Leo taking this question into consideration shuddered. "I don't even wanf to imagine that.. still though, for all we know that guy could be a enemy." he said arguably.

Lance laughed patting the boy on the shoulder and smiling "Would you rather deal with charlie pissed? Or talk to a man face to face when he is outnumbered?" Lance stood there waiting for the man to come.

Leo winced, "I guess talking to him would be the way to go.." He said as he followed behind Lance.

Cu carefully opened the window, unstuck his weapons from the wall, and flung them into a corner of the room.

Talk? he thought, amused, while stepping into the room.

Leo walked towards the man, unarmed. "What business do you have here..?" he said cautiously, eyeing him over.

(YAY Espy is back :3)

Lance stood there looking at the man waiting for a response. He notice while looking into the mans eyes that it was like he was trying to speak through them.. "Do you talk?"

((I should probably mention that there's still a weapon sheathed on his back. It's not completely obvious, but it's...there.))

Ignoring the boy's question, Cu glanced at...Lance, was it?...and raised an eyebrow. Mercenaries should have better control that than. Granted, the man had been sleeping, but if he hadn't been in a safehouse, who knew what could have happened?

Do I talk? You think I would have spoken sooner if I could.

Brushing the kid aside, he let his nose lead him down to where the food was.

Leo looked behind him to see the man rummaging through their refrigerator. "The hell...?" he said bewildered. He reached into his pouch, pulled out a piece of candy and threw it at the man. Not sure what to expect.

Lance looked at leo smacking the back of his head "He's incapable of speech" Lance watched as the man made it to the kitchen "He better hope charlie doesn't catch him eating without doing work first" He laughed and followed the man to the kitchen

((....Okay, that made me crack up.))

A bit too focused on trying to find something edible that suited his tastes, Cu winced as the candy bounced off the sheath on his back and glared at the boy.

Candy? Do I really look like the type to eat candy?!

But it was food, anyways, so Cu picked it up, stared for a few moments, and ended up placing it into a pocket.

((what made you crack up?))

Lance frowned "Unfortunately, We have no warm food because recently charlie decided to blow the kitchen up" he pulled from his pocket a small amount of money and place it on the table "but feel free to eat whatever you wish i have you covered"

Leo wincing at the smack was annoyed. "Owww... incapable of speech? Hm.. weird" he said. looking down and realised he was still wearing the same tattered gi he was wearing the day of the plaza accident.. "I'm going back to Muramasa's..." he mumbled as he grabbed his sword and headed out the door.

Cu smirked under his mask and dug up two tattered bills from his pocket, unsheathing the red-encrusted blade for emphasis that he should have at least enough money now to get him through a day. He did also get a discount at a certain small foodshack, and he preferred to go there rather than make an awkward appearance at fast food chains, where he had difficulty getting the unfortunate cashiers to understand what it is he wanted.

...As if the dangerous aura around him didn't make him stand out enough and a prime target for whispers from the people around him.

Noelle shakes her head, watching Lance and Cu go into the kitchen. Guys were an entirely different species all together.. and maybe if Leo had stopped to consider that the guy might speak using sign language.
Deciding the guys had everything under control, she goes to pick up her bag from where she left it and heads out to do a little light shopping.

Lance made sure everyone was set he was starting to feel trapped inside the building. He made his way out to the balcony and went to jump to the roof from across the alley and slipped on a small puddle of water falling at a fast rate towards the ground "Oh, this is gonna feel lovely" he frowned and tried to filp himself around in time to possibly try and make the falls less painful.

Cu had just exited the building when he saw a flailing form falling towards him.

...That looks like Lance. It would make my day if I just...stepped out of his way, but... He jogged backwards a few paces and caught the other mercenary at a roll, causing both of them to splash into a nearly puddle.

...Puddle, my ass. That thing is a LAKE. He gingerly got to his feet and dumped Lance ungracefully onto the ground.

Hitting the first shop that sold clothes, Noelle rummages around the racks and shoves a few items she likes into her bag, making sure the attendants were not paying that much attention to her before doing it...

Lance stands up as well as helping the new man up. His clothes soaked to the bone he shivers frowning "Thanks that damn puddle almost killed me" He laughed while brushing the dirt and excess water off his clothes "Well, looks like i need new clothes now."

