[Day: Sunday, June 22nd. Time: 11:20 p.m.] [The good news: After a hecka long drive, you managed to make it to northern edge of the Black Forest, on the border of Germany. The bad news: it's a friggin' huge forest. Where to go??] [Start] * Roseli is driving at this point, as she took the later shift. She slows and starts... well, looking for any signs as to where to go. Apocalyptic signs, perhaps. (Telepathy has 100m range! It could be helpful!) The fae didn't leave hints in anyone's strudel, did it? (Haha, it could be!) (I've got 1km on the electronics if they've got cell phones o/~) * Luana is braiding small strands of her hair. "Not unless he makes hints in the way of warm fruit." Been done before. *pauses* With cold fruit, admittedly. * Heinrick is looking over his chemical stock. He seems relatively alert at this juncture and doesn't look up. "If only it were that simple." * JesseLman is now known as Togo 2d8 ( I SAID THAT ) * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. * Keiko has chosen a white cloak pinned across her chest, around a black dress with a white obi-like belt. * Luana has already fishboned and cornrowed her hair during the trip. Tiny braids seem to be the latest way to stave off boredom. (Wow, that is boredom staving.) (Yes. Yes, it is.) * Roseli is dressed in normal clothes now. Because, you know, not bringing a change of clothes in the van when you're leaving in a wetsuit is kind of dumb. Magic powerful enough to summon Lucifer seeps. You'll see signs as we get close, most likely. Things warped. Wrong. * Roseli snorts a little. "'Close' is the problem, Togo. Unless you want me to pick a random direction." No idea where to go from here. * Togo tilts his head at Rose. "I am not usually asked for directions, I'll admit." Wonder why. * Heinrick raises his head and looks out the window for telltale signs. [Heinrick sees a telltale heart!] ( Or maybe not. But he can make a wilderness tracking roll. ) s'why I don't like working alone. I make due, even comes in handy sometimes... but there're certain hard limits I can't get around. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. * Jamie currently staring out the window where she sees nothing but darkness and listening to the van's engine because it and the teams gear are the only things counting out here. (Think I made that) * Heinrick takes down his glasses and leans forward. "Hmm." * Roseli glances back at Heinrick. "Got something?" * Heinrick sits back. "It's possible. I'm fairly certain I saw some tire tracks heading off in that direction though." He points. Though whether we believe they belong to our query or someone else...difficult to say. Only lead we've got. That is what I was assuming as well. * Roseli nods and shifts the van into gear, heading that way. Follow those tracks! [You drive! And drive! And drive and drive and drive! Untilll..... [There's a screech and a yellow demon lands on the hood of the van. Rose, driving roll +2!] (Hey, that's not cool at all!) 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 8. (Made.) [Rose manages to avoid crashing into any trees!] [Downside is, there's a demon on the hood. It pounds on the windshield, cracking it. What is it?! What hit us? * Jamie starts digging around for the gun she ... gave back to Togo. * Keiko starts at the slam, then reaches out with her hand and an annoyed look on her face, to grab the demon still. "Something inhuman." * Luana draws a pistol. "Something really ugly!" * Togo pulls out his Winchester, and holds it out between the two front seats. "I can't see through the damn windshield! Someone point me in the right direction!" * Roseli yells as she swerves to avoid a tree and maybe shake the demon off, "Somebody fucking kill it!" (Can I roll for the grapple?) ( Go ahead ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. (Make by 3.) [Keiko gets a hold of it. It's a skinny little thing.] [And then there's a thump on top of the van.] * Heinrick has quit IRC (Ping timeout) (It ate Heinrick!) Luana, hose down whatever's on the roof! Jamie, point my gun at the thing on the hood! * Heinrick has joined #mc4 * Luana fires up at the hood where the sound came from. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. ( Lu, Attack role +4 Unless you have blind fighting. Rose, another driving roll ) * Jamie takes Togo's arm and aims a bit up and to the right of where he's currently pointing it. (I have blind fighting) (Hey... Does this count as gunnery since the gun's mounted on Togo? XD) 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-1) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 13. (Fail by three.) ( K. ) Rose, Heinrick, this is gonna be on the bright side... *fires a burst of white light from his Winchester at the hood demon* [There's a screech from above, and another yellowish demon falls off the roof and is left in the dust behind. But then Rose crashes into a stump. Body rolls!