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As soon as Jericho yelled into the mic with his accusations Mitsu's hackles were raised. Maybe a hint of her understood he was leery and nervous but Shun was risking a lot to bring them this information. He was putting himself on the line and she was not going to tolerate anyone belittling him.

"Hey, Calm down!" Mitsu barked at the computer a near growl rising in her throat. Who knew if she would be as brave if Jericho were there in person but at the moment she was mad, her ears pressed flat against her skull. "Shun is risking a lot by coming out and telling you any of this, the least you can do is to avoid jumping to conclusions."

She had tried to keep her voice even and neutral but it had been obvious she was angry. In her moment of frustration she was actually starting to doubt her trust for the dragon. He didn't seem....nearly as stable as he once was. Not anymore. Perhaps he was the one they shouldn't trust. At least the others seemed to share the same feelings. Shun wasn't one to be mistrusted.

Snarling, Jericho was about to make a retort to a few of the ones defending Shun, but held back as Shehk barked his name. Gritting his teeth, he just got up and moved away from his desk, tossing his headset aside. Right. He had made a promise to her. And so, he just stormed around his room a bit to fume. Did he like this situation any more? No, he did not. He still was very wary of the Reaper at this point.

After a short while, he returned to his chair and put the headset back on. He did not, however, say anything this time around. Lest he end up snapping again.

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Twitching from the sudden accusation, Shun shook his head to himself while listening to the things sparked off by it. He was surprised to hear Mac defending him for sure. And as Mitsu got riled up herself, he placed a hand on her shoulder to try and get her to calm down. No, he was not particularly pleased with Jericho's reaction, but it didn't take him by surprise either.

But then some of the suspicion shifted from him to the mysterious admin. It was a good question really. And right now, he was slightly torn on how to feel regarding it. Yes, it was safer to keep ones identity a secret, and the Reaper had a bit of a tendency to have a 'just do, don't ask' type of mindset still.

Mitsu was all but baring her teeth at the computer screen, like it would do any good, but the sudden hand on her shoulder snapped her out of the fury that had taken over. Her eyes easing back to their normal state she looked over her shoulder at Shun, a look of apology there to greet him. She hadn't meant for something like that to happen. Thankfully the majority were on Shun's side but she never would have imagined they would have accused him of being on the wrong team.

"I'm sorry," Mitsu whispered, being sure to avoid the mic. "I didn't think something like that would happen.." Hopefully she wasn't wrong by suggesting Shun bring this to light though now she was a little leery of the dragon. Would he do something rash if he came around? Mitsu was semi certain she could handle him if he stayed in his student form but if he transformed even she would be out of her league.

Riley shook her head in disgust. Listen to them, mia cara. Defending the boil with the closest connection to our enemy that we have had in .. well, ever. Riley's skin itched, and her claws scratched against the skin of her side angrily. So convinced that the bonds of friendship are enough. That this boil they've known all of a year or two couldn't possibly be lying to them. That we're all on their side, and trust should be handed out so easily. She growled, and several other unhappy sounds left her tentacles.

She pushed herself off her seat, and leaned over the computer. Her hand pressed against her chest, ripping her skull pin off and placing it on the desk below. A few seconds worth of rippling, tearing transformation, and all of her tentacles were now on her face, covering the round, toothy gape of her mouth. She turned the microphone up towards her abruptly, and hissed directly into it.

"The matter of who is the admin is the least of our problems, boil." Her voice was throaty, and wet. "Stop wasting everyone's time. In fact, simply to make you feel better, we are the admin. Does this soothe your infernal questions? Can we get back on topic? Or should we spend some time discussing what the admin is wearing today, so we're sure that the admin can make the right fashion forward decisions for us as we face our destruction?"

She resettled the microphone back into place, and her fists clenched tight, as if she was desperate to overturn the entire table and be done with this meeting. Instead, she scratched her nails against her chest, leaving vicious pale markings on the silver and purple skin.

"Th.. thanks pepin I'm awake now.."


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There were cybertronic giggles ringing through everyone's speakers but what in the world did Pepin show Bul?

Worried, Malodore reached out and gently captured her wrists in its hands. "Mia cara... don't take your frustration out on yourself." It had been rather startled when she tore off her pin and slipped back into her natural form, but she was beautiful in whichever shape she chose.

It looked at the microphone briefly, worried, then shook its head. It wasn't worth interjecting at this juncture, especially when it had nothing in particular to say. The entire issue was extraordinarily troubling, but the plague doctor had always been one to listen, compile evidence, and think before acting.

It took a lot of fighting with the tatzel over the location of the "any key" but soon the pup and kitten found their way into the scythe call for couriers. just in time to hear about Shun and his involvement with the Kuroda family smuggling.

"Not to be the rain on the parade, but if Shun has a connection to this, he might want to be hands off on the mission." Demi said strangely rationally. "This way there could be no chance at a claim of sabotage or the chance that his family would find out about their mole leaking information." Far be it from him to defend the quiet reaper, but someone had to look out for all their interests.

meanwhile pepin's giggles did cause the pup to tilt his head in wonder.