[center][h2]One Step Ahead[/h2]
[sub]Day One, 08:10[/sub][/center]

Tokarin sighed defeated. First a murderous girl… and now a murderous demon. Things were crazy today so she gave up and accepted the facts. 
Fran had decided to tag along. And nothing any of them said was going to make a difference. 

“Okay, just…” Toki frowned slightly at the demon, pulling her wings close to herself. “Don’t kill anyone else, okay?” She glanced at Mary to confirm she’s ok with this and started walking towards People’s park. It was a nice place, full of people and street artists. She found comfort in numbers. 

Ideally, she would have the opportunity to talk to Mary in private. But things were less than ideal, weren’t they? Still, she was oddly worried about the girl – it was a weird premonition she hadn’t had often before, as if the girl’s fate was too big for her frame, as if her future was unfit for a human soul. Toki couldn’t put her finger on it, perhaps it was simply the fact that Mary had cried at the same time as killing someone, but for whatever reason, the angel felt like she should protect the other girl. 

Protect from what? She didn’t know. Fran, for starters. 

The Clairvoyant looked ahead of time. She could see a multitude of futures where they tried to run away from the demon but the latter had already announced that she would stick to them so Toki dismissed them offhandedly. Instead, she looked at what would happen if they just kept walking along. A small conversation about all possible things, no danger, no ambush. Interestingly, there was one thing that stuck out at the end of her sight. Fran had a phone. Gods knew where she kept it but it rang out. 

The beauty of her abilities was that she didn’t need to put herself in danger in order to find something out. Time was a malleable thing, a pouty in the hands of her mind, and she shaped it as she pleased. One of Toki’s possible future selves approached Fran curiously and managed to overhear part of the conversation. It was a male’s voice, and he was asking if Fran’s bored enough to join him on “a little adventure”. He had heard her skills were for hire and in return he promised a type of angelic flesh she’d never tasted before. 

Toki’s stomach twitched uncomfortably but she couldn’t foretell the response. Back in the present, with her interest piqued, she glanced again at Mary to make sure she’s alright and tried to put her unease to rest. 

“So, what are you doing on the Surface, Miss Fran?” She tried to strike a conversation while she waited for time to catch up.