The backside of the medal[pvt]

Olive shuddered. For some God forsaken reason, she seemed to be getting all the weird or strange cases. Like it was the X Files or something like that. She flicked through the files as Yudai smoothly handled their car towards the co-ordinates where their guy was. The thing was, there was no sign of a struggle, no sign that there was anything untoward going on. Maybe he'd just run away- he was on parole, after all. The satnav was directing them to the Futsuba Tower, a skyscraper in the city's entertainment business. Their quarry had been a key witness in a serial killing case that had gone to trial the day before, and his disappearance now was somewhat suspect and also worrying for both the defending and prosecuting lawyers.

They didn't think he'd been abducted because there was no recorded gang presence. As such, only Olive and Yudai were strapped up, ready to follow the homing beacon and bring this guy back in. Yudai pulled up outside the building, in a taxi rank, but leaving the lights on to signify police presence. The two got out of the car, slamming the doors behind them, and Yudai unprofessionally vaulting the bonnet in order to walk briskly towards the entrance of Futsuba.

"I don't like this. This is weird." Olive said with a frown. Yudai looked at her, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"You're the one with the bullshit detector. Wanna call in?" He asked, severely. She looked at him and shook her head, pursing her lips and looking up the tower as they ascended the last step to the doorway.

"Let's have a look."

"If we call in, either we call in now or it's too late." Yudai said simply- she knew he was right but decided against calling for backup. There seemed to be no signs of struggle in the building. How on earth they would find who they needed to find was a mystery to Olive. They stepped inside out of the rain, and saw that nothing was out of the ordinary. The receptionist looked up at them inquisitively, probably not used to visitors at this late hour.

After several moments of kerfuffle, showing badges, affirming identities, working out if the perp had somehow slipped past her or used an alternative entrance, they were on their way, following the signal up to the top of the tower. They climbed a few flights of stairs before Yudai had the bright idea to take a lift and simply recall which floor that the indicator pointed downwards instead of upwards... But it didn't They exited the lift at the top floor which was being used as storage. They looked around, wondering how he could still be above them, before noticing the staircase that still had a set of steps that went upwards.

Olive and Yudai withdrew their guns, and proceeded cautiously, climbing the stairs and opening the door onto the rainy rooftop, their weapons out.

"Masuko Shinjito, you're under arrest fo-" she cut off halfway. The person standing before them wasn't Masuko, the witness in question. It was someone Olive didn't recognise at all. She held her gun up, surveying the scene.

"Arms in the air." Yudai said unforgivingly.

The two officers stood, slightly bemused, their guns trained on this unknown girl. They noticed the strange hand, and looked at each other, alarmed. They had no idea what was going on. This seemed to be some kind of vigilante justice-seeker, from first appearances. Their bullets couldn't hurt, eh? Ordinarily Olive might have discarded this as merely bravado, but something about this girl's conviction made her think twice. Yudai, however, sensed no such issue, his brow furrowed.

"That's all well and good but you can't just go around kidnapping witnesses, so either step away from Masuko and no-one has to get hurt." Yudai said, his gun still trained at this girl, who seemed really rather extraordinary. She did not step away, however, and continued on her monologue. Olive knew she was about to do something, and stepped forward, just as the witness was inexplicably thrown over the edge.

They stared, wide-eyed at the girl, knowing there was nothing more they could do for the man, the envelope between them now covered in dark patches where the rain had splattered it. Olive clicked back the safety on her gun, now weary, as Yudai stood in stunned silence.


"You misinterpret justice." Olive said, staunchly and she was right. Justice was what was decided upon within a court of law, when the innocent were innocent until proven guilty and proof of guilt had to be beyond reasonable doubt. There always had to be a balance of letting some guilty people go to avoid locking away some innocent, and obstructing the course of justice in this way... It was not only illegal but in Olive's eyes, immoral.

"You're under arrest for murder, obstruction of justice, and failure to comply to police demands." Olive said, staring at this strange girl.