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 Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:58 pm
"Eh. I thought I might go for a walk, try to wake up after so many late nights in a row... I've been trying to get to bed early, but things keep happening to keep me up..." He pouts, sighing before looking at Cassandra. Knowing he can't really do anything to separate her from him for very long, he just looks annoyed and turns back to Tatsumi. "How does one make someone as seemingly determined as she is to detach?" He makes an exasperated expression with his cyst hand, flicking his eyes towards that palm, hoping Tatsumi would get the signal and look before he puts it back at his side.
Oh... she seems to have detached on her own...
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:15 pm
With another short sigh, Tatsumi looked back at Negi, seeing Cassandra separate from him, but still failing to desire in paying attention to her. In all honesty, she wasn't worth his time; there was no sense in dealing with someone who he hadn't wished to speak to. His eyes once again fixing towards Negi, his eyes forever plastered with that icy cold gaze, Tatsumi silently handed Negi the paper, deciding to let him look at it before he spoke.
On the page were several portraits, the faces of three people to be exact. One was of Tsukuyomi, another of Chigusa, and the last of Fate, all three were very well drawn, having that sort of police sketch style where it had been put together from only what had been heard verbally, rather than having seen the people himself. The drawings were impressive though, enough to make any artist jealous, but Tatsumi wasn't the type to brag. In fact, he didn't find his artistic talents to be much of a use at all, and rather a pointless and childish hobby.
When Negi had a chance to look at it, still not caring in the least about Cassandra's presence, he spoke up, sounding as blunt as ever, like what he had done was of no trouble. "I gathered information from as many people as I could who had seen the kidnappers." He began, leaning back a bit now on the bench as he reached into his coat pocket, seeming to be fishing for something inside. "From all the information I gathered, these were the ones people had actually been able to see." He then pulled out a small, clear orange pill bottle, obviously something prescription from how it was labeled, and he quickly popped one of the pills, swallowing it without the aid of water before he continued, pocketing the container casually. "There was a fourth, but the man was in all black, night vision goggles, military vestments, no actual face to draw. But I take it these were the goons you came across?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:30 pm
Doesn't seem as though he noticed the first time. Try again, then. He reaches out with the cyst hand, palm up, hoping Tatsumi would notice it this time as he takes the paper. "Wow, Tatsumi-san, this is really good... Yeah, that's them." He blinks at it before turning to Cassandra and tilting the paper for her to see. "You wanted to know what they looked like, Cassandra-san?" He looks at her. "Though, wait... Tatsumi-san, who's this? Or this other one, here... I didn't see either of them." Negi holds out the paper to the guidance counselor and points to Fate's face, and then Tsukuyomi.
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:42 pm
Negi didn't have to show him a second time, Tatsumi had seen it, and he recognized it as being something that was far too familiar to the rash he had as well. It took Tatsumi awhile to notice his own back when Cassandra first implanted it on him, seeing as how he always wore gloves, and was incapable of feeling anything in his body, thus their was no itch like anyone else with it would have. But that night he bathed, he did notice it, but dismissed it as nothing more than a bad rash or something. Though when Negi had shown him it not once, but twice, Tatsumi was getting a hint that Negi was doing so on purpose, like he wanted to look at it. Now didn't feel like a proper time to speak about it, the whole thing didn't seem as important to him as he really was, and instead he focused on Negi's question after the teacher handed the paper to Cassandra, nodding a little at Negi's comment about his artistic savvy.
"Unlike the woman, those two not many people had details about. Anyone who spoke of the kidnapping had mentioned this spectacled woman, but only a handful of people mentioned these two. I'm not sure what there role is, but they were spoken of by several witnesses when I asked around, so they too must be a part of it, Negi-kohai." He looked back up at Negi again, his colder tone fading for the briefest of moments as he even gave a rare moment of reassurance, nodding slowly towards the teacher, and even giving brief attention to Cassandra as well. "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll catch them and get Konoka-san back."
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:07 am
Cassandra took a look at the pictures, somewhat disappointed that Tatsumi hadn't been drawing some mulit-limbed fanged monstrosity. Of course, a picture of the perpatrators was just as good for her purpose. "That fourth man sounds like our little sniper." She said with a nod. It would make sense for a sniper to have such things as Night Vision goggles. She'd never needed them herself when sniping; but then again, she had nightvision thanks to a little tinkering with her eyes. So, there was a woman, a girl, a boy, and a 'person' with a sniper rifle.
