A blue haired young man wearing black clothing and white headphones walks down the sidewalk with his head low and his hands in his pockets. While walking, he instantly takes notice of the police tape blocking off an alleyway with the multitude of police officers behind it. Curiously, he takes off his headphones before walking over to the entrance of the alleyway, taking a peek of what's happening. "...The hell?"

A man in a black coat and dark brown shirt, he can also be seen carrying a simple wooden staff wanders onto the scene. For a moment he'd simply stand around, listening in closely at what exactly these cops might be talking about, after hearing there's a body with missing eyeballs... Well now, that's either one sick bastard, or some power hungry Warlock pulling a "nifty" ritual. Either way, better go ahead and make it his business... If he can get these cops to let him lend a hand that is. Funny, how police get so twitchy about letting random people join their cases. With a sigh, Harry walks out from behind the building he was taking cover at, and looks over toward Mark. "So, you boys are looking into a missing items case then. Eyeballs aren't exactly my usual thing to look for, but I do happen to deal with these things... Harry Dresden, a detective for hire at your service. Now then, if you don't mind I'd like to offer my help, free of charge of course seeing as how well, you guys don't have any knowledge of me. Be nice to get my name out there, ya know?"

(A 7'3 snake centipede hybrid, watches all of this on top of a building) ....hm...wonder what happened thisssssss time? (He then notices the eyes cut out) ....well, that'ssssz disssssgusting

*Nero watches the crime scene from across a street. A teenager with a cloak and a mask stood next to him* So, Blade. What have you found out? Blade: Likely Cult activity. Eyes removed. Probably not targeted on purpose. Just unlucky. Hmm... Fascinating. Well done Blade: Thank you, master.

*Mark turns to everyone who just walked up* Do you have any sort of credentials Dredson? We can’t let you in without any. *He then notices Jiyu* Sir please back away, this is a disturbing crime scene you don’t need to be seeing.

(Some poison from his mouth drips down to the ground, dissolving it) .....oh god dammit...

Jiyu looks over to Mark then back to the crime scene, eventually noticing the eyeless dead body. This is not his first time seeing a dead body, and they were all disturbing for the most part. He looks back to Mark and gives him a small nod. "Sorry, I was just getting a bit curious. So I thought that I'd might as well get a close look of the crime scene." The blue haired teen backs away to the sidewalk parallel to the one he was at.

The man does, in fact, have credentials. Registered in the US, but as far as he knows they're still valid in Japan. With that, he'd reach into his coat and hand the folder containing them over to Mark. "Of course... Detective? Judging by those clothes anyway. Either way, I'm not some kid playing at this..." For a moment he'd turn to Jiyu, but anything he was going to say about the seemingly high school aged boy is cut off when he notices a frigging snake-centipede-hybrid. What in the hell is that? Some kind of monster that Frankstien rejected for being too inhuman? "And what exactly are you doing here? I'm not sure about the people here, but where I come from snake -bug thingies aren't too common. So uh, what exactly are you? And please tell me you don't eat humans or anything, that would be a serious issue speaking as a human."

(He jumps back immediately when harry speaks to him, and mumbles) ...shit (He an sighs, and jumps down right by harry) Ello ello mate, namessss rep, as ya can see, I'm a 7'3 snake centipede hybrid, nice to meet ya, don't kill me, Also, I don't eat humansssss, jusssst normal food, so don't worry

*Mark looks over the credentials and sees no issue with them* All right then you can go loo-, that’s a big snake. *He shakes his head and turns back to the scene. He heads under the tape and goes back to the crime scene hoping to find some evidence.*

Harry would shrug it off, well he's not fully trusting of the giant snake monster, he won't kill it on sight just for being weird either. As for Mark, he nods to the man follows him under the tape... Well, he's seen worse things than this before, but the smell is still stomach-churning, and the sight ain't pretty either. "Geez, gotta wonder what makes people do things like this... I'm normally one to crack a joke, but even so it'd be in poor taste here. Hopefully, we can put a stop to this soon enough." He too would begin looking around, if he can happen to find any blood of the killer laying around, well that'd be a decent way to track em down with magic. Of course, maybe he can find some sort of ritual circle, any sign of what exactly happened here would be nice...

