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"Do you actually want that answer, or this going to be like your question about limbo and you going to lose interest when it becomes clear it's out side your comfort zone? Because not only is the answer to that exclusively 'off earth', many of the things discovered effectively disprove the existence of 'God', or, rather Christian mythology as you know it. I'm not a fan of having my time wasted, intentionally or other wise.

So If you actually want me to answer that then you better not drop interest just cause something I found doesn't jive with something you believed true. After all, the places I've been to are older then the Earth it self, I'm going to trust that information over some book that's only a few hundred years old at best."


Sol had to force himself not to stop walking as he heard Sierra speak, to just keep his eyes peeled at the path in front of them. Part of his mind drifted, thought of how out of place the two of them would look once they got to the crowds, given their height and looks. He realized that if any of the groups were going to catch the target off guard, the most likely ones would be Juliet and Mira. Alfred alone would likely do well, but Daniel stood out for reasons similar to Sol.

The other part of his mind needed to figure out a way to respond to Sierra. Sol wasn't sure where he'd gone wrong. He'd not asked her about what she'd found, or what they were looking for, just what she was doing. That was a completely different question. And he'd certainly not brought up his personal beliefs, yet she'd felt the need to bring the conversation there without warning or much of a reason to. Unless of course, she was upset with him. She obviously was, and at least she'd told him -inadvertently or not- why. Or part of why, he wasn't entirely sure if that was all of it or just the latest gripe.

"I'll admit I don't want the proof you've got," Sol started, scratching his stubbles. "For various reasons. Monetary reasons being a surprisingly large part of it. But it seems like the biggest issue you've got with me is that I'm not smart like some of you others," he continued, deciding not to touch too much on the whole religion thing. Sure, he could spend time explaining why exactly he wanted to believe what he believed, but it didn't seem worthwhile. "I mean, I didn't "lose interest" with Limbo, but I don't have that kinda intelligence, not the kind that can understand complex explanations out of nowhere. I'm more, you know, street-smart. I learn through doing and figuring stuff out on my own, not by listening to people explaining or reading, so I'm obviously not gonna understand as much as you do. And if I don't understand it, paying attention is going to be way harder, because at some point the information given becomes more like gibberish than anything else. And then I end up not catching too much of it, not because I don't care, but because I don't get it." He looked at her, trying to convey that same sense of not really having a clue.

It was, obviously, more complicated, but he simply shrugged. "Anyhow, I was more interested in what you do as opposed to what you've been learning, but I won't force you to talk if you're feeling as if it'd be a waste of your time. I want to get along, that's all."


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Alfred Frye

"Sure, I suppose a little viewing wouldn't hurt; I'll admit, been a while since I was last in the Electric Town myself. Just don't too distracted by it, we are on a mission after all."

Alfred gave a careful yet warm chuckle. "Don't worry, I would never forget that." He looked at Daniel for a brief moment. There was a question on his mind, but he decided to ignore it, and instead head into the crowds to get to the first store, which was simply a short walk from the center of the area they had been assigned, and an electronics store that sold items like game consoles and games, cds and the likes. Alfred wouldn't go as far as to call himself a hardcore gamer, but every now and then he bought something his surprisingly decent laptop could run. Walking into the store, he turned to Daniel. "I'm just gonna take a look around," he smiled, having switched over to Japanese. Daniel had to at the very least have some knowledge of the language.

"You can stay outside if you'd like, if I find the target I've got a pretty decent way of letting you know. Or, you know, if you'd like to join me, feel free, but you don't seem like much of a gamer to me. Then again, I've been wrong before, and besides, there's music as well. Got any genres you listen to?" Alfred asked, curious to see if Daniel'd respond properly, or if the angel would tell him to knock it off and go back to speaking English. As he spoke his eyes went back and forth between the people who walked past them -something Daniel would surely notice, not like he was trying to hide it- , matching them against the vague image of a hooded figure they'd had described in the file. Male, dressed to hide himself away, suspicious behavior, that was the sort of thing Alfred was looking for. This was one of the easiest thing for Alfred to do, yet, to many, one of the more impressive ones. If anyone who'd fit the description of the target walked past them, Alfred would know.

"I'm fond of most genres of music, but I've got a soft spot for something with a bit of a rhythm to it."
 

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Sierra listened as Sol replied. "I don't care if your not as smart as me. If I did, I'd dislike a lot more people then I do, I mean it'd be completely unfair to expect every one to do the study and research I do." she said after a moment. "But if you don't understand something, just say so. I mean I already try to keep it simple for ever one as is, but I can see if I can make what ever the topic is easier to follow. So speak up, I'd rather hear 'I don't understand' then see some one act in a manner that can be interpreted as a 'loss of interest'." Sierra having stopped and turned toward Sol as she spoke.