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Acrobatics or anything?) * Togo doesn't do that, actually, because he didn't roll in time! * Heinrick covers his eyes and then preps himself for the crash. ( Straight body ) (I fail at body roll!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. ( Made by 2 ) (Made.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (Faaail) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (Nope.) (Miss by 1.) [Y'all are knocked about a bit, some more than others. Nothing toooooo bad... For you. But the engine of the van is giving off smoke. The demon flies off the hood.] * Togo gets the hell out of the van and sweeps the area with his Winchester, looking for any demons still in the area. [The yellow one looks dazed, but it's still up.] * Roseli curses vividly in Portuguese as she unbuckles and shoves her way out of the driver's seat. She switches clips in her gun, looking for targets- oh, a yellow demon. That works. [Togo also spots a wingless purple one, making its way towards you through the trees.] * Keiko slams her grappled demon it into the ground. It doesn't do much damage, but it sure looks fun. * Luana slams into the door when the car crashes and nearly loses grip on her gun. She curses and throws the door open, then gets out. (TK Crush!) * Heinrick curses and clambers his way out after unbuckling. Fortunately, this allows him to worry less about destroying the van as he flings one of his daggers at the yellow one. (What demons have we got that aren't being slammed around by Keiko?) * Togo blasts at the purple one with his Winchester. "More incoming!" ( Just the purple. ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. * Roseli turns and aims at the purple demon, firing as well. (Until it escapes, I'm just gonna crush it to death.) (I'm using blessed bullets, btw.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 9. ( K. ) (But missing isn't good!) * Jamie makes her way more methodicaly out of the van and listens for anything else aproaching but the gunshots are making that difficult. [The demons are turned into swiss cheese.] [There's a howling from further within the forest.] Minor demons. Distractions. Let's get away from the car before we get swarmed. *loads a round into his Winchester with a pull of the lever* * Jamie makes her way over to Togo. "I... I need another gun." I would agree with you. And I believe that direction would be most appropriate. * Heinrick points in the direction of the howling. Pistol or the submachinegun I gave you before? [Suddenly, a black shape rushes out of the undergrowth and leaps at Jamie!... And is just as suddenly taken down. By a guy from the opposite direction. With his bare fists.] * Keiko glances to Heinrick and nods as she gets out and walks. She drags the demon around, keeping her slamming going the whole way. It's like dragging along an evil puppy by an invisible chain. Machine... ah? * Roseli spins and points her gun at the guy. Because maybe he's just beating up demons to get to them - who the fuck knows anymore. ( Gimme straight mind rolls! ) Crap! *pivots and aims, but doesn't fire* 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. ( Nope! ) (Fail! Fail!) (Fail) (My mind is gewd!) (WE ARE ON THE FAIL BOAT) ( wow. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Here's some good." (Fuck yeah.) (... GO KEIKO) (BWZHAHAH!) (Keiko is better) (Go Team HK!) (Are we waiting on something?) ( Yes. Me looking up logs. ) (I dunno, there were mind rolls and stuff.) (It's the dude whose girlfriend I killed, isn't it.) [Nope. It's actually nobody you recognize! Unless you're Heinrick or Keiko. Oddly enough, he appears to be an Asian teen, with straight, shoulder-length white hair and a leather jacket.] * Roseli doesn't recognize him, so she keeps her gun on him. "Name and business. Now." * Heinrick looks over the person for a moment. "You seem familiar." * Keiko bashes the demon against a rock, then looks over, "... Masaru Kusanagi. Interpol." she adds, in Japanese. [He looks at all the guns pointed at him and says nothing. Or rather he says something in a language most of you don't speak. And now I have to go look up who does :X] Interpol. ( I'll be glad in MC5 when I dont' have to deal with languages anymore. ) (If it's Japanese, the answer is probably Keiko, Heinrick, and Jamie.) * Togo aims his gun away, and hands Jamie his SMG. (It'll still be a problem in MCDS, though...) (Though I might be wrong about Jamie. She might have just LOOKED like an anime character.) * Roseli lowers her gun