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29 this time. Here's hoping.

The Seeker For the briefest moment, he considered turning tail. He had been wondering if he might be outclassed when he saw his suspect taking off with jets of flame. If it were simply a matter keeping up pace he wasn't afraid of losing his target, but if he could simply fly off or bypass obstacles by simply skipping over them, then he was at a risk. It was the reach into the pocket that caused Seeker's heart to skip a beat. A brief moment of memory, countless shouts of "Gun!" in his past, and consideration of what kind of weapon this likely super-criminal would be carrying caused a moment of hesitation where he nearly missed his next jump. Steeling himself, he decided that he had come too far, and his target was unlikely to let him just walk away. He swung himself forward again, hoping to take down his suspect before he could draw whatever he had on him.

31 to chase this dude!

The Seeker The swing from one rooftop to the other didn't give him a lot of time to examine the other figure. A quick glimpse gave him enough detail to confirm that this guy fit the description, as it were. He didn't have a lot of hope that this person was going to be friendly, but very briefly he thought "Please just stay there." As the figure turned tail to run, Sam huffed to himself. Landing on the roof and breaking into a sprint, he muttered "Fine. Let's do it your way, then."

Interesting. Sam regarded the figure on the opposite rooftop, and played through the possibilities in his mind. The most likely was that this was Talon, whose attention had been caught for obvious reasons. This could also theoretically be another, unrelated super who came to investigate of their own accord. The final possibility, and the one that worried Sam the most, was that this was the individual who had planted the bomb in the first place, out to see if his trap had done its job. Regardless of who it was, Seeker thought to himself, if they realized someone other than the police was investigating, they would likely either talk to him directly or flee. And if he was on the ground talking to the police at the time, they would likely get away if they were to run. That wouldn't do. With that in mind, Seeker drew himself up to his full height and launched his grappling hook, breaking into a run in order to swing over to the other rooftop. If this person wanted to talk, or even cooperate, he'd be happy to oblige. If they ran, he'd catch and question them. Simple as that.

That would be a 24.

Went ahead and rolled a 35 for stealthing it up on the rooftop.

The Seeker Seeker paused and thought. His first instinct was to flee. There was too great of a risk that he had been seen at some point and hadn't realized it, and that could compromise him almost instantly if he were to be spotted for a second time. That said, the bomb had raised more questions for him that he needed answered, and this was likely his best way to get them answered. It didn't make sense for the bomb to be a defense against trespassers or anything of the sort. If Talon had set it up on the assumption that anyone breaking in would be annoyed enough by the smell of a used toilet to flush it, then Sam had to applaud him on his ingenuity. It made more sense, though, that someone had broken in before him and set it up with hopes that Talon himself would trigger it. And if Talon already had enemies, that didn't clear him of suspicion, but it did cast things in a different light. His curiosity now piqued, he made the decision to hang around. He approached the edge of the roof closest to the front entrance. Making his best effort to remain unseen from the street below, he attempted to listen in on any chatter from the street. First he would determine if he had already been made. If he was in the clear, he would make approach and offer to aid in the investigation.

The Seeker Two for Tragedy 8 IC posts, x2=16 2PP

The Seeker Cursing again, he stood and sprinted to the window. Mid-run, he reached and grabbed a handful of papers from the table and jammed them into his pocket. As quickly as he was able, he threw the window back open, jumped through it, swung around the edge to his right-hand side, and clung to the wall outside. Slamming the window shut behind him, Seeker began to climb back to the roof. While he wasn't thrilled about having his cover blown by an exploding toilet, he realized as he climbed away that the situation acutally presented a unique opportunity. He might be able to use this to spot Talon in plainclothes. For now, though, he needed to get some distance. First he needed to get to the roof and find the best method to get away unseen.

17 to search the living room. Time to hustle.

Seeker slid across the floor as he dove to protect himself from the explosion. Cursing, he climbed back to his feet and examined the space behind him. So much for leaving no trace. Mentally kicking himself for such a rookie mistake, he turned his attention back to the living room. It was the only part of the space he hadn't yet searched, and it was small enough that he would hopefully have enough time to spot anything important and quickly analyze it before exiting. Even if there was nothing there, he still had the cube in his pocket and he could grab some of the papers on the table if nothing else.