"I mean I may be kind of a *****. But I also seem to have an affinity for educating people." She added with a shrug.
 

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"Don't worry, I would never forget that." Alfred said in response as they headed inwards in their patrol area, he then looked at Daniel; it appeared as though there was something else he wanted to say, judging from a subconscious twitch in his mouth, but decided not to when they got into some of the bigger crowds. Their first stop appeared to be an electronics store, specialising mainly in game consoles, games, CDs and similar entertainment.

Now given work requirements, Daniel didn't have much time for games, but when he did, Daniel preferred the feel of something physical, such as board games, and obviously, card games; but that wasn't to say he didn't see the appeal of computer games; humanity was certainly creative when it came to the myriad of genres that they came up with on the platform. There were a few genres he did enjoy the few times he had played them though, mainly role-playing, strategy, and a handful of 3rd person action titles.

"I'm just gonna take a look around," Alfred said as they entered the store, having switched to Japanese at this point.

"You can stay outside if you'd like if I find the target I've got a pretty decent way of letting you know. Or, you know, if you'd like to join me, feel free, but you don't seem like much of a gamer to me. Then again, I've been wrong before, and besides, there's music as well. Got any genres you listen to?" Whilst he was talking, Alfred was also keeping watch at the people who had entered the store, a sound idea.

"I'm fond of most genres of music, but I've got a soft spot for something with a bit of a rhythm to it."

"First of all," Daniel said as he started speaking Japanese also. "Given the crowds out there and the fact we don't have a physical description of the target; it might prove tricky for either of us to spot someone until we gather more information. But all the same, keep your eyes open for anyone acting off when we are outside."

"As for musical tastes, I tend to find myself gravitating towards things like classic rock, a bit of either jazz or blues, and some pop music; but when it gets to pop, I tend to get a little bit more specific; it can't just be whatever is popular at the moment."
 

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"I don't care if your not as smart as me. If I did, I'd dislike a lot more people then I do, I mean it'd be completely unfair to expect every one to do the study and research I do. But if you don't understand something, just say so. I mean I already try to keep it simple for ever one as is, but I can see if I can make what ever the topic is easier to follow. So speak up, I'd rather hear 'I don't understand' then see some one act in a manner that can be interpreted as a 'loss of interest'. I mean I may be kind of a *****. But I also seem to have an affinity for educating people."

"Those were your words, not mine," Sol said, smile and tone showing that he meant it in a joking, affectionate manner. "But okay. I'm not sure I wanna ask when you're talking to everyone else, me understanding this stuff isn't too important anything, but I'd like to be able to ask you a couple of questions every now and then."

He wasn't sure how to think of what she'd said regarding disliking people less intelligent than her, but Sol knew that it wasn't worth bringing up.

Then, for the whole Limbo thing... I get that it's this space between this and other worlds, but something you said confused me a little. I assumed that when you guys enter Limbo, it's more like opening a door or falling into a hole in the ground than, you know. Teleportation. So like, if you do enter Limbo from the same point, you'll always end up in the same place in Limbo as well, so that they're connected as opposed to being just random, floaty pathways or whatever. But given your reaction when I asked about it... was that wrong? Is it more like teleportation after all? Do you just choose where you end up? Because if so, tracking this guy seems like it would be super difficult."

He twisted a bit of his fringe. There was another thing he wanted to ask about, given that it had made her sort of annoyed that he wanted to bring an amulet. Still, she had told him he could ask, and he was a little worried about it still.

"So how does it work? Also, you said that the chance of getting, you know, any of those side effects were fairly low. But do you have an estimate in percentages? Are we talking 5 percent, which would be like, 1 in 20, or are we talking 0.0005 percent? Or do you guys not have enough information or data to make an estimate like that? I might be a bit too careful, but as long as I don't have any estimates like that, I kinda have to prepare for the worst, you know?"

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Alfred Frye

"First of all. Given the crowds out there and the fact we don't have a physical description of the target; it might prove tricky for either of us to spot someone until we gather more information. But all the same, keep your eyes open for anyone acting off when we are outside."

"A fair point," Alfred replied, nonchalantly. "Still, there are ways to tell." He smiled. "Anyhow, you're right, two sets of eyes are better than a single one."

"As for musical tastes, I tend to find myself gravitating towards things like classic rock, a bit of either jazz or blues, and some pop music; but when it gets to pop, I tend to get a little bit more specific; it can't just be whatever is popular at the moment."

