Baltimore, Thursday Night

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So the Ukrainian mafia was still attempting to make inroads into Baltimore's criminal underground, but the police had finally started paying attention to Kathy's anonymous tips (seriously, what was the tipline even for if they were going to ignore it?) and had made several arrests the night before, catching a shipment of drugs in from the harbor.

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Ringo hadn't stopped grinning since she got off the phone with Kathy. She'd changed into a pair of snug-fitting jeans and a t-shirt, and then taken a few minutes to decide what pair of ATs to wear for the day. Obviously she wouldn't need her Thorn Regalia, so she didn't even take those out of their protective case. Ultimately she decided on a balanced pair with white and light-blue stripes. Not tweaked for maximum speed, or maximum maneuverability, but something right in the middle.

She'd stuffed a small backpack with a tiny first-aid kit and a pair of shoes (just in case), then pulled on a pair of fingerless gloves, put on her ATs (right there in her room) and took off.

The distinct high-pitched whine of AirTrek preceded Ringo as she approached the appointed meeting place. She wasn't even looking for Kathy as her head turned this way and that drinking in the scenery. Buildings. Buildings, buildings, buildings. Buildings!

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"Evening!" Kathy called cheerily, waving to Ringo when she was in earshot. She finished pulling on her own ATs and bounced up to her feet. It was long past evening, of course, but no one had perfected a good nighttime greeting. "You made better time than I thought! I'm impressed."

She started doing lazy circles in her ATs. "I hope I picked a good place to start. You didn't say much about what to look for except for 'buildings' and 'close together,' so..."

Here they were!

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"Well, I might have been a little bit excited," Ringo answered with a grin as she slid into Kathy's circle, opposite the other girl, with casual ease.

"And it looks good to me. I mean, what matters is that things get high enough to get some real elevation, and that they're close enough together for you to move from one to another." She grinned. "I mean, look over there," she pointed down an alleyway. "I bet you could go from wall to wall all the way to the roof without even trying hard." Sure there were fire escapes and air-conditioning units and all sorts of other things sticking out, but that just made things more fun!

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"Now you're speaking my language," Kathy said, laughing. "That's pretty much how I travel in Baltimore anyway."

Because sometimes you had to race across a flagpole, leap across an alley, and use gargoyles as stepping stones to get around a building. And who didn't think that was fun?