*The corpse is laying on thier back arms and legs spread out, there are multiple stab wounds on his stomach and chest, as well as a few cuts around the eye sockets* I recognize the MO anyways. Blackout Killer, I guess he was brought here the same as me. He always brutally stabs his victims and cuts their eyes out. He’s a damn genius too, never leaves much behind either.

The group near the crime scene can feel a presence watching over them. It can't be Jiyu, since he's across the street, watching the others across from him, but could the presence be connected to him? Who knows? Jiyu mumbles a few things to himself from time to time as he silently stands on the sidewalk with his hands in his pockets.

*Mark looks around but fails to see anyone watching them* I don’t like this feeling, I hope that staff isn’t just for show Harry, I feel some sort of supernatural presence.

So can he, quite easily in fact... He really hates to do this, but he'd look over in Jiyu's direction and... Look, magical power gathering up in his eyes and revealing things which would generally be unseen, along with the nasty side effect of making him perfectly recall whatever he happens to see, a bad thing when dealing with horrible evils. "No, it is not in fact for show. If you looked in the phone books back home well, I'm listed as a wizard/detective and for good reason... If we're lucky, whatever that is isn't a threat... But I'll know soon enough."

I’ve honestly never heard of you. In fact most of the residents here seem to come from different versions of Earth. Who’s to say we belong to the same version of earth

Harry's spell would reveal an inhumanly tall spirit-like man with long with hair wearing clothes that the rebel generals used to wear in the American Revolution kneeling down on the roof to the right. It seems to only be eavesdropping on the two, so there's not much of a threat to it. "Damn..."

Other earths, or just not the same part of the world, both are possible after all... And my my, that Spirit isn't nearly as awful as Harry would have expected it to be. Hmm, maybe the kid is in control of it? He'd call out to Jiyu for a moment before speaking to Mark in a more normal tone. "Hey! That little spirit your doing kid!? I've never seen someone commanding a thing like that, but I don't claim to know everything! And I can't say on that Mark, I'm from Chicago Illinois after all, so even if we're from the same planet... Well, I wouldn't blame ya for not knowing me."

That’s fine. *Something has seemed off to Mark since he’s been looking at the corpse, then he realizes it.* Check it out, our victim is blonde, yet there are some black hairs in the blood. We’ll have to take them back to the lab to see if they belong to a person or animal though. *Mark collects the hairs in a plastic bag*

Jiyu would seem a bit startled at first when he was called out by the man, but he instantly responds back to him. "Uh, y-yeah, that's my persona! How did you see it without even looking on the roof of that building?!"

Harry just chuckles at that... As his dad always used to say. "A good wizard never reveals his secrets pal, and what's a Persona hmm? In all my years doing magic, I've never seen such a thing as that before." He'd cancel the effect The Sight and turn back toward Mark, under his magic the kid looked normal enough, and his "Persona" doesn't seem to have ill intent... As for the hairs, well both people looking into it right now have black hair, but he doubts that has anything to do with it. Even more so given he knows that he didn't have anything to do with it. "Yeah, that is in fact pretty damn odd. Smart money says that's our killer, now if it is... I might just be able to cook up a little spell to track the guy down, magic is pretty good for those things, though blood works best."

"Hold on, I'll explain it to you once I get over there!" Jiyu runs across the street and stops as he reaches the entrance to the alleyway. Just then, Jiyu's persona, Washington, would manifest beside him with a little bit more of his appearance showing, for example his black mask covering his face except for his orange glowing right eye is shown. The persona would cross his arms, staring at the other individuals and the dead body. "Anyways, from what I've been told, a persona is supposed to be a manifestation of your will. And from what I could gather, my persona, Washington, is a manifestation of my will to rebel against the ones who treat me unfair in life."

So, these spirits are a form of rebellious will? I don’t understand anything about this place. *He then turns to Harry* You can track a guy you’ve never seen before, with magic, just by casting a spell on thier hairs? Does that even pass in a court of law?

Casually strolls by Japan, my old friend...