"Well, duh, obviously," Alfred said, and started walking inside. "Music never seemed like the kind of thing where people's tastes will follow the trend. I've read that at a certain age we stop being able to "like" new kinds of music. Some say as young as 21, others that it's 33 years old. I certainly hope it's the latter," he gave the other a smile, and glanced over the store. It had changed a little since he had been there last. "Oh man, that's awesome," he suddenly exclaimed -well, as loudly as Alfred exclaimed anything, which meant he barely raised his voice- as he looked over the latest album of an Northern European band he'd been listening to back while he still lived in Europe, years ago.

"I can't believe they'd actually sell this here. It's too bad they stopped playing together, but still, wow." He probably had all of the songs already, but he'd still buy it. "A great catch already, I wonder what else they've gotten since I were here last time." He looked over at Daniel, and smiled, apologetically.

"Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to find for you. They've changed the layout a bit, but I can still find stuff fairly easily here."
 

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"Ready to go?"

"Whenever you are," she replied, leading the way to their point.

It seemed everyone was fine with the stated teams, at the very least no one objected which was a good sign. At the very least this ought to be a fairly low risk mission so if the teams didn't work out it just gave her more information about how to pair people up in the future. Al and Daniel was perhaps slightly concerning if only because Al was completely new to the team so she had little idea how he'd respond to any pairing, but then he was well-trained so that didn't seem too likely to raise any issues.

She turned to Mira "You're a skilled alchemist, any chance you could make a trap of some sort for this guy? Once we know more about him that is."
 

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"Then, for the whole Limbo thing... I get that it's this space between this and other worlds, but something you said confused me a little. I assumed that when you guys enter Limbo, it's more like opening a door or falling into a hole in the ground than, you know. Teleportation. So like, if you do enter Limbo from the same point, you'll always end up in the same place in Limbo as well, so that they're connected as opposed to being just random, floaty pathways or whatever. But given your reaction when I asked about it... was that wrong? Is it more like teleportation after all? Do you just choose where you end up? Because if so, tracking this guy seems like it would be super difficult."

"Normally, yes, if you enter in from the same place, or general area, you'll end up in the same place or area. Only time that's not true is if a ward or barrier is set up in said area. For example, Gato has a barrier around where it sits in Limbo that prevents accessing the school grounds from Limbo. You can still enter and exit Limbo if you on school grounds mind you, but if your already in Limbo and you try to enter the school grounds you won't be able to, and the reverse can also be true as well. Being able to enter the area if your in Limbo but not if your coming from Earth." Sierra explained as simply as she could. "This probably why who ever this is, is going to these areas specifically. As for what it's like going over." She just grinned. "THAT I'm going to just leave hanging in you mind for now, you being a first timer and all it's best you just experience it for your self."


"So how does it work? Also, you said that the chance of getting, you know, any of those side effects were fairly low. But do you have an estimate in percentages? Are we talking 5 percent, which would be like, 1 in 20, or are we talking 0.0005 percent? Or do you guys not have enough information or data to make an estimate like that? I might be a bit too careful, but as long as I don't have any estimates like that, I kinda have to prepare for the worst, you know?"

"It's not based on odds, it's based on exposure, and normally it takes a lot longer then it is with me." She began. "For normal human, meaning some one with out magical talent, or awakened magical talent. It takes about 2-3 weeks at 10 times the average level of Aether Earth has to start to process. That's 14-21 days continuous exposure. not going in for a few hours then popping back out. It'd probably take years doing it that way, assuming it worked at all going that rout" Sierra said. "There are other factors that can speed up or slow down the process, but you don't need to worry about those since we aren't even gonna be there long enough for even the fastest recorded time Lady Riviera has logged to kick in."
 

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"You're a skilled alchemist, any chance you could make a trap of some sort for this guy? Once we know more about him that is."

Mirabelle was surprised that this line of questioning was coming up now, instead of back at base. Still, she had considered this beforehand and thought it to be halfway unworkable. Mind you, not because of the fact that they didn't know how the suspect was doing it, but because of potential civilian problems it would cause like having to try to explain why there was a person encased in a 5 by 5 square of hardend foam or accidentally encasing a bystander in it. Adding too that the fact that she still didn't know how someone passed between here and Limbo and as far as she was concerned, it was a nearly unworkable idea. Granted she probably could have asked about the various means from getting to and from there but...she didn't think about it. After all, she couldn't think of everything.

"Assuming that we aren't going back back to Gato after we get a measure of his abilities...no, probably not. I probably should have been forward thinking enough to bring a kit to make something like that but i honestly thought it would be too much of a civilian risk to try something like that. Besides, i was kind of distracted by the whole Sierra and Sol thing...anyways, this is a shopping place right? Granted, it's a very anime inspired shopping place but if you really think we'll need it, maybe i can aquire the materials to create something like that. I've got about 1,800 in yen on me so if we need to, then i can do it."
 

