fracturamods | [break-in 2] this is a crime and it’s punishable by crime.

[ HE'S GOING TO DO HIS BEST. He might die in the process, so make sure to deliver his body to the rats, but he'll do his besst. ]

Ahaha... We'll be fine, sir. [ Probably. It's just a bunch of cute, overly-friendly girls. What's the worst that could happen. ] Go ahead and talk to him if you think you might be able to get something. We can handle the lovely ladies here.

[ A little smile to the one that leaned closer to him? Sure, they can handle them. He hopes. Really, like, they can't honestly be any worse than Okuni, and he manages with her. ]

[The girls all exchange glances, and an entire conversation happens between their looks that Kangai, Lan Wangji, and Tsukasa would never hope to be able to unravel.]

She owns a clothing store, [one of the girls finally says.] And a restaurant, and some of the empty warehouses.

[Another of the girls who is still standing side-steps in front of Lan Wangji, both hands up.] Don't get Mister Kingston! [she pleads.] He'll think something is wrong! That you're not happy! [The other girls nod, and the one close to Tsukasa latches onto his arm which unfortunately means his arm is between her breasts again. Pwease hewp powiceman.]

Are you looking for the kidnappers? [a girl asks.] That's why you're here with the police, huh?

[next thing these girls are going to say she owns the coffee shop too at which point kangai will scream.]

Well...

[he can't really say, "we just happened to run into this guy", so...]

[Look, don't say "are you gonna go do this thing" and then be surprised that he's gonna do the thing. He will do the thing.]

We received a summons.

[He ain't gonna answer directly but it's not a no.]

[ someone pwease hewp the powiceman. He pats the girl's ....... arm comfortingly, since she, um. Seems like she needs it? Yeah. ]

We're- [ mmm. ] We all happened to come together at the same place - I wouldn't really say the three of us are working together, or, er... That they're with me, at least.

[ Also... not a no, just a slight correction. ]

[The only reason the girl lets go of Tsukasa's arm is because one of the older girls leans in, and the rest of them all just instinctively know to fall in and huddle. They whisper amongst themselves, voices low; it doesn't sound like an argument so much as an intense discussion. There's nodding and a few headshaking.

Finally, the girls part so they can look between Kangai, Lan Wangji, and Tsukasa.]

We'll show you Madam Wren's warehouses, if... [They all look at Tsukasa, and the older girl speaking points at him.] ...he comes back here to see us.

[Hm.]

[

looks away and pretends he has nothing to do with this]

[

Looks at Tsukasa and nods firmly]

[ AH?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. ]

You two...! [ YOU TWO..!!! but

but. the good of the town rides on this. and they are nice... maybe he can just talk to them... become Good Friends. ] Um... It'd be my honor to visit all of you again sometime. Would you like me to come back after our business is through or, um, is in my free time okay...?

[The moment Tsukasa says, "It'd be my honor," most of the girls give an excited squeal, grabbing each other and--well, they're bouncing, but you three perverts should turn away and ask forgiveness from the Lord.]

We don't want to get in the way of the law, [the girls says, a little smarmy, but grinning.] Come back when you have free time. But! You have to come back.

Or we'll send Mister Kingston to find you!

[Two girls grab up Tsukasa again, one on each arm. One girl latches onto Kangai, or tries. The final girl is leading, leaving Lan Wangji free of feminine clutches...........but only because he's very huge. He'll be fine on his own.

The girl in front splits through the room to the far wall, reaching up to smooth a hand over the wall slowly here and there. She finally finds the panel and presses it. The wall unlatches, and she pushes it to open and reveal a little, tight hallway. (Lan Wangji may have to duck as they go through.)

Ready, boys? Too late, they're already going!]

[HE'S FLINCHING AWAY THANKS]

A secret passageway. Of course.

[but yeah he'll follow. he'll take the front unless lan wangji wants to.]

[Oh, no, however will he live without a feminine embrace.

He'll bring up the back though, casting one last glance around the room. (DON'T LOSE HIS HAND TELESCOPE KANGAI.) Actually can he like. Jam a pen or something in the doorway so they don't get trapped in this hallway]

[ this is legitimately the most action tsukasa has had in Any Life Ever so actually, thanks anna!!

he'll go meekly with the girls, already figuring out how to fix his schedule... he guesses he can visit them after his rounds and just tell any ~~nosy~~ concerned individuals that he just got caught by a grandmother or something to help her find her cat. pretty much anyone would believe him. he's tsukasa "never lies" suou, except ignore the part where he has been lying either straightout or by omission for the past (checks calendar) like three weeks or however long we've been in mafialand. ]

...You girls aren't going to get in trouble, are you? [ like this has just occurred to him. ] Helping us like this. I mean, we appreciate it, but I don't want you girls to take any heat. I'm sure the others wouldn't either.

[ yall out here selling him to some hookers hes just gonna volunteer yall to be nice ]

You gave us a hundred dollars! [And some good fun, and a policeman, so that's really what they care about most. The girls giggle quietly, but it's probably REAL funny for any other rooms they pass by between the walls... hearing the muffled, unintelligible voices of some dudes and some girls. Very funny.] If you don't tell, we won't.

It'll be our secret!

[Lan Wangji, by the way, can have a little door jam, as a treat. When it swings shut after them, it'll catch, leaving a bit of a crack. But the girls continue on! Actually, everyone has to single-file through the hallway it's so small, so one girl leads, and the rest are peppered between Kangai, Tsukasa, and Lan Wangji.

