#lcnerwolf

“Yes, i was planning to go now.” He responded to her with a dull tone, “Or are you busy right now?” 

He patted his hand on his vest, making sure that he had brought his wallet with him, as expected it was there and loaded with cash from reccent winnings in his own parlor.

“You don’t need to bring anything youself, the coffee will be on me.”

Only a day or two had passed since the businessman’s landing in Japan. There wasn’t any time to fool around though, he had to get investigating as soon as possible. Better to find out that there was nothing to these claims now then to waste time. 

First, he wanted to take a bit of time to do some sightseeing, when the city wouldn’t be too busy. It was about 5 AM. Self-brewed coffee in his hands, he set out. This wasn’t just normal sightseeing though. He wanted to see all the bizarre places that this little suburb had to offer, it’s why he came here, after all.

For a few hours, everything was quiet and Charlie wasn’t distracted by the hustle and bustle of such a tight-knit town. As soon as the sun rose higher and the working day started was when that small moment of peace was ruined. Workers commuting, shops opening. It started up the cacophony of noise that a budding, waking settlement had. Now he could start the second part. Questioning. Just finding residents or people who had witnessed the strange occurrences would definitely help him in his search.

Yori was eating ice cream at the local cafe, dressed in something besides his uniform for once. It was a rare day off for him, and he was enjoying his frozen treat while observing the people around him. That was until he saw some faces he recognized enter the cafe. He panicked, not wanting to know what they would say when they saw him in such a casual state. Quickly, he went to the first person he saw, a girl sitting in the corner table. 

He sort of wished she would stop shrieking.

He would hate to draw any attention, but that might be hard with the lady screaming things like “I’ll kill you!” and “Get back here!” behind him. Either way, he couldn’t let her threats distract him; he had to shake her off somehow...

With this in mind, his eyes darted around the dirty corners as he ran, scouring the backstreets for an escape route. An alleyway came into view, and he made a sharp turn there, dashing behind a trash can; as soon as his pursuer charged into the alley and past his hiding spot, he sprang back out into the empty backstreets--

“Ah!” He stumbled back a few steps, then his knees gave out and he fell over backwards. His first instinct was to shoot a glance over in the alleyway’s direction -- but his pursuer hadn’t noticed.

Hardly anyone had visited the store today--probably because of the heavy rain outside. And Ethyl wasn’t sure if she liked or hated it.

On one hand, less people to deal with. On the other hand, things were boring.

She’d torn a chunk of blank receipt printer paper and had begun aimlessly doodling on it to kill time. Only an hour until her lunch break--but waiting for that long sounded nothing short of agonizing.

Her head immediately snapped up from the doodle as soon as she heard the door open.

It was easy to get lost in the mysteries of Morioh. So much to discover, so little time. Just walking around, chatting a bit, trading information, the usual. A pop interrupted their conversation though. The tire of a truck that was driving from the nearby convenience store had just exploded for no reason whatsoever, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and towards the two of them.