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There had been an Inquisitor, sent from Rome, in Tokyo. Zaizen had, of course, ordered the Chief to keep all Hunters and support staff away from the man, except for Robin and Amon, who were to be his escort. Karasuma and Sakaki were sent out to bring in the subject. Ditzy Dōjima, of course, was sent to investigate other Witch sightings and scope out some locations, keeping her loud-mouth as far from the Inquisitor from Headquarters as possible.

Which was perfectly fine with Yurika, as she had no desire to get anywhere near someone from Headquarters who could possibly ID her as one of Juliano's operatives.

It had apparently gone as well as could be expected, although a Hunt order had soon been served on the man the Inquisitor had supposedly been sent to appraise as a potential Hunter. More disturbing was the fact that the priest had apparently been Robin-chan's Inquisitor, and Yurika knew damn well that there was no such thing as coincidence when Juliano was involved.

Things had gone back to normal after that, or at least as normal as they ever were at the STN-J. Dōjima was still looking for her slippery-Witch target, one she was beginning to doubt existed, and so she'd brought along a friend. Or, rather, a boyfriend. On her investigation. In her defense, it made her look less like a cop, and more like someone's worried sister looking for a family member. But even Hunters and their assistants needed to eat, and eventually they'd headed back to the STN-J, where there was usually take-out from Harry's laying around.

[OOC: For That Boy, but open for calls and texts, sure. Text and plot cribbed from episodes 13 & 14: "The Eyes of Truth" and "Loaded Guns."]

Date: 2010-12-22 06:12 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (white t-shirt)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
Romeo was trying to do his best to stay in the background as they arrived at the offices. It helped Yurika's cover for him to tag along occasionally, and on a personal basis he didn't like her being out alone at night in the kinds of neighborhoods she'd been exploring, spy girl or no. But that didn't mean he wanted to be hugely conspicuous tot he rest of STN-J. Yurika got in trouble enough on her own.

He waved lightly and then busied himself poking through the bags for Harry's. "Hello."

Date: 2010-12-22 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
"Ohaiyo!" Dōjima yelled. She was much less worried about being conspicuous than Romeo, especially since neither the Chief nor Amon appeared to be around, and if Zaizen was in his office, well, she didn't mind annoying him.

...and was that a bullet in a baggie they were all examining? That was actually almost as interesting as Master's spring rolls. She nudged Romeo's arm carefully, to get his attention.

"Hey, Miho, did I hear someone call you an old lady?"

Date: 2010-12-22 06:45 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (not trusting this)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
Romeo's eyes narrowed as he glanced over to the bag, and he nodded almost imperceptibly. Definitely a bullet.

"Where did you find that?" he added curiously, sauntering toward the baggie. "Is that used?"
Edited Date: 2010-12-22 06:46 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-12-22 06:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stn-j.livejournal.com
"Dōjima!" Sakaki actually looked happy to see her for once, probably because she'd been out doing field work for him. Happy enough he was willing to stick to English, so Romeo wouldn't feel left out.

He actually liked the blonde Hunter's boyfriend a bit more than he liked Dōjima most days. "Hey, Romeo. Yeah, it's used. Robin gave it to Michael to analyze, but won't say where she found it."

"Oh, and thanks for looking, how was it?"

Date: 2010-12-22 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
"Nothing," Dōjima sighed, pulling up a chair and straddling it backwards. "I couldn't find a thing about that person. I know Amon said there was one, but I'm starting to think it's a ghost."

She stuck out one hand for the little baggie expectantly. "Can we see?"

Date: 2010-12-22 06:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stn-j.livejournal.com
Karasuma gave a little shrug, and dropped the bag into Dōjima's hands. "They've been out of use for over five years, ever since the STN-J switched to Orbo instead of these anti-Witch bullets. I have no idea where she could have found this."

Date: 2010-12-22 07:08 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (all stubbly and grrrr)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
"Perhaps the ghost gave it to her," Romeo said idly, as he leaned over the bag after flashing a quick smile at Sakaki. He was doing his best to keep his English simple; he knew it was a concession to him that they hadn't switched into Japanese yet.

"If he did, he's an angry spirit -- I think that bullet would go through armor."

Date: 2010-12-22 07:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
"They used to use these to take down all kinds of Witches, right?" she asked, holding it up to the light. "Oh, pretty."

'Pretty' was the runes carved over the surface, some of which she recognized from DCI Garrett's class. Good for the Hunter, not so great for the prey. "So my ghost gave this to Robin-chan? Why?"

That was the question, wasn't it, and Dōjima's eyes lit up with a Plan. "Karasuma! Try scrying it!"
Edited Date: 2010-12-22 07:53 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-12-22 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stn-j.livejournal.com
"Go ahead," Michael said. "I'm done with my analysis."

Miho shrugged and took it back from Dōjima, closing her eyes for a moment before opening them in shock.

