Case 27: Turnabout Ninja

[thief_of_truth]

[Now that the whole post office box top nightmare is over with, Kay's out and about town practicing to be an amazing phantom thief ninja.  She can be found in a variety of places around Mayfield after the sun goes down - skulking about in the shadows between the street lamps, darting from house to house under the cover of darkness, crouched down

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[a_gentle_boy]

[Have a boy peering over a bush at the person-shaped object crouched behind it.]

. . . Are you a thief, too? We're out of things to steal, I think. I don't have any more boxtops, anyway.

[thief_of_truth]

[Looks surprised at being discovered, but smiles once she recognizes who it is.]

"...Guess I'm not too good at this yet, huh?"

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . Kay! Oh, I didn't recognize you in the shadows. . . . What are you doing behind there?

[thief_of_truth]

Secret training!

[a_gentle_boy]

Does that mean 'secret' like you can't tell me or 'secret' like sneaking around a lot?

[thief_of_truth]

Mostly the second one.

[a_gentle_boy]

Ohhhhh.

. . .

I was going to ask if you wanted to come in for some cookies, but I guess I'll pretend I didn't see you, then.

[thief_of_truth]

Nah, I can always take a break for cookies!

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas beams. He made them himself. They are better than when he first started, ie: he is no longer using soda pop in place of baking soda.]

Come on in, then. . . . How have you been, Kay? I haven't seen you for a while.

[thief_of_truth]

[Kay smiles, jumping up and following him inside the house.]

"Oh, y'know. Up and down. Mr. Edgeworth's droned again, but everything else has been pretty okay. Guess I can't complain too much."

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . You didn't do anything with the boxtops these last few days, right?

[thief_of_truth]

Oh geez, no way! I knew there had to be something up with that right from the start. I mean, did you see the kid on the cereal box?

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas nods.]

A lot of people went ahead and traded even after all those screams about body parts. I hope it was worth it . . .

A-Anyway, it seems like everything's died down now, so that's a relief.

[thief_of_truth]

Yeah. Hopefully things will calm down for a while.

[a_gentle_boy]

We probably have at least a month of peace. Just in time for school to start back up.

. . . Would you chocolate chip or oatmeal?

[thief_of_truth]

Yeah, I guess this stuff does tend to happen in waves.

Oatmeal sounds good.