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"Well, duh, obviously," Alfred remarked before walking inside the store, Daniel following shortly thereafter. "Music never seemed like the kind of thing where people's tastes will follow the trend. I've read that at a certain age we stop being able to "like" new kinds of music. Some say as young as 21, others that it's 33 years old. I certainly hope it's the latter," He added with a smile, browsing through the first few rows of CDs that came into view. Daniel meanwhile was glancing at the various display, sounding a low whistle at the scope and scale of it all.

"Oh man, that's awesome," Alfred exclaimed, his voice barely raised, though it sounded as though it should have been louder based on how he said it as one particular CD caught his attention. "I can't believe they'd actually sell this here. It's too bad they stopped playing together, but still, wow."

"A great catch already, I wonder what else they've gotten since I was here last time." He then looked over his shoulder towards Daniel and gave an apologetic little smile. "Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to find for you. They've changed the layout a bit, but I can still find stuff fairly easily here."

"Thank you for the offer Alfred, I might have a general look around the store first and see what's on offer; though I'll certainly come to you if I'm trying to find something specific." Daniel then turned and headed deeper into the store.
 

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"Normally, yes, if you enter in from the same place, or general area, you'll end up in the same place or area. Only time that's not true is if a ward or barrier is set up in said area. For example, Gato has a barrier around where it sits in Limbo that prevents accessing the school grounds from Limbo. You can still enter and exit Limbo if you on school grounds mind you, but if your already in Limbo and you try to enter the school grounds you won't be able to, and the reverse can also be true as well. Being able to enter the area if your in Limbo but not if your coming from Earth. This probably why who ever this is, is going to these areas specifically. As for what it's like going over. THAT I'm going to just leave hanging in you mind for now, you being a first timer and all it's best you just experience it for your self."

Sol raised an eyebrow, pretending to look worried at first, but quickly breaking into an amused smirk. "And here I thought you weren't gonna try to make me even more skeptical about this whole ordeal." Still, it seemed to work the way he had thought it done, more or less. Still, if that was the case, Sol really could not see any reasons for them to enter Limbo before they needed to, or, if they were skilled enough, at all.

"It's not based on odds, it's based on exposure, and normally it takes a lot longer then it is with me. For normal human, meaning some one with out magical talent, or awakened magical talent. It takes about 2-3 weeks at 10 times the average level of Aether Earth has to start to process. That's 14-21 days continuous exposure. not going in for a few hours then popping back out. It'd probably take years doing it that way, assuming it worked at all going that route. There are other factors that can speed up or slow down the process, but you don't need to worry about those since we aren't even gonna be there long enough for even the fastest recorded time Lady Riviera has logged to kick in."

"Ah, okay," Sol said, and tilted his head. "That's good. A bit reassuring, anyhow. Still, everything has some sort of basis in odds, that's the point of odds," he continued, but shrugged. "Anyhow, I'm slightly less concerned about this whole thing now. It's still going to be way beyond my comfort zone, but I guess I've always had to push that either way. I wasn't exactly born into a family of hunters, so I sort of had to learn this thing late, so I suppose it'll just be another thing to adjust to," He crossed his arms.

Still doesn't mean I'll like it. But I should try to keep an open mind or something like that. For the duration of this mission at least.

"Anyhow, we should probably keep an eye out for the target. Do you have any sort of ability that would help us find him? Some magical sense, perhaps?"
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Alfred Frye


"Thank you for the offer Alfred, I might have a general look around the store first and see what's on offer; though I'll certainly come to you if I'm trying to find something specific."

"Gotcha," Alfred smiled, watching the other wander deeper into the store. Daniel was being very lenient, surprisingly so given his insistence earlier. Still, being able to do what he wanted was nice, very much so. He wondered if that meant that Daniel had decided the two of them wouldn't be able to find their target, or perhaps he trusted Alfred's words.

Or he's confident he can do it on his own.

There was a lot of possibilities. It was sort of curious, Alfred wondered if there were opportunities that he couldn't think of himself, since Daniel was an angel, but then again Daniel was acting more like a human than some humans Alfred had interacted with.

It's curious indeed.

He decided to wait a little, look around and enjoy himself until Daniel spoke, perhaps he could get more of a read on the other if Alfred wasn't the one initiating the conversation.
 

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"Assuming that we aren't going back back to Gato after we get a measure of his abilities...no, probably not. I probably should have been forward thinking enough to bring a kit to make something like that but I honestly thought it would be too much of a civilian risk to try something like that. Besides, i was kind of distracted by the whole Sierra and Sol thing...anyways, this is a shopping place right? Granted, it's a very anime inspired shopping place but if you really think we'll need it, maybe i can acquire the materials to create something like that. I've got about 1,800 in yen on me so if we need to, then i can do it."

