[Day: Friday, March 26th. Time: 3:10 a.m.] [Weather: Whatever it was last time.] [Haruko is walking Matthias home from the Tower Reversed! Matthias seems like he has a case of vertigo, but otherwise can walk okay.] [Start!] * Haruko keeps close to Matthais in case he suddenly has any trouble. "I'd like to thank you again for your help. We're deeply grateful and will repay this favor." * Matthias nods as they walk. He uses whatever support he can find, but so far he hasn't fallen yet. "I'll hold you to it." Could I perhaps partially repay it with some information? Information? * Haruko keeps walking. "First, we've determined that judgment hasn't been causing the disappearances." Then what has? A seperate entity that has the form of Saki. A black card we believe. Have you heard of them before? * Matthias shakes his head. "I suspected there was something... but no. Not really." * Haruko then continues. "They apparently were created by the process that created Arcana. This entity that resembles Saki may not be the only one. Somewhat confusing the issue apparently the assassin originally sent to kill Saki may also have her form and be melded with the black card." * Matthias folds his arms and looks down. "Hmmmm.... You're sure of this? Then there's probably as many of them as there are Arcana." I have strong support, but not absolute proof. I should also note that this form seems to be strongly related to fields, !Saki as we call her can generate one and has been seen in reversed world. ( !Saki is not an acceptable form of speech, Haruko :P ) (Not Saki then. :P) ( Sorry, but if I allow that, I expect "OMG It's !Saki!!!11" To follow :P ) ( *Dicesuke rolls 12 for Shingo. Saki punches Shingo in the gut, yelling "ROFL ur a noob!" ) ( Actually, this could be kind of amusing for a while. ) ( Anyhow! ) ( What have I done?! ;_;) (*looks in and nearly dies*) Hmm... (...) * Haruko then smiles. "Thankfully she's quite recongizable, looks zombie like, barely articulate, attacks almost instantly. She seems to act out of hunger, although the drug issues may play some roll in picking her targets." Noted. * Haruko then grins. "Let's see. We met someone named Toshiki on the way in, he's a member of the Jackals and the seven of wands, and apparently gunning for a gang war. He seemed particularly bitter at Akemi." * Matthias nods. "I know him. He's very... unusual." Since he's discovered his powers, he's made it his goal to fight other Arcana. * Haruko sighs. "That seems all to usual to me." Regardless, I don't think his intent is to kill. * Haruko nods. "Good. And as a second bit of information in repayment of our debt, he told us that you have a tendency to use Akemi as a spy." She then smiles. "Given what you've done to assist us, were such a thing true, we'd be inclined to overlook it." By all means. So, how am I doing on repayment? I never asked for anything in return. But if you're going to offer information, I may as well take it. * Haruko sighs slightly. "I'm fairly new to this, but I want to make sure you feel our group is holding up our end of this alliance. Am I successful at this?" * Matthias chuckles. "If you insist on repaying me, I'd much rather you wait until I need a favor as big as the one I did for you." * Haruko smiles sheepishly. "Fair enough. Well then shall we just say that if I or Kyon continue to give information you find useful, you'll consider that in sharing with us and minor favors in the future?" * Matthias nods. I believe, I don't have strong evidence on this, but I believe the current biggest threat is an alliance between the black cards and some reversed Arcana. An alliance that includes a nigh perfect double for Katie and a grey eyed double of Kyon. They are trying to gather artifacts of power and already have the Wand. Hmmm.... Well, I suppose it's possible. But then you better guard that Cup. * Haruko nods. "We're taking measures. Unfortunately we don't know if that threat is related to the drugs, which also of course are quite scary." * Matthias nods. "I doubt it is... but no, that's just instinct." * Haruko nods. "I'm told I'm prone to speculate, so I'll stop there with information. Although I do have one other thing to offer." And that is? * Haruko smiles. "I've probably already offered my healing abilities, that stands. But if you ever need any mechanical work, including modifying a motorcycle, or probably a car, to function in a field, just ask." * Haruko grins. "Considering you have at least two field users, it may prove useful." If I get a motorcycle, I'll keep it in mind * Haruko nods. "So have you learned anything our group should know since we last talked?" Nothing in particular. * Haruko sounds slightly disappointed. "Oh well." I'm still looking into the business with the drugs. But I haven't come up with anything yet. Other than the students at Serizawa either know nothing or are hiding something. * Haruko nods. "We talked to one dealer, she recieved them by going to a drop off point and they just appeared. I assume that means someone was using a field, or a field like power." Likely. So, do you think the free mass distribution is the goal, or is meant to be a distraction from the real goal? * Matthias closes his eyes and stands in silence for a long minute. I think it's a test case. * Haruko looks thoughtful for a moment. "Hmm... Go on." * Matthias shrugs. "Such a phenomenon... why would it only occur in Japan, where the Arcana are? I believe that's something to think about." My suspicion is that the drugs are manufactured in part using an Arcana's powers. Otherwise why wouldn't someone else have reversed engineered them by now, given their potency and thus desirability to evil geniuses and such. Perhaps. * Haruko thinks for a moment. "Although, Kyoko was drugged and apparently used as a body guard. Do you think it might be a net to catch us? Maybe one user in a thousand is an Arcana, but..." * Haruko shrugs. Who can tell? Do you have any idea if they've been refining the drugs over time? Who can say? There's so many different versions of them... Could be anything * Haruko nods. "We just need more basic information I suppose." * Matthias nods. So, I suppose we'll keep you posted and you keep us posted. Only way we'll ever get a handle on this is to build a big pool of actual usable knoweldge. * Matthias nods. So, aside from the drugs, the black cards, the ever present threat of gang war, anything else you know I should be having nightmares about? Not at the moment. * Haruko smiles. "That's a relief." So how'd you first get involved in all this, if you don't mind my asking. Kyon came to me one day and told me about it. * Haruko smiles. "He's pretty efficient that way." * Matthias nods. [End!]