StV: Intruder Response

"Yeah, it was her again." Nightfox looked irritated, while Magehand looked resigned. "The same one Harbinger and I chased off Saturday night. Said she was looking for someone named Omar."

Sophia considered that for a long moment. Today was Wednesday, and it was mid-afternoon -- not an ideal time to break into the school, but then from what she'd managed to read of the reports this Hound had an extremely good sense of smell. Maybe she thought she just needed to get close enough to figure out if her target was here.  

It wasn't hard to figure out who her target was, either. He might not call himself Omar anymore, but Gaunt was the only one here who'd been trained by the hounds. That seemed weirdly out of place, though, considering that the Hounds had been hunting Emma when they first arrived -- but then, if her brother was right, those hounds were being led by the big were-creature. This girl seemed almost to be operating on her own. There was also the Age of Rebirth to consider -- if they were behind the sudden presence of the Hounds, then they probably wanted Harbinger and Jade and Nightmare more than anyone else. Maybe herself and Wrecker as well, and maybe Abigail if they'd even bothered to notice her. Speaking of whom...

"Was that a breach?" asked Abigail, emerging from the woods. The girl was definitely changing as she increased her knowledge and skill with the Art; her eyes had gone the pale silvery-blue of an Alaskan Husky, and her hair had fallen out, with the first hints of fleshy tendrils and a pattern of sharp spikes coming in to replace it. 

Sophia nodded, and turned to Spark. "Should we pursue?"

Spark considered, then shook his head. "Not right now. Not worth the risk of walking into an ambush."

Nightfox hesitated, then said: "She asked me to tell Harbinger to meet her outside the walls. I said I'd tell him tonight."

Spark threw up his hands. "Fine." He glanced Sophia. "We'll send your brother into the potential ambush, and coordinate with Team Phoenix so we can turn the situation if there is an ambush. Same plan as he came up with, basically." He turned to look at Blink. "Are you good with that?"

Blink nodded slowly, running a hand down the front edge of his leather jacket. "Yeah, still good."

Veil said, "Stay close. I'll need to hide your scents, and I can only do that for so many people."

"Should we check with Harbinger first?"

"Don't bother," said Spark. "If Jade asks him to do it, he will."