Juliet chuckled at that "An alchemical trap made of anime body pillows and plastic models would certainly be something to see," she said "I'd rather set up the trap on the Limbo side, if we were doing one that is, as you stated there's too much risk of collateral otherwise."

As she spoke she kept moving towards their site.

"Really though it just occurred to me that I don't know much about you, or what you can do," she said "alchemy is a broad field after all, I mean it covers everything from bombs to turning lead to gold after all."

She wasn't sure she could say that Mira was the team member she knew the least well, but certainly she seemed to keep to herself more than most. The alchemists she'd known from the demon world had all been reclusive sorts as well, trying to extract power from their vials and flasks, and frequently scarred from self-experimentation, but they had a very different air to them than Mira, who seemed far harder to read in general. Besides a leader should know their team.

"So are there any particular areas of interest to you in alchemy? Anything that you could use to help catch our target would be great of course," she said "of course you can feel free to ask me questions as well, I'd like to be an approachable leader."
 

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Sierra shrugged. "Unless your some kind of here to unknown Aether sponge, which I highly doubt as you or some one else probably would have noticed by now, the 'odds' aren't even worth calculating, but if you want a rough estimate, you'd have a better chance surviving a nuke, naked, at ground zero, with no cover, then you do of obtaining powers from our trip to Limbo."

"You'll be fine if you just open up and take a less stand offish approach to it. It's not like you suddenly have a half demon child to raise and learn how to care for and keep under control with the magic shinananiganery in your blood line being some 300 years back and unknown to you because of the records being lost, because bible toting assholes." she added after Sol mention his comfort zone and adjusting to things, it sound like an excuse to her, what with him being a hunter for as long as he's been one, but she lacked the desire to tear said excuse down. Besides even if she had wanted to now was hardly the place, and knowing what little she did about Sol, he'd probably wouldn't listen anyway.

"Unless you have a better plan of attack, I was thinking we make straight for our entry point, poke around on the other side a bit and see if there is anything we can learn about them there."
 

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"Gotcha." Replied Alfred, which Daniel reciprocated with a nod before venturing deeper into the store. He had to admit, there were a lot of things in the store that went over his head; especially when it came to anime and manga, but he could say without a doubt that they catered to a variety of interests.

Whilst they were busy browsing, Daniel had been using his divine senses to see if anyone was acting suspicious, or at the very least using magic; if anything did set it off, he'd get a feeling of the general direction that it was in. So far, nothing of noteworthy interest made itself known, at least nothing that warranted an investigation.

Another thing that came to mind was Alfred, he was no doubt surprised by Daniel's sudden heel turn in regards to not doing this, but the Angel realized that if the two were to be working together for the foreseeable future; they would have to get to know one another, and what better avenue than shopping?

"So, how did you come to hear about Gato then?"
 

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"Unless your some kind of here to unknown Aether sponge, which I highly doubt as you or some one else probably would have noticed by now, the 'odds' aren't even worth calculating, but if you want a rough estimate, you'd have a better chance surviving a nuke, naked, at ground zero, with no cover, then you do of obtaining powers from our trip to Limbo."

"Well, thank you, that's a more understandable measure," he replied, sort of wondering why she couldn't have put it like that in the beginning.

"You'll be fine if you just open up and take a less stand offish approach to it. It's not like you suddenly have a half demon child to raise and learn how to care for and keep under control with the magic shinananiganery in your blood line being some 300 years back and unknown to you because of the records being lost, because bible toting assholes."

Sol raised an eyebrow, but shrugged. He assumed she was talking about what her mother had dealt with, and though he wanted to point out that she didn't really know what he'd gone through, she was correct, he'd certainly not gone through that exact scenario. He didn't know enough to know if it was better or worse than being completely ignorant to the presence of the supernatural one day, to suddenly being hunted by the slug mafia, but he decided it didn't exactly matter. The religion comment didn't faze him, Sol was very much aware of how some Christians could be, both from within the hunter community, and as someone who didn't fit into the very slim definition of "acceptable".

Though narrow-mindedness certainly isn't restricted to religion either. God knows there's more than enough assholes without a god to blame it on.

"I don't feel like I'm that off-standish to the supernatural. I mean, I am a hunter. Being wary is like 90 percent of the job. A lot of other hunters wouldn't even be here, helping you guys out. I've certainly gotten a lot of shit for wanting to help werewolves instead of shooting them dead, and werewolves are still considered humans by most. But whatever, I don't agree, but I'm not going to tell you you're wrong either, because I don't think I have the experience to talk for anyone but myself." He let it be with that.

"Unless you have a better plan of attack, I was thinking we make straight for our entry point, poke around on the other side a bit and see if there is anything we can learn about them there."