"No will left in them, right?" Michael asked. "Nothing to see?"

"That's the thing with these bullets; they work against all Craft. See this sigal here? It negates any power that touches it, and it can't hold impressions from people who have touched it. Some of the offices outside of Japan still use them on high profile or sensitive cases, because it's nearly impossible to track a bullet back to an individual Hunter."

Date: 2010-12-22 08:10 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (very very close)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
"Someone fired it," Romeo volunteered flatly, eyes tracing the familiar damage to the weapon. "It's all but still warm. I hope it wasn't fired at Robin."

Date: 2010-12-22 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
That caused a long pause, and the four Hunters and their hacker stared at the projectile.

"Witch hunting bullets," Yurika said softly, fear starting to take root in her stomach. "And a phantom witch..." What the hell was a little kid like Robin involved in?

Miho seemed to shake herself out of it. "Where are Amon and Robin?" she asked Dōjima shortly.

"The site from yesterday -- " Oh. Oh, this could not be good.

Date: 2010-12-22 08:46 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (from a distance)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
Romeo reached for Yurika's hand as he put the pieces together. "We should go there," he said. "Maybe especially if Amon wouldn't want us to."

Date: 2010-12-22 09:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
"Trap?" Sakaki was asking as Karasuma dragged him along in her wake.

"Trap," she confirmed, not stopping. "Dōjima, give Michael everything you have on this supposed Witch, including locations Amon's had you scouting. Maps, suspects, informants, everything."

"Hai!" Yurika waited until Michael and Karasuma were discussing check-in times before turning to Romeo. "We'll go out in a bit," she said in a low voice. "Once Michael gets focused on his work, and they can't forbid me from taking a non-Hunter into a situation like this."

Date: 2010-12-22 09:06 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (Looking down)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
Romeo visibly restrained the urge to pout. He knew he wasn't trained, he knew he'd be putting himself at risk, but there was still that basic impulsive urge to get the bad guys.

"As you wish, of course," he said, but with folded arms that made it clear he didn't really feel that way. "Are you sure they'd even notice where I am?"

Date: 2010-12-22 09:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
"I have to update Michael, aijin," she pointed out. "He's going to notice if the only other American in the office suddenly goes missing and then I take off too."

"Let Miho and Haruto deal with the legwork for us. We're going to play detective on the bullet."

Date: 2010-12-23 12:12 pm (UTC)
withoutverona: (dream text)
From: [personal profile] withoutverona
Romeo had to admit Yurika had a point, and he nodded reluctantly. "All right," he said in a low voice. "We'll get some dinner, you can do whatever you need to do, and then play detective?"

He sounded hopeful on the last bit.

Date: 2010-12-22 08:37 pm (UTC)
intraspective: (leaning stare)
From: [personal profile] intraspective
So. Ino was pretty sure this was going to earn her a yelling at. But she kinda felt she deserved it, somehow, so, have a text Dojima:

i poisoned reno

If ever a text could look pathetic, this one was trying.

Date: 2010-12-22 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
It was going to be a Day, wasn't it? Yurika had a sinking feeling as she glanced at the text, but responded in the most logical way possible.

plz. he can eat my cooking, I doubt yours is worse.

Date: 2010-12-22 08:44 pm (UTC)
intraspective: (erm listening)
From: [personal profile] intraspective
Ino winced at the response. If only it were that easy.

no. i really did.

Date: 2010-12-22 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
She shouldn't ask, she really shouldn't, but....

NANI???

Date: 2010-12-22 09:14 pm (UTC)
intraspective: (civilian)
From: [personal profile] intraspective
Ino ducked her head.

spar. lost my mind. he tried to catch a coated kunai

Date: 2010-12-22 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
ok. that? is his fault. everyone knows ninjas coat everything in poison.

Well, everyone who'd grown up on bad Japanese martial arts flicks, anyway.

Date: 2010-12-22 09:28 pm (UTC)
intraspective: (crossed arms)
From: [personal profile] intraspective
It was funny, wasn't it, how that made her want to cry?

weren't responding to him. he was trying to talk. weren't hearing him. my fault.

Date: 2010-12-22 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
yamanaka-san, you aren't making much sense, she quickly tapped out. is reno stable now? y/n? are you ok?

Date: 2010-12-23 12:02 am (UTC)
intraspective: (civilian)
From: [personal profile] intraspective
What? She was expected to make sense?

He'll be fine. I'm a medic, remember. And she'd be a sorry medic if she couldn't cure the poison she carried around habitually. am phys. ok. bad time otherwise. i guess

Date: 2010-12-23 07:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dojima-hime.livejournal.com
then u aren't OK. Yurika tended to call it like she saw it. where are u now?

Date: 2010-12-26 11:28 pm (UTC)
intraspective: (over shoulder look)
From: [personal profile] intraspective
work. where it happened. reno left a bit ago.

And Ino had started looking for people to yell at her.

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