Tracking the Wayward Boyfriend (Mission, so GTFO)

[fiori161]

Name: Tracking the wayward Boyfriend
Rank: D
IIC Length: ---
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Your latest client is worried that her boyfriend might be cheating on her; he’s constantly disappearing into Hitofuki on his own with shoddy explanations as to why. Track him from their house and figure out where he’s going and what he’s doing. It’s not exactly a lot of money, but a job’s a job.
Objective: Follow the boyfriend and figure out what he’s doing
Reward: 1000 Ryo

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Fiori set up an OP just across the street from the address he was given by his client. He had the advantage of being able to see the front door clear as day, and all he had to do now was wait for this boyfriend to leave. Fiori leant on a nearby wall, his eyes trained on the door and the front windows, looking for any sign of movement. It was at least ten minutes before the door opened and a man that was clearly the man in the photo he was given by his client. Fiori waited for the man to lock the door, and then watched as he entered the throngs of people crossing to and fro, making it practically impossible to track him. But Fiori wasn’t just any mercenary; plus he wasn’t going to follow from ground level. Fiori turned and moved through the alley ways, finding a fire escape to quickly scale a building and took to the roofs. Once up there, the mercenary pulled out the binoculars and used them to scan the crowds. His eyes locked onto various people who fit the bill, but he did eventually find the man he was tracking.

“Found you,” Fiori said as he replaced his binoculars, taking a few steps back before running full pelt and jumping, landing on another roof. He kept this up until he was sure he was ahead of the man he was following, allowing him to search for faces. Fiori pulled his binoculars out again and scanned the crowd, searching for the unfaithful man. He couldn’t see him in the crowds, so Fiori began searching the side streets that he could see, trying to find the guy. Then, Fiori realised that there was a café just nearby, so he searched that. Sure enough; the man was sitting there with a cup of coffee in front of him. Fiori knelt down and kept his binoculars trained on the guy, not letting him out of his sight.

Fiori had to sit there for a while, but eventually someone turned up. A blonde haired girl, who the man got up and hugged, then helped sit down. Fiori lowered his binoculars as he blinked. That wasn’t typical cheating behaviour, was it? Fiori brought his binoculars up and watched the two of them, making a mental note of the girl’s appearance. After a moment, the two got up and left, leaving Fiori to watch them through the binoculars until they were consumed by crowds. They were heading to the main street of Hitofuki, so Fiori prepared to follow them. At least, until he heard someone come up on the roof behind him.

“You know, it’s the height of bad manners to be spying on people,” a deep voice said, “Now why don’t you put them binoculars back or I’ll be calling the authorities.”

Fiori didn’t say anything, but he replaced his binoculars into his pouch, then his fingers brushed the other pouch. He opened it, grabbing hold of one of his knives.

“Come on now,” the man said, grabbing Fiori’s shoulder, “We’re going below to have a -.” The man didn’t get to finish his sentence as Fiori twisted and shoved the knife into the man’s body, then pulling it out and letting the man fall to the ground in pain. Fiori wiped his knife on the man’s clothing.

“You’ll live from that,” Fiori said, “But don’t ever touch me again.” With that, the mercenary dropped from the roof and moved to enter the main street. Where would you take a mistress to bribe them into being quiet? A jewellery store, of course; pretty baubles could incapacitate almost any woman into submission.

[fiori161]

Fiori approached the main street of Hitofuki, searching for the illegitimate couple. He wasn’t attracting any attention; he wasn’t exactly the most ostentatious person walking through the streets for once. His eyes flickered around for jewellery stores, and he stopped and glanced into the window of one, eyes sweeping the space in between. Bingo; there they were. But they still weren’t acting like a couple; had Koyuki jumped to the wrong conclusion? Only one way to find out; Fiori went inside. He browsed the other side of the store, not really looking but listening to them as they talked in low whispers. It was times like this Fiori wished he had bothered to learn about Sound Ninjutsu, but he was the Sand Demon, not the Sound one. But, no point in complaining, even internally, so Fiori listened to the conversation.

“I think she’d like this one,” he heard the man say, and this confused Fiori even more. ‘She’ would like this one? Fiori continued to pretend to browse, listening intently. The girl agreed with him, but pointed out the price, which, from what Fiori could tell, was apparently very expensive: Fiori payed more for his weaponry that morning. Yawning, Fiori made the decision that this guy was not having an affair for two simple reasons.

First and foremost: he wasn’t doing anything even slightly romantic with this woman, the most common answer for that would have to be that they were friends.

Second reason: He was buying jewellery for a ‘she’, not this woman, meaning that unless he WAS having an affair and it was with someone else entirely, this piece of jewellery was for Koyuki.

All this pointed to the logical conclusion that this guy was smitten with his girl and wouldn’t even think about betraying her. But Fiori would continue to follow him, then he realised he only had an hour to do so. So he decided to make this the last stop and focused, turning to get a look out of the corner of his eye. He saw the guy and his friend approach the counter, a small box in his hand. That was the last proof he needed.

“Is this for the lovely lady?” the shopkeeper asked, nodding to the girl.

“Oh no,” the guy said, “This is my sister. No, this is for someone else.” Fiori took this and logged it into his brain and waited until they left.

“Can I help you with something kid?” the shopkeeper asked.

“Not a kid,” Fiori responded coldly, “and no, I have no requirement for your assistance.” Fiori left the store, leaving the store owner flabbergasted. Fiori looked both ways, making sure that the man and sister were nowhere in sight. Then, he turned and headed towards the café that he told Koyuki to meet him at. This was easily the most pointless thing he had ever done in a long time.

{EXIT}