[Immediately post-Wonder Quartet]

[grimgrimwar]

[Private Message to Reiji:]
I protected your Keystone, like you wanted. You can consider this the end of our arrangement.

[Private Message to Hibiki:]
Hey. I'm gonna do my own thing from here on out. Take care of yourself, okay?

[Event:]
[Alexandra is immediately approaching a few people after the climax of the Wonder Quartet and Yuya's duel with Reiji. Top of that list includes Yuya, Yuma and Labrys. Before, in between or after she's spoken to those people, she's open to be approached by anybody else who was present in the Quartet.]

Comments

[grimgrimwar]

...yeah. She didn't want me to stay with her. She wanted us to protect Serena. I still should've... ...I could've done something instead of just letting her go off alone.

[tachyonparticle]

... Listen. I don't know why she vanished. I don't know what happened to her, or why she would've needed protecting herself. I don't know anything, other than what I've seen, and what I've been told.

But that's just it. You prepared yourself for this attack, but from the offset, all you knew was to protect one person. You didn't know that anyone else would've been a target, so you couldn't act accordingly to it. And from what I knew, that girl, Serena, was the only one who was being sought after.

And... maybe it just sounds like excuses. Reasons to throw off responsibility about it. But mistakes are made. The only way to handle them is to fix them.

*she puts her hands on Alex's shoulders, squeezing a bit firmly, but it's... meant to be a comforting gesture, not a threatening one.* You should find a way to do that, Alexandra.

[grimgrimwar]

...if there's a way to save the people that were turned into cards... I want to do that.

[tachyonparticle]

*... she pauses to think about it. The carding technique is... odd for her to consider, especially thinking of how monsters are usually expressed, but...*

... Maybe there is somewhere in the 12 Dimensions, that knows the answer to that? It seems like it would be something that one of the worlds would have some knowledge about, given the basis.

[grimgrimwar]

...maybe. [She has an expression like she's started to think of something.] If I can stop Academia and bring back those people... I dunno. Maybe that'd be a start.

[tachyonparticle]

*she nods, letting her hands linger on your shoulders for a moment, before letting go*

Maybe so. But... Please don't hesitate to ask me to help, if there's any way I possibly can. Even if it's to help you get to where you need to be.

[grimgrimwar]

[Alex looks at her hand for a moment, then manages another smile.] ...thanks, Labrys. I, uh. I gotta go talk to Yuya and Yuma. After that...we can head to the island?

[tachyonparticle]

*has a bit of a smile herself*

It's no problem. Please, take your time. I'll be waiting.

... Though, ah... *... she wonders if she should say it... ... may as well.*



Just a quick question, and I'll let you go. Who do you know, among Akaba's... people, I should say? Even as passing notice.

[grimgrimwar]

Y'mean all of the people here?

[tachyonparticle]

I mean those who work under him, specifically.

[grimgrimwar]

I didn't meet a lot of them. He's got a big guy named Nakajima who's like his personal assistant, I guess. I worked with someone named Hibiki. He was like me, he got wrapped up in some bad stuff and Akaba swept in and grabbed him up afterwards. That's about all I can think of.

[tachyonparticle]

I see... *so she hasn't met him... well, that's to be expected, she's been in Maiami and the Armory.*

... There's, ah...

One you may want to eventually at least meet, but I think it's up to you if you want to face that or not.

[grimgrimwar]

Huh?

Who's that?

[tachyonparticle]

That one.

*she points out a man who's been kinda staying out of the way and checking some nearby equipment that had been set up for the Quartet.

He. Gives you kinda an immediate sense of déjà vu that you can't pinpoint or describe.*

[grimgrimwar]

[Alexandra blinks a couple times.] Uh...okay. He looks sorta familiar, I guess I might've seen him in Maiami at some point or something? Do you know him?

[tachyonparticle]

We've met before, yes. Though we didn't get off on the right foot, exactly. I destroyed his machine that he was working on by accident. *... well that's a whole 'nother thing to imagine.*

And... no, I think you met him here, in Domino City.

His name is Yamada, Mamoru. *... bracing herself a bit* The one that Scythe possessed, before.

[grimgrimwar]

...

[Alex's eyes widen. She takes another look at him. This time, she actually focuses, and...]

Holy shit.

[tachyonparticle]

That's... about the same type of reaction we each had, yes.

[grimgrimwar]

I... [She suddenly looks nervous.] I can't let him see me. I gotta. Move or something.

[tachyonparticle]

*she has half a mind to say that he probably doesn't recognize Alex, but she also isn't sure how his memory exactly works...*

... If you're sure. You don't need to see him.

[grimgrimwar]

Hnn. I'm. I'm gonna go. See how Yuya and Yuma are doing. [She moves away...and she's trying to put some distance between herself and Mamoru.]

[tachyonparticle]

*... that's expected.

Better she found out now instead of getting confused later.*