Carth's magical adventure, ROUND TWO, MOTHERFUCKERS!

[Anastasia]

Your efforts allow the last hour or so to go by peacefully.

When Rachel arrives, she looks a bit ill. She sits down on the bed quietly. "Carthrat..." she starts. "Have you ever seen a botched polymorph?" she asks.

[Carthrat]

"No, but I have seen a failed genetic experiment. Mutation based. They tried to give someone an extra eye and ended up replacing his face. What's more, he couldn't blink. I think they killed him out of pity," replies Carthrat, shrugging.

[Anastasia]

"Ugh," she says, nodding. "Well, I was looking around Shinjuku when I heard a ruckus in an alley. I went to look and two men were arguing. One started chanting magic, but just as he finished his spell, the other man punched him in the face," as she says this, she grimaces. "I know enough magic to know that he hit him at the absolute worst time. The final command word was mangled, and...it looks like it was a polymorph, because he came out as some half human, half cat freak."

"It would almost have been cute if his body hadn't fallen apart."

[Carthrat]

"Which one? The mage or the other guy?" replies Carthrat, pondering.

[Anastasia]

"The mage's," she replies. "The hybrid body didn't look like it could support itself, and it couldn't. It quite literally fell into pieces."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat nods. "Well.. can't do anything about it, so no point worrying," he replies. "Do you want some water or something?"

[Anastasia]

"No, I just want to lay down a bit before dinner and forget about what I say there," she says, shaking her head and then carefully laying down.  

After a few more minutes, she asks, "Where did you have in mind for dinner?"

[Carthrat]

"We'll go downtown and eat when we get hungry," replies Carthrat, nodding. "It's a great plan."

[Anastasia]

"Anything in particular?" she presses. "I'd like to know if I should dress up at all."

[Carthrat]

"Dress up? In what?" replies Carthrat.

Oh, yeah, that's a REAL smooth move, Carthrat.

[Anastasia]

"....NEVERMIND, Carthrat," she says with a sigh of annoyance. "That pretty much answers the question anyway."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat blinks. "Er, right. Wear something that's.. good for walking in?"

[Anastasia]

"Not a problem," she says, picking at her white shirt. "Those boots aren't too bad for that, at least. And pants do go well with them, too..."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat promptly zones out to Rachels words, nodding his head at appropriate times and thinking of what he's going to eat..

[Anastasia]

And the afternoon fades to early evening...

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You find yourself walking the streets of Tokyo, taking in the lights and sounds. "Any place you wanted to go, or to aimlessly wander?" Rachel asks as you jostle through the crowds. "I suppose it doesn't really matter a fig to me which."