[Event Post]

[fearthearrow]

*So, as you may know, Kou has been working at DA now. This isn't too much of a secret, though he hasn't really given a reason for why he's doing this.

Well, you may find him acting upon one of these reasons, later in the night on the island or in the city [You Choose Which]-- perhaps you're someone who just doesn't follow the rules of curfew or you're late coming from things you had to do, but you'll find some guy following another, certain creepy shut-in dude.

If he's in the city, he's in his dumb incognito outfit, but if he's on the island, he isn't bothering with it. Stands out too much in that situation.*

Comments

[frozenperdition]

"Oh, true.

Maybe it's like a secret admirer and they just don't know how to confess their feelings."

[knowinginthedark]

Oh, no, probably not that either.

I think it's someone nosing in on things, that's all. Maybe someone who believes the jittery accusations of the history teacher. Well, one of them anyway.

[fearthearrow]

...

I think you should absolutely bother him about this.

In fact, you should be inviting him for drinks instead of me, I think.

[frozenperdition]

"Oh, Samasu who thinks you're a vampire? Yeah. I could see that.

Besides, you're just doing research. Ain't much to 'nose in on' here, unless you're worried they're gonna take what you've got and publish under their name. ... which is absolutely something that happens in this field, ain't it?"

Re: [Island]

[weekendwitch]

::Tap tap tap, send message and powers down her phone after silencing it.

She then retrains her focus onto scraggles.::

[ogrewarrior]

"All in their own time, Ko-koudo. Kiddo.

I ought to treat ya for helping bring this all to my attention anyway."

[knowinginthedark]

Actually not as much as you think, funnily enough.

My field is extremely... niche. In fact, a lot of people still like to deny it exists in any serious capacity, beyond theorists who say that aliens have influenced humanity and built the pyramids.

Which is rather silly, isn't it?

[fearthearrow]

*... hngmh.

He at least lowers his face mask, but he's keeping the hood up.*

It's fine, just don't say my name out loud, if you're already going to know it.

Re: [Island]

[knowinginthedark]

*scraggles here keeps scratching into the river bank.

... he then stops a moment, and looks around. Kou makes sure to stay still where he's hiding.

... resumes the scratching, moving down the bank for it.*

Re: [Island]

[weekendwitch]

::Does it seem like any magic I've seen before? Or does it just come off as hobo logic scratching?::

[ogrewarrior]

"Sorry, it was an honest slip of the tongue.

Tell ya what, as soon as morning comes, I'll talk to Mamoru. Tonight, I help ya investigate. I need only a few hours of sleep to keep running, so an all nighter ain't outta the question for me."

[frozenperdition]

"I think it's amazing that people want to discredit human achievements and ascribe them all to outside forces, supernatural or not. ... on the other hand after seeing some of this stuff, I get it.

Glad that it ain't some weirdo stalking ya then. If I manage to catch them I'll yell at them or something."

Re: [City]

[das_yubel]

*Yubel is silent for a moment, before she bends down to take a closer look at the marks herself, tracing a clawed finger over them.*

I would say that if what he is doing is setting off only the signer marks, and is in no way being detected by anyone else in the city with a heightened sensitivity to supernatural occurrences, then these marks he is using could be related to those marks.

*She points a clawed finger at Kou's arm where his signer mark is.*

[knowinginthedark]

Just passing along the message to stop bothering me should help at all, Miss Briar.

After all, there's a lot of people out there who might get the wrong idea about others, and might make risky choices. I'd really hate to get dragged into some big deal about it, just because I might act a little...

Weird, I guess?

[fearthearrow]

... Fine, that works for me.

Just pretend after that, that you didn't see me.

Re: [Island]

[knowinginthedark]

*you... can't really tell from the angle you're at-- but your instincts say it's probably magic.*

Re: [City]

[fearthearrow]

It's possible...

Or he himself is related to the marks, too. Which...

The idea of that scares me a little more.

Re: [City]

[das_yubel]

*Something seems to click with Yubel when he says that as she stands up and looks over at him.*

Then it is possible he is one of two things... and I do not think I like the possibility of one of them.

Re: [City]

[fearthearrow]

Depending on what one of those things is, you can probably understand why this is a complicated matter.

Either way, I don't know what triggers these traps, but I'd probably not want to be exactly here when it goes off. *he starts climbing back up*

Re: [City]

[das_yubel]

Agreed.

*Yubel flies back up on top of the buildings and positions herself on top of them so she's out of sight of anyone below, but has a decent view of the alleyway.
She's curious to see what happens here.*

Re: [Island]

[weekendwitch]

::... Gets up, marching towards the scraggly man.::

Hey, you! What are you doing!

Re: [City]

[fearthearrow]

*A while passes. The night grows deeper. It gets to a point where you start to think that maybe nothing was gonna happen, at least tonight--

But then your little would-be assassin signer grabs his arm where the mark is, looking frantically around at the skyline from his position.*

Where--?!

Re: [Island]

[knowinginthedark]

*Kou is just thinking "idiot! idiot! what are you doing!?" but Tarou just outright jumps--

and falls into the water with a huge splash.*

Re: [Island]

[weekendwitch]

::She's dead staring, too baffled that actually happened to make a move. Too speechless to say anything.::

Re: [Island]

[knowinginthedark]

*... he surfaces after several seconds.

His glasses are askew, he's soaked, and some type of fish is flopping on his head, that he has to shake off.

He climbs out of the water onto the bank, hanging his head.*