Chasing the Sky

Ryan Decayde

Ryan Decayde, my first suspect. He has slick, black hair and a nice pair of aviators. He's A relatively popular card game player, sometimes I see him playing poker in the outdoor seating tables. He also collects cards, and trades them.

I wait until Friday to contact him, We share the same lunchtime so I go up to him, and tap on his shoulder.

Normally, He would point and laugh at anyone who tried to talk to him outside his inner circle, but since I have a badge The prince gave me, I just flash it and they don't dare to ignore me. Well, at least the cowardly ones. Most of them just scoff and laugh.

 Fortunately, Decayde was not one of the Brave ones. Ironic, how such a pompous and pretentious outer look can be so scared and fearful the moment danger lies around the corner.  I slipped him a letter saying to meet me on Saturday, at the park, 12:00PM sharp.

Allegiance park, smack right next to a large area of huge skyscrapers for huge corporations. The park, on the other hand, isn't as grandiose. The playground has a bit of wear and tear, paint peeling, cracks in the plastic, a picnic table doesn't even have seats, etc.

But that wasn't why I was here. I was here to interrogate a suspected Illicit Cards player. Decayde was suspected of trading cards through unlawful means. I'm gonna find out what he traded, and where he traded it.

I sit down at the table where Ryan is located, and started interrogating him.

"hello, ryan." I say intimidatingly.

"w-what do you want?" Ryan tries to say confidently.

"Name's Will. I'm a private investigator, and I've got a case to solve. So lets get on with it and tell me what you did." I introduce myself.

"What? I didn't do anything!" He responds defensively.

"Look, I know who you are and I know what you did. I know that you made a deal with a certain figure named 'Robin'. Ring any bells?" I ask.

"Uh-no! I don't know anyone named that!" He replied.

"I can tell you're lying pal, so tell me what did you trade or else." I say.

I can quickly tell he's tearing up, which isn't good for any interrogation. If he's too busy crying I can't extract any information from him. And his parents would get me in trouble.

So, I try to calm him down. I quickly switch my demeanor from imposing and mean, to friendly and kind. Kind of like being both bad cop and good cop.

"hey, hey, look. I won't do anything if you comply, in fact I'll put in a good word for your parents, I know you're a good person Ryan. But you made a mistake. Now, if you help me, I won't say anything. but if you don't, I will NOT hesitate to tell. and I will NOT hesitate to get CARDS BANNED!" I say.

I didn't actually want cards to get banned, nor could I actually get it banned. I was bluffing, But Decayde barely knew who I was, so he wouldn't take that chance. So he started talking.

"O-okay, fine. fine! I met with someone, but I don't know if it was the robin! They only spoke through text to speech, and they wore a jacket!" he says.

"do you have any idea what color was the jacket? and could you see the face?" I respond.

"I-I cant remember! I was too stressed! and they wore a mask!" He says. "b-but I think I know what the mask looked like, it was like a triangle?-square? p-please, let me go!" He says desperately. 

"Okay, I'll let you go. Thank you for your time. but remember, if you tell ANYONE about this meeting, I will find you." I say.

He walks away, scared, but he quickly calms down when he plays with his friends.

As for me, now I've got some clues, Jacket, mask with a shape design on it, but to verify that these are clues, Ill need to speak to the next suspect, Jeremy fritz.