Cu looks down at his own grimy outfit and shrugged. Black clothes were nice in that bloodstains and dirt didn't show too well. He gestured awkwardly, trying to ask Lance if he wanted to join Cu for a meal.

Oddly enough somehow Lance understood the man and laughed "Well, i would enjoy a small meal.. But not here" He teased the man.. "Hey, do you have a name?.. " Lance felt stupid even if he did how would he tell lance.."Oh ya.. so do you have an idea of where to go?"

Cu sighed and dug out a tattered piece of paper and a pencil nub, and scribbled out a barely-legible "CavaN/CU/WolF" on it, handed it to Lance, and started heading towards the rundown stand.

((I'm assuming Cu knows Lance's name from all the rumors and fame that surrounds him...))

Lance barely manages to read the note "Cu huh?" He looks up noticing that Cu had already began walking up "Oh, wait up Im Lance or as the others in this city call me The Slaughtering Kitsune"

((Well, its up to you no one has gone by that part so far))

After around ten minutes of browsing and stuffing a mixture of clothes, boots and other must haves in her bag, Noelle decides not to push her luck any farther. Throwing the bag over her shoulder, Noelle heads for the door of the shop. As she's about to head out, a huge hand lands on her shoulder.

"Excuse me, miss." a burly security guard glares down at her, "But I think I'm going to have to take a look in your bag."

Aw shit. Noelle thinks to herself, she hadn't been caught in years.. no point in fighting the hired help, she would wait for the big guns to appear before she did that.

Cu gave a brief nod and rounded a corner.

A couple of minutes later, he opened a creaky door, brushed aside faded curtains, and sat himself down on a rickety stool, looking up at the chef. She noticed Lance and smiled warmly.

"Are you a friend of his? I've never seen you around these parts before," she asked, while preparing Cu's usual meal. "What should I make for you today?"

Lance followed Cu in noticing the women and nodding "Well, i just met him today.. He asked me to come eat with him" He glanced over at what Cu was being made it looked good "I guess ill just have what your making him"

Lance dug into his pocket and pulled out a wallet rummaging through it and looking up at the women "So how much will that be?"

Cu held up a crumpled bill for Lance to see, then tossed it on the counter. The woman chuckled.

"Free for you, since it's your first time here, and Cu's been a good customer." Seeing the wolf snake his hand over the counter, she swatted it with the butt end of a spatula. "I meant him, not you!" she added, handing over what had been Cu's rice bento over the Lance and starting on a second bento. Cu pouted and glowered.

In a few moments, she had finished preparing the bento with pre-cooked eggs and a bit of meat and vegetables, and passed it over the counter to him. Cu split the wooden chopsticks, pulled his mask down, and dug in.

Handing the bag to the security dude, noting he must of enjoyed a diet of donuts and coffee, she crosses her arms over her chest and waits. With a grin, after looking into the bag and seeing all the items stuffed in there, the security dude grabs Noelle's arm roughly, "Well, dear. Looks like you need to come with me."

Noelle grits her teeth cause this guy is literally bruising her arm and just asking for his ass to be kicked but she knew not here, not yet. She lets the guard drag her to the small dingy office that most security guards use and sits down in the chair he points to as he closes the door. Crossing her arms and legs, Noelle waits as the guard picks the phone and makes a call..

Lance laughed and smiled at them both, they seemed like nice people he wasn't used to such hospitality he placed his wallet back into his pocket and nodded "Thank you ma'am" he looked down at the delicious food he was hand the smell it's self made Lance salivate. "This smells and looks amazing thank you"

Lance grabbed a pair of chop sticks and split them apart sitting down next to Cu and began to eat. The taste of the food was so good that Lance almost didn't want to eat it in the fear that it would be gone eventually. "This food..I need to get you to teach my friend charlie how to cook" He chuckled and began to eat more. "So how long have you known Cu here? Do you know how long he has been mute?"

The chef laughed. "This is nothing fancy. You could get much better if you went into the city and sniffed out some high-class restaurants, but Cu never has the money." The wolf gave her a disgruntled look before working on the piece of salmon she has slipped under a bed of rice.

"I think he started visiting a couple years ago. As for his...talking issue, I don't know. He's never told me." She lowered he voice. "He's always come on with that dirty mask on, so if there're scars under there, I wouldn't know."

