Solstice pulled away his hand from the rubble as if burned. He turned to report jos findings back to the others and saw Dalion manhandle the injured office worker. And he growled, legitimately growled, at the sight. He stormed over to the homeless man with fire in his eyes and attempted to push him away from the injured man. Then something in him snapped and he began shouting. "What on Earth do you think you're doing! He has broken bones you absolute simpleton! You've have been nothing but a nuisance and a fool every time I have seen you! Have you no shame! No decency! You cause others agony with no regard for anyone other than yourself. You- You Imbecile!" He screamed, the aura of his magic kicking up and sparking around him. Flamelike wisps licked at his body. They didn't burn him but the air was heating up. He had God damn had it.

Dalion was surprised, but the difference in weight between him and Soltice prevented him from falling over. He looked at the dark figure and laughed. "Hahahahahaha now that's interesting! I'm glad to see you have some fire in you, figuratively and literally". but after taking a look around him he changed his tone. "Hey! be careful about how much you twinkle little star, you might hurt others around us unintentionally!". He was referring to the paramedics surrounding them and the wounded man, as Dalion made clear by pointing at them with his thumb.

Dalion tilted his head sideways in the direction of the wounded man, still in his grip, while looking directly at Solstice eyes and said again: "give me a name".

Solstice flared his wings out to look bigger. "Let the man go!" He ordered. He didn't know what this idiot was playing at but he was going to stop it now. The mention of hurting others gave him pause, and his aura toned down a bit, but he was still angry.

Waiting to see what the fae finds out, George goes to ask Pearl a question.
"So..Dinner was interrupted. Maybe we should all go somewhere and ea..What the Hell?"

The weird homeless guy has suddenly started trouble with the victim....then,..

"Well..Would you look at that!" Eyes wide at the Anger and Power the small fae is producing, he asides to Pearl. "Think we should do something, or just watch the fun?"

"What we did, although I don't know about before," Pearl clarified to George. "For all I know, it was an old land mine - didn't that happen on that pawn show?" Pearl had watched a few episodes before realizing that her standard of "treasure" and that of the History Channel were pretty different.

Her expression turned angry along with Solstice's when Dalion unexpectedly began rattling their recent rescue. So much for him turning over a new leaf. "Do something," she answered George briefly as she moved to defend the man as well. "This guy tried to rob and assault me earlier, I was just meeting the cops about it when this happened. Yo! Police!" She waved her hands over her head to get the attention of any nearby officers, assuming they weren't already interceding.

"Wha..land mine..sure?" Then he blinks in surprise about the theft. This guy gets around.  "He did?"
Now the weird guy is a thief as well as crazy. Best go try help, before someone gets hurt...more hurt.

George follows Pearl, rolling his shoulders to loosen up the flesh still reforming under clothes. getting ready to grab and subdue the strange man if he starts getting violent.
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"Michael" the guy muttered before the paramedics started to force Dalion away from him. "what the fuck is your problem!? Officers come! help!" they yelled.

"Michael... got it". Dalion stood still after the paramedics pushed him away, looking with a sad expression how the paramedics hurried up to get away from him.

He then looked at Solstice and the others who were getting ready to surround him, then he looked at them with a dead-serious look in his eyes and asked them in a dead-serious tone: "Do any of you have crabs?".
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Ready for more trouble, the question of crabs puts George on a back foot.

"Crabs? What? No! Why?"
He looks incredulous at the man.

"What is your damage buddy? Is it drugs or what"*

Then rubbing his head he mutters to himself. "nah..cool down. Hes just a nutjob."

   As Dalion elicits an angry response from the fae, Ryan takes a step back. He wants no part of this, and his fear of the Proctors reasserts itself.

   He looks from side to side, seeking a mirror, but initially sees only those mounted on the sides of automobiles. It's ironic that the antique shop, which would have had what he sought, was a pile of debris.
   There.
   A reflection in the window of an adjacent store. It wasn't ideal, but it would have to do.
   Ryan strode towards it, ripping open a path with a curt gesture. He steps into the reflected image and disappears.



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As the paramedics lift the injured man and begin quickly making their way off the scene and to an ambulance, two officers coming striding towards the group. One officer stops to speak with a rightfully irritated paramedic while the other continues towards the alley where the group is still gathered. Everyone can see the paramedic shaking his head and looking towards Dalion as he speaks, obviously telling of how the man interfered with their work.

