#mcyup

Yoichi ground his cigarette into the concrete as his watch beeped, signaling that it was back to work for him.  He picked up the butt and tossed it into the nearby trash -- littering was illegal -- before hitting the road.  He wasn’t doing a particularly good job of looking out for trouble today, but it’d been a tame week; he was falling into a false sense of security.  Next thing he knew he’d probably be fighting off a rabid Patrat or--

He saw the back of a familiar head and stopped in his tracks.  Reiko was absolutely the last person he felt like having a conversation with at the moment, but unfortunately there really wasn’t a way to get around her.  Yoichi was almost 100% sure she could sense when he was nearby.  He could try to walk to the other side of the street, but she’d inevitably see him.  There weren’t any nearby alleyways to use as an escape route.  What he really wanted to do was turn around and walk the opposite way, but he had a certain beat to walk and he wasn’t about to change it just because she was hanging around.

His eyes refocused as he decided on his plan, only for him to notice that Reiko had indeed noticed him while he was doing emergency planning and was now standing directly in front of him.