La Vie de Luxe - Vive la France

This RP is a sub game, and follows all the rules of La Vie de Luxe, except this one takes place in Paris, France, and it will join with La Vie de Luxe in the end. See the discussion thread.]
[This chapter also continues from Danny and Patty's journal "Harrods"]

1 Patty-Larceny

Paris, France

Patty, dressed in black and sporting a pair of night-vision goggles, raised herself to the roof of a cathedral... well, THE cathedral. This was Notre Dame de Paris, and it was full of gargoyles.  Crouching as she walked, she took advantage of the shapes and shadows, making sure the high-caliber rubber on her boots gripped the roof tiles without damaging them.

For jobs that required height, Patty was fully equipped with lightweight steel rope and fasteners.  Her legs and hands were wrapped with tape to avoid injuries, and they made her feel every bit of pressure that she put on them.  It was like being a cat.

Tonight, her target was Little Dedo, a frumpy-looking gargoyle with crossed toes said to have been carved by a nun who didn't like the scary demons that guarded the cathedral.  Among all these other carvings, LD was proving hard to find.  Patty took off her goggles and adjusted the band, but it slipped off her hand, rolling and bouncing away.

"Fudge!" she exclaimed in a short, high pitched whisper and followed the eyewear down the slopes.  When she finally caught up to it, it had stopped, its fall halted by two feet with crossed toes.

Patty smiled, "Hello LD!"

Sticking magnetic hooks with epoxy glue to where the schematics told her, the blonde college girl called for the helicopter.  When it came, it quietly took Dedo, even Patty couldn't figure out how.  Once the pickup was gone, she lowered herself down.  Her job was done for the moment.  Now it was time to go do something constructive, like shopping.

2 Crimson (OOC: This chapter continues from Crimson's journal entry "Paris, Modeling, and Shopping")

Paris, France

Crimson stood inside of Les Galeries Lafayette.  The girl looked around for a map of the big "department store."  She knew there were 7 floors to the store, but Crimson didn't know what floor the Chanel store was on.

She found the map and saw that the Chanel store was on the 3rd floor.  Crimson walked up the stairs and into the Chanel store. 

Crimson was in heaven.  This was the biggest mall she has ever been to in her life.  After a stressful day at the agency, shopping was all she needed to make her feel better.

This definitely would be a good day

3 Patty-Larceny

Patty made a reservation at a place in Paris that regularly hosted youth groups so she'd look less suspicious.  The order from Carmen was to be ready to leave at any time, so Patts kept most of her things still packed.  She'd carry her stuff in something more expensive than a backpack, but the number one rule this time is "Don't get caught", so she had to be more careful.

Now who else might be in Paris? Patty searched through her contacts list. "You still near Louis?" She posted a text message to Crimson, who might be in town.

4 Crimson

While looking at the Chanel sunglasses, Crimson felt her cell vibrate through her purse.  "I have a text message." she thought to herself.  She went searching, and eventually, found the cell at the bottom.

Opening up her cell phone, Crimson saw the text message from Patty.  "You still near Louis?" read the text.

Crimson replied to the text saying, "Yep! I'm in the Chanel store at Les Galeries Lafayette in Paris."  She figured she should put Paris in the message because there are other Galeries in the world.

5 Patty-Larceny

Patty winced a little reading that Crimson wrote "Paris" in the message. That's okay, she's new and hasn't learned about putting codes to locations yet. Anyway, this phone's gone. The blonde thief opened her phone, took out the battery and removed the SIM card. Dropping the card inconspicuously into a drain by the side of the road, she immediately walked into a store to get a new Vodafone France SIM Card for 30 Euros.

Soon, she made her way to Crim near the Chanel boutique.

"Salut!" She offered Crimson a hug, "As-tu faim? Wanna go grab a bite, or we can just walk and talk."

6 Crimson

"Salut!" She said while hugging Patty.

"Je ne suis pas affamé.  I am not hungry.  Let's just walk and talk."  Crimson said as she led Patty out of the Chanel boutique and into the walkway.

"So, what are we going to talk about?" Crimson asked her blonde friend as she swiped money from a passer's pocket.

7 Chief [Facilitating for ACME agents, if you would like to join, please use this cue.]

French eye witnesses reported a suspicious aircraft leaving Notre Dame de Paris in the dead of night. The Gendarmerie, upon further investigation, confirmed that the cathedral's most famous gargoyle had been stolen. The pattern was confirmed and soon within the hour, ACME Control Center received the case file.

The experts at ACME determined the level of the heist and quickly distributed a bulletin to all available agents below the rank of "Detective".

Temporary Case Number: PL-NW144-89
Location: Paris, France
Suspect: None, possibly V.I.L.E.
Report to Chief Weller for C-5 request.

8 Patty-Larceny

Patty giggled after seeing Crim swipe the wallet, if Carmen was here, they'd both have to behave.  That made the blonde feel a little guilty without knowing exactly why.

"First thing's first," Patty took a more serious stand, "never say or write your exact location.  Phone, email, text, whatever, these things aren't secure.  And don't forget to switch out your SIM card every once in a while.  I just switched mine on the way over here." 

She brought out her pink phone to show Crim the Vodafone card inside.  "Okay, that's said!" Patty took Crim by the arm, "let's go see Christian Louboutin's new Resort collection!  So what's up with your day?"

9 Crimson

Crimson giggled and said "Sorry, not putting the location in the text was definitely a major after thought."

She followed Patty to go see the Louboutin Resort collection.  Louboutin is one of her most favorite designers... after Chanel, of course.

"I've been working all day, Pats.  And it's been so stressful.  My manager went through the whole 'disappointment talk'  this morning.  You know what I mean?" she said as they were walking to see the shoes.  "How's your day been?" Crimson said, turning to Patty.