slowly. ( True. :x ) (She was trained how to talk like one too.) (It is at least Heinrick and Keiko though.) (Okay, so it's half the party.) (Go ahead and put it in channel and the rest of us just won't understand. :D) (And it's not like this is origional flavor Ten who understood most of the language on earth and several from off planet) (And one that she made up!) (Or Ryan) * Luana doesn't bother keeping a gun aimed at him, since everyone else already has, and keeps a lookout for any more incoming demons. (Rei made up a few. :D) [So... those who speak Japanese understand him when he says, "" Then he switches. ""] * Togo mutters. "... Kusanagi. Great. Please don't be insane..." * Heinrick responds in Japanese. <"Only a few of us. Although if you speak German it would make this easier.>" * Roseli speaks in English as well: "" (Actually, Everyone knows English.) (I remember that coming up before.) (Everyone knows German, and everyone knows English.) [""] * Jamie moves to hide behind Rose, getting a larger gun from Togo temporarily forgotten. * Luana says blandly, "We're on a parent-child bonding camping trip. Obviously." (In English, though.) * Roseli steps to cover Jamie, giving her more room to hide. "" she says as she does so. [""] * Roseli puts words to action and starts going, waving for Jamie to come with her. * Jamie follows Rose. [He nods. "" And goes in a completely different direction.] * Togo continues hold out the gun to Jamie as he starts walking. <"We? You've got backup?"> * Roseli blinks, then mentally shrugs and follows the guy. If he knows where he's going... [He nods over his shoulder. ""] * Jamie takes the gun as she and Rose change directions and pass Togo. * Luana stays to the back of the group and keeps watching for demons. * Roseli murmurs to Jamie, "Good job, taking initiative there. Asking for a weapon." * Keiko hopefully has nothing but a dead demon now, and so drops it by the wayside as she moves along. ~Back when we went into the hotel auction,~ she thinks at Luana. ~He was at the briefing.~ * Jamie nods and swallows. "The.. the pistol won't hurt most supernaturals... and I and I lost the other weapons." [You follow a Japanese teen deeper into one of the densest forests in Germany. There's something seriously wrong with that statement.] ( Axis reunion! ) (We don't have any Italians.) ( Just need an Italian to do absolutely nothing useful. ) [A glow begins to appear between the trees.] ( Maybe I'll have Rob be there. :X] ) ~I sort of remember. Was a while ago, relatively.~ * Roseli frowns deeply. ~Four months.~ ~Like I said. An awful lot's happened since then.~ Jamie, you see a red glow? (Not red. Just a glow. I just thought it was red because Hell and all.) [""] * Jamie nods. * Heinrick shakes his head slightly, following along quietly. (I speak Italian. Does that count?) * Roseli sighs and keeps walking. ( Okay, you can be useless and get beat up by the Greeks. ) * Keiko smiles a little. ~A lot, yes.~ [Surprisingly, this turns out not to be a trap, and Masaru leads you into a clearing with some more people: a 30-something Asian woman in a gi and hakama, carrying a naginata, a 40-something guy who's probably wearing old beaten up clothing, and your favorite terrorist, Claude Sherman. The 40-something guy is the one causing the glow. With magic.] [Masaru speaks! In English. And we'll just assume it's all in English from now on: "Look what I found wandering in the forest."] * Keiko frowns at Claude slightly, but that's about it, instead crossing her arms and murmuring, "You're not all Interpol, then." * Togo nods at Sherman. [The Asian woman looks your way. "Togo? Is that you?"] [Claude shrugs. "You're not all Blitzkrieg anymore, either, from what I understand."] * Jamie looks up at Rose for guidance. * Heinrick sighs. "As long as we have the same goal in mind and are not intent on stabbing anyone in the back." Of course it's me. Mitsuji's trying to summon Lucifer, and someone's gotta shoot him in the face. *to Claude* We're no longer associated with that organization, or what's left of it. [Xuan casts her eyes to one side as Togo talks about shooting her brother in the face.] * Togo then turns, and holds out a hand to Herman. "As cavalries go, this isn't half bad on short notice." * Herman is the 40-something guy, and actually, he's looking pretty respectable... sure, the jacket's a beaten up leather jacket, but he's wearing a button down shirt and slacks. His hair's short and a dirty blonde, and he's a bit on the thin side. A satchel is at his feet, and there's a glowing wisp in front of him. He breaks his concentration a bit to look up at Togo and smile. [Claude nods. "I think we all have the same goal here. Or at least, similar."] About bloody time