Adventure Twisted Side Story - CRAZZZZY RAT AND HIS CAST OF

[Carthrat]

"Shi-zu-e.. can I look at my cloak? It's got, er, my wallet in it."

Carthrat shakes his head mournfully, wondering if his pocket change is still there...

[Anastasia]

The cloak is brought to you a few hours later.   A good deal of raw damage is present, many burn marks and holes are present. Despite that, all the pockets seem intact...

Inside, you find everything is essentially in order. You suspect a couple of heat sensitive items may be damaged, but the majority looks good.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat nods, and puts the cloak on as he heads towards his next destination, this being A.P. and sons Insurance Agency.

Hoo boy, was his rating gonna plummet.

[Anastasia]

You meet with a case agent, who discusses payment plans and rebuilding with you. Unless you cheat, it'll be at least a year to see any sort of building at your lot, let alone a skyscraper.

The meeting goes as well as can be expected, really.  You leave with the vague feeling you got something done...

[Carthrat]

Carthrat swears.

"Exactly how much is that lot worth right now? It's in a prime position, if nothing else, and, er, there's plenty of steel there."

[Anastasia]

"There is plenty of steel there, but it's of the wrecked and ruined type. First, we'll need to clean the mess up and then rebuild from anew. " the agent says.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat shrugs.

"I've seen big steel-pulping machines which convert runied steel into bricks or whatever. Hell, I built one. How much is that land worth? I *clearly* don't need it anymore."

[Anastasia]

"Market value? Several million yen, at least in the 75 million range. More if you bid it well. Of course, the economy is weak now, so selling is the hard part."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat winced. "Only 75 million? Geez, it cost me more than twice that much.

Right, I'll leave the unplesantries of finding a dealer to you. I have a job to go to. Give me a call as soon as you find a buyer, ok?"

After concluding his business here, Carthrat heads over to Shizue's house..

[Anastasia]

The trip to Shizue's house of rioting colors goes without incident.

Once there, Shizue fusses over you sans the normal glomping, getting you settled in with a nice cup of tea(Scanned clean). Once the niceties are over, you can tell she has a plan. Something about the way she's holding herself, or the way she's giggling at nothing.

"So, Ratty..." she begins. "First, what really happened to injure you so badly?" she asks off the bat.

[Carthrat]

"I told you. I was on DWRC business. I was supposed to repossess one of the, er, local's equipment.

Of course, I knew I'd be met with a hostile response, but I've had a *really* shit week, and felt the urge to make something explode.

Of course, the chick did that for me. She cast a fucking *spell* before I could gut her, and after that, well, you saw what happened."

Carthrat winces.

"It hurt like a bitch."

[Anastasia]

Shizue blink-blinks.

"Spell? Wait a moment. Since when did you deal with mage's equipment?"

[Carthrat]

Carthrat shrugged.

"The DWRC had marked her for quarantining. She was supposedly trafficing in illegal equipment. Unfortunately, all the mages in the DWRC are currently busy. I think most of them got killed in some flunked Iiridium-lab bust in Africa."

Carthrat sighs.

"So, they sent me. And me not being in my right mind at that particular moment, I simply went to her and told her to had over her gear. When that didn't work.. well.

Anyway, I'm sure the DWRC won't fire me. I mean, they didn't fire Naranso, and he caused a volcanic eruption somewhere in the Artic."

[Anastasia]

"Hmm." she says absently. "So, what exactly IS this DWRC?"

[Carthrat]

"The Dangerous Weapon Reaccquistion Centre."

Carthrat does not elaborate.