5th Turn [Video/Action] Forward Dated to the 26th

[redjacketthief]

[It's late at night that the video feed opens. The thief is there, not remembering proper camera etiquette again, with a finger held up to his smiling lips. "Be quiet," he seems to be asking. Not that it would save him.

While he's requesting quiet, he himself is haphazardly humming a soft, haunting melody, the title of which he will swear to the day that he dies that he doesn't know. For a man who hasn't spoken to God in years, his humming is strangely reverent.

The viewers soon realize why.

The thief removes himself from the video feed, presenting a scale replica of a cathedral that some may recognize as the forever incomplete Sagrada Familia, the magnum opus of the deceased architect, Gaudi. Done up entirely in matchsticks and glue, and delicately standing on the coffee table in front of Lupin's zebra print sofa, it is but a faint echo of the original's majesty.

Astute observers will notice something different about it--it doesn't look as incomplete as it is in real life. The thief comes back into view, smiling.

There are secrets lingering just beneath the surface of his gaze. He will say nothing that will indicate what, though.]

Beautiful, isn't it. Been feeling a little nostalgic, for some reason. I thought the Old Man would appreciate it.

Comments

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[herotypical]

Brutal, more like.

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[redjacketthief]

Probably. But, when people are out to kill you anyway, it can be easier. No one expects it when you make your grand reappearance and take care of your job before they can stop you.

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[herotypical]

What about friends? Family?

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[redjacketthief]

My friends are my family, and they're generally on the job too. They understand the reasons, even if they wrestle me even after I tap out later.

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[herotypical]

And they forgive you?

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[redjacketthief]

We point guns at each other as often as we work together. It's a strange relationship, but it works.

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[herotypical]

...Whatever floats your boat.

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[redjacketthief]

Oh, it does more than float my boat.

...Lupin III. I've seen you around, but don't know your name.

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[herotypical]

Buffy Summers. The...first, I guess. If we're getting all well and truly numerical.

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[redjacketthief]

Buffy, huh? Enchanté. I only add the numeral because it's a family name, and my grandfather and I are both relatively famous. It makes it easier for people to distinguish between us.

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[herotypical]

Just how relative is relatively?

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[redjacketthief]

[internationally wanted]

...

Well enough that the name is very recognizable where I'm from.

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[herotypical]

Funny. It's the opposite for me, here.

[ she did the secret identity thing at home; luceti, however, has her name plastered all over the guide. ]

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[redjacketthief]

I hear ya on that. Most people know of my grandfather here, if they recognize the name at all.

sometimes they insist that he's fiction too.

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[herotypical]

What's he famous for?

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[redjacketthief]

Hmmm...

I'm sure you can take a few guesses with just this conversation as reference.

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[herotypical]

[ yes. she could. already had, perhaps.

however: ] It's too late at night for guessing games. [ she's a firecracker, this one. ]

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[redjacketthief]

And darkness is the best cover for secrets.

[Remember: Fire is a very valuable tool.]

[herotypical]

[ oh so dryly: ] Please don't tell me he was some kind of top-secret ninja architect.

[redjacketthief]

Grandfather? Oh, no! He had nothing to do with ninjas at all! He was a dapper gent, though. Wore a monocle and everything!

[herotypical]

...A monocle. Did he have a top hat too?

[redjacketthief]

He faced off against Sherlock Holmes and won. Surely you can do that math, right Buffy?

[herotypical]

Oh. I can do the math. Did the math ages ago. I just wanna let you know that it's cruel and unusual to spring a pop quiz on a stranger.

[ in other words? she's being typically difficult. ]

[redjacketthief]

Pop quiz? This is basic history here! What little kid hasn't thought of working along side of or besting the Great Detective, after all?

[herotypical]

...Possibly the kind of little kid who preferred fantasizing about a perfectly normal life, instead.