baked good. You know cakes, bread, things like that the only thing is from what I remember he didn't seem like the type to be into sweets all that much." Nexus let out a breath looking around for a moment before deciding which way to start in search of their only lead. It was true that they couldn't just head to the crime scene since it was likely to be crawling with cops, but they might have luck getting a clue if they could get close without being seen.

"Well that's all I have right now, so lets get going while we still have a lead on the cops."

[bunji]

He smelled like bake goods? Who the hell where they looking for the gingerbread man? Bunji could not believe what he was hearing, yet he was already suspecting this would turn into a very annoying day for him. With a long sigh the young mage figured he had no choice, yet again he found himself involved in a random adventure that he could not wiggle his way out of. Throwing his arms up in the air he gave up on the task of trying to find a reason to get out of this, and simply accepted that he was absolutely involved in this no matter what he did. With a sigh the young man reached up combing back his mess of red hair, he kept his eyes focused on the man who stood before him, and it was then that he realized he did not know this guy’s name he was about to embark on a very serious adventure with this guy. Yet, he had no idea what the hell his name was without much time to waste he walked towards the taller guy holding out his right gloved hand, “Since we are stuck helping each other out, we may as well know each other’s name” he said as he paused for a moment, and then said “I am Bunji” he said simply introducing himself to the guy.

Once the introductions where done, he would lower his hand after shaking the man’s hand then look off in the general direction where he knew the crime had taken place. He was contemplating heading back there, but at the same time was against the idea of doing so his criminal mind was more experienced, and he knew that it was too risky for them to go back there. They would be risking too much, and once they were captured there was no way the authorities would believe them when they said someone else did it, shaking his head he looked at the guy “No, we can’t go back there…You said he smelled like baked goods, and he was wearing a hat that looked like it was out of the norm around here right?” he asked the man. After he received the answer Bunji smirked having just realized a very important detail that could lead to the conclusion of this would be mystery. Turning southbound he raised his hand pointing a finger to the distance, “Three days ago, a baker opened a shop over there…He came from another town, and he opened his bakery shop. Maybe we can go check there, and see if we find anything that’s worth looking into” he suggested as he walked over in the direction of the bakery.

[Nexus Martel]

Nexus was pretty sure that the guy was about to laugh in his face. After all if someone had told him that a ruthless killer with a scar on his face smelled like a bakery even he would have laughed it off as a joke. So you could imagine his surprise when the guy actually didn't laugh and was rather accepting of it all. Yea it seemed that he was slightly against it, and that this would be a bother but he was going to help out and work with him on this and that was enough for Nexus. Nexus nodded at the guy he was right the whole time they had went though all of this neither of them had bother to introduce themselves to the other. Maybe it was because of how fast things had progressed or maybe neither of them had thought that they would really see the other again, but now that they were working together they would been to know each other. Nexus took the man's hand and shook it "I'm Nexus, and like you said we are going to be working with each other so we might as well know each others names."

With that done Nexus had started to turn to head back to the scene of the crime, well at least close to it in order to find some better clues to work with. That was his plan at first anyway until Bunji had spoke again. It seemed that he had a better plan for the two of them and it didn't involve the risk of dealing with all the cops at the crime scene. Nexus listened to the guy as he told him about the new bakery that had opened in the area and that it might be run by a foreigner. That could have been the guy that they were looking for and if it wasn't then it would at least point them in the direction of the guy that was their murderer. "Well he did have the odd hat and smell of baked good so this bakery of yours is the best place to start, guess it's always a good thing to have someone that knows the area in these kinds of situations."

With that it was pretty much decided that they would check out the bakery, if they were lucky it would be the one and only stop that they would need to make in order to find their criminal, For some reason however, Nexus had the feeling that things were not going to go that easily, nothing today seemed to be going his way. Nexus turned to Bunji and waved his head out in front of him "Well guess you have to lead the way" Nexus gave him a friendly grin and continued "Mini man, just kidding Bunji."

[bunji]

“Jumbo size” Bunji shot back to the man, with a smirk on his face it was all playful banter now, which was weird because Bunji was not one to really socialize with others, or at least not get to comfortable with a stranger so soon. The young man walked with hands in his pocket as he started walking towards the direction of the bakery, he was slowly walking along making his way there thinking to himself what kind of mage they would find there. He wondered though why he was involved in all this, why he was finding himself tangled up in all this mess he didn’t understand why he of all people was the one to find himself in situations where he had to actually put in effort. Yet, he could not find a reason why he would leave, yep it seemed Bunji was stuck here, and he was stuck being involved in all this mess.

