Siren asked "And you sure that its' not some loner Animal Folk. Not to get racist but..."

Romeo just showed a picture of the foot "Trust me sweetie" the footprints were bizzare...and definently not crocodilian. They looked almost like...three dashes

George said "I haven't yet. I'll start upstairs you look down here"

“I mean, do you like like...muffins? Meats? What don’t you like?” Willow asked.

“Have a good day, Judge Connor,” Aspen said, nodding her thanks and turning to leave.

Utopia waited quietly, letting him work as she kept an eye on the surrounding area.

"I'm not picky." Raul shrugged.

"That's a lie." Makoto chimed in, leaning over to Raul to look at his menu. "Get the egg croisannt, you'll eat that." She pointed it out to him, and he read over the food on the menu.

"That does sound pretty good actually." Raul agreed.

Makoto went back to sitting up straight in her chair again. "I'll probably try this Acai bowl thing, never had Acai before." She remarked, pronouncing Acai with a K sound. "How about you Willow?" She asked as she looked up to her friend, waiting for the waiter to roll around to take their order.

"Acai." Raul correct pronounced more quietly, to which Makoto mumbled some half reply to him while waiting for an answer from Willow.

"Glad ta' be workin' with ya!" Torgh gave a singular wave as he followed her out.

"Got footprints in the kitchen." Lexi radioed back. "Sporatic, unclear if someone backtracked just to make footstep following useless, or if they spent a lot of time in here. They likely left this way, though." She continued, keeping her eyes on the room as a whole so nobody could surprise her if they were still around.

Rungle gave a thumbs up after a moment, going up first to make sure it was clear on the surface too.

Siren sighed "I know babe, just...don't be dissapointed if it's not"

"It has to be," Romeo said quietly "This research could..." He sighed as he put the scale to the side as he rubbed his temple. "Fuck..."

"What?" Siren said quietly

"It's an Alligator Gar, must have washed up by the trap" Romeo said quietly "Weird that one is so far from it's territory though"

Siren said "Hey, that might be something"

"Thanks" Romeo sighed and held his hand in his head.

George said "More blood shoe prints in other room. I'm not seeing what could do it thought"

Willow mouthed sorry to Raul as Makoto looked away, though she was still grinning.

"Oh, just trying to determine if we should take the teleporters or if I should show you how to get around some, what do you think?" Aspen asked.

Utopia kept her hand near the knife strapped to her leg, but only followed quietly as she looked around.

(Oxidation dillon, how long the blood has been exposed to air, or basically, how long has it been approximately since the blood was spilled?)

"Hey!" Makoto called across the room to the person that had brought them to the table, who was busy cleaning another table. "We're ready to order!"

"That's not necessary, Makoto..." Raul mumbled, knowing full-well that saying it for the thousandth time wasn't going to stop her from doing it again.

The waiter, after finishing what they were doing, headed over to the table. "You said you're all ready to order?" He asked, ready to write them down.

"Yeah uh, I'll take the Acai bowl," Makoto started, still pronouncing it how she chose to.

"I'll have the egg croissant." Raul spoke up soon after, getting anxious immediately because he forgot to give the waiter time to write her order down first, though it didn't seem to be an issue as the man kept writing.

"Well if we ain't in a big hurry, showin' me around'd be a big help." Torgh replied.

"The bloods a good two or three hours old though, so if the killer did leave they're long gone." Lexi continued, still searching around for any clues.

As Rungle checked ahead, he confirmed the road was clear before looking back to Utopia. "Clear for now, hurry." He stated before putting his knife away, getting ready to make his way up to the top of the buildings via parkour.

George said "We'll have to keep looking"

Romeo was all of a sudden quiet as Siren said "You're losing funding for this aren't you?"

There was a groan as he realized he was caught. Romeo said reluctantly "Yeah, I am. They said that...these small findings and false hopes aren't enough. That there is no real tangible proof that a new creature exists. I'm...not convinced."

"Yes, thank you," Willow said.

Aspen greeted a few officers as they passed, but she was noting the rapid rise in activity. "Wonder what's happened," she mused.

Utopia left it at that, heading towards the factory district.

As the waiter left, Makoto leaned back in her chair. "Man, I gotta find a licensed illusionist to make clothes now, that's gonna be fun."

"If we didn't have a job to do already I'd be tryin' ta' figure out where the smoke is." Torgh replied.

With a swiftness of step, Lexi hurried outside and went to the house to the left first, knocking on the door. "Central Brumel Police, just checking in and needing to ask a few questions!" She called to the door, waiting for a response.

Rungle followed along from the rooftops, moving ahead some to get a better look at the detergent factory up ahead. "Nothing suspicious so far." He spoke into the communicator.

The door opened and said "What's the problem" stood a dwarven woman as her beard flowed in the wind.

George looked around more and more keeping quiet about his suspicions.

Siren asked "He...he did"

"Said I was wasting money on a pointless chase" Romeo gripped his desk tightly. "If I didn't need his support.."

Siren said "Romeo, calmed down"

"I would fucking kill for a face changing hoodie," Willow commented.

"Noted," Aspen chuckled as they headed outside. "You'll be a great intimidation factor as well."

Utopia made sure to smile at the people she crossed paths with, which thankfully were few.