>Time to get back on the trail. Thank him for the intel, and it's time to go over everything you know now. Granted, you're no detective, but it might help to figure out as much as possible. Here are the knowns:
>1: Eiko is told to take out a target. The target has history with the Boss and is 'scummy'. Presumably tough, and it was entirely plausible a mutual kill could've happened.
>2: The Boss has been talking with a different...agent, let's call them. A girl. Supposedly doing better for the organization.
>3: Eiko encounters the target, walks away from the altercation without a scratch, all other parties dead. Something enraged her.
>4: The target's location is relatively clean and there is ZERO indication of the target's demise except a bloody jacket.
>5: Eiko may or may not have taken something she wasn't supposed to.
>6: Eiko's trail has NOT been straightforward, it’s been looping on itself and otherwise very complicated and redundant, as though trying to lose a tail.
>I don't know about you, but something REALLY isn’t adding up. The questions here are:
>1: What actually happened to the target? Because no one's a flawless eater, I'd be shocked otherwise. It's likely they were either disposed of somewhere only known to her- in which case, why bother amd not kisy bring a body part or the corpse? - or...the target is still alive.
>2: Why would she let the target walk, if so? Do they know each other? Is there something that she thinks the target can help with that the gamg can't?
>3: Is there a connection, adversarial or not, between the new girl and the old target, or Eiko? That may be a motive for the intended murder as well as the sequestering away. If Eiko knew the guy, or perhaps didn’t want her favored 'agent' muscled out, that could be incentive.
>Still some problems to solve, but I feel like the picture is getting a bit clearer.
>1: Eiko is told to take out a target. The target has history with the Boss and is 'scummy'. Presumably tough, and it was entirely plausible a mutual kill could've happened.
>2: The Boss has been talking with a different...agent, let's call them. A girl. Supposedly doing better for the organization.
>3: Eiko encounters the target, walks away from the altercation without a scratch, all other parties dead. Something enraged her.
>4: The target's location is relatively clean and there is ZERO indication of the target's demise except a bloody jacket.
>5: Eiko may or may not have taken something she wasn't supposed to.
>6: Eiko's trail has NOT been straightforward, it’s been looping on itself and otherwise very complicated and redundant, as though trying to lose a tail.
>I don't know about you, but something REALLY isn’t adding up. The questions here are:
>1: What actually happened to the target? Because no one's a flawless eater, I'd be shocked otherwise. It's likely they were either disposed of somewhere only known to her- in which case, why bother amd not kisy bring a body part or the corpse? - or...the target is still alive.
>2: Why would she let the target walk, if so? Do they know each other? Is there something that she thinks the target can help with that the gamg can't?
>3: Is there a connection, adversarial or not, between the new girl and the old target, or Eiko? That may be a motive for the intended murder as well as the sequestering away. If Eiko knew the guy, or perhaps didn’t want her favored 'agent' muscled out, that could be incentive.
>Still some problems to solve, but I feel like the picture is getting a bit clearer.
As Kenji continues to ramble to you, you instead focus on the knowns and unknowns of what you have learned about Eiko. She is paranoid, suspicious, and can be openly hostile. Ulterior motives are likely at play that are outside of your usual scope of work. All together, the pieces click into place enough for you to see a better picture, though your lack of personal knowledge is frustrating. As much as you can psychoanalyze her from your vague memories, seeing her will help you know best what to report back.
On the other hand, you want to be skeptical, cautious, and keep an open mind.
If it comes down to it, you would be open to hearing what she would have to say.
Though it's time to get back to business. You thank Kenji and head off until you find an empty street. The less people around the better.
From your pocket, you remove the torn hood, the blood long dried. The scent is still there, distinct, floral. You exhale before putting it up to your nose. You have done this hundreds of times. One crazy girl will not escape you. Not this time.
The world is not just color. It is texture, temperature, sensation, scents. Every scent is distinct in the way that it forms, the imagery it evokes and the sensation it can trigger. When you smell bread, the smell is gentle, warm, almost sweet. It triggers hunger, and it evokes a distinct picture of it in your mind. Death smells sour, cloying, thick, your mind tells you to be repulsed because something primal in you wants to survive.
If you were to close your eyes, the world would shift just so. You can still perceive where objects are, where people went, when the garbage was taken away.
In a way, you can perceive time as it passes. Rewind based on the staleness of a scent. The longer it takes to fade, the more it passes as sand through your fingers.
Slowly, you take a deep breath and isolate everything that is different. Until there is only you and this wolf.
You take in as much of her as you can.
Chemical flowers. Gasoline. A car. Down and down the city. But only for so long until it has to stop.
You move with the scent as you follow its trail, and before you even see it, you know what building she has entered. Up and up the stairs. Third, maybe fourth floor. Down a hall. Through a door. There, her scent is at its thickest, a cloud-like beacon that can only be her home.
Found you.
As an extra attribute to your Clairvoyant Sense of Smell, you can choose to focus on another scent that coats an individual when you are within range of them.
What is more important?
>Danger (You will know how dangerous they are to you)
>Friendliness (You will know how friendly they are to you)
>Movement (You will be able to predict their next move)