<div></div><br> <br>The plan had been perfect, at least as the slender squirrel had figured. She'd memorized the patrol routes, she'd prepared a crude, but effective enough forgery to buy her the time she'd need to get away, she'd found an accomplice. Something had gone sideways though, that guard had taken off early, she'd heard him muttering about the bathroom just in time to plow into him. Clutching the documents tight to herself, she shouldered him to the ground, tried to kick him, though that only resulted in stubbing her toe. Hobbling off, the somewhat dazed guard, gets his senses together and screams out, "Thiieeff! Stop that squirrel!" after recognizing the particular documents she was holding. Stumbling out of the doorway, she glances left, then right and sprints off, trying to duck between the various visitors. There's a shout from the other side of the square, "She came this way!" Though the closest guard is nowhere near the bobcat yelling it.<br> <br>"Why do I even bother going to those lecture?" A Certain fox complains as he walks out of the building that housed the military tactics academy. Angus stretched, his muscle slightly stiff from sitting in a dark room for so long, and then his ear flicked as he heard the disturbance. "What in the name of the Creators is going on?" He asked, his eyes already drawn to the squirrel fleeing the scene, before he takes off after her.<br> <br>"Heck if I know." Rainer hops off the bannister and follows the kitsune down onto the street, folding his arms behind his head as he does. Was he just... waiting there for Angus to come out? Seeeeems like it! "Sounds like somebuddy stole somethin'." A pause, as another voice calls across the way. "And she went that way." He blinks, only then realizing the todd is already on the move, and hastens to catch up, sighing theatrically. "Duty calls~ ...I guess."<br> <br>Ictus chuckles at his cousin's grumble and shakes his head, "Sometimes I wonder myself." he blinks at Rainer before the call of thief goes off and grumbles to himself, "What's with all the thieves lately?" as he heads in the same direction as Angus, though opting for a stealthier approach as he attempts to blend into the crowd. He tracks the thief with his eyes as he steadily jogs after her<br> <br>Selena seems to be paying more attention to re-arranging her bag's contents as she paces down through the academy district. The call from the guard prompts her to close the bag prematurely, looking over the crowd for the supposed being with a quiet sigh.<br> <br>The squirrel ducks between a few students, maybe even shoving a few out of the way with annoyed cries of, "Hey" and other less polite things. That floofy tail darts right past Angus and Rainer, close enough one could've almost grabbed her tail if she hadn't hooked a sharp left, trying to go through the crowd. A few students begin chasing after her once they realize what's going on, stumbling over eachother as she ducks through them. The bobcat from before begins to chase as well, though a good eye might note he's chasing after her pursuers instead. She doesn't know specifically who's after her, but with the chaos that's going on, that's not surprising.<br> <br>Angus frowns as the squirrel just manages to slip his grasp. "Rainer, try and cut her off." He comments to the wolf, dodging one of the downed students, as he does. Then is attention is drawn to the bobcat who had just joined the chase, and his eyes narrowed as he slowed down just enough for them to catch up. Turning slightly he throws all his weight into a rather heavy tackle, at least as heavy as a slightly scrawny fox could do, and trys to take the bobcat down.<br> <br>The demure white furred songgirl quickly exits the section of the academie complex devoted to 'scholarly research' and whatever that actually entailed. She clutched the burgeoning parcel of correspondences she had retrieved for her mistress, holding them together to her breast with both of her little paws. She smiled to herself, tail swishing happily, as she imagined how pleased her lady would be with her productive errand and walks out into the streetway. She looks up slightly, her ears perking as she notices a growing bustling in the crowd ahead of her. She freezes stock still, trembling with inaction as a squirrel woman nearly one and a half times her size breaks free of a particularly large throng of students to charge directly at her. She gives a broken mew and squeezes her eyes shut, ducking her muzzle and flinching in anticipation of being collided with.<br> <br>Rainer takes a mighty swipe at the fluffy tail--! And gets a handful of some random student's academic robes. "Oh. Um." She starts flailing away on him, and he swiftly releases and stumbles back, bringing his arms up to ward her attacks away. "It was an honest mistake! Gah! Get away! You're late for class!" Finally breaking away, he gets around to... bolting off to try to cut the thief off at the pass. "Why do I always have to do all the legwork?"<br> <br>Selena mutters something under her breath, calmly pacing through the crowd towards the mess ahead while staying near the exits to alleyways or other means of escape. Still keeping an eye on the area; nothing more interesting to pay attention to yet, it'd seem.<br> <br>Ictus grumbles as he seems to be spotted and dashes after Rainer in an attempt to catch up, "You aren't the only one this time." he chuckles a little as he races towards the squirrel<br> <br>The squirrel looks at the small kitten and yells, "Outta the way you idiot!" as she darts to the side, probably elbowing into her. The crowd surges around her thankfully, though the squirrel does find that she's slowly being boxed in. She slides to a stop, glancing to the sides quickly before scrambling straight towards the group again, looking like she's hoping to get away in the chaos of it all. Both Angus and the Bobcat go sprawling, dropping anything they were carrying, a bag in the case of the cat in question. A book is thrown at Rainer by the angry student, though the doe's aim was a bit off as the crowd surges around her, so the heavy book soars past without a problem, other than almost hitting another student anyway. The squirrel's decently quick, but Ictus slowly gains ground and Selena being in the middle of the crowd would suddenly see a big fluffy tail bearing down on her.