you got here. Your fuckin' party, you know... these are the people you've been workin' with? * Herman 's gaze sweeps over the crew. * Luana edges up on Togo while he's having the conversation. [Xuan speaks. "He's not summoning Lucifer."] * Keiko looks at Herman oddly, but doesn't look away from him as he looks them over, as she says, in a low anger tone, "But he is going to kill Cyra. Because he wants a virgin nobody cares about." Yeah. *turns to the others* Herman's a teammate from back when this happened last time. Good people. Xuan's... reliable, by and large. * Togo turns back to Xuan. "He's summoning someone. You don't sacrifice virgins because they make good conversation pieces." * Heinrick looks over a bit at Herman and gives him a look over as well. [Masaru takes a seat on the hood of the nearby white pickup and opens a nutrition bar.] * Herman smiles and nods when Togo introduces him. * Luana smiles at Herman nervously. "Hi, I'm Luana." ["You never knew the whole story, Togo. 21 years ago, there were eight of us in my Interpol unit. You met most of them, but..."] Nice to meet you, Luana. What is it you do? ( So mean to the NPCs and so nice to Herman :<] ) (Keiko is ambivilent to the NPCs!) * Keiko adjusts her cloak around her, floating over near Luana. * Luana fidgets. "Pyrokinesis, tai chi, and firearms." * Roseli stands, more or less at the ready... to shoot any of them. Or any demons that come through. Or anything of the sort. These are Togo's people. * Jamie continues to lurk behind Rose, it's practiced art at this point. ( Rose could whup Herman in a fight. ) (A physical fight, absolutely.) * Heinrick then nods slightly to Claude. "I am willing to put differences aside for that then." He takes in a deep breath and folds his arms. "If someone could tell us the situation then..."] (-]) * Herman looks worried, but also impressed, and continues talking to Luana. "I can only do one of those, to an extent. You've learned a lot for someone so young." [Xuan nods to Heinrick. "21 years ago, some corrupt people tried ... succeeded, really, in summoning Asmodeus to Earth."] Asmodeus, one of the demon lords? Togo's helped me a lot! Especially with control of my pyrokineses. I haven't set anyone on fire by accident since he's been training me. And you guys kicked his ass off, and lost a teammate in the process. Who Mitsuji was in love with. (Lu's so cute!) * Togo gives Luana a quick thumbs up on the not-immoliating-people thing as he talks to Xuan. [She nods. "One of the big ones." She turns to Togo. "And yes. We lost Hiyoko. But not in the way you think."] * Luana beams at Togo. * Keiko thinks at Luana, ~Too much boredom in the car makes you chatty, Lu?~ ~Maybe... but, I'm not used to being told I can trust someone right off the bat.~ Control's a valuable thing when it comes to pyrokinesis. I nearly burned the house down once. ~And if he's a friend of Togo's, I want to make a good impression!~ * Herman glances at the other two wards, clearly making some sort of connections. ~He's... it's not a good impression, Lu.~ * Keiko looks to Herman directly, into his eyes, as she adds to her, ~It only goes down from here.~ * Herman looks back at Keiko, not flinching away. * Luana 's smile falls. "Did I... do something wrong? I'm not used to socialising with new people..." [Xuan looks towards the ground. "Hiyoko's full name was Hiyoko Taltosh. The Taltoshes are demons born as human. They live their lives without relizing their demon heritages until they start to change in their teens or twenties."] What? * Keiko smiles faintly to herself, and she puts a hand to Luana's shoulder. ~No, Lu. It's not your fault.~ Keiko, um... she doesn't seem to think I'm making a good impression... [She looks back up at Togo. "Hiyoko never died. After the battle with Asmodeus, she reached her full transformation. She was dragged to hell. She had no choice."] * Luana takes Keiko's hand and holds onto it. * Herman breaks the lock with Keiko and looks at Luana. "No, it's all right... I'm sorry, I'm preoccupied. Casting a spell, see?" He raises his hand, and the wisp follows it, into the air. Pause. "Keiko?" * Keiko glances over at Luana, then back to Herman. "Keiko." * Heinrick looks at Luana strangely for a moment, then to Keiko. "I didn't think you did anything wrong." He then turns to Herman for a moment. "You will have to forgive the rest of us for being wary." * Jamie has nothing to add because she's antisocial like that. * Herman nods. "Nice to meet you. I wish it could have been in better circumstances." * Keiko smiles thinly, then it fades away. "It couldn't be." ( Maybe Herman should be telling the story :X ) (Keiko is listening.) * Luana nods to Heinrick. "Thank you." Didn't know the specifics, but