#14: Crazy spider scientist stole mad scientist's favorite sane scientist

[horrible_phd]

[Filtered to Known Friends of Toshiko Sato//Unhackable]

Is Tosh okay?  I wanted her to look over some plans but I haven't been able to contact her at all.

[ooc:  Backdated to the afternoon of the 18th.  This filter can be seen by anyone who lives with Toshiko, anyone Billy saw at the New Year's party at her house, and anyone she's mentioned to him by name...I think Anakin is  the only one covered by this but leaving that open just in case I forgot.  This post is for Mohinder-plot related things including investigation action with Marco, will probably end up being a placeholder, as mun is sleepy.  This also marks the beginning of Billy's plan to build a secret lair in the Underground, though construction will be a long ongoing process.]

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same filter;

[perveritatem.livejournal.com]

I haven't attempted to contact Toshiko lately, but she doesn't strike me as the type to ignore people trying to get in touch.

same filter;

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

She really isn't. I think I'll try going by her house.

[Filter]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

Problem?

[Filter]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Something happened to Toshiko. She's not in the Hall of the Missing so she must be in the city somewhere. She left her house sometime Saturday and just never came home. Other people seem to be missing too. I'm wandering around by her house looking for clues...

[Private]

How good are you at tracking?

[Private]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

Depends on what's available. I've done the whole smelling-old-clothes bit, but that's only if there's an actual scent to pick up. Which means she had to have been moved somewhere physically and over ground. Which is likely? But not the only option in this place.

[Private]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Actually, what I really could use is some aerial surveillance--it'd be faster than looking on foot. Tosh goes to the beach by her house to think a lot, could you scan the area for signs of a struggle or anything that looks out of place?

[sending coordinates]

[ooc: Spot her laptop for me?]

[Private]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

No problem.

[A pause.]

I'm not really sure if I'll be able to carry the communicator while I'm all birdy'd up, though.

[ooc: I cannot, for the life of me, find if there is a description of the comm device or whatever.]

[Private]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Um...I guess I can hold it for you after you transform and I'll watch you with binoculars and you can circle if you see something.

[ooc: It probably looks like...what you need it to look like? idk. Action from now on?]

[Private]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

Sure thing. If you're going to be relatively close to where I'm searching, I won't need to bother with the communicator anyway. Meet me by the fountain in a few minutes?

[ooc: sure!]

[Action]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

[Billy is waiting by the fountain, not entirely sure if he's waiting for a human or not. He's getting more and more worried about Toshiko now that he's actually paying attention to the Network and all the disappearances/attacks that have been happening.]

[Action]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

[Marco runs up a few moments later, although he doesn't appear to be really out of breath. Mystery of mysteries. He holds the comm out for Billy to grab hold of so it doesn't get lost and then starts habitually shedding his outer clothes. It's okay because he has spandex on underneath. But it's cold.]

"Y-you think there'll be something around h-here?"

[He might be stuttering a bit. IT'S COLD.]

"I mean--what should I be looking for? I don't know this chick, so..."

[Action]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

"No, much more likely the beach. She'd go there to think, and nothing of hers is missing but her coat and her computer, plus no one saw her around the city that day. Could be somewhere right by her house, but I checked carefully there."

[He decides not to comment on the fact that Marco is stripping in public and describes her coat's appearance in case.] "She's Japanese, in her mid 30s, pretty. I'll lead you to the house, it's right by the beach."

[Action]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, hold on a second. I need you to hold on to my clothes."

[He shoves a pair of jeans, shoes, a shirt, and a hoodie at Billy in quick succession.]

"So I don't have to stash them somewhere and hope no one finds them. This is stupid," [He mutters, looking around to make sure nobody is in sight--not that it really matters. Weirder things happen here.] "I should know better than to do this kind of crap."

[And shloop! He goes bird, in that weird assortment of cracking bones and shmoopy disappearing organs. The first thing he does is shrink, and then the feathers pop out of his skin like super advanced pimples, and his bones shrink and hollow while his head rearranges and his arms flatten into wings. It's kind of gross. But at the end of it he's an adult osprey, a big old grey and white bird of prey with wicked good eyesight.]

You take a nice stroll. I'm going airborne. As long as you're within a mile or two, I should be able to talk to you.

[Yeah, that was in his head.]

[Action]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

[The transformation really isn't more pleasant to watch than to undergo. When Marco's voice speaks in his head, Billy jumps a bit.]

A little warning might have been nice.

[He bundles Marco's things together and walks to Tosh's house, occasionally looking up to see if the bird is still there. He gives a little wave to indicate they're reached the area of her probable abduction.]

[Action]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

Warning?

[He sounds completely innocent. Or.. you know, in your head, he sounds innocent. It takes a little effort for him to get off of the ground, but he does, eventually, and floats above Billy for most of the trip, circling back every now and then.]

I'm not seeing anything yet--

[If Billy's watching him, he sees the bird make a few turns, looking like any other bird usually looks. Every now and then he'll say Oh-- and dive towards the ground, but it ends up being a false alarm at least twice.]

[ooc: wait okay so what am I finding? her lap top?]

[Action]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

[Billy wanders around below. When Marco dives he walks a bit in that direction, but then resumes wandering when it's a false alarm.]

[ooc: yep. It's perched on a large rock somewhere.]

[Action]

[mistercomedy.livejournal.com]

There's something over there,

[He says suddenly, taking another circle before going down.]

Right over here. It looks like a lap top.

[Action]

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

[Billy runs as fast as he can to where Marco indicated. It looks familiar. He wakes it from sleep mode and luckily it doesn't seem to be password protected.]

It's definitely hers. You can change back now, I guess. Let me try to figure out what she was doing last.