The Jazzy Criminal Information Center is busy as usual. The ground floor is full of criminals and criminal informants. As well as ordinary citizens. James Aion Wayne looked at the floor below from the second floor. Smoking a cigarette while looking back in the past. Years ago, this place was just an abandoned basement. But now, he has made it into a business. A safe place for criminal informants to give or get paid with information from criminals or anybody who wants some info that the media wouldn't tell the public about. It's something he's very proud of.
His flashback is interrupted by the door bell ringed as someone enters the room. The person is a petite "lady" who has an ombre of purple and pink. Streaks of red are all over the hair that's tied into twin low pigtails. They have blood red eyes. Their outfit has the gurokawa aesthetic that James had seen with some teens when he's out and about. Though he often mistakes it as them wearing some kind of goth outfit.
Either way, he recognizes the petite "lady" and heads down to the main floor. "Ah~ Toga Wyncham." James said just as he stepped down to the main floor. He grabs zeir hand and does a handshake. "So good to see you here again."
"Of course." Toga said with a mischievous grin on zeir face. "I don't have anything else to do so~..." Ze shrugged. "Here I am!" Ze walk towards a small bar that's located near the right side of the door. Ze sit down on one of the burgundy stools. One leg over the other. "Hey bartender. Could you make me a brown sugar boba tea? I feel like having something sweet today." The male Desertian bartender grunted and begins making the boba tea for zem.
Zey stretched zeir arms and legs before speaking. "So James… Any news lately that I need to know?" Zey listened carefully to what James have to say.
James hummed for a bit. Thinking before clearing his throat. "Actually there is one. I'll keep it as simple as possible." Just in time too. The bartender gives Toga the brown sugar boba tea. Zey thanked the bartender and takes a sip from the boba tea.
"Word on the street is there's a new criminal in town." That isn't surprising news. Sweet Jazz City is known for being a breeding ground for criminals. The Banzai Blasters and Bliss Ocean are the top candidates when it comes to criminality and infancy.
"Do they have a name?" James nod. "They go by the name Vincent Murder. I heard he's making his own criminal group. Don't know the name though. But they seem to be quite promising." That peaked zeir interest. Vincent Murder… quite a weird name. But on the other hand, plenty of criminals go by aliases in order for the officers to not know their real names.
"Vincent Murder eh? He seems interesting…" "Indeed he is. Don't know much about him. But I do know about this one guy." He takes out his navy blue cellphone and presses the web app. He tapped on the digital keyboard. He then shows zem the Sweet Jazz News website. "A few months ago, there was a museum heist and a guy named Giovanni Potage stole the Arsene Amulet."
It was huge news. People were talking about it for weeks until Percival King and Ramsey Murdoch were able to get it back. Now it has been under strict security to prevent anyone from stealing it again.
"Giovanni Potage…" Ze mumbled. That name sounds familiar. As a Banzai Reaper, ze and zeir team had rarely seen or interacted with the other Banzai Blaster members. But Toga had seen him from time to time outside of zeir reaper duties.
"Where can I find this guy?" James shook his head. "No clue. As far as I know, he could be hiding anywhere in this city."
"Then I'll just have to get my sources somewhere else." Zey said with a big grin on zeir face.