24 squeaks by on the reflex save, and a 19 for Toughness. Sam is a lucky guy.

"Oh God." It was no small effort for Sam to keep himself from retching. "This has to be some kind of joke." He attempted to center himself and analyze the room. He examined it slowly, from top to bottom. The ceiling was normal, there was likely just another apartment above. The walls were smooth, nothing odd here. The shower was just a shower and the sink was just a sink. However, something was not quite right about... "No way." He braved a step closer and took in the offending toilet. He couldn't quite explain what it was, or what it could possibly accomplish, but it didn't seem to fit quite right with its surroundings. Once again, he was left with only one path forward. Swallowing the smallest bit of dignity in the process, he took a step forward and did the only thing that made sense. He flushed the toilet.

That's a 36 for checking the bathroom.

The Seeker "Hmm. Now you're a curious little thing." He turned the cube over in his hands, ran his fingers along it looking for seams or other fine details, and pressed in on the sides to test its give. He wasn't hoping for much with this experimentation, but he was hesitant to go straight for pressing the big button. He had no idea whether the tiny cube was a GPS tracker, a bomb, a fidget cube or anything else. Weighing the options in his mind, he considered the space he was in one more time. Nothing of interest so far... Just this cube and a stack of papers that were useless to him for the time being. He sighed and settled for slipping the cube into his trenchcoat pocket for now. The temptation to just press the button and see what happened was there, but he ought to at least check the bathroom first. Hopefully there was at least one option left somewhere int he apartment that was less reckless.

"Ah, bingo!" Seeker drew his baton and knelt to the kitchen floor, using the weapon to reach beneath the refrigerator to fish out the tiny parcel. He briefly considered the difficulty he might have inspecting this without leaving evidence behind. He quickly put it aside, deciding that this was too likely to pay off. He would simply have to put it back as best he could or take it with him if that was impossible.

http://orokos.com/roll/714497 Here's a preemptive Search check for searching the apartment for clues.

The Seeker Not as hard as Sam had expected. With a little effort, he clambered through the window and took in his surroundings. Nothing immediately stood out. The place was spartan. The apartment was either an emergency secondary hideout, or this Talon was still small potatoes. Still, all the better to deal with anything that needs to be dealt with now. Which, for now, meant assessing the situation. It only made sense to begin with the obvious. He would have liked to examine the papers on the table, but he was at an impasse in that regard. He decided to settle for investigating the rest of the apartment, and checking for anything that seemed to be deliberately hidden away. He began with the kitchen, paying extra attention to the spaces beneath the fridge and counter and above normal sight lines.

Suddenly remembers I never made a Orokos account http://orokos.com/roll/714240 For the Strength roll. I'll take 10 on the Stealth roll thanks to Skill Mastery for a total of 30.

The Seeker He paused for a moment, evaluating the situation. Smash-and-grab wasn't usually his modus operandi, but he was operating with very little information here. The front door wasn't exactly an option when you didn't have a room number or a name to work with. He was on the clock, but he had to maintain as much subtlety as possible. If he were to break the window in such a way that it could still move up and down, it would be relatively quiet and could possible cover his tracks if he needed to make a hasty escape. He repositioned himself above the apartment window and began pulling forcefully with one hand.

The Seeker Seeker was positioned on top of a building across the street from the building. Looking down on the scene, he evaluated his options in his approach. I guess it would have been too optimistic to hope that the streets would be empty. After pausing to gauge his surroundings, he drew grappling gun from his trenchcoat and swung his way over the street to the apartment building. Not the time to conduct interviews, he thought as he withdrew his hook and exchanged it for a pair of suction-cupped gloves. Better to do this the covert way. He walked to the side of the building facing away from the street and looked down, checking for other bystanders and tallying up the number of windows visible from the side. If this Talon was worth much of anything, he wouldn't leave anything important in view of the window in his hideout, but checking the apartments from the outside would at least provide something to go off of. All right, let's start narrowing the search. Seeker climbed around the edge of the roof and began climbing down to the sixth floor.

Fixed again

Thanks for the catch. Numbers have been shuffled.

Power descriptors added, and found the final tally that fell off somewhere.