This was interesting. Using pure guesswork, she assumed that the girl and boy had to be partially magic, and that the sniper probably wouldn't be expecting to fight undead. Oh, yes. Zombies would work so nicely against a sniper. Contrary to popular belief, a headshot is not an instant kill for a zombie. Zombies have a sort of 'break limit' - if they take a lot of damage, they sort of crumble and 'die'. A precision weapon like a sniper rifle was actually terrible for taking out a zombie - you really wanted something with lots of splash, like a rocket launcher or, of course, a flamethrower.
She couldn't help but wonder about the medicine that Tatsumi had taken - after all, she was actually a Doctor, and she was supposed to be helpful on this trip. It would be a good thing to know about any medication that a potential patient could be taking. The last thing she'd want would be them dying from a clash of medication when she was doing a 'normal' operation. She pointed rather matter-of-factly to the pocket he'd put the medicine in. "What are you taking there? Mind if I take a look?" She asked with a semi-serious face. It looked like a prescribed bottle, but even those could cause complications if she didn't know about them.
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:28 pm
"Yeah..." Negi nods a bit, agreeing with Cassandra. "That would make sense." He looks over the paper, wondering if any of his students would, by chance, recognize a face... or maybe someone at the Kansai Magic District would? But, again, he can't go there under these circumstances, it would be unacceptable. They would need to save Konoka first... "Well, know we know what more of them look like, anyway."
Negi blinks softly as Tatsumi pops a pill into his mouth and swallows without water. What was that pill for? It wasn't his place to ask, though... he just tilts his head before stowing away his curiosity. His attention is then turned to Cassandra, as she asked. Despite being... evil... it was still rude to... oh, right. "Ah, yes, -Doctor- Byrde..."
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:00 pm
"Well..." Letting out a long sigh, Tatsumi crossed his arms, looking at the two of them as they inspected the papers, finding them to be of satisfaction "-I've done all I can to help for now. As the guidance councilor- I would feel it may be best I spend some time with the students; to make sure they are a bit at ease. I'm sure some of them are a bit worried, probably even afraid after the kidnapping. 'Less you two require something else of me, but I believe the students are of top priority" Tatsumi said flatly, never forgetting that it was in fact his job to care for the students, even if he tended to give what most would call an 'extremely tough love.' Even if he was an emotionless shell, he still was good at what he did, after all, why else would the Dean hire him?
Ah yes... there were many other reasons why, but that was beside the point...
With Cassandra's sudden question though, it struck Tatsumi as something that was a little odd, but he did recall that she called herself a doctor, even though he had his doubts, so the question wasn't all that odd. It wasn't their business, and he wouldn't dare hand it to them, he held a high regard in other people touching his things, if only for even a moment. But he did unfold his arms, classing the small container before flashing it to her briefly, letting her see it from afar. Due to how he was holding it, his fingers over a bit of label on the bottle, it could only partialy be seen, and probably too far for them to see. But he told them what it was briefly anyway, not feeling it needs to be spoken about in detail. "It is an immunostimulant drug containing Interferon and Leukocytes." Negi probably would have been quite lost from what Tatsumi said, but the good doctor certainly would know of how Leukocytes were what made up white blood cells, and Interferon were natural proteins from the immune system. From what it sounded like, Tatsumi had something wrong with his immunity and had to bolster it with drugs to get by...
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:18 pm
Negi blinks softly at Tatsumi's explanation of his medicine, quite easily lost by the medical terms before he yawns, putting a hand over his mouth. "Mnnn... tired..." He smacks his lips a bit and rubs a hand over his face. "I'm gonna sleep a bit more, since I didn't get much last night... Or the night before... or the night before that... or... geeh, stuff needs to stop coming up..." He looks at Tatsumi, blinking tiredly. "I suppose I'll go back with you, then."
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:23 pm
Cassandra nodded. This day was just getting better and better. She wished for a moment that she was someone else, just so that she could sell all these lovely pieces of information to herself. This was gold! If Tatsumi had a problem with his immune system, that made him a rather easy target for her, should such a need ever arise. Especially with all the diseases that tend to fester on Zombie claws. She was tempted to go off on a 'you know, I could fix that for you', but then remembered that Tatsumi probably wasn't used to her sort of surgery, and just said. "I see. Well, if you ever run out, come find me, I'll fix you up with some more." Sure, he hadn't shown her the label, but she had no reason to disbelieve him - especially since he seemed to clearly know what he was talking about. That, or he'd been fed one heck of a good line to give to anyone questioning it.
