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

[all7seas]

SORRY. Sorry. It were just...

Process of elimination. Soooooo NOT babies, then.

[redjacketthief]

Why would you even think babies?? That's the last place a man wants to be!!

[all7seas]

Oh, aye. Well you might narrow it down for me, mate!

[redjacketthief]

I mean like a solar eclipse. You can't steal a solar eclipse!

[all7seas]

[Hold on -- he is considering this and trying to suss out whether it COULD in fact be done.]

[redjacketthief]

You really can't. Unless you find a way to steal the moon or put out the sun.

[all7seas]

What if you just made everyone look away from it long enough for it to blow over?

1/2

[redjacketthief]

2/2

[redjacketthief]

[He bursts out laughing after a moment, not at Jack but at the absurdity of his statement. How do you convince an entire city to not look at something fantastic in the skies above them? How do you keep their attention for the few minutes needed to attain such a goal?

Though he was a master at crowd manipulation, Lupin didn't think that accomplishing such a large scale task was possible.]

[all7seas]

[It might be as simple as employing a few strategic monkeys and an escaped lion or six, Lupin. Really.]

Oh, very well, laugh.

[redjacketthief]

[Monkeys and lions, in Barcelona, when he's busy making sure that a rare stone that's only a diamond in name is returned to its rightful place and a secret is stolen out from under the noses of his competitors.

Riiiiight.]

I was a little busy at that time--crises, friends getting abducted and shot, my girlfriend selling me out to four different organizations...

I'll remember to try that next time my neck is on the line, though!

[all7seas]

It's as simple as locating the nearest menagerie and popping open a few cage doors, mate. I've faith in you, I do.

[redjacketthief]

Thanks~ Like I said, I'll remember that next time I'm trying to make history.