[Keiko leaves the room with Adela Moller. She doesn't speak til they get to the elevator, but once she hits the button, she asks. "Keiko Hanano, how old are you?"] * Keiko replies back quietly, "My dossier should cover that." (Actually, I'm not sure it would, but she's being evasive!) [Adela frowns. "Yes, I suppose it would." The elevator *ding!*s, and she steps in, waiting for Keiko.] * Keiko steps in too, idly petting her duck. After a moment she asks, "Who am I going to see?" [Adela hits the button, and the elevator moves down. "A madman. A member of the Cult of Belial. If you haven't heard, they're a murder cult, who have recently been kidnapping virgins across the country and sacrificing them in an attempt to revive the demon."] * Keiko 's face tigtens. She replies quietly, "I am... aware." ["We picked him up in Munich. It's quite possible he could lead us to their hideout." The elevator dings, and she gets out, heading down the hall. "Unfortunately for us, something has put him in such a state of shock that we can't get any information from him. We need you to go into his mind and extract what you can."] * Keiko looks up at her and she asks, "Do you... know why he is in shock?" [She shakes her head. "No. But I presume it's something bad." You arrive at the interrogation room, where you see the man. He's bald, skinny, and is sitting on the chair with his knees hugged to his chin. "Find that out, too, if you can."] (Is he restrained?) [Handcuffs, but he doesn't look like he's going to try anything. His eyes are dialated, and he's mumbling incoherently to himself.] * Keiko is silent a moment, not approaching him before saying, "Anything else?" while trying to check the woman's mind. Is she hiding something? [She's disturbed that Keiko's a teenager, but she's more concerned with what they can get from the guy. She wants to stop the cult. Soooo... not really, no.] * Keiko looks at her for a bit longer than she needs to, then takes a deep breath before stepping into the room. [Keiko's in the room! Adela follows her in, standing by the door.] (is there a second chair?) ( Yep! ) * Keiko stays withdrawn in on herself, mentally and physically, as she pulls the second chair way away from the guy in slow drags. Once she's 5 feet away, she sits herself down in the chair, grabs her plush tightly, and then... closes her eyes and reaches out, astrally, to start the ugly job. [He puts up virtually no resistance. Keiko gets a whole lotta stuff.] ("You get to drink from the firehose!") [Keiko sees the man sitting in a circular room, wearing a red robe. Around him are similar people dressed like him, men and women of all ages. In front, there's an older man behind an altar, reading from a book."] ( -" ) ["... And the Lord God created man, and gave him Free Will. But the Lord God demanded man worship Him and obey His rules. His Free Will was merely a falsehood, and man was to obey Him or be destined to suffer."] (Is this interactive, or box text?) ( box'd! ) (Okay!) ["But His own perfect creation, Lucifer, Lightbringer, saw the maliciousness of His acts, and he gathered his followers, determined to destroy Him and provide man free will that was not an illusion created by Him."] ["But the Lord God had forseen Lucifer's betrayel, as He had created Lucifer. And though Lucifer knew he could not win this battle, he fought on, for the sake of man. Defeated, Lucifer was cast into Hell with his followers: Vassago, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Belial..."] [Cut ahead some time! *zhoop!*] [The old man talks to a small group of followers, including the guy Keiko's reading, alone. "There must be a mistake in the ritual. These mortal sacrifices are not enough. If we're to revive Lady Belial so she can pave the way for Lord Lucifer, we need something more..."] [Another cultist speaks. "I have an idea..."] [Flash ahead. The old man stands outside a cell with our guy and the cultist who spoke previously. "Where did you find one?"] [But there's another flash forward! "We still have one virgin left. We'll try the ritual one more time before..."] [And another flash! The altar again, a naked woman not much older than Keiko on it, her heart cut out. Behind her is a small purple demon, about 3.5 feet tall, with bat-like wings and a long nose and chin, sharp teeth, purple skin, a spearheaded tail, and beedy eyes.] [The lead cultist steps forward. "Wh... What is this? You are not Belial!"] [The demon smiles widely, showing a forked tongue. "Belial? No, not at all. I'm Belial's most faithful servant. Putrus, they call me."] [He continues... "If you want Belial, however, I can summon her to this realm."] [Excited murmuring among the cultists. "You can?"] [He nods. "Yessss... Now, what will you offer me?"] [Another flash forward. And his thought turn messey. Blood, screaming, burning, fear, death... Bodies falling apart all around him, our man dashes out of the chamber, into the woods surrounding him, and runs for what seems like hours before arriving at a village. A sign conveniently says "Welcome to Flarchheim!"] [And that's all Keiko can take.] (No soul roll to see more?) ( Nope, that's all I got. ) * Keiko 's eyes open and she lets out a weak cry of pain, her entire body shaking violently as tears leak from her eyes. She pulls her duck up to her eyes and just shudders and sobs for a bit. [Adela starts. "What is it?"] * Keiko doesn't respond immediately, but after her sobs subside a bit she says weakly, "Belial... Belial's servant. Putr--Putrus. Welcome to Fl--flarchheim." A pause as she continues breathing heavily between sobs, then she adds, "The woods outside Flarchheim... oh god, that girl, those..." and she trails off. [Adela blinks. "Flarchheim? And Putrus?"] ["Tell me everything."] ( And Keiko can do so in FF if she likes. ) ( 'Cause the other guys are getting restless. ) * Keiko shudders and stays slumped in the chair... giving out the relevant pieces. There aren't that many, but there are enough. (Nod.) (Stuff is told! What's her counterpose!) [Adela stares. Then she pulls out a cell phone and hits speed dial. "Agent Moller. We have a serious emergency. Possible... No, probably Abomination. I need two squads with flamethrowing units. And round up some exorcists. Now."] [She hangs up, then dials another number.] * Keiko stumbles up to her feet, putting one hand on the chair to support herself. "I want... out," she says before going for the exit door. ["It's Moller. We've just finished the interrogation. It's bad. I need to borrow your team."] [Adela holds the door open for Keiko. "This is serious. There's a probable Abomination near Flarchheim."] * Keiko just gets out in the hallway and leans against the wall, eyes closed, squeezing her duck so hard it can't breathe. Oh wait, it's not alive to begin with. ["Get them ready. I'll brief them on the way." She hangs up, then looks at Keiko. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to need your assistance again."] * Keiko says back weakly, not looking at her, "You're only sorry I'm a teenager. Would be easier if I... were adult." [Adela pauses. "I'm not going to lie to you. Yes, it would."] * Keiko finally spits out quietly, "What do you want." [She heads to the elevator. "I want you to come with me. I'll explain everything once the rest of your team is together."] * Keiko looks up at her, and then steps away from the wall, shuffling quietly towards rejoining the group. She wipes her face with her duck from time to time as she goes, trying to clean herself up. [The duck gets messey.]