Thoughts wrapped in impervious black shielded the dark scenarios from the eyes of onlookers. He was always told the eyes were the window to the soul, so for that very reason Ondori wore his straw hat lowered to hide his peepers from the slim few who trudged the streets of the Briss Kingdom after dark. The thoughts were taboo to a commoner, but to those who lived a life on the sea, adventuring and searching for intangible treasures such as fame and power, the thoughts were as natural as breathing. It was just a light hearted breaking and entering wish Ondori wished to fulfill. What gave the idea a dark twist was the fact the Ronin had no qualms about slaying whomever would be in the building he invaded, so that he could have complete and utter privacy while he went to work. All it was was that he wanted to work on a few inventions he had in mind. For as long as he had been in the Four Blues the Ronin hadn't had access to a lab or anything of the sort, it was one of the things he missed the most about Baltigo. Ever since he had been here his creative juices had been flowing so well and he has concocted a few ideas that he thinks will benefit him on his journey. The only issue is he hasn't had any luck on gaining access to the lab here in the Briss Kingdom. It was the only reason he had traveled to the damn island, well that and because of the trouble he had ran into at Karate Island. That aside however, this lab was the main reason he was here, but unless he was a marine he wasn't granted access to enter the building. "No love for the aspiring scientist unless they sign their soul away." He thought to himself in a peeved manner.

Where he was right now was outside the building, in front of it in fact sitting on a bench. He was learning the security schedule and trying to size up the guards. The inside of the building was totally unknown to him, but he would prepare himself for what he could. The was three stories. One of the tallest buildings in the Briss Kingdom, given it was a technological ward for the Marines this made sense. After spending a few minutes mental mapping the front of the building, Ondori decided to relocate. With nightfall quickly approaching, he figured he'd prepare for a more up close interaction with the structure. He was familiar with the perimeter, each of the four walls of the square establishment had door leading inside and two guards on duty taking care of the security. Over each of these doors were two white lights, their brightness allowed almost the full span of the walls they were placed on to be illuminated, but about two meters near the corner of each wall was darkness. These pockets of darkness were key to Ondori's success.

So off he went, standing with his hat still pulled over his peepers, the Ronin left the area and took to the right side of the building. It's placement was at the end of a main road and this main road lead to the wilderness. With Ondori being on the right side of the building, he squared off with the structure putting the wilderness to his back. About 25m away from the walls of the building's right side, but not centered with it where the doors where, more so off to the side where the pocket of darkness resided. There he'd wait and stay still, crouched low, waiting for his time to act to come. This time happened to come sooner than he had thought. The shift change. As the guards were swapping, they seemed to always chat back and forth for a bit before actually taking off. During this chat Ondori knew their focus wasn't really on keeping guard, they were focused on talking and each other. Creeping up about 10m away from the building's corner where the dark pocket was, Ondori was still hidden. Watching the guards carefully, he took a few hesitant steps out of the darkness into the dim light. His foot grinding on a pebble that was on the concrete, he made a skidding noise.

His body tensed up and tightened and the attention of the guards snapped to his direction. Quickly he fled back from where he came from towards the wilderness. "What was that?" The guards seemed skeptical on pursuing given the fact they weren't sure what had made the noise, despite the fact they undoubtedly saw Ondori's fram retreat towards the wilderness. "Fuck." He said under his breath as he didn't stop running and eventually he was in the forestry. Stopping and catching his breath he looked back. The white light from the Science Ward was backlight for the guards that pursued him, while it seemed bad at first, he figured he'd just have to muscle his way into the science ward and this was how he'd do it. Hiding out in the forestry as the guards drew closer and closer, Ondori remained still until they wandered a bit further into the forest than he was. Positive they were out of sight from any others that could be at the ward, he drew his blade, the sound of the steel sliding out the scabbard drew their attention, but it was too late. Three swift chops and the guards were fresh corpses.

Slipping into their clothes and hiding his weapons, he went back tot he ward and entered. It was all interesting to see, especially getting a peek at what the Marines were working on. The technological side of science was still something new to Ondori, but he was learning with what he could manage to steal. Dismantling it, then reassembling it, or taking the parts and trying to make his own inventions. The one he had in mind now was something like a telescope, but it would have a zoom function, the blueprint was already in his head all he needed was access to a lab and given the hours of night, he would have privacy, though it would only be a matter of time before the missing guards became a topic of discussion. Sliding into a vacant lab, he moved the thick drapes over the window to see into the room, so no one would be able to see him. Laboring hard on his invention with all the materials he needed and then some, within an hour the Ronin had created what he called the "Eye Scope". It was a fancy gadget that fit like glasses, but on one eye and worked to let one see long distances. The only drawback was they had to close their other eye to be able to see properly while zooming in and out. Being able to manage seeing up to about 350m away now, he also had a nice zoom in for when he was doing intricate work on future inventions. Calling today a success he slipped out the science ward and just as he was about to slip into the forestry he was stopped. "Hey! Where are you going?!" We're already short three guards, stay at your post." Ondori pulled the cap that was on his head a bit lower to cover his face as he turned and faced the man speaking to him. "Um the bathrooms inside are locked, I guess the janitors are doing clean up, so I'm going to take a piss, it won't be longer than a minute." The marine eyed him for a moment, mulling over the thought before nodding and permitting Ondori freedom to take a wizz. Of course he wouldn't be coming back though. Once in the forestry he stripped out of the guard's clothes, put his back on, retrieved his weapons and pocketed his new invention, the "Eye Scope".

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