I figured that she was down below, given the whole summoning Lucifer thing. (Rose is listening! She has no interest in socializing.) You're saying he's summoning her? (It's a good old fashioned Ward/Guardian split.) (Heinrick's listening too but then Herman started staring down his ward!) (Luana's only sort of listening. The background doesn't matter, just the killing.) (Keiko started it!) (She so did.) (Oh this is totally true.) Um, anyway... do you... have any good stories about Togo? ["Hiyoko was the heart and soul of our team. Her loss affected us all greatly. But especially my brother. They were close."] For starters, never eat or drink anything that comes out of that bloody coat of his. I've seen him pull a fucking lobster tank from there. And a coffin. * Heinrick then turns back to Xuan, then sighs. "From what you're telling us...is it safe to assume that part of this involves opening the portal in order to open a way to send her back then? An open doorway?" [Masaru finishes his nutrabar.] * Keiko says, idly, "Makes you wonder what he's thinking." Or is this something else? Was the coffin used? ( Only occasionally. ) [Xuan nods to Heinrick. "That's it exactly. He did try to find a better way, but after so much time..." She looks down again. "I never though he'd actually go this far..."] Because if it wasn't, then it was probably still sanitary... ( Oh yeah, I need to bring back Coffinmaker. ) (No, you don't!) ( Bring back Coffeemaker instead ) (You will call me MISTER Coffee.) [Claude speaks up. "But he is. And we need to stop him."] What is he *doing*, exactly? From what we saw coming here, I would assume that he is already *done*. ["Opening a gate to hell. If he succeeds, Hiyoko will be able to return to this world. Along with any other demon that passes through."] * Herman starts. And looks at Keiko, eyes wide. [Xuan speaks, "He hasn't finished the ritual. Right now lesser demons can get through, but that's it."] * Heinrick turns to Herman for a moment. "Yes?" * Luana tightens her hold on Keiko's hand for just a moment. "You okay?" * Keiko had looked over at Xuan, but her head slowly swivels back to Herman. "Fine, Lu." ... Sorry, it's just... I just heard Keiko. I didn't know she was a telepath. * Togo facepalms. "Stupid, selfish sonova..." *shakes his head* "Right then. We stopped him last time, we'll do it again. What's he have with him?" You get used to it pretty quickly. * Keiko grips her hand back, and says to Herman, "None taken." * Roseli glances at Herman and Keiko, but it doesn't look like she needs to act on it, so. So, um... what do -you- do, then? * Herman blinks. "I'm a wizard," he says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. [Xuan says, "Two people. Eiji Matsudaira, a ninja and a former Interpol agent. He and Mitsuji were in the same unit before. Mitsuju saved his life on a mission, and Eiji promised his service ever since."] * Heinrick smiles slightly and rubs a finger on his forehead. "We are all a tad unusual. Some more than others. That is why we are all here, is it not?" Well, and a father. Really, the second job is the harder one. He... * Roseli glances at Togo. "Don't think we've met him." ["And Catherine Wyatt. She's a wizard Mitsuji met in Tokyo. I think she's in love with him, but fortunately --" she says with a hint of venom, "he's still devoted to Hiyoko."] * Roseli frowns. She knows about this one. "Karin's classmate." * Heinrick rubs his head. "We perhaps have. Though we never got his name for certain." He turns to Claude. "One of your men, was he not?" What kinds of things do wizards do? [Claude nods. "You could say that, although he was brought in by Mitsuji. He never worked 'for me' per se."] * Herman shrugs, and he turns his right hand, palm upwards, saying a quick word in Latin. A clear crystal flower blooms in his palm, and he hands it to Luana. "Anything you can dream of, with the right spell." When was the break? * Jamie blinks. And any demons that have happened to get through, though they'll hardly be friendly. * Keiko looks at the flower and mms quietly. Between your group and his, Claude. * Luana turns her free hand upright and makes a similar one out of fire. ( Oh jeez. ) ( Some time around session 80! XD ) (Hahaha.) ["About a month ago. Though it started before then. We began to see we weren't working towards the same goal."] * Herman chuckles. "You have talent. Want this?" he asks, as he gestures with the flower to Luana. ( Pfft. Real wizards make flowers out of pants. ) * Luana lets the fire in her hand die and takes the crystal. "Thank you! Keiko, would you please hold onto this for me? I don't want to break it." (I can make flowers out of your pants.) * Keiko takes the flower from her, looking it over