"Okay folks. Before you tell me what the problem is, here, lets move away from the scene. Firefighters need to get in here and you don't need to be in the way. Let's move it," the officer's tone brooks no argument. He stands to the side and gestures with his hand, indicating that they should move back to safety behind the emergency personnel.

Watching the cops, and their displeasure, George feels a twinge of pity for the homeless guy. Crazy or not, he was instrumental in rescuing the guy on the stretcher.

He grabs Dalions upper arm, hoping for no more outbursts that might get the guy arrested,and attempts to pull him along and away from trouble. **

One good turn deserves another. Even if he is some sort of thief.
"Just shut up, or you'll be eating prison food tomorrow morning."

**completely up to Dalion if he gets grabbed etc etc..**
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At the appearance of the police all the fire left Solstice, literally, as his aura vanished into nothingness. He quickly moved away from the officer and back to the safety of the doctor's side.

The threatening flames disappearing, George sees Solstice step away, nervous looking again. Unlike just before. The mention of more police and people shutting down that burst of anger for some reason. Definitely not prey though. Even if he acts like it.
"Bloody full moon. Stop thinking dinner.." He mutters to himself. Stupid no steak. Shacking his head to try and forget food, and back to the matters at paw.

Power or not though..the faerie looks like he doesnt want to be around here anymore. Waving over at him, George calls out.

"Oi. Common. Going before police ask question of ol' mate here..and get some food."

Yep. Food. Definitely need to eat something soon.

Pearl ignored Dalion's words entirely - it seemed like the safest course of action with the insane man - and went willingly with the officer guiding them away. She waited until she was given the go-ahead to speak, then said "This man here was shaking the guy and demanding his name after we just pulled out of the rubble, when he's already injured and people are trying to treat him. Furthermore, I was literally just talking to Detective Johnson about getting him arrested when this explosion went off and we had to split up. He tried to rob and assault me over at the bookstore there. Well, wait... tried to rob and actually assaulted me I guess." In all the excitement of the moment, she was getting her legal terms mixed up. She also missed Ryan's exit with her focus elsewhere. "Is Detective Johnson here? You could ask him too." [Retconned]
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Dalion thought nothing of George grabbing him as if he was his handler, he was mentally somewhere else. Strange things were happening one after another at an unprecedented pace in the city, it could all still be considered coincidental though, but his instincts were telling him otherwise.

"Are you thirsty? I'm thirsty" Dalio took out a couple of his water bottles, after opening one he took a big swig that emptied half of it and then offered the other one to George. "I also have some canned food if you're desperate, but something tells me you probably would rather eat red riding hood right now, which is funny because I met her a few hours ago along with Mr. flaming stick over there" - he said as he pointed at Solstice. "She was really nice, but nevermind that, what I need to know is if you have seen any giant metallic brass crabs walking around the city, one appeared close to my home right before I heard the explosion, that thing scared the shit out of Rahab you should have seen his face! hahahaha. But seriously, have you guys seen anything like that? I have never, and I suspect It wasn't a coincidence. Maybe I should ask granny over there" . And Dalion turned his head towards Pearl.
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"Mate. Now is not the time.you helped that guy, so im helping you right now. Even if you dont know it. common."
The guy seems happy enough to be dragged away.
"Tell me about the crab as we go alright."
If talking about an imaginary crab gets him moving, good enough. Police incarceration was bad. Been on the end of it in other towns. Vagrancy, being were in a Nice Town, affray...

Refusing the water, he moves the guy along.

"...what? Red ri..bloody hells. No. Steak."
Steering Dalion away as fast as possible, he heads towards that restaurant where he was ordering just that only half an hour before.
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"Not this way" Dalion suddenly stopped George after walking a couple of streets and started to walk towards a tall wooden fence from an apparently abandoned property. After pushing up a couple of loose board he started to get in, he looked at George and said "If they somehow care more about detaining me than managing the situation over there then they will easily find us if we just walk around the streets, we have to take alternative routes, come".

Dalion started to walk around the property, the area looked like an abandoned garden with lots of wild grass, the place must have belonged to some rich family long ago, because it was quite spacious and filled with exquisite sculptures and some rare and beautiful flowers, bushes and trees, there was even a small pond with a fountain that now looked like a little swamp now, but must have been commissioned by the owner to a Japanese designer, it was clearly designed taking the guidelines of a typical japanese garden.