He still found it interesting however, the fact that they were going to go through with this it was mostly curiosity on Bunji’s part, he was just curious as to what this was all about, “Why would anyone just kill a random girl like that?” he asked suddenly voicing his thoughts out loud. Walking along he waited for the man to answer his question, afterwards Bunji would glance over at the man known as Nexus “Another thing is, the owner of this new bakery shop is an old man…I know this because he lets me hang out there around the bakery, however I can’t say I ever saw a guy with a scar, or funny hat” he said as he looked up at the sky now wondering what was going on. After a few minutes Bunji would begin to recognize the surrounding area, in doing so he stopped holding his hand up as if to signal Nexus to stop as well, with a gloved hand he pointed at a small bakery in the distance.

“There it is, the bakery” he said pointing out the small bakery in the distance. Bunji looked over at Nexus, “If you said there’s a guy with a funny hat, and he looked like an outsider I say that’s our best bet. I go inside, and you go around back see if you find a back door. I’ll keep the baker busy up front, and you sneak in the back…You do know how to pick a lock?” he asked the man before they even went on to proceed with his little plan he put together.

[Nexus Martel]

As they walked toward the bakery taking playful jabs at each other, Nexus started to think this through in his head. Even to him there were parts that just didn't add up or make sense at all. If their lead was right it would only open more questions than it would answer at this point. Nexus ran his fingers through his hair as his mind wandered over the details that they had gathered so far. The girl had been killed in the middle of a crowd and no one seemed to see anything, well no one was talking about seeing anything anyway. Then there was the wound itself that seemed like a really clean cut one that was a lot cleaner than something that a knife could do so we came to the conclusion it was magic, wind magic. However things start to go batty after that, the guy with the scar and odd hat not this thing with the bakery. Nexus couldn't understand how either of them fit into what was going on and why they'd lead to a young girls death.

Nexus had barely heard the question that Bunji had asked him about the death of the girl, he turned to him blinking as it set in. "That's the question at hand isn't it, why that random girl unless with wasn't random at all. The truth is we don't know much about the girl in question expect the fact that she was young sang well and was murdered. At least if we had a better understand as to why someone might want to kill her than we could know if we were going about this the right way, for now all we can do is keep going with the leads that we have." That was when Bunji continued and the bit of news that he gave him just about completely throw off the theory that they had come up with. Nexus did not remember the guy he passed being old, this new bit of information only left Nexus with more question.

He let out a slight sigh as he gathered all the information trying to figure out just what it could be that connects everything. It was then that Bunji had told him that they had reached the place and he looked up looking it over. Nexus had to admit it looked just like any other bakery which made him wonder if they really were in the right place. Nexus nodded to Bunji as he started to make his way to the back "Don't worry about me I have my ways of getting into places if I really need too. You just keep the owner busy until I get inside and then we will know the truth behind all of this." With that Nexus slipped around back and reached the alley where the back door was, he looked around to make sure that there wasn't anyone there and to find a good enough shadow. Once he was sure that the area was clear Nexus slipped into the shadow as if it was just a door and made his way into the place.

Once he was inside he stepped out of the shadow as if it was nothing, this was one of use most useful skills but it was a bit of a pain to use. It tended to use more energy than he wanted if he used it to much. He decided to have a look around the back for a bit while Bunji handled the guy up front, maybe he would find something useful for them both.

[bunji]

It seemed the plan would be executed as planned, the man would sneak around back, and Bunji would go through the front the young red head walked casually into the bakery. He already had an advantage in this little investigation because he could easily talk to the old man, he had seen Bunji plenty of times before in the past. As the young man walked in through the front door, the familiar ringing of a bell reached the ears of an elderly man who was kneeling behind a counter filled with orderly stacked baked goods once inside Bunji would smile waving at the man. ”Ah hello young man!” the old man said as he raised his head over the counter to see the familiar face who had arrived at his bakery. Bunji walked over to the man leaning on the counter, “How’s it going?” he asked as he looked around his crimson eyes scanning the see through glass that covered the warm goods, his gloved hands rested on the surface of the glass. This allowed him to feel the warmth that was coming from the many pastries that had surely been baked early this morning, Bunji noticed there was no one else inside of the bakery, which was odd.

