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[becomeanwarrior]

So, hey, if you haven't heard. Attacks have been stepping up again in Domino. The Special Investigations department is trying to mitigate them as best we can, but for personal safety, try not to wander out alone in the evenings, and if you absolutely must, make sure you have a way to get to safety or to defend yourself.

In addition, anyone who has witnessed or been targeted by an attack is encouraged to step forward with any information they may recall. Every little bit helps.

[Private to Niyo]

We're going to have to speed track my little project for a test run, and soon. I can't catch this new threat with Gigantech power. Too slow.

[Private to Onee/Akuma]

Got a sneaking suspicion you two might be involved in an attack soon, be on your guard.

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[Private to Shikou]

[becomeanwarrior]

Alright. Fine. It was dumb, I get it. Here's what I know.

Unicorn-looking, fast, smart. Ambushed Seiya and I afterwards. Mentioned attacking someone with the blood of Hercules - which, part of me is going to assume is Kouji until another attack comes forward. They're working with the Shadow Cosmica Empire - which is connected to the string of odd dreams everyone has been having lately. They wouldn't expound on their motives, but if it is Shiroko or related to her, it's motivated by hopes and dreams in some way. "I live to serve, not to be."

Other likely targets are the Curiosity Shop from a year back, due to the possession of a magic mirror, Haita Onee, my sister, Wakahisa Akae - known more commonly as Akuma, and a few others, but I haven't managed to deduce those all, yet.

All monsters seem to have weird glowing red spots on them, evidenced by my own dreams and the attack the other night, and their essence calls them a "Chaos Xyz" monster.

So, you got anything to add to that, Shikou?

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[observershikou]

Apparently, Shiroko had a dream sometime back involving a "Leprechaun knocking her out with a big key". She says it seemed to be some sort of Key Mace monster.

I don't want to assume much, but it... makes me think of the claim I saw that Souha made. And Shiroko's own statement now fits with it...

About a Key Mace appearing, and creating a monster called "Hiita the Hellfire Summoner".

[Private to Shikou]

[becomeanwarrior]

...That'd have been Shiyoko's dream, then? That makes sense...

And Seiya apparently faced "Comics Dark Legend Arthur" in one of my own dreams, so I assume that happened to me as well.

So, likely, it's part of Shiroko, but doesn't seem to have taken over...

ugh. Fuck. This. Day.

Re: [Private to Shikou]

[observershikou]

Shiyoko's, ah? Mmm...

... Which means that you were targeted as well...

Perhaps it's an entity separate from her? I'd almost hope so. It'd make this somewhat easier to have to do...

[Private to Shikou]

[becomeanwarrior]

I talked to Souha, and at least confirmed that he and I had a similar dream, about a Hiita meditating while trying to deal with thoughts of maturity, and I figured out it was Shiyoko's through dialogue. He refused to elaborate on the monster portion, though.

Yeah, though it seems mine got smashed before it could do much harm.

Yeah, that's best case, but... mm.

Re: [Private to Shikou]

[observershikou]

Perhaps he refused because of who it dealt with.

Shiroko's given suggestion that it might be a Key Mace #2. Which would... make sense, with all of this.

[Private to Shikou]

[becomeanwarrior]

Okay, okay, I get it. I fucked up trying to 'protect' Shiroko. No need to drive the point home, Shikou.

...Yeah, it would. Which would mean that Unicorn is the worst of Shiroko brought out, huh?

...That's not good.

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[observershikou]

... Er, I'm not driving anything home. I don't know where you're getting that from. I'm saying that Souha might've refused to speak because it was Shiyoko. Souha's a friend of Shiyoko's, after all-- he might've felt it was personal if it was the "worst of her".

It isn't. I think I'm getting an idea of what happened here.

[Private to Shikou]

[becomeanwarrior]

...Okay, sorry. I think I'm getting that weird thing Jinn gets sometimes about the judging thing. I think it's just stress. Niyo's nuttier than a squirrel's nest and we're swamped with work.

...If it's true, then Shiroko's worst is fueled by. Um. A lack of dreams, I think.

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[observershikou]

Miss Mikata is...?

... Mm... I wish that weren't the case... I wonder why Shiroko is having difficulty in terms of, ah. Dreams. At least, dreams in terms of goals. She seems to be having normal "dreams" just fine.

... Though I guess it's understandable. I don't really have anything that could be considered "dreams in terms of goals", myself.

[Private to Shikou]

[becomeanwarrior]

The Chief, yeah. I think something's got to her.

...I have a few, but... she seems to think she's...not allowed to have dreams. Or at least Unicorn said as much. I think you can probably understand this probably isn't going to go good.

Re: [Private to Shikou]

[observershikou]

No, no, no it's not. Just... nm...

Has it just been recent that Miss Mikata has acted unusually, or...?