"Wabi-sabi. The original owner of this property died some years ago and his children started a bitter legal battle over the inheritance of many of his properties and assets, this place got neglected and the legal bickering over this place is still going on, the animals and plants are the winners here, you can probably admire the nocturnal beauty of this place much better than I can." said Dalion as he stopped in front of a flower bush and picked a couple of exotic blue flowers from the garden, as he smelled one of them flower Dalion asked George where did he want to go. "Oh the pirate place, ok it's this way" after hearing his answer he kept walking and told George that they would have to take these type of alternative routes until the risk of being detained was reasonably low, it would only take a few blocks before the perimeter they would have to cover to catch him could be considered unreasonable.

"Police have very reasonable procedures, and that's good, who would like to deal with unreasonable people all the time?".

After getting crossing the whole garden they climbed the fence on the opposite side, strangely it was made out of stone on this side, the long walk inside the porperty's garden would hint it, but being in the other side of the stone fence would confirm it, the property occupied a whole block in this side of the city, a testament of the monetary power of such family.

They walked through some more alleyways and had to climb over one more fence until Dalion felt confident enough to start walking on the sidewalks of the main street again. After a little more walking Dalion pointed towards the restaurant that George mentioned before.

"There it is! maybe we should hurry before I start looking less like a rotten pineapple and more like a juicy stake to you".

[leaves: Arlington Antiques] [Enter: Pirate's Galley Steakhuse]
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George follows Dalion, with more fluid and silent movement than a human of his currant size has any right having. The guys moving, and what he says about staying off the streets is sensible. Thinking to himself that the guy is a strange mix of insanity, survivor cunning, and perhaps a strange visionary as well. Enough top drive one mad?

The wolf delights in the garden when they enter it. Slowing and breathing deep to enjoy the scents of foliage, soil, and small animals. Listening to Dalion talk about the garden, and its history, raises questions. Indicating the steak place when asked, he just keeps listening to him ramble about police procedure and the like as he follows, senses alert for pursuit.

The guy seems so much less crazy right now..rambling, sure. But, not about weird stuff.
Though the pineapple comment bites.

"I Dont eat people!...Or Pineapples" Though the walk in the garden has increased his hunger. And people do always smell tasty when he's hungry. "Its just rude." he mutters to himself.


[leaves: Arlington Antiques] [Enter: Pirate's Galley Steakhuse]
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Once things were sorted with the police as best as Pearl could manage, she walked over to Solstice. "Hey, you got a minute?" she asked, assuming he didn't run away or something. He seemed like kind of a jumpy sort. "Just wanted to say, you know, good job." She offered him a hand to shake. "Name's Pearl." [retconned]
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Once George shepherds Dalion off of the scene, it seems that both the police and the paramedics lose interest in him. Both of them have far more pressing matters to attend to than some random, unbalanced man. Though, the officers do scribble a note to themselves to remember to track him down, later, to question him. It may well be that the man has information to offer about what happened here.

It is with that thought in mind that the officer who asked the group to step back from the scene turns to Solstice and Dr. Orrus, "Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? It seems that you two were some of the first on the scene. Can you tell me anything about what happened, here?"

Dr. Orrus spoke first. "We heard what sounded like an explosion and came running over. We're both trained medical professionals. Not EMTs, but my friend here is well versed in healing magic." He told them.

Solstice nodded in agreement. "We didn't see anything before that. Sorry..." He mumbled.

The officer nodded, "Well, I do appreciate what help you were able to give." He turns and looks towards the rubble, eyes narrowed as he squints into the smoke. "With any luck, that man will be the only one hurt. It's late enough that everyone should've left work, by now." He nods towards the office buildings to the side of now ruined antiques store.

He starts to turn away, to join his partner who has started towards the offices, presumably to do a safety check and make sure no shrapnel managed to penetrate a window, causing any injuries inside. He pauses and says, "Trained medical pros, huh? If you are interested, talk to Janice down at the fire station. One of theirs just moved to be with family on the coast, so there's an opening for a healer on board."

Solstice's eyes widened. "A healer? For the fire department? I..." He hesitated. "I'll have to check it out..." The fae was clearly interested but also very weary. But he was always like that.

"Well, give it some thought. I know they could use a hand, now that they are short-staffed," the officer replied. "In the meantime, you gentlemen should head on home. Get out of here and be safe." Though he is friendly, the officer's tone is clear. It's time for civilians to clear the scene so that they are one less thing that the emergency personnel have to worry about.

Solstice nodded with a smile. "Thank you for the information. Best wishes..." He said and turned to go, Dr Novin following.

[Solstice and Dr leave to Fire Department]