"Well, I doubt we'll be able to blend into the crowd," Sol commented, sweeping a hand over his hat and forwards to indicate that he was referring to their height. "So sure, some of the others might have headed... over to Limbo already. Besides, you know more about this whole ordeal than me, so I'll let you take the lead on this one."

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"So, how did you come to hear about Gato then?"

So, what do I say? No use hiding most of it, it's easy to find out if you know what to look for, but I probably shouldn't mention the more severe incidents.

Still, he had to give a few details.

"Well, I got into a... somewhat troublesome situation back in Europe," Alfred admitted, smiling carefully as if it was no big deal. "Simply put, there's a lot of organizations who don't approve of summoning a demon and making a deal with it, even less so in one of the catholic basilicas. Those are... kind of a big deal. Vatican hunters did not approve, to say the least." That was very much an understatement, but he was sure Daniel got the gist. Heck, depending on where the other had been at the time, he might've heard about it. Alfred went to purchase the cd he'd found earlier, but spoke as soon as he'd gotten the receipt.

"Anyhow, that's years ago. I heard about Gato from a guy with a fair amount of contacts. I managed to get on his bad side, so he gave me about five minutes to choose a place to go, was admitted into the school in half a day, and arrived in Japan the day after that. It's been fun though, I've learned a lot, I had extremely poor control of my magic before I got here. Going undercover was interesting too, not always as fun, but it's taught me stuff about how people's perspectives of the supernatural changes with what their relations to it has been."

He swirled the bag in his hand a bit absentmindedly, then looked to the tall blonde. "How about you? You're not here to learn how to use your powers or something like that, right? You don't look like you'd need that. Did you come here on your own accord, or did someone send you?"
 

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"An alchemical trap made of anime body pillows and plastic models would certainly be something to see, I'd rather set up the trap on the Limbo side, if we were doing one that is, as you stated there's too much risk of collateral otherwise."

Mirabelle started to question if Juliet really thought that she was going to make an actual trap out of anime paraphernalia, just for a moment, before coming back to her senses. She had actually ment consumables and such, things that could be broken down quick to make a solution...but it seemed that Juliet was rather skeptical about finding things like that. Presumably, being humans, they wouldn't make an entire district of the city that had no food to sell...but then again, looking at the signs and images, she couldn't even tell which ones could even possibly have such things. Fortuantly, Juliet brought her back with a topic that she could actually respond to without a ton of guesswork or a translator.

"Really though it just occurred to me that I don't know much about you, or what you can do, alchemy is a broad field after all, I mean it covers everything from bombs to turning lead to gold after all. She paused for a moment before continuing. So are there any particular areas of interest to you in alchemy? Anything that you could use to help catch our target would be great of course, of course you can feel free to ask me questions as well, I'd like to be an approachable leader."

She had to think for a moment on that topic before she could answer. "Well...it's rather hard to say...i mean, sometimes i like to make physically activated inventions like a phosphorus lamp and such but i guess i can say i tend more towards making coatings and just in general strengthening and weakening inorganic things due to my nature. Technically i'm really focused on the more chemistry minded side of things, like the Flexi-metal and such, things that change things on a semi molecular level...though usually not to a more explosive form like bombs. The bombs are mostly just a side effect though, due to some of the more volatile mixtures we have to make and perfect, and while i am sure some alchemists are prone to making them, i don't think that many go out of their way to make such things...also, sorry for the generalizations about my fields instead of giving propor names to them...but traditionally alchemists don't really specialize in what would be considered one field and since it's only recently has it started to be institutionally taught again...we really haven't been able to come up with any names that stick to these studies so i have to base it around whatever is closest in science to try and define it."

She stopped for a moment to let that all sink in before continuing, saying, "Anyway...um, unfortunately, i can't think of much that i could prepare quickly around here unless we can find a shop that sells food or chemical products and a source of heat...which may be a bit of a problem since i can't read japanese."
 

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"Well, I got into a... somewhat troublesome situation back in Europe," Alfred said giving a nonchalant looking smile at Daniel, to which the angel raised a smirk at the man. 'Well, this ought to be interesting.' He thought internally.

"Simply put, there's a lot of organizations who don't approve of summoning a demon and making a deal with it, even less so in one of the Catholic basilicas. Those are... kind of a big deal. Vatican hunters did not approve, to say the least."

"...to say the least." is putting it mildly Alfred; groups such as the Iscariot have an absolute zero-tolerance policy on such things, though it is a wonder how you managed to get out of there, that could make for a good story, perhaps over a drink maybe. Still, might have to do a bit of my own investigative snooping when I have the time.

