Sharkguard: The Sea-Roaring Defender IC

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Oh, sorry. The rolls were for general examining and searching around the bridge and shore for any clues. The water flow was mostly to figure out if going upstream (where the body came from) would lead or go pass a certain area that might be important in some form.

Sharkguard doesn't stay around for too long at the crime scene, pressured by time to find the actual culprit. What he does find helps a bit in his own opinion. He doubts that the opposing shark-man is truly amphibious. Sharkguard himself needs more water than usual to stay above water but he can't imagine one who had torn through an oil tanker couldn't go without water for long... On the other hand, the other shark-man could need water and can't stay on land long, which would have resulted in a hastened job at sabotaging the tanker that allowed Sharkguard to save it in time. This is all presuming the other shark-man even did that.

Sharkguard wipes his brow with the palm of his hand. Thinking of theories and outcomes gives him a headache. "Less talking, more hitting!" is a phrase he likes to follow to the letter when it isn't inconvenient. Hopefully his search will lead up to that eventually. He isn't going to get to that from where he is now though. Having everything he can figure out from this place, Sharkguard begins swimming upstream, following the scent however much he can while using his other senses to pick up anything else of potential.

As he travels, he takes in the sounds of Freedom City. The people, the streets, the activity; it's everything he knows and loves... Yet at the same time, Sharkguard feels a strange disconnect with it that he hasn't felt in a long time, perhaps ever. He isn't sure if it's his general silence, the enjoyment of being around people when he has to avoid them right now, or the sense of doubt authorities have on him for being a suspect. Among all the loudness of the city as he swims upward the river, Sharkguard can't help but quietly sigh to himself, "Ta day be too damn quiet for my likin'..."