Catching Calamity [Lum]

[Enigma]

Hope it's alright @lum words: 0511

Kotaro had been waiting for the better part of a hour for the employees of the restaurant to finish cleaning and otherwise preparing the business for closing. For that entire time the young boy had been forced to hide in a nearby alleyway, surrounded by garbage. While he had thankfully found a clean box to sit on and had managed to keep clean, the alley still reeked and it was annoying to say the least. Still, he was happy to sit there all day if that was what it took for him to hit this target. He had heard that his father's former company had enjoyed many meals here and had purchased the place after the former owner had died so as to continue using it for business meetings and the like. It annoyed him to no end that the company would buy such a business simply because it would inconvenience them if it were to change. In his eyes it just proved that he was doing the right thing. Sitting in the darkness of the alleyway, Kotaro saw that the last employee was finally leaving, locking the door before they walked away. After they left, Kotaro waved his hand, starting a timer on the neuro link that was attached to his neck. He planned to wait twenty minutes. At that point he'd do all the damage he could in five and be on his way before anyone could call the disturbance in. Sitting there waiting for the time to count down, Kotaro went over a mental list in his head. He had his gloves on, the cuffs of his pants and sleeves were taped down, his loose hair had been pulled back and stuffed under a beanie as best he could, his goggles were in place to hide the color of his eyes and the two implements he planned to use were wiped down to ensure no fingerprints were on them. It was a tedious list, but one he had made sure to check every time before he indulged in his own little private war. The list helped to keep him from being identified and ensured that he could continue to pursue his other goal. "Alright. . . It's time." Standing, Kotaro moved to rush out towards the restaurant. Before he could reach the mouth of the alleyway however he had to pull short, bumping a pile of trash as he did so. After bumping into it the pile teetered as if it was going to fall, forcing Kotaro to put his hands against it to keep it stable. Cursing his luck, Kotaro did his best to crouch and blend with the dark alleyway as he watched the girl in front of the restaurant. Naturally he wondered why the girl had decided to come to the restaurant at that particular moment and mentally urged her to quickly move on so he could finish his planned attack and get home. After all the longer he had to wait and hold the pile of trash in place the more chance there was of someone finding him. Everyone is a hero in their own eyes.

Made by Sifr @ THQ.

[Moiety]

Kiyomi had been sitting on a bench outside of her fathers old restaurant for awhile now. Sitting around watching the sunset had never really been a hobby of hers, she had always considered herself more of an active soul. Yet the view of her fathers store on the water side had always helped to calm her jumping nerves. She idled by on the bench as the place began its regular procedure for closing down and it wasn't long before workers began to pile out of the store. She recognized quite a few of them however since the business fell out of her favor she had never acquired the urge to talk to any of them or even attempt to bridge the gap between whatever feeble friendship she may have had with some of the workers.

It had only take about ten or so minutes for the last of the people to finish clearing from the building and yet the sun setting just beyond that held the girls attention for the remainder of the daylight. As the tip of the sun waved its final good bye from past the ocean Kiyomi came to a stand. It was about time for her to get home, and yet she had to get a closer look than this. She paced her way up to the building, running her hand along the stone and wood surface as it began to cool down from its daily sunbath. With her hand mid way up the wall Kiyomi came to a paralyzed pause as the sound of rattling momentarily came from off to the side of the building. She took a quick step towards that side of the building, with the corner of the wall still blocking any view of the other side she pressed her body against the cooled edge, doing her best to peek around it as sneakily as possible, most likely with very little effectiveness.
"Who's there?"
She called out, her voice was feeble as she called into the ever growing darkness of the shadows. For all she knew the noise was nothing more than a raccoon or a cat. She couldn't help but feel paranoid over the noise, enough so that the fright was beggining to get to her health, she could feel her stomach turning as her fears tried to manifest into dancing shadows.