Approaching from the brush, the patrol was now within spitting distance of the search party and Noah.
"Attention, citizens and travellers! We are searching for the thief responsible for usurping a confidential asset." The commander took a moment or two to eye the group, before noticing the child with a crystal seemingly lodged in his forehead.
"The child there is officially a primary suspect. Though the verdict cannot be officially declared without due examination, in mine own eyes it seems doubtless. A 10,000 gil reward is due upon confirmation of guilt. We command you to hand him over, or else."Eyeing the suspicious puff of mist, a cavalry soldier shined a beam of light from his sword, tracking the cat's location. A second, higher ranking soldier, staff in hand, rode his chocobo in pursuit, before casting a spell to subdue the unknown variable.
Ivoh'to is in a Forest!
Sable Knight initiates, and casts Sleep!
Status Rate: 25 + (11 - 2)*5 + 10 - (5 * 2) = 70
Status: 69, Success!
Ivoh'to is inflicted with Sleep for 3 turns!
Not even a second later, the cat ungracefully fell from the branches above, silently tranquilized. The Sable Knight approached it to examine further.
"Unknown polycrystalline neutralized. Upon closer inspection... holy stars, is this one of the test subjects Instaurum lost?""Irrelevant, conserve your attention. We have found what we were looking for.""But sir, it matches the description of 01-4071 perfectly! Cyan fur, powdered with snow, in this of all seaso-""Silence, Ronan! Your fixation on that incident is enfeebling your mind. You even suspect your own students! It could easily be an unstudied fiend, a new breed of cait sith perhaps. We have no reason to believe the subjects even survived.""Sir, Instaurum issued an order across all academies to submit any subjects whose location is undocumented. Should we not at least detain it for further study?""...Fine. But be quick with the restraints."Ronan then pulled out an enchanted set of chains and bound them to the unconscious cat, before dragging him into a bound saddlebag on his chocobo.