<br> <br>Claws scrapped against the walkway, trying to gain purchase as Angus once again lunged at the Bobcat. Taking hold of their cloak he yanks, making them stumble as they try to get up, before he wraps an arm around their neck. With a slight snarl, he lets his legs give out, and pulls the Bobcat back down to the ground underneath his weight. "Rather interesting really, maybe next time you should make sure that the Uniform is washed and fits right, before you steal it at least." He comments in a low growl, not at all happy that he was now in pain thanks to aggravating his burns.<br> <br>Rainer jerks to a sudden halt, prompted by a tingling of his Explorer Senses, and indeed just in time to prevent himself from running into the trajectory of the hurtling tome. "I SAID I WAS oh forget you." he starts to bark back towards that random student he'd offended before turning his scrutinizing gaze back to the jumbled mass of bodies forrr squirrel tail! The wolf lets loose a mighty cry of "Nyarghaburglegrag'nstuff!" as he wades into the throng, eyes transfixed upon his prey.<br> <br>Ictus blinks at Rainer's 'battlecry' and shakes his head as he continues his dash for the thief, grabbing at the squirrels tail if he manages to catch up<br> <br>Selena looks over at the squirrel tail moving towards her, with a noticable roll of her eyes. She murmers a few mnemonics, making a subtle gesture or two. Her movement slows, most of her concentration used up in her other actions.<br> <br>The squirrel stumbles a few steps, suddenly beginning to gasp like she's been running much more than she has.  Looking around confused, she reaches into her tunic and fishes a bag free and throws it to the ground. It breaks open revealing some sort of red powder that's suddenly picked up by air magic and dispersed around her. Those closest cry out in surprise and try to rub their eyes and those with good noses could smell dried pepper. She makes a few sluggish steps towards the alleyway. By the time it reaches Rainer and Ictus, it's effect is mostly diminished, giving them the hint of a spice rather than the burning that those closest to her got. A few students furthest from the mob begin helping Eriene up and a few help dogpile on the lynx until the guards can arrive. Rainer's grab gets the squirrel's tail and she cries out in surprise and turns to weakly lash out at him, pretty much gasping for air at this point before sighing and holding the papers up, "Here. The rubbings from the creator relic." she takes a breath, then adds, "Take them back before they get ruined" some might notice an impish look though, especially as a few students try to push their way forward to get a look at the papers..<br> <br>Angus was rather thankful for the help of others, as he didn't think he could of held the Bobcat by himself for much longer. Standing back up he wipes his hands on his trousers, and goes to retrieve the bag that had been dropped. "I wonder what was so important." He mutters, opening the bag to take a peak as he waits for the others.<br> <br>Eriene crumples to the ground with a painful faltering mew, the squirrel's elbow having snapped right into the side of her muzzle. She whimpers weakly blinking her tearing eyes open and moving to crazle her short snout gingerly. She reaches with her other paw to gather some notes that were flung from her grasp when she fell, desperate to keep them safe for her mistress, before she curls up fetally to protect herself from the commotion surrounding her.<br> <br>"Ha!" Rainer's fist clenches around a handful of tail, and he strikes a triumphant pose and pretty much just shrugging off the last meek flails of the defeated rodent. "Don't feel too bad about being caught. You're a slippery bugger, but you're no match for Rainer the Gr-ehwhat'sthisnow?" His free hand accepts the offered papers, brows knitting in confusion as he steals a peek at them... while maintaining an iron grip on the culprit's appendage. "The heck do you wanna rub relics for?" He starts to become aware of all the school folk clambering for a peek, and edges back, looking decidedly perterbed. "Um. Guys?"<br> <br>Eriene is given assistance by a few students and moved to the side of the street and away from the commotion, being brought to some steps to rest for a bit, looks of concern are echanged as a medical student takes a few glances and cursoury checks at the kittens small muzzle, prompting some wincing whimpers from the young feline who still cradles the package meant for her mistress in her lap, never letting up her grip.<br> <br>Ictus blinks at the squirrels grin and shakes his head, "What is it Rainer? Rubbings?" he grabs a hold of the squirrel's shoulders before looking at the rubbings himself<br> <br>Selena moves over to the Squirrel cautiously. Rather than taking the papers, the wolfess moves to put a hand on the squirrel's shoulder, not about to let them try anything else - though Rainer's over-exuberant posing draws a cursory glare. before she returns her gaze to the caught girl. "I'd like to have a talk to you," She says, keeping her voice loud enough to be heard, though not loud enough to draw much attention. "And so would the guards." She remains close, shifting her hand to the squirrel's wrist when the students begin to crowd up around them, not intending to let them bolt.<br> <br>The squirrel is rounded up with the help of Selena and Rainer while the bobcat acomplice is grabbed as well. The guards take statements from everyone and they lead them off. One could almost swear they could hear someone yelling again though.