Dhriti shuffled her feet, taking in Marina's response with an accepting but defeated nod. She had a feeling Marina would give an answer like that, and she respected Marina's choice, she couldn't help but feel it was going to be a terrible mistake. She looked to Foxtrot, listening to her words quietly, before she spoke up.
"If Marina wants to stay here and risk it... let's go for it." She looked to Marina, "But please, if you can, try to avoid going in places with a lot of people... if Frank really can follow you... people WILL get hurt. Innocent people. If not by Frank, then as collateral by Tenmus or the people clearly after him."
She looked to Roadrunner, before turning back to Marina. "I agree. If you can track him or sense his whereabouts, or even get an idea of what he's thinking, anything will be helpful..."
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Preparing to make a move and swoop into the gas station booth for a few easy bucks, Somsak felt his phone vibrate twice, distracting Somsak long enough for him to catch the attention of the cashier. The man's eyes widen, before he let out a startled shout.
"H-hey! you can't be doing that!" The man reached for his belt line, where he quickly revealed a small set of pepper spray.
Somsak, normally cool and collected in the face of extreme danger, felt all the hairs on his body stand up as he folded his ears back in extreme fear.
Oh fuck me, the felid super thought to himself.
A good shot from that's gonna lay me out for days! I am NOT going to the ER again over this!
Moving with lightning fast speed, Somsak slid next to the man and extended his claws, making a precise slice exactly where the pepper spray bottle was. The slice cut through the man's beltline as well, causing the poor cashier's pants to fall down to his ankles.The man, embarrassed, attempted to pull his pants up, but Somsak kicked him in the chest, knocking him down, before he grabbed the pepper spray bottle and sprayed half of its contents into the hapless man's face, causing him to scream and writhe in pain.
"Yeah not so fun when you get sprayed with it, huh, asshole?!" Somsak huffed, flinging the can into the writhing man's face, before he walked into the cashier booth, quickly stuffing his sweater and sweats with cigarettes. He extends a single claw to pop open the old, beat up cashier's box, and stuffs his sweater full of the money from it. Tuning out the cries of pain by the cashier, he walked back over to the man, grabbed him by the ankle, and leaned him up against the wall of the booth before pulling out his phone to read the texts he got.
First, he responded to lu:
Damn right. thnx again <3
Somsak paused for a moment before sending, realizing what he had done, and shivered a bit. Guess he still had that reflex from when they broke up. He quickly deleted the heart and added:
Damn right. thnx again, see u soon i hope
He then scrolled down to read Ectoparasite's text and responded accordingly.
got it, thx. i'll keep u updated. any place u had in mind for me to case?
Putting his phone back in his pocket, he turned to the whimpering cashier. "Now, be a good boy and tell nobody you saw me, got it? Or I'll do a hell of a lot worse than pepper spray you with your shitty little can." He extended his claws threateningly to the cashier, who nodded feverishly in response. Somsak smirked; he'd honestly never use them on him unless he really pissed him off or tried to shoot him or something, but a little intimidation goes a long way.
"Good." Somsak patted the man on the head, running his finger along his chin as he left. "Have a nice rest of your shift now!"
Before he stepped out the door, Somsak spied a cheap, fool's gold necklace hanging by the back of the booth. "Ooh, what's this? I do love some shiny things..."
The cashier stammered out, "D-d-don't touch that, i-it's for my dau-"
"Well, don't mind if i do," Somsak said sadistically, pocketing the necklace. "Sorry, can't help myself. Couldn't have been that expensive to buy though, right?"
With that, Somsak evacuated the scene, leaving the cashier pained, confused, and necklaceless....