idly. * Roseli frowns, nodding and thinking about that. And glances at Jamie's blinking. "If you want to go see the magic tricks, you can," she tells the girl. Someone may as well have fun before they all die. ( He did that to Togo last time Togo got him mad. Togo didn't notice for a few hours. ) [It looks like real crystal. It actually might be worth a lot of money, assuming it lasts.] * Jamie gives her standard not quite understanding the question responce. "Okay?" Togo's been helping me control it, but Keiko's the reason I've been able to calm down. She's my best friend. * Luana looks over at Keiko for the last part. * Keiko 's eyes flick back to Luana and she offers her a slight smile, before putting the flower away. * Keiko then says quietly, "It's the truth." ( Poor Zarina. ) (This isn't past tense!) ... right then. Do we know where he is? [Xuan looks at Herman. "We will as soon as Herman finishes his spell."] * Herman looks at the wisp for a moment, then waves his hand, and it shoots into the distance, winking out of sight. He starts a little, looking at Keiko, and blinking once, then twice, before saying distractedly, "I'm almost done." Right. *pauses* One sec, I've just gotta confer with my team. * Herman looks at Togo quizzically, almost as though he's seeing him in a new light. "Let me know when you're done, Togo. I think I've got a lock." * Keiko smiles slightly to herself, but the smile fades rapidly, her face setting into tight anger. * Togo turns back to the team, and switches to German. <"Mitsuji's stupid and insane, but he's not evil at the core. And Xuan's his sister. Try for non-lethal if possible, but don't hold back if you deem in necessary."> * Jamie nods slightly. * Keiko closes her eyes. <"Just that, while I mostly trust Xuan, I don't know what she'd do if we went and blew her brother's head off when we had other options. Feel free to greviously wound as you see fit, though."> * Herman opens his palm and another wisp appears in it, which he keeps floating above his hand. * Heinrick sighs and folds his arms. <"That's mostly your concern really...But that makes it your responsibility if it does not work."> <"Like I said. If you deem it necessary, end him and don't look back. I'll take any heat. But it's a plus if the family of crazy psychics doesn't blame us for his death."> * Keiko presses her lips together. * Heinrick glares at Togo. <"You might wish to watch your language."> (We like our crazy psychics home grown 'round these parts.) (And non-Ueda) (XD) * Roseli tilts her head to Keiko. Hint, Togo. * Togo tilts his head, then glances at Keiko, then back to Heinrick. <"Not talkin' about her. Talking about that family of crazy psychics."> (I have no emotions, and I must facepalm.) * Heinrick sighs. <"It is a sad day when *I* of all people must remind you of tact, Togo."> * Keiko speaks up. <"Regardless, we will do what is necessary."> * Heinrick snickers at Keiko's statement. * Luana looks over at Keiko, then back to the others. <<"What- Keiko's not crazy!"> * Togo grins at Keiko, then turns back to Herman. "We're ready." ( Dear, Keiko only looks not crazy beacuse you have Jamie for a roommate.) (Jamie's a fantastic roommate. She's quiet and never tells me to clean up.) * Heinrick sighs to Luana. <"That's precisely what we're trying to point out."> * Herman looks to Togo. "About bloody time. Here." He holds his hand out, and there's the wisp, floating to Togo. Only we can see these. It'll lead you to its partner - that's where Mitsuji and his friends are. If you want it to go faster, just think it to go faster. If you lose it, call it to you. * Togo reaches out for... something? There's something showing up in front of him on his glasses, but damned if he knows what it is... aha. "Got it." And we're going to have to talk after all of this. * Keiko reaches over and brushes Luana's shoulder before thinking at her, ~Thank you for... thinking that.~ I have to say that's rather convenient. * Togo glances back at Keiko, grins again, then turns back to Herman. "Wouldn't miss it for the world, old chum." ~Well, it's true. I wouldn't get offended if you wanted to talk about crazy pyrokinetics, because I'm not one. ...Anymore.~ * Herman watches the exchange between Togo and Keiko. "Yeah." * Keiko chuckles a little and thinks back, ~Not even a little?~ * Roseli frowns, then looks at the Interpol agent and Claude. "What are you doing while we go in there?" ~Nope. Completely crazy-free.~ (I don't recall them telling us. If they did, please remind me.) ( Sorry, was afk a bit ) [He shrugs. "We're going in, too. What did you think?"] * Togo launches the beacon at a brisk walking pace, and heads off after it. "Just like old times." [And that's a good spot to end. END]