"Anyhow, that's years ago. I heard about Gato from a guy with a fair amount of contacts. I managed to get on his bad side, so he gave me about five minutes to choose a place to go, was admitted into the school in half a day, and arrived in Japan the day after that. It's been fun though, I've learned a lot, I had extremely poor control of my magic before I got here. Going undercover was interesting too, not always as fun, but it's taught me stuff about how people's perspectives of the supernatural changes with what their relations to it have been." It was during this time that he made a purchase, the CD that had caught his eye earlier.

"How about you? You're not here to learn how to use your powers or something like that, right? You don't look like you'd need that. Did you come here on your own accord, or did someone send you?"

"I was deployed here in order to investigate some apparent occult activity that my employers had heard about; turns out they were right. Turns out Gato was following a similar case."
 

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"Anyway...um, unfortunately, i can't think of much that i could prepare quickly around here unless we can find a shop that sells food or chemical products and a source of heat...which may be a bit of a problem since i can't read japanese."

Juliet had listened with mild interest through Mira's explanations, alchemy wasn't something that particularly fascinated her but it was certainly useful. This seemed like something she could help with however.

"I think its mostly electronics and nerd shit around here," she said "but if you need food I saw a vending machine a ways back, and I think there are some cafes around here."

They were probably maid cafes, but they still served food, albeit food with too much sugar in it.

"As for a source of heat I can't say I know much about computers, but don't they produce a fair amount of it?" she said, glancing at one of the shops proudly displaying various electronic devices "If nothing else I can produce lightning, which is pretty hot."
 

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As Sol comment about 'sticking out' a couple of cosplayers, walked by, one dressed as Tohru from Maid Dragon, complete with little wings, the other as Altera from Re:Creators. "Yeah" Sierra started as she watched the two walk by. "We do stand out a bit don't we." she snarked.

She then fired off a text to Juliet and Daniel letting them know what the plan, and headed toward their entry point, with Sol in tow. Once they got there, Sierra knelt down and had a look. There had been a lot of activity there lately and there was even a magic circle, the rough equivalent of a 'pad lock' from the look of it, but just to be on the safe side she was going to give it a once over.

Her short investigation didn't yield anything worthy of note. I was a lock to keep people out, more a kin to a 'combination lock' rather then the pad lock she'd thought at first glance, but that was as complex as it got. After sending a quick report to the rest of the group on her findings, and explaining what she found to Sol, she opened the lock.

With the lock open and the path clear she initiated the transfer from the Earth realm to Limbo. Sierra treated it with the banality of walking across the street, though she did wonder what Sol thought of it. She can't imagine the sight of watching the soundings contort, split, and reform around him.

once the where on the other side, she took one look at what was a neon sign, whipped out her phone and snapped a picture. "It's always interesting to see what shape things take when you transfer over, 'Natures modern art' I like to call it." she said, pointing at said sign, which also could have passed for abstract art.
 

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"Yeah. We do stand out a bit don't we."

Sol raised an eyebrow, he wan't sure whether Sierra had just misunderstood what he meant, if she didn't understand the issue, or if she was just being snarky. "Oh yes, of course," he said, softening his sarcasm so that he didn't sound unfriendly. "I'm sure blending in with those neat costumes are going to make us look shorter." With that, he decided to drop the issue, they'd already made a decision to enter Limbo, quarreling about exactly why wasn't going to make a difference. He kept quiet as he watched Sierra send some messages, then followed her to... well, to that place.

It was... a place. A twisted, contorted place, unlike what he'd imagined. It looked all wrong, it felt wrong too. The amulet he'd gotten before heading there made him feel a little better, regardless of what Sierra'd said about the chance of the whole side effect with the air. He knew it was a crutch, but given that Sierra gave him just about no time to adjust, or even take it all in, he felt as if he could happily rely on it for as long as he wanted.

Sierra stopped, and took a picture of something, a neon sign of sorts, and Sol simply let her. He wasn't going to rush her, and perhaps it'd give him a moment to... look around.

"It's always interesting to see what shape things take when you transfer over, 'Natures modern art' I like to call it."

"Uh, yeah, sure," Sol said, a bit uncertain. He didn't want to say it aloud, but he was less than happy to be there. Well, obviously he was. "So... exactly what are we looking for? Would we find any sort of sign of him having been here recently, or... is there some sort of magical residue or something? I mean, I don't know what or how this place is, so you'll have to take the lead." He stepped away from something that'd taken an odd shape next to him, the way it was altered and twisted made him feel a little sick and uncomfortable.

What is that?

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Alfred Frye

"I was deployed here in order to investigate some apparent occult activity that my employers had heard about; turns out they were right. Turns out Gato was following a similar case."

"Ooh, anything I know about?" Alfred asked, ears perked as his eyes lit up with interest. "And if you don't mind me asking, who are your employers? Some organization in the UK, right? Or perhaps a smaller group? Does it answer to the queen and government, or is it more independent?"