After a few moments, they reach the opposite end. Which turns out to be... a dead end in that direction. The girl in front, however, turns left and hauls up a metal beam locking another door. Cool and damp air burst through the hallway over them when the door opens, and the sounds of town ring loud. The iron balcony is small, so everyone has to squeeze out onto it. From here, it looks like they are on the backside of the brothel, the river nearby on one side and the rest of town on the other. It's not a bad view!

"It kind of smells," says one girl. "It's the river," another says.] There, there! [one of the youngest calls out. She points to a few dock warehouses in the distance. Looks inconspicuous and quiet. It's really far away and kind of dark, though.

Maybe they can see better if they had something that could help...?]

[kangai, internally: well, good to know that bribery always works

but yeah, he's on it. what can he see with the telescope?]

[Thanks for giving him a door jam when they're leaving the wholeass building

Also these girls must be fuckin freezing out here without their shirts, but unfortunately taking off his coat would reveal exactly how armed he is, so they'll just. Have to suffer. It's fine. Lan Wangji doesn't have a flashlight, but he's scanning the area for guards, or any suspiciously curvy shadows. Also if they're on a balcony, did the hallway lead them upwards?? Or is it just a low one.]

Have you been? [To the warehouses; he's asking any and/or all of the girls, he doesn't really care which one answers.]

[ we'll just use tsukasa's shiny purity to light the way it's nbd.

HE'S A GOOD BOY BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH JACKETS TO GO AROUND FOR ALL THE GIRLS... he'll still take his off and offer it to the two girls who aren't around him. The girls who Are holding to him he'll just, like, adjust this so he can. Put his arms around them instead. To keep them warm, because his face sure as fuck is going to radiate heat for the next three weeks. Won't have to worry about keeping himself warm, he may never actually recover. ]

I don't suppose any of you have a light? [ ...Ahaha, they have nowhere to put it, so that's just a joke. ] We'll manage if not.

[What a very nice policeman unlike a certain MOBSTER DAD who won't be named. Some of the girls are cold, yeah, holding their arms and hunching their shoulders. But almost all four seem to still enjoy being out on the balcony getting fresh(er) air and feeling the air nipping at their skin.

It's not like being in a stuffy, hot, smoke-filled building at all.

The two girls are small enough to somewhat be able to huddle together under the jacket. The other two very much loop their arms around Tsukasa's middle and squeeze close. Godspeed, Tsukasa.]

Oh, no, we don't ever go to some nasty warehouse, [a girl says to Lan Wangji. Another girl asks,] Are you smoking? [to Tsukasa because.........they're brothel girls, this is what they expect. Which likely means they don't have any kind of flashlight.

When Kangai peers through the telescope into the distance toward the warehouses, he can see one with dim light inside. Every so often, some shadows move on the far wall across from the rows of small windows positioned near the roof's edge. The shadows don't look distinctly human, but their elongated shape probably means there might be people walking back and forth.

Hm.]

[hm!]

... Hey, are any of the warehouses supposed to be active right now? There's people moving inside one of them.

[HM. He's assuming these are the guards someone told him about.]

Do you see an entrance?

[ f............... ]

Ah, no, I don't... I think it'd be nice to be able to see a little better, that's all. [ but kangai's interested him, and he turns his attention away from the girls for the moment. thankful to have something else to focus on. ] Mm, I'd bet good money that they're security or workers... If there's not a way in you can see, then-

[ ,,,okay, back to the girls. ]

Is there a way to get into the warehouses without eliciting suspicion? That is... Without being seen or finding ourselves in any hot water. Checking things out without causing too much of a fuss would be very ideal.

[All of the girls seem surprised by what Kangai's says, and they glance between each other.] They're supposed to be empty... [one girl murmurs, now uncertain.] Maybe Madam Wren keeps things she buys in there? She always has a lot of jewelry.

[With how the warehouses are positioned together with other warehouses and buildings, it's difficult for Kangai to see the entrance. No one comes or goes out of that direction.]

They could, um, [one of the girls draped on Tsukasa's says,] go in through the sewer...

[The girls all look between Kangai, Lan Wangji, and Tsukasa, batting their lashes helpfully.] Yeah! [another girl says, and from beneath the jacket she points over the railing of the balcony.] There. [Down on the street--if Kangai, Lan Wangji, and Tsukasa shimmy down by way of the iron ladder on the balcony--is a manhole. It'd only be a few blocks over.]

Nope. Can't see one.

[of course it's through the sewer. his life really has become a video game, hasn't it?]

Not exactly my idea of a good time, but...

We are being watched. If we do not move now, they may take extra precautions.

[Add more guns, he means. He's moving over to inspect the ladder; he's absolutely ready to ditch the girls out here. ICE COLD.

to Kangai, since he doubts Tsukasa would agree to hang back--]

If you would like to stay behind, no one will fault you.

[ Good instincts, he would never agree-- ]

It might be safer for you to. [ Yeah, he's siding with mafia on this one. ] You could... keep the girls company? I'm sure your looks are much preferred to whatever men usually visit the... business.

[ he's not gonna say brothel. we all know it's one but he's not gonna say the word. he's very sorry to the girls he was keeping warm, he has to- um- actually, he'll let them leave him, that seems less of a, uh, ah, risk. yes. ]

...Um, I'm sorry, but you two'll have to let go of me... I wish I had something else to give you for warmth [ :c ... ] Thank you for your help, ladies.

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