[Video- Late After Sirens ]

[madeinoblivion]

[It's dark, the NV is filming out on the street. There's a new night-vision feature installed, so it's a wash of tinted greens, but a bit better for visibility.

There's a small, brighter lit patch where a bike headlight's shining, casting shadows through a chainlink fence that's been put up around . It's dingy here- always dingy in the dark, but

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[ACTION... Look. Lurkers gotta lurk.]

[painhumbles]

[Gabriel is... Well, being Gabriel. And being Gabriel mostly means he's trolling the streets, looking for people who deserve to get their asses kicked in new and interesting ways and... Beating down monsters that come his way. It's all the noise that the kid's making that attracts his attention.]

Eesh, kid. Any louder and they'll hear you in Russia.

[Yep. It does... Look like he just appeared out of nowhere somewhere to the left of you, kiddo.

'Cause he did.]

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[ACTION... Look. Lurkers gotta lurk.]

[madeinoblivion]

[Startled glance to his left]

Where'd you come from!

[ACTION]

[painhumbles]

[Points]

Over there.

[Pause. Annd a smirk.]

I'm a natural sprinter.

[...Considering, he's all of 5'7 and a little pudgy, this is suspect. GO WITH IT, RIKU.]

[ACTION]

[madeinoblivion]

[A long, skeptical squint.]