Belle takes off for the front of the hotel at a run. Most of the hotel's guests and staff are out on the street, some taking cover further away from the gunfire which woke them from their beds.
Voinovich is still out cold beside Richter's Packard sedan.
Richter shouts down to Sky, Michael and Janet: "That car's had it! Come around and get in mine, and bring the girl! We're pulling out before this whole pile comes down!"
Sonny-boy feels groggy, but allows Richter to lead him out of the room and down to the street, where they see Belle and Voinovich. On the way down the stairs, Richter carries on one side of a running argument with someone who wants to bite Sonny's ears, on the grounds that Sonny has two and the speaker has none.
Kaze goes up to the flat roof. She finds a chimney with a scallop cut cleanly out of it, right through the bricks. There is some blood, and nearby, part of a leg. Someone materialized inside a chimney, damaging both chimney and leg. But the unlucky Traveler is nowhere to be seen.
The leg is Oriental and covered in kanji. Dozens and dozens of large characters intertwine and overlap, some of the overlaps forming other kanji as if by design. There is more ink than skin.
From the rooftop vantage point, Kaze looks around for any sign of the rest of the man. If no sign, she takes the leg portion that is there, wrapping it in something if possible, and meets the others at the car.
ReplyDeleteJanet goes with the others to the car, and helps Micheal get Christine there if he needs it.
ReplyDeleteSky helps Michael escort Miss Tane to the car around front
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