Was that a bit too far? He never missed a chance to learn something more, that was something his lifestyle had taught him well enough, though perhaps it was going to be more of a bad habit now that he wasn't undercover anymore.

Well, information is always important. Besides, these guys knows that it's not too long since I came back from being undercover, so perhaps it can be excused. Still, I should try to limit the questions I ask when it comes to more potentially sensitive information like this.

"Sorry, bad habit," he added, sheepishly. Part of it was faked, part of it was genuine, and he tugged at his sleeve, adjusting it as a way to make himself seem smaller, less demanding, a bit uncomfortable. He looked around to make sure no one was close enough to listen in, oh, and for someone fitting the description of their target, of course.

"It's a little difficult to distance oneself from the lifestyle I've been leading, having to gather information and all. I'd love to know if that's something you can tell me, but I understand if it's not. There's a lot of secrecy behind the scenes of "our" world, so there's a lot of interesting information that's difficult to find, hidden behind codes, and secrets and lies, locked into vaults or simply never spoken about. It's all so intriguing, especially as a spy, so I do apologize for when I do happen to get carried away."

He smiled, thoughtfully. "Anyhow, I would love to learn more about you. At your discretion, of course."
 

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"Ooh, anything I know about?" Alfred asked with excitement in his voice, Daniel noticing that his eyes seem to light up with intrigue. "And if you don't mind me asking, who are your employers? Some organization in the UK, right? Or perhaps a smaller group? Does it answer to the queen and government, or is it more independent?"

Well that was certainly a blunt strike. Daniel thought.

"Sorry, bad habit," He then added, appearing to sound apologetic, whether or not that was true remained to be seen. He then adjusted himself in such a way that it would appear he wasn't trying to sound overly intrusive and demanding.

"It's a little difficult to distance oneself from the lifestyle I've been leading, having to gather information and all. I'd love to know if that's something you can tell me, but I understand if it's not. There's a lot of secrecy behind the scenes of "our" world, so there's a lot of interesting information that's difficult to find, hidden behind codes, and secrets and lies, locked into vaults or simply never spoken about. It's all so intriguing, especially as a spy, so I do apologize for when I do happen to get carried away."

"Anyhow, I would love to learn more about you. At your discretion, of course." He then finished on, Alfred showing a little smile; to that end, Daniel let out a small laugh.

"Oh, my my, you certainly went for the jugular with that first question. As for an answer, the cult was trying to unleash a powerful demonic presence onto the world from its prison within Limbo. As you tell judging from the lack of a hellscape, they failed, at least on the second part.

With regards to my employers, they wouldn't like me telling you much Alfred; just that we are, by-and-large, an independent organization based in the UK, but with a global presence. Normally we wouldn't be deployed to nations such as Japan, but this was a priority case that needed to be investigated."
 

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"I think its mostly electronics and nerd shit around here, but if you need food I saw a vending machine a ways back, and I think there are some cafes around here."

Mirabelle mulled over that, trying to think of anything she could make that could work via hot drinks and baked goods. Unfortunately, only a few things really sprang to mind for her, like perhaps a glue or a paralyzing gas. She mentally cursed herself for not preparing all of this beforehand, as she wished she had some of those grenade vials that she had gotten made to help with deploying such substances. Still, she felt like she could find some work around.

"As for a source of heat I can't say I know much about computers, but don't they produce a fair amount of it? If nothing else I can produce lightning, which is pretty hot."

"Well, while i do like the offer of just using lightning, it's not ideal for making alchemical things outside of Frankenstein's monster style being...it tends to lead to explosive results. As for computers...i don't think they can produce enough heat without melting. I think what we need is something that was made with heat in mind that would cater to an audience that the sellers would think wouldn't know how to cook very well and wouldn't want to be anywhere except for in one room,making a device to cater to that...like a rice cooker shaped like one of Sierra's dolls." Cue Mirabelle pointing into a shop that they were passing by, having noticed, amongst the other myriad of gundam products they were selling, a gundam inspired rice cooker amongst them.

She felt that her reasoning was sound on using it, partly because it's main purpose was to boil water for cooking rice, and partly because she could unload it onto Sierra after they were done with it. With that she went and, with Juliet's help, proceeded to buy the heating implement before going around and buying some useful ingredients. Afterwards, they settled into a relatively concealed alley way so as to not bring suspicion upon themselves. With that, Mira turned to Juliet and said, "Ok, so i can either make a foam that expands and holds our target, create what's essentially a sticky glue to trap and hinder his movement, or create a liquid that, when splashed on him, will harden and immobilize any part of his body it touches, effectively petrifying him on the outside. None of them are elegant...but we can still work with them...so, which do you want me to make?"