WELCOME TO JUUBAN! We hope you survive the experience.

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: May!

IC: Motoko nodded, not wholly convinced, but she relaxed somewhat. "As you say..." she murmured, sticking a little closer as she clanced around the streets. "It won't be long now..."

[RyderHakubi]

OOC: Ryder... at last... Gomen ne, work was nasty with The Passion...

IC: Smiling, Ryder replied, "Yes, I'm the Aino girl... I'm sorta having some trouble finding anyone or anything... Would you happen to know where Ritsuko is?"

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: Ryder!

IC:

"Actually, she's off right now to locate you...she should have made it to the subway station in your area." Nenene replied dryly.

[RyderHakubi]

OOC: Ryder

IC: "A subway station?  Hmm..." Taking the phone away from her ear, she asked quietly to her gaurdian, "You know where any subway stations are nearby?"

[Asrana]

OOC: Ryder! Finished the final big project for the near future! Wheeee!

IC: Artemis nodded, a curious expression on his face. "Yeah...I know where th Juuban station is..."

[Bean Bandit]

Rei giggled a little nervously, and nodded. "I guess you can come...but...weren't you going somewhere?" she observed curiously.

[Carthrat]

"My friend can wait," replies Carthrat, shrugging. "She doesn't know I'm coming, remember? I'm still in Japan for a few more weeks. She'll keep.

So what sort of demon is there? Where do you find out about these things, anyway? Does some god tell you, or maybe another priest?"

Rei seemed like a fairly nice girl. Carthrat reflected that if he was working for Chaos and in her position, he'd probably make some excuse and brush her off.

Unless she's clever, Carthrat. In which case she would be suspicious of me no matter what I did, unless you *left right now*.

No. I'd still be wary of being followed.. there's nothing for it but to keep chattering on endlessly. You're good at that, Carthrat. Just babble on, no matter what. What was that theory? A silent person is unreadable, but a noisy one is incomprehensible... one you know you know nothing, but the other, you may learn something false..

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: May!

IC:

Just ahead of Motoko and Tsuruko, the two black haired women could make out a medium height girl with strawberry blonde hair tied back in a rather thick braid, and a purple haired girl, who was a little taller, and frankly, they were both wearing profoundly odd outfits...

"Ane-ue..." Motoko began, narrowing her eyes. "Those two...there's something 'wrong' about them..."

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: Carthrat!

IC:

Rei shrugged and looked uncomfortable with the attention, smiling gamely. "A man came to our shrine this morning to report it...ordinarily, I wouldn't listen, but his aura was really strange...and powerful." she told Ritsuko, wondering how much information the Red-head would believe. "It's actually in the other direction, but I was hunting for a friend of mine to come with me, in case it's true."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat rubs a hand through her hair, wondering if Rei knew how puzzled she was becoming. Though the evidence was pointing towards Rei not being under anybodies control.. it didn't matter. Carthrat *had* to be suspicious. Just had to be. Could never be sure, anymore.

It came so naturally to her it was almost scary, being suspicious of people she'd never met..

"A strange man?" asks Carthrat, blinking. "Powerful Aura? What's all that mean?"

Weird. Just weird.

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: Carthrat!

IC:

Rei smiled tolerantly. "Nothing important." she replied. "But in case there's something to it, I was going to go find a friend who lives near here. if you have something to do, you might get bored..."

[Carthrat]

"What's her name?" asks Carthrat, chirpily.

[Bean Bandit]

Rei blinked. "Minako Aino." she replied, puzzled at the odd question.

[Carthrat]

"Minako Aino, huh," replies Carthrat, humor slowly fading from her face.

She supposed it figured. There really was a fairly small chance of Rei being under Chaos's sway. Heck, it was almost nil. Almost. There was still the possibility of a ridiculously elaborate plot.

Well. Carthrat was Ritsuko. Rei was Rei. He knew who *he'd* put odds on. So it didn't matter.

"Hey, Rei, can we just sit down for a moment? It won't take long, but I just need to get something off my chest," she continues, glancing over at some nearby eatery.

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: Carthrat!

IC:

Rei smiled, a little puzzled, but shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I only have an hour or so for lunch." she replied. "I need to hurry if I'm going to see if she's home..."