[center][h1][color=ed1c24]SCARLET SHADOW
红色阴影[/color][/h1][/center]

Scarlet Shadow had always liked Shen. He was friendly enough at face and the more time one spent with him the more friendly he seemed to be. Granted she sometimes wondered how much of this was genuine good-hearted  kindness and how much was just a case of an elderly man getting his thrills chatting with a young woman and cultivating a warm interactional relationship with her.

Of course that mattered not. He had always been civil and appropriate and - aside from the occasional little wink or sly word - had never given her intense vibes of being a creep type. 

Shen had seen Scarlet Shadow outside of costume several times though in truth she preferred to be “fully clothed” so to speak and ready for any kind of potential situation even when among reliable and trustworthy company. She did not travel via her bike but rather made her way to Shen’s shop by darting between alleys, crossing rooftops, and even “surfing” atop a garbage truck when passing through a district with small enough buildings to avoid her being seen.

Of course even in her otherwise societally conspicuous getup she was hardly a total sore thumb. Scarlet Shadow wore over her costume a pair of sweat pants and a hoodie. Her boots while not matching the lazy wear were hardly super noticeable and the hood over her head concealed her cowl and mask. Under her hoodie she carried a concealed pair of tanto and also had several flash bangs on her person as well. On her back she carried a large empty backpack, as she always did when visiting Shen. If she were to make a purchase she would conceal it there.

She slowly approached the door, looking both ways and then closely in the glass reflection for any sign of anyone following her. When she was sure she was in the clear, she pulled the door open, barely noticing the bell clinking above her. She reached back behind her and turned the lock on the shop door. Abrasive as it was she didn’t plan on being here long and didn’t want anyone waltzing in to interrupt their exchange or eyeballing Scarlet Shadow in her curious getup.

“Shen?” she called striding forward, marveling the store full of valuables she once again found herself tempted to fondle. There was easily a hefty fortunes’ worth of goods here in Shen’s store and the master thief reminded herself for perhaps the hundredth time that Shen’s business was off-limits. In exchange for acting as a fence and appropriator of goods for Scarlet Shadow she would not knock off his store. It was a solid understanding and a deal that had benefitted both so far. Each was a valuable business partner to the other and neither wanted to ruin what they had going.