The more she thought about it, the more likely such a thing sounded. After all, if you had such an important piece of medication to take, you wouldn't take it so long after waking up - surely you'd do it first thing in the morning. Perhaps she'd send Rishk or Rashk on a little covert mission later to steal a sample. Or maybe she'd animate something that doesn't look like it crawled out of a JRPG and get that to do it instead. "Well, I believe that's everything that I need. I'll go on ahead, then." She nodded. "If I get kidnapped, just follow the trail of blood from broken kneecaps." She said, slipping just slightly into her psychotic I'm-going-to-rip-your-intestines-out-and-hang-you-with-them' grin for a moment as she actually began to fantasize about being kidnapped, just so she could horribly mutilate the kidnappers.
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:30 pm
The only response Tatsumi gave Cassandra was a swift glare with those dull, icy blue eyes of his, once again showing that he didn't really tolerate her presence or sarcastic offers. He held no trust for this girl, and her attitude alone sickened him, the less she was around, the better. In fact, he worried that he might lose his temper and cause her some quite a bit of harm if she kept this up.
Casually standing up, taking that case of his on one hand, and placing his other in his pocket he looked at Negi with a nod, that glare in his eyes gone already, showing it was directed towards Cassandra, and not him. Negi was not only someone Tatsumi could tolerate, but someone he looked out for just a little; he was still a child after all despite being a teacher. "Let us go then. I'll speak with the students, you get your rest." He said bluntly, beginning to walk off ahead, assuming Negi was going to follow.
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:38 pm
"Yes..." Negi nods, rubbing his eye a bit before following promptly behind Tatsumi, despite his sleepiness. He could follow Tatsumi without thinking of where he was going, it made things easier. He could sort of fall asleep while walking, though actually doing so just wouldn't do at all. He had to keep at least awake enough to see where Tatsumi was going...
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:09 pm
While they made there way back to the hotel, Tatsumi noticed that he would have to slow down a little, seeing as how Negi was going at a much slower pace than Tatsumi wanted. He turned on his heel, walking backwards for a moment so he could see Negi while he traveled, and raised an eyebrow as his eyes met with Negi's. "I'm going to be honest with you-" He began, sounding a little bit more relaxed in his tone, like he was actually showing a sense of humor, even if it was very minor. "-You look like Hell." He murmured, rolling his eyes for a second before turning back around so he could see where he was going.
Suddenly though, he came to a stop, and knelt down on one knee, putting his hands behind him like a stepping stone. "...Climb on." He said bluntly, almost saying it like he was telling, not asking. Again, Tatsumi was not the type to be this way and be so caring, but the last thing he needed was Negi collapsing and then explaining to the students what happened. With a heavy sigh, he waited for Negi to get on.[Tatsumi leaves to the Arashi Mountain Hotel (after Negi gets on or not xD) ]
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:22 pm
Negi smiles a bit and rubs the back of his head, chuckling a bit. "Hehe... I probably do..." ._.; He sighs softly before blinking as Tatsumi kneels down in front of him, almost as if... a piggy-back ride? "Oh, ok..." That was a good idea! Negi climbs onto Tatsumi's back and takes the opportunity to rest his eyes while the other teacher carries him.
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:16 pm
Right. Now that the excess baggage was out of the way, it was time to get some real investigative work done. Cassandra trusted the sketches that Tatsumi had drawn to be pretty damn accurate; after all, they were so well done, that it was unlikely that he would've plucked them from memory. Of course, there was the little matter of finding the people. Negi had said that they had prepared for magic.
Perfect. Time for her reputation to work for her.
All she'd have to do is find a good advertising spot, leave a few business cards for 'The Doctor Byrde, accepting any work; no job too complex' and with any luck, the kidnappers would contact her. After all, they were undoubtedly of a nongood persuasion (hence the kidnapping), so they must have heard at least whispers of her work. It was a long shot at best, but it was a pretty good one if it worked, and the best she could come up with right now. After all, even if she didn't get the kidnappers to show up, she should at least be able to get a couple of customers. All she needed to do is find a place so populated that there were simply bound to be some supernatural people there.
But of course. Cinema village. If you had some sort of hideous transmutation, then you'd go there! After all, in Cinema Village, Cassandra could afford to go out in her proper Doctor outfit, with the bloodstained gloves and apron, and people would probably think that she was simply part of one of the acts.
[Cassandra walks off to Cinema Village]
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:35 pm
[Enters from Hotel]
Yuuji and Akari have been maintaining a rather leisurely pace as they basically wandered around and ended up at Nara park. Yuuji could only smile as he felt a real companionship with Akari. He looked at how her hair flipped around despite its short length. The glisten of sweat, he oddly found attractive as well, though he blushed as his eyes studied the beads of sweat. He wanted to say something, but noticed Akari was going to as well and stopped to hear what it was.
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