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Thran Mrithun
Sep 4th, 2018, 11:55:15 AM
He had been watching her for days now.

A constant vigilance was necessary to learn the everyday habits of his prey; what shop she preferred for her morning stimcaf, the whereabouts of her vocation and the locations in between, her favorite restaurants, and intimately the apartment complex where she resided. In a few days' time, he most assuredly knew more about her than anyone else that unceremoniously passed in and out of her life. She preferred a surreptitious routine, choosing to blend into the background of Coruscant's bustling day to day life and it was easy, easier to hide in plain sight. So many preferred to hermitize, burying themselves in the obscure, ancient worlds where their kind had once reigned supreme. It didn't matter. He would find them, no matter how they chose to hide themselves. It was, after all, his designation.

Thran Mrithun sat at the outdoor patio of his quarry's favorite cafe, strategically positioned to observe the street she strolled down every evening on her way home from work. A stylus drifted over a digital canvas splayed in his lap and a now cold cup of stim tea loitered on the umbrella'd table before him; denoting how distracting his current occupation could truly be. The canvas he scrawled upon displayed a picture of the woman he hunted; mid-twenties, thin and willowy, dark skin and light hair, and wary blue eyes that seemed to take in everything and nothing at once. Not unlike his own. His eyes, however, were a deep dark brown that exuded infinitely more shrewdness when affixed upon a subject of interest; otherwise seeming quite careless in their usual perusal, candidly.

His chrono chimed quietly and he laid down his drawing utensil to silence it, reaching out with the same hand to raise and subsequently quaff his beverage. He winced at the liquid's coldness and replaced the mug back on the table, choosing instead to stash his holopad into the recesses of his two-button, ebony overcoat. A credit chip was removed from his pocket and laid out for his server, the scarf that had come to drift out over his lapels gingerly tucked back into place. He inhaled deeply and pocketed his hands, rounding the balustrade of the cafe and falling into an easy pace behind his target.

He had collected all of the data and passed it along to his employer. His directive was clear. Tonight, tonight.

Thran Mrithun
Feb 8th, 2019, 12:55:35 PM
As expected, his mark continued to wend her way down the bustling street in the general direction of her apartment complex. Surreptitious behaviors possessed him at opportune times. Preternatural senses were talents she could boast but he had learned from previous missions to anticipate awareness by carefully monitoring body language. Undoubtedly, she was nervous. He paused at a holo-news stand as she collided with someone after looking over her shoulder, his eyes scanning articles aimlessly while she muttered apologies and clumsily attempted to right the displaced items into the arms of the alien she'd stepped into. She scanned the storefronts and the loiterers near them in his general direction but ultimately turned to continue in the direction of her home.

A slow pivot brought him around again and he ambled casually after her. Soon, they would come to an interior corridor that connected the street to a cloistered cul-de-sac of low income buildings. Out of sight, out of mind. It was a fine place for her to hide, tucked just behind the bustling mall they moved further and further from. Fine place to hide from anyone but him, that was. His breath hitched with anticipation as she turned into the mouth of the darkened corridor and his pacing quickened, his fingers thrumming excitedly against the syringe deliberately sliding down his jacket sleeve. So close now, so close...

He turned to follow her down the bleak stretch of street, unevenly crammed with the flanking buildings and juxtapositioned awnings that made their path seem enclosed. It took him a moment to realize that his breath had caught in his throat, in anticipation of what was to come. The apex predator, the unsuspecting prey, and the promise of the kill that hung like taut red string between them. The muscles of his legs tightened as he prepared for a burst of speed, his pupils dilated in the darkness, and then...

Keirick
Aug 5th, 2019, 01:25:57 PM
In the span of only a few seconds, Thran's unsuspecting prey was maneuvered around from the path she cautiously tread; silenced by the unforgiving grasp of a hand and rendered immobile by the iron bar of a muscular arm. Silvery-blue eyes glinted with mischief, honing in upon the other predator that stalked the shadows. Keirick smirked, the expression hidden somewhat by the slender woman's mane of light hued hair. Her legs flailed only for a second, his hold on her tightening to the point of her fragile bones letting out a threatening creak. He rested his chin almost casually upon her shoulder as he observed Thran, his own musculature carefully assessing the minute fluctuations in the woman's body language in order to detect any desire to fight his hold.

"Getting lost in the poetry of it, Thran..?" He purred, inhaling the scent of fear that mingled with the woman's cheap, floral body wash. Her sinuous struggling had come to a halt and Keir knew that to mean one thing; he was, after all, quite experienced in these matters. The evidence of her concentration raised the dark hairs at his nape and just as she went to lash out with the Force, she would feel the menacing press of a blade at her throat. "Ah, ah, ah... you're long out of practice and my blade is hungry, sweet. Stay still and don't interrupt." He whispered to her, teasing the line of her carotid oh so carefully with the tip of his weapon.