> 22:41
You don’t exactly know what goaded you into stargazing tonight. The city skyline isn’t all that impressive with the buildings blocking the way. Sure, if you were further away and higher up it would provide a magnificent view of Los Angeles and its night life, but if you were within the city it was a different story.
What little stars that littered across the expanse that is the night sky was covered by buildings, leaving only a few to peek from it’s sides. Which is why you decided to find one of the highest buildings you had access to (which wasn’t very many to begin with) and sit right over the ledge of the building.
Your legs dangled off of the side and you swing them a little in childish glee whenever the night’s breeze swept past you. It’s chilly but you don’t mind that. It’s been awhile since you’ve been up on the roof like this, after all.
Of course, you are fully aware of the dangers that you’re putting yourself in, but you pay no heed to that, taking in a lungful of the night air before exhaling contently. It was a nice break for once in your ever-busy schedule.
Maroon irides swept across the roof tops, expecting nothing but dust to be stirred by the wind or maybe a few stray cats here and there and maybe even some stranger’s laundry on the roof for some reason.
What you didn’t expect is to see precise movement— bigger than a cat and definitely not a plastic bag being carried away by the wind. It’s a blur to you, of course, but you notice that the figure was getting a little closer. It was then did you finally deduce that the silhouette was of a person (human? troll?), and decided to follow the shadow with your eyes.
You can’t help but feel fascinated, and you resist the urge to call out, afraid you might break the traceur’s concentration. You know the art, you know better than to foolishly get in the way and stop his(or her?) performance.