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[Empiricist]

Definitely an Anomaly then. Most would think twice about attacking in broad daylight unless they had a way to escape before backup arrives.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

The group is presumably then guided by Minato to the reception area of the school, where the Kumon family chauffeur is waiting. He is a quiet, indistinct man; not the sort of man you'd pick out from a crowd. He looks to be in his late 40s, albeit with a slightly fitter build than one would expect of a man whose primary occupation is driving around a bunch of rich idiots.

It would be difficult to tell that this man worked for Yukari Kumon herself and is as much a legend among the Japanese supernatural community as she was. He was her partner- nobody in the family quite knew where Yukari had picked him up and nobody cared after realising how competent of a driver, bodyguard and general manservant he was. Despite the best efforts of the Society, however, to discern his origins, all that could be known about him was that he came from the Osaka area and nothing more. That hardly explained the feats he pulled off in service of the Kumon family.

However, that is a story for another time. For now, he is merely a driver.

With a silent nod, he gestures his young master towards the car; a rather fine model of car, a Bentley limousine from abroad with all the works; an interior fridge, excellent and genuine upholstery, cup holders, bulletproof glass, orichalcum plating to ward off supernatural assault, various charms hidden with invisible ink within the paint job to ward off Aramitama. Everything a supernatural-fighting family needs to travel around in style. As soon as the party is inside, he drives off and through the Sendo district. The trip takes most of an hour; Minato doesn't really say much except to say 'the usual place, please' and the driver seems to know where they're going. They passed the border into Setagaya ward a few minutes back; that much is obvious about their location.

Regardless, they stop outside a small house in a residential part of the ward. It doesn't look like much; indeed, the paint seems to fading a little and there are cobwebs outside the second story windows. The house is inside a walled area, with a small gate opening into it with two doorbells, one for 'Kurosaki' and one for 'Suzumiya'. Minato presses the top one for 'Kurosaki' and waits about, hands in pockets, on the sidewalk.

The area doesn't seem to have much except houses, with one convenience store nearby with a strange, marshmallow-like mascot flailing about. It is about lunchtime, and the weather is good.

[Powder Miner]

Their destination wasn't anything special, but there wasn't any possible way that could distract her from the absurd extravagance of his limo. The limo with a chauffeur, and what looked like armor, and with a fridge, and with really really fancy seats. Faith kind of had her mind blown, really.
"...whoa, that limo was something. Minato, are you, like... some sort of millionaire or something??"

[IamanElfCollaborator]

"Well....yes, shortly put. My family got rich off helping the government with supernatural jobs back in the old feudal days, so they got given lands and money. They put it all into trade and other money-making things and now they're probably one of the richest families in Japan."
Minato shrugs as if it's nothing. He carefully pats the box they've put the corpses in, waiting for his contact to answer the door.

[Powder Miner]

Faith's eyes widen at that casual little declaration. "Oh, wow, so, I've been fighting next to a billionaire probably this entire time, huh?"

[IamanElfCollaborator]

"I like to think the ladies love me for my winning personality and not the money."
The door swings open just as Minato says that, and he snaps forward. Taking one end of the box, he starts pulling it inside, motioning for everyone to come in.

He manages to pull it into the house, which seems to be a maisonette, with the Suzumiya house being below and the Kurosaki house being above on a flight of stairs through a thin corridor which the group has to file almost single file within. The boy pulls it up the stairs and towards a door, which he slides open without waiting for someone to open it.

The interior of the house can be summarised in a word; messy. There seem to be three divisions in the apartment; one kitchen area, with an old oven and fridge alongside a faded counter, a living room area with a kotatsu in the middle of the room directly in front of them and another old TV with one or two armchairs and a dining room area with a plastic table and a pair of old chairs within, with a few decorations on the walls consisting of paintings from bargain bins and a few posters for various anime. Two doors lead from the dining room area, one to the bathroom with a visible medicine cabinet and mirror, and the other presumably to a bedroom, the only unseen room.

What really messes it up are the assortment of papers scattered throughout the place; on the kotatsu, counter and dining table, papers of all sorts can be seen. They seem to be mostly about high-level academic stuff pertaining to the supernatural; even Shef can't seem to make heads or tails from the small glances they can catch. There also seems to be rather advanced machinery placed haphazardly around, with gadgets the group couldn't possibly name or identify the functions of, and a large computer server cabinet is wedged onto the corner of the dining room portion, the server's blinking lights shining light on the young lady sitting next to it on a sleek, advanced laptop, the only other high-tech piece of equipment in the room. She looks rather young- not much older than Yuki or Noriko, twenty at most-, and her rather revealing attire doesn't help matters. She looks up from her work, a smile gracing her face.

"Oooh. You brought guests. Never seen them before. Who are you all?"
"Guys, this is Professor Tsukasa Kurosaki, top researcher at Foundry, one of the organisations in charge of helping fight Aramitama. Foundry works on research and development; weapons, biology, vehicles, you name it, that's their job. And she's possibly one of the best in all of Japan at it."
Tsukasa frowns, pouting childishly.
"Aww. Didn't I say not to call me 'Professor'? It makes me feel old, and they say you're only as young as you feel. And call me Tsukasa. We're friends, aren't we? Now.....oooh."
Her eye catches on to Shef. An appreciative smirk grows on her face as her eyes pore over him.
"Oooh, guests indeed. Nice-looking exoskeleton on him, too. Almost as good as something I could make. Mind if I talk with him a little?"
"Business call, Kurosaki-san. You can flirt with him.....actually, feel free to flirt with him while we work. He looks like he needs to loosen up a bit."
Tsukasa looks a little disappointed, but acquiesces.
"Oh, alright. Very well, what're you here for? Minato said you had something for me."

[Powder Miner]

Faith barely avoids sputtering in surprise as the one with all these super advanced notes and papers turned out to be a young woman (although still clearly older than Faith) with a, uh, interesting outfit. "Uh, we got into a fight with a couple of Mononoke... and there was also this cloaked Aramitama that got away, but we killed the Mononoke! Their bodies are in the box."

[Strider03]