[Kursed]

It's Christmas Eve. The sun has set. There's a layer of snow on the ground and a very light continuing snowfall. None of which should be an issue to someone with their very own fur coat, right? The streets were illuminated by streetlights, offering some amount of vision to those who weren't gifted with the night vision of say ... a fox. The case was tough. There was no pattern to what was being stolen, other than that they were presents. Perhaps not the most urgent mission, but it was still quite cruel! However, while Krystal is out searching, she does get cut a bit of a break when a familiar silhouette leaps over the top of some buildings holding what appeared to be a bulging sack full of what one could assume were goods.

...Hey, that was as good a lead as she was going to get, right? There was only one problem. That girl was on the rooftops and she was at street level. She had to get up there and fast. The building in question was a two-story apartment building lined by other identical apartment buildings, if not for the few decorations distinguishing them. This was, after all, the free housing district.

[heirtothemonado]

The snow blew around Krystal's ankles as she wandered the snowy streets, the streetlights illuminating the night around her. This was...certainly an odd case, definitely. No pattern on what was stolen, or why, but only that they happened to be gifts. And that was all she had to go off of, expect for the minor detail of the wanted poster having her face on it. There...just had to be someone that looked like her, right? That had to be the explanation, because there's no way she was the culprit. She couldn't be! It was impossible!

Thankfully sparing Krystal of that less-then-sensical train of thought, a silhouette caught her eye on the rooftops. A rather familiar sillouette with a telltale long, flowing tail, much like her own. That had to be the culprit! They had a sack of goods and everything! But there was just one problem...how was Krystal supposed to get up there? It'd be far too slow to enter the apartment and climb the stairs (not to mention tiring). But luckily, Krystal wasn't stuck on that question for long. She had her staff with her. 

[Krystal uses her staff's Rocket Boost ability to rapidly ascend the apartment building!]

Planting her staff into the snowy ground, Krystal maintained a good grip on the weapon with both hands, before kicking the bottom portion of it with the point of her toes. Instantly, the end of the staff ignited like a rocket, propelling Krystal high into the air to lift her to the apartment rooves much quicker then taking the stairs! On the other hand, she probably just caught the other person's attention doing that. Once she was about level with the roof, the staff's rocket cut out, and she landed on the roof in a three-point landing. Okay, she was up here now. Where'd the culprit run off to?

[Kursed]

Krystal indeed caught the sneaky thief's attention, but well ... she was on a roof. There weren't exactly a lot of places to hide. When Krystal lands on top of the roof, she spots what looks a lot like herself, frozen in alarm as she realizes she's being tailed. ...Pun intended. The only differences were the skirted Santa outfit she had dawned complete with an overstacked stolen present sack and the dark look in her eyes, as she hadn't bothered putting on any makeup to obscure her face. However, since they're both mind readers, things were about to go full telepathy.

(...That's me. How are there two mes?) the thief thought, revealing that she believed herself to be Krystal, rather than some thief that had stolen her appearance. The thief looked away after a moment, turning to flee. (That's not possible. You're a ghost. I'm being haunted by the ghost of Christmas' past. Great.) she replied, bitterly rejecting Krystal's appearance before rushing for the edge of the roof and leaping over to the next one! (I sure hope you can outrun a ghost.) she awkwardly thought to herself, making a mad dash across the city in the hopes of escaping, leaving a trail of footprints in the snow. Losing her would be hard as a result, but keeping up with her would be significantly harder. As a reminder, her are the variant rules:

Dec 22, 2022 19:23:30 GMT -8 Kursed said:

• There'll be gags aplenty and wacky nonsense. Feel free to make stuff up for your attacks. If you see a chandelier and wanna try and drop it on an enemy, go for it. If you want to steal a weapon or item, go for it. I'll decide how much damage it does if appropriate.
• You will be allowed to attack the not!Grinch's psyche using your words. They're charisma attacks operating using the above rules.
• When you are actively chasing the not!Grinch, you will be asked to spend actions as part of keeping up with her. This isn't a punishment. It's just to make sure the mission lasts long enough to count and control the pacing. :P
• Because we're both telepaths, I will be offering surface thoughts freely and using single parenthesis () to mark them as such. Please return the favor~[

(Since you caught the thief off-guard, you only need one action to catch up with her, though preventing her from continuing to flee will be harder. ...Probably. Maybe. Y'know, assuming you don't have an item that traps her.)

The Vixen Grinch
150 HP
50 Shield