Cu glare sideways and paused with a bite halfway to his mouth. He could hear them...

He smiles and continues eating the food "Well, He is welcome to stay at charlies and im sure i could find some work for him.. Oh, I'm Lance by the way" Lance looked over at Cu and pointed at his sword "Can you use that thing? Or is it just decoration" He snickered teasing the wolf "I mean i can't help you get money if that sword is useless"

Lucien awoke in his room to a call on the phone. What could it be now?He thought to himself as he stood up and made his way towards his kitchen where the phone was. The lights were on..Oh how he despised the lights. He reached up to a switch at the door to the kitchen that dimmed the lights and clicked it "There we go much better"

Lucien looked at the phone noticing it was from the local police station "Oh, Lord what could these buffoons want" he picked the receiver up and place it against his ear and said with a icy voice into it "What do you want pig?"

((That thing shouldn't look like a sword. In its current state, it IS sheathed, and at most looks like a half-moon-shaped blade.))

Cu snarled the best he could, pulled the heavy blade out from its black sheath, and flung it at the empty space while holding onto the handle. It extended quite suddenly into a halberd, which he brought close to Lance's ear.

Of course I can use it, fool.

He paused in his irritation as it suddenly hit him that he'd left his handguns and knives in the room. At least his normal outings weren't too dangerous.

The voice on the other end just stated, "We found the girl your have been looking for." And gives Lucien the info that had been passed on from the security cop.

Noelle gets restless, usually the cops got here within twenty minutes and it had been over thirty now. What were they playing at. Like seriously, what if she had to take a leak or something? She wasn't going to damage her bladder cause the damn cops were late. She glares at the Security guard, "Hey, where's the bathroom."
The guard ignores her.
Noelle narrows her eyes, oh a wise ass, are we?

Lucien grins on the phone with the cop "So, Shes finally stopped moving eh? Keep her detained until i get there" He hung the phone up and walked into his room grabbing a pair of high powered sunglasses. "Time to get her back for what she did" he placed them on his eyes and proceeded outside where he extended his wings jumping off a small cliff near his house and gaining air gliding at a fast speed toward the police office.

Lance blinked as the edge weapon reached his ear for a second there lance thought he was being attack and had his hand over the 9mm he had hidden. "Thats very impressive, I don't know whether or not you have heard who i am or what i do but currently im on the hunt of a man that works for the government by the name of Lucien. Are you Against that at all?" He smirked as a chesire grin appeared over his face "well there is the kill list board that i visit daily as well."

"Hey, I asked you a question." She practically slams her palms on the guard's desk, "Unless you want me to end up doing the restroom here."
The guard just gives her smirk, "Do whatever you want. I'm not letting you leave out of that door."
Noelle grits her teeth, this was getting past funny... and all her knives were in her bag which the guard had..

Cu shook his head. So that's where half the Wanted posters he'd had his eyes on had gone... He lifted a small latch and left gravity do its job with the halberd, reducing it to its usual carry-around size.

The chef smiled. "Government? To be honest, I think all of us in this area have quite a few issues we'd like to settle with them, but we're only poor chefs and shopkeepers."

Lucien arrived at the station kicked the door open and stormed through the area "where is she?" He said with a surprisingly low and calm tone as he made his way past several guards. The didn't speak they knew who he was looking for they simply point towards on room He smirked "Perfect." Lucien walked to the door Kicking it off the hinges as he smiled evily with a icy cold evil tone in his voice he spoke "Well Well... If it isn't Lil ol Noelle.."

Lance smiled standing up after finishing his food and handing the shopkeeper money anyways he hated taking a free meal from nice people "Well, you don't worry about that ma'am the Kitsune will do it for you" The chesire smile appeared on his face as he walked out of the shop and into the streets motioning the wolf to follow.

Upon hearing that icy voice saying her name, Noelle freezes. Her eyes grow wide, no.. it can't be... She spins around to see Lucien standing in the door way and all chances of her making an escape just went down to zero.

Noelle scowls and pushes his hand off of her cheek, "And what business is of yours where I have been? And why in the hell would I write to you." she tries to figure a way of getting past him. She had known him while in foster care and had been best friends with him.. till he liked snapped.. and Noelle already knew there was a snowball in Hell chance she could take him on..