becomeanwarrior | (no subject)

You ever have a day where you're pretty sure everything that can go wrong already has?

Get on the beat, Detective, there's a mystery to solve... yeah, no fucking kidding...

[Private - Shiyoko]

Shiyoko, I need to talk to you.

[Event]

[Onni is, as you might suspect, in his office in OOPARTS.

The office has seen... well, worse days and better - papers are scattered everywhere, there's the distinct smell of burnt coffee from the machine on the desk, and one wall has been converted into a digital whiteboard, linking digital copies of reports and rumors and news articles - at least one television recording playing over and over in a video file.

However, he's not looking at any of that, right now.

What he is looking at is a report. One about a recent incident and another of a witness report being taken by by one Suguru.

The bags under his eyes suggest that these are more than... a bit emotionally trying, for what's likely obvious reasons.]

Fucking... Fuck!

[Nevertheless, Chief Haita keeps an open door policy, even in these times. If you're looking for him, this is the place to find him.]

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Of course it is, but it seems like the priority is handling the problem of horrifying monsters from another plane of existence.

Is there anyone you'd consider an expert on this?

[He tilts back.] On the Warp? Besides my own forays...

...Everhart, but she's pretty hardline militant on her best days, so I'd approach her with caution lest she fly off the handle.

My cousins, technically speaking, and Babs - Aisenburn - would have some understanding of The Warp.

The Barians may have some insights if you're willing to talk to them - Labrys is usually hanging around LDS as part of everything that went down with Mr. Yamada. She's the easiest one to reach. She's probably the best source if you need actual physical backup - she bailed Everhart and me out of the Warp once before.

Could also go to Hirume, who you've probably seen around Kaikori once or twice - she looks like she's Juudai's wife's cousin, kind of - but it's a noted pain point due to her having been infected by Dark Mist.

The Barian hybrid kids - Koyo and Kai, I think? - Might also be worth checking if none of those pan out. Feel free to recruit any of the usual suspects that get their nose into this kind of stuff, too.

[He's gathering up papers, punching in stuff on the computer quickly, feeding those papers into a machine.]

Just to be crystal clear, Suguru - is this a request to take point on the monster wrangling?

No, this is me making sure you have any, anyone at all, who knows what we're dealing with, so we can actually have a solid plan going forward.

I have no experience when it comes to "things that're actively caustic to the surroundings"-- I don't know what they're going to do to anyone that even gets near them, but you seem to know what they are. So you at least might know who the experts really are in this case.

I'm just the girl who punches. *cracking her knuckles, just to make a point*

And you're extremely good at punching. Thank you.

I'm getting in my own head a bit much here but you can probably understand why. A lot of this has been... very stressful.

...You're right, though, hunting down the Warp monsters should be top priority. I'll get a kit squared away for you and anyone else who wants to do punching. The Duel Guards we have for emergencies should be able to withstand low-level Warp side effects for up to an eight-hour runtime. One of those, one of the prototype D.D. Return Capsules, and probably some sort of detection device, and anyone on staff should be able to hunt them down with impunity.

Sounds good to me. You get that stuff together, I'll try to see about backup if I can pull up some files. You said this "Labrys" person is good about that and is easiest to reach, right? I mean, I'd ask Noriko and all about this, but...

... Hoooonestly, if I go and see Noriko or go near Kaikori, there's going to be more delays than anything else, and this seems like a "should be done as soon as possible" sorta problem.

If you want backup, I'd say Labrys should be your first point of contact, yes. I can't think of anyone who has better skills to do so, and you can tell her I said that, if you want.

Yyyyyyes, I think my cousins would be good for info gathering after the fact, but...it would probably take some time to get to that point. Due to their. Well. Themness.

I'll head down to R&D here shortly, if I have to pull double-time to get the kit ready, I will.

Edited 2022-04-20 06:00 (UTC)

Okay, that works out, I guess. I'll get calls going, you get the kit going. We'll exterminate some creepy-crawly-whathaveyous and laugh about it later before the new panic sets in.

*she. copes with the situation in her own way.*