#stealthsleuth

Not a lot of people would 'randomly' come to visit Safir at his forge; it wasn't exactly a pleasant place to be when he was working. Of course, Talia wasn't some random person, so when he took a break to rehydrate and cool down, he found her there in the front room.

Seraphina had been reluctant to answer Facta's call; she had, at first, worried it had been Fable trying to contact her through his sister. But she was glad she did, because when she got to Facta's house on Veritas Prime and saw Victoria, she knew she needed to get to work.

It was about an hour after everyone finished eating, and Tomiko had just finished scrubbing the last of the dishes for the night. When she heard the door to the kitchen slide aside, she expected one of the permanent crew members, so she didn't even turn.

"There are leftovers of the chicken fried rice if you're still hungry. Everything else got demolished." She wiped her wet hands off on her pants before turning, and she froze.

Cue her mouth opening and closing a couple times like a fish.

He’d grown up having to be proper and keeping his public face up, but even he was worn out after the tour of the guard HQ and meeting with several people. He thought about going back to his hotel room until he remembered a passing comment about the ‘lower districts.’

They weren’t quite as crowded as the more polished parts of Radiant Garden, but Tempera felt a warmth there that he didn’t in other parts of the city. Vines were crawling up some buildings, which weren’t the sleek, ‘stylish’ sort in other parts. A group of children was playing around a fountain that looked like it was made of weathered rocks, and he just sat down to watch people pass through.

Unfortunately he had left his violin in his room, not expecting to need it. He did still have a small flute, though, because a Velorian never traveled without any instrument at all.

Before he knew it, the kids who’d been playing were laughing and dancing to the music he played, and he smiled as he brought up just a little magic. Colorful butterflies fluttered around, and as the kids started chasing them, he glanced up to see someone watching.

Caelus had finished up on the Luofu and returned to the Express only to find they had several more passengers than when he left. Mostly he just left it, but as he sat in a corner, hunched over his phone, he saw someone stop in front of him.

His eyes went up slowly.

A sigh left Herta's lips as she put in the codes to open the room where she kept her Curios here on the space station.

Rappa was the one to let Evie into Aerith’s office. It was somewhat early in the morning, but of course, she was already bouncing with enthusiasm.