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[isdragonlady]

Okay, yet another person who was normally healthy suddenly went mentally unstable for falling comatose.

That's... ugh, too many people to count in the last few days.

Something's attacking people and apparently driving them comatose.

I'd assume:

A) It's the second Numeral Hunter but all of their victims from before recovered.

B) It's Noriko but Noriko never does this and I think she thrives off of our collective shame more than put people in a coma.

C) Dark Mist???

D) Psychic-Type monsters???

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[guardsthestorm]

... There's no sign of it being related to those Rank-Up cards, right?

[isdragonlady]

Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nadda.

[guardsthestorm]

As long as it isn't...

Still, going comatose and mentally unstable...?

[isdragonlady]

Strikes me as something involving a Dark Game or psychic/mental tampering

[guardsthestorm]

Dark Games... who even uses Dark Games, anymore?

[isdragonlady]

Several have occurred in the last year actually.

Apparently there's a rise in occult experimentation lately.

Still hard to crack down on them since Onni and I's superiors don't want to hear shit about them. Makes them sound ridiculous to their superiors who authorize all the budgets.

Who are you, again?

[guardsthestorm]

Ah, my name is... Sekka. Noriko knows me. I work on security for her company.

I've been looking into the usage of "Rank-Up-Magic" cards, since one of the users of it broke into her mansion recently and took out her gate guards.

[isdragonlady]

... Alright.

... Fuck.. Ugh, this nonsense just keeps getting better and better. I think I remember that maybe being reported, but...

[guardsthestorm]

I wouldn't be surprised if it got lost in the shuffle, among this.

[isdragonlady]

Yeah, I just found the file.

I'll be double checking the crime scene in the next few hours.

Sigh, and I wanted to take a break this weekend...

[kattobingore]

It's not Alex doing that! She promised me she'll no longer take the life energy of anyone she hunts the Numbers of! But she's not hunting them at the moment anyway! So it's definitely not Alex!

[isdragonlady]

Gentle reminder, kid:

She's a criminal fugitive on the run from the law, her word means shit.

[kattobingore]

She gave me her word and I know she won't go back on it!
Please, trust me on this. It's not her this time!

[isdragonlady]

We will be investigating all possible leads at this time with a viable motive.

Including her.

[theheadmonarch]

Don't look at me.

Constant embarrassment and shame is way better than feeding on people aimlessly.

Besides, the former reduces the chances of Onni, Jinn and Juudai killing me for becoming a danger to people.

[isdragonlady]

Well. Yes.

But it's something that you could do in so far as I know.

[theheadmonarch]

But I don't anymore since it's not a reliable fuel source to feed hundreds of hungry bodies.

[isdragonlady]

Still, it's suspicious that whatever's doing it is similar to you, but you have 0 motive, so...

[Private to Noriko]

[isdragonlady]

Please don't revoke my membership, I'm just doing my job.

Re: [Private to Noriko]

[thefifthmonarch]

Since when am I that petty?

Re: [Private to Noriko]

[isdragonlady]

R-right.

[i_like_red]

I really don't like the sound of this.

Is there a pattern to where the attacks are taking place or anything? I could keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.

[isdragonlady]

...

I hadn't thought about these attacks having a geographical pattern... which is because I've been stressed out about the Numeral Hunter and Rank-Up business.

Give me a bit to check it out.

[i_like_red]

Thanks. If there's a pattern I can check out the general area.

[isdragonlady]

We've found multiple patterns.

Multiple entities are attacking in a generalized area.

[becomeanwarrior]

It's just getting worse and worse lately...

You want to try some of the Machine World brew I got from Labrinto? Might help us think on a lead.

[isdragonlady]

Machine World tea?

Now I've heard everything.

Thoughts as to the attacks?

There's one obvious suspect except she has no reason to do it other than she's the only one who would do it except it goes against her entire moral ethos.

[becomeanwarrior]

Coffee, actually. It tastes like the future, or so I'm told. I'm a little hesitant to try it on my own - the sleep aids I got from there the other day were a little... potent.

...I don't think it's Noriko, and I'm not sure you can move me from that stance. Otherwise... I'm not sure. I've been so caught up with the Number Hunters case that I hadn't had a chance to check out the details of this.

...I can think of one other person who hasn't been around, but I can't really see why or how they'd do this.

[isdragonlady]

"The future"? What's the future taste like?

And Labrinto's stuff is at least unintentionally harmful when it does cause problems. So. Let's try it.

Well all the details so far fit her.

Who?

[becomeanwarrior]

I have no idea, let's find out.

All the details fit, but no real motive to cause trouble, wouldn't you agree?

[Private to Niyo]

Bujinki Amaterasu has been out and about the last few days. I... offended her when I asked about certain unscrupulous details. She's been sighted on the news a couple times.

[isdragonlady]

Sounds lovely.

But it's the only person we have who fits any of the details.

[Private to Onni]
So you think she might be at fault for this?

[becomeanwarrior]

Well, it can't be that bad, right?

...Maybe. But I still highly doubt it's her.

[Private]

At fault? Dunno. Involved somehow? Almost entirely likely.

[isdragonlady]

We'll find out.

I do too, but. If the glass slipper fits Cinderella's foot...

[Private]
Uggggh. I really want to go on a break with my boyfriend.

[becomeanwarrior]

...I suppose you've got a point there, Deputy Chief. Loathe as I am to admit it.

[Private]

I am really, really looking forward to the vacation time that we should be getting foor all this, I won't mince words.

[Private to Onni]

[isdragonlady]

I am demanding vacation time and I am going to get it after all this.

[Private to Onni]

[becomeanwarrior]

Hey, I'm not gonna be the one to stop you. I took a sleep aid just to get my mind to stop running with half the case files I've been pouring over.

Re: [Private to Onni]

[isdragonlady]

Give me one of those, I'll go buy blankets since we'll probably have to sleep in the office for efficiency.

Re: [Private to Onni]

[becomeanwarrior]

...You sure? This stuff uh. Really knocked me out.

...And I think I ended up dreaming I was some cyberpunk detective on the beat. In a seedy bar.

...But the dream was interesting, so...

Re: [Private to Onni]

[isdragonlady]

You aren't a cyberpunk detective who goes to seedy bars?

Re: [Private to Onni]

[becomeanwarrior]

...

Well, when you got a point...