@Estro @THatWhichWillBe @Kensai
Xiao Chu reached out with a small dainty hand to intercept the metal box before it literally bashed Muji Ren's skull in, hoiting up the cumbersome object with the grace of a ill girl handling a get well bouquet of flowers, making for quite a comical scene. She gave the tall broad form of Sugaru a short amused glance. "I think perhaps it would be best if he started on something smaller."
She tossed the box into the ground as Hong entered, where it landed with a loud bang and somewhat dented the concrete floor. "Take care," she said as the rabbit man left. Then she turned to Ren. "Is he the 'other dude' you mentioned? I assume you not let strangers walk though your abode."
@dash931 @Laplace
Meanwhile, having left the strange scene behind Hong Tu rejoined Ouyang rapidly for their patrol. Even the light drizzle was beginning to fade away- no sunlight yet and the air was still muggy with the feel of rain but the city was beginning to slowly move again, albeit from a very slow start. The drunks and homeless started to wander back out of the refuges they sought from the rain and the people on the ground level responded by beating the eaves and chasing them away again. Stray dogs and cats splashed through the puddles left behind on the street, though they decidedly refrain from drinking it which is probably a smart move.
As Hong Tu and Ouyang went through their rounds they happened around a half dying neon billboard and a strange boy sitting on its top. He had the look of a street urchin, gap toothed and oily haired, with a strange mechanical brace wrapped around his left leg. He spotted the pair and then leaped off the billboard, a frightening distance above the street. But whoever had built the mechanical brace, they had built it well, for the boy let it lead the impact and it absorbed almost all of the force as the kid rolled to a stop in front of Ouyang.
He popped up with a grin and a sparkle in his eyes. "What's up lady! You interested in-" he managed to get out before an older man ran up a set of steps and begun rapidly assaulting him with a broom.
"What did I tell you above accosting people in front of my restaurant?" He yelled. "Get out of here! Shoo! Shoo!" He smacked the boy a few more times and then angrily waved it until he ran away. Only after sighing in exasperation as the nuisance was driven off did he turn an eye to Ouyang and Hongtu.
"Well?" He looked them with a grumpy expression on his face. He had the large jowled look of a bulldog, a little bit plump but in a burly fashion and his hair was cropped short, military short. "You going to come in?"
