For the sake of spinsaweb....

[terry_cassidy]

Siryn looked over the assembled. "Right. Derek and Claire, start combing through his New York. Anyone who's good at tracking, you're with them. Dr. Harper, that means you and your hounds, I'm thinking. Eiko, how are ye at processing a crime scene, should we find one? And who'll be tending to Sarah while this is going on?"

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[derek_bliss]

Derek was up against one wall towards the back of the group, dressed in urban cammos to blend in with the city's surroundings. He kept quiet through this part, noting who showed, who didn't, what folks were doing, where they would be working. His face was relatively impassive; his working mask set firmly in place. If anyone ever wondered how he'd gotten labled as 'laconic', they were getting a good, first hand idea of why right now.

He adjusted the web shooters Lady-Spidey (spider_mj) had given him for his birthday way back in May, making sure they stayed out of sight under the sleeves of his coat. He really had no intention of trying to imitate Peter, but if he needed a way up a wall or off a roof to keep up with whatever trail got left behind, they, and his repelling skills, would have to do.

"Only two questions," he finally spoke up, "Does anyone at least know the neighborhood he lived in? If not, what part of the city was he most likely to frequent? I'll be starting my search from there."

OOC: oops

[derek_bliss]

I meant spidermj.

Duh.

;)

[finalgirl]

Claire shrugged. "I want to say Manhattan? Maybe Queens? He went all over New York City, really."

[terry_cassidy]

"That he did. Go borough by borough, is my advice."

[governmentninja]

I'll start asking questions at the Daily Bugle. If anyone would know how to keep tabs on Spidey, it would be that paper.

I'll see what I can turn up.

[finalgirl]

...good call. I wish I'd thought of that.

I'll go to Stark Tower and see if they have some way to track him. It wouldn't exactly hurt to get the other Avengers in on this, right?

[governmentninja]

We need all the help we can get.

Also, that final message he sent out... the signal that triggered it had to come from somewhere, right?

Is there any way we can trace that?

[terry_cassidy]

"Eiko?"

[gadgetqueen]

Eiko blinks. Twice. Then slams the heel of her hand into her head.

"Hold on." She pulls out a PDA. "Beast, stop all program. Scan for PINpoint trace. 616. Earth. North America. New York City. Previous twenty-four hours."

There's a moment, and then she looks up from the screen. "Best I can give you is an area of Manhattan, West side, west of Sixth Avenue, between 30th and 45th Streets. Signal decay's gotten to it, so I can't get closer than that."

[finalgirl]

"That's still a lot better than we had to work with before. Good deal."

Claire looks around. "I'll start on 30th Street once I get done at Stark Tower."

[the_new_shaman]

That works. I can sweep through most of the area in no time.

[terry_cassidy]

Thanks, Nate.

[rauchnorr]

*looks between Claire and Derek. Trackers go with them, hmm? But he just said "I. . ."*

Should I go with either of you, or wait as. . . backup?

((OOC: My character sees in the infrared spectrum and isn't too used to cities. Tracking someone across streets might be a challenge.

She might be useful in negotiating tall fences and walls or reaching fire escape ladders.

As backup, well, eight-foot-tall predator. But she's not too well equipped, and while she's a trained fighter, she's inexperienced.))

[derek_bliss]

Derek looked the armored predator up and down. He couldn't convince himself that the grinding, rattling voice, somewhat female, didn't leave chills up his spine, but hey, no one else was having a fit, so 'she' must be okay.

He nodded slightly. He hadn't seen Dante yet, hadn't been intro'd to other potential trackers, and hadn't been aware of this one's role in every thing, which is why he'd said 'I'.

But he knew better than to pass up help.

And hey, even if she was green as a willow shoot, he was used to working with that, too, thanks to his absent friend and student Sancho.

"We can work together. Maybe compliment each other. Infra-red might be hard around here, but not if we end up inside, and I'll have the scent tracking you don't. You'll have to be willing to move slower though--I'm no faster and no better at climbing than an average, if highly trained, human."

[rauchnorr]

She nods, a bit startled to realize she's speaking to a male of his species. He looks as cautious as she feels. Everyone's so short here!

"I am ready to begin when you are. I will follow." She speaks in recorded words she's picked up, sometimes whole phrases, sometimes a patchwork--you try speaking English with no lips. "Are you expecting someone to try to stop us? The female mentioned 'backup.'"

[derek_bliss]

"We don't know the circumstaces that the subject died under," Derek responded, "It could have been accidental, the end result of radiation poisoning that he was suffering from, or from an attack by a rival that proved fatal. The last scenario is what we're worried about. If there was an attacker, they could still be around the area the body is in, waiting for allies to show."

He glanced over where Hippolyta was, motioning her over as he the heard instructions she was given.