[[ Truce - Northern Gate ]]

Spider is currently taking his division through various drills.

Axl discreetly hugs whatever vertical surfaces he can find, though why he's being -that- cautious is confusing once one considers he's in Stealth Mode and can't be seen...

Axl is heading south, for the record, since his mun's so out of it she can't even remember to mention it in the first post! :D

Spider continues to drill the troops... and one of them during a maneuver bumps into the invisible Axl.

Axl stumbles a little off-balance, desperately biting back a curse and regaining his footing in an awkward, but equally unseen manner...

Spider blinks at the stumbling troop member. "What just happened, Private?"

The private looks nervous. "I... I don't know, Colonel Spider! I just backed up and it was like someone was there! Are there ghosts around here?!"

Spider shakes his head. "No ghosts... But there -may- be people with cloaking devices." He glares at the spot where Axl might be.

Axl holds back several more colorful vulgarities and runs a little faster southward...

Spider can now fairly clearly hear the footsteps thanks to the running. He follows and reaches for where Axl's shoulder might be, trying to stop the run.

Axl deftly pulls his shoulder forward and out of the way and makes a break for it, knowing he's more or less caught.

[[ Truce - North Carrefour ]]

Spider chases. "Stop or I -will- fire!"

Axl just goes ahead and makes an eastward turn, completely ignoring the threat. The Copy Chip system sure is getting warm, however...

[[ Truce - Residential Lane ]]

Spider aims his card-buster in the general vicinity of the footsteps! "Stop -now- and show yourself!"

Axl resists the urge to taunt Spider somehow, knowing that one, his entire plan was ruined if he let up his cover and two, that Spider would only shoot him -more- if he did...

[[ Truce - Residential Lane ]]

Spider fires off a burst of cards, going with a fairly wide-range spread to make
sure to hit the runner, but at the same time not very powerful to avoid say blowing
up expensive walls.

Axl starts to let a snicker escape under his watch... until his Stealth Mode drops itself from overheating. -Perfect- moment for it, too, as the cards slam nicely into his back and floor him without the slightest chance to evade them. "Son of a..."

Spider runs over to Axl and looks down, obviously annoyed. "What the -hell- are you doing, kid?!"

Axl mutters and sits up, wincing from his new injuries. "I was -trying- to.. er... get something. For the next attack." Too bad his face doesn't match his attempts to seem sincere.

Spider continues to glare, obviously angry. "I thought you were a frikken' Koopa agent, kid! I was going to retire you!"

Axl keeps his own mildly irritated look away from Spider's. "Yeah, well, I'm not, am I?"

Spider glares and folds his arms over his chest. "Be more responsible, alright?"

Axl fully stands, stalking back the way he came. "Yeah, got it." He mutters a few more things under his breath, one comment especially aimed at how hard it is to reach one's own back...

Spider sighs and heads back west with Axl. "...Aren't you going to get what you came here for?"

Axl mutters some more before offering a more coherent reply. "I'll get it some other time." /Wouldn't be the same if the victim saw his torture before getting it.../

Spider says '...I could grab it for you...'

"No, it's fine, I can take care of it." Axl walks a little faster, mainly trying to get back to Cosmo as soon as he can...

Spider shrugs. "Whatever. I'll go back to drilling the troops, then."