Old Habits

[Cadmon Geller]

Empress Teta, A Respectable Apartment Complex, Late Probably

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"Thanks." He replied with a nod of appreciation. He was probably supposed to beat around the bush about it, say something about not wanting to intrude, but frankly the thought never occurred to him. She offered, so why not right? It was an offer to sleep somewhere he didn't need to have one eye open and one hand on a gun. Not that he still wouldn't do exactly that, but still, it was about the sentiment.

He peeled off his own coat and laid it over his arm. There was body armor on his chest, a suppressed slugthrower holstered on the side of his chest, the two guns he seemingly never was without at his sides, and a knife across the small of his back. Casual attire for him, he felt naked without it. Truth be told he still felt strange not being encased in armor, that was half the reason he had that helmet, it gave him the sense of security he'd associated with his armor. Too bad it was tucked in the dingy ship he'd bought for himself.

Quietly he sat on the couch not occupied by Mickey and awaited Joy to return with her leads.

Cadmon desperately hoped that whenever they went for this guy, as he was sure they would, something terrible wouldn't happen. Last time it had been Joy having her arm removed, and Harper existing, on top of the fact The Beast was certainly not just your average nutjob. Also, some idiot had brought an RPG out into the open to shoot down Joy's patrol car, which had been extreme. This needed to be simple, they'd find the guy and Cadmon would blow his skull open. Or arrest him, depending on if he didn't draw fast enough. Regardless, the last thing either of them needed though, was for this to get complicated.

That was how he knew it was going to be extremely complicated.

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[member="Joy Erantes-do-Nascimento"]​

 

[Joy Erantes-do-Nascimento]

Empress Teta, A Modest Apartment Complex, Undetermined Time
Back On The Trail | Interacting with [member="Cadmon Geller"] ~ Trouble ~ "Spoke a lot of words, I don't know if I spoke the truth."
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An unceremonious 'thud' interrupted Cadmon's thought process, no doubt, as Joy casually tossed a stack of datapads and files onto her coffee table before him. Mickey lifted his head as the noise was heard, before lowering back the couch arm. She had none of his musings on her face, simply the logic of an Officer on the case, "Here," She pointed loosely, sighing, "All I got. Most of it is copied medical records, coroner's reports. Lining up cases of karked-up drugs putting people in the hospital on the morgue to figure out where this guy's been travelling. I think he might be on Teta, at least, it's one of the places he'd go next."

"Want some caf?" No surprise she'd make some for herself, but, might as well offer. Manners, and all. The Nyraanian stalked over to the kitchenette anyways, idly dragging one of the machines from the dark to the dank light of her apartment. It wasn't a trial to set it up, get the machine on and starting to heat water.

 

[Cadmon Geller]

Empress Teta, A Respectable Apartment Complex, Late Probably

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Looking over the mess of reports Cadmon felt something inside him twist in displeasure. He was a killer, straightforward, no other way around it. But he'd been rather straightforward about it, this bit seemed unnecessary, twisted. Like it was for fun. Cadmon knew the type, plenty of merc groups ended up having one bastard with some sick gimmick. He hated the type, they usually didn't make it back from whatever job the group would take, sometimes their habits were ineffectual and got them killed, other times accidents happened.

Cadmon nodded to himself, this one wasn't coming back alive either. "Yeah, thanks." He responded to her offer, even as the caf from before was beginning to hit his system. They'd both need it to piece together where they their target was holding out in the mess that was Empress Teta. So would begin a long night of sharp tongued exchanges, caf refills, and tearing through all the information before them.


But they found him.

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[member="Joy Erantes-do-Nascimento"]​