“Business is slow today?” he asked casually as he pointed out at a nearby pastry that consisted of a flurry cake topped with strawberry cream, and a strawberry rested at the very top he eyed it with gluttonous eyes as the old man reached for the pastry then brought it over to Bunji. Taking it over the counter the red head paid for the pastry eagerly biting into it, his teeth easily breaking off a piece of the buttery soft bread, and immediately in his mouth the combined flavor of the strawberry cream, and the soft break mixed in his mouth. The young man’s eyes would tear up as he enjoyed the mouth gasm he experienced before swallowing the piece of pastry, the old man would chuckle happily as he found great joy in seeing his hard work being appreciated.

“So how have things been?” Bunji asked as he continued to chew the pastry, the old man continued to work flattening out a piece of dough ”Fine…It has been quite the day today” he said in response. Biting into his pastry once more, Bunji spoke with a full mouth “What do you mean?” he asked curiously, all the while wondering where Nexus was, and if he had found anything out, or if he had even gotten inside yet. ”Oh well, I have this vermin problem” the old man said upon hearing that Bunji stopped chewing, wide eyes looking at his half eaten pastry, did this guy have roaches?! ”Not those kind of vermin young man….” The old man said suddenly, by this time he was staring directly at Bunji. The red head got that gut feeling, the one that told him he should get out of here as soon as possible, though he knew Nexus was still in there, and he couldn’t ditch the guy.

Finishing the pastry Bunji swallowed hard, “Let’s be smart about this old man, you are outnumbered, and all we want is answers” he said as he took a wide stance ready to react to anything. The old baker chuckled, ”Outnumbered?” he asked mockingly, ”I have more friends than you do in here…Besides your little buddy trying to sneak out back, I am sure he will meet some opposition” he explained with a coky tone, then suddenly the roll of dough the old man was rolling up would rise like a serpent behind him. Bunji’s eyes narrowed, “Shit” was all he could say as the serpent lunged at him….

With his hat resting atop his head, and arms crossed over his chest the man with the scar on his cheek stood there just over the edge of the rooftop looking down at the alleyway which led to the back entrance of the bakery. His sapphire like eyes scanning the area below like a hawk, and then he spotted him the man who he had locked eyes with in the crime scene with a wild grin on his face the individual quickly stepped off the edge plummeting down to the floor below. It seemed he would hit the floor quite hard, however before he touched it a rush of air shut up underneath his feet slowing his plummet, to a calm descent. With a click each boot touched the floor, and with a simple gaze the man stared directly at the would be intruder ”Hello”.

[Nexus Martel]

Nexus had made it in and was looking around the place while listening out for Bunji in the front. The bakery was a bit bigger than he thought it would be but it was also oddly empty, he thought he'd have at least seen a worker somewhere along but there was no one. The place gave off that eerie quiet feeling and Nexus didn't like it at all. He stepped into the place looking around for some clue that might explain what was going on her. Nexus had made it toward the front and was finally able to hear the voice of the two men. For the moment he just stopped and listened as the two made small talk. How are you, what's wrong, all of it seemed like just normal small talk to Nexus. He was starting to wonder if they hadn't gotten the wrong place after all. He continued looking around and noticed a side door that he hadn't when he first came in. He started toward it figuring that it was as good a place as any to find something that someone wanted hidden.

He twisted the knob pulling at the door but of course things wouldn't be that easy it was locked. Just my luck he thought as he looked around for a key or someway to open the door, he spun around a bit to fast and his a box. That brought a few others down with a slight crash and Nexus cursed under his breath as she was completely still trying to listen in hopes that the two up front hadn't heard. it was then he heard the comment about vermin and got a slight chill down his spine. Yea it was time for them to get out of there, he could double around back and help Bunji with the two of them against one old man it shouldn't be much of a challenge. Nexus pulled his gloved on tight and opened the back door that he had slipped into headed back out but stopped in his tracks. Something felt off and it didn't take long before he knew just what it was as a gust of wind blew in.

Next thing he knew Nexus was looking at the same scar face man that he had locked eyes with when he had been running away. Well at least he knew he wasn't crazy for whatever that meant, the guy was real and had been here after all. Nexus grinned slightly his hands balling into fist knowing that this wouldn't end in a nice and friendly chat. "Well seems like we meet again, and here I was starting to feel like you were a ghost. Good to know that I'm not that crazy, so I don't suppose you'll just you know confess to killing the girl explain your whole reason for doing so and turn yourself into the cops will you." Nexus looked at the face of the scared man who didn't seemed amused. Nexus sighed at that giving the man a bored look "Yea I didn't think so, well guess that only leaves the hard way."

Nexus didn't even get the chance to do anything before to wind slices were heading toward him. He barely managed to dive to the side and avoid the attack that sliced the door. Well this wasn't going to be as easy as he though, as he summoned the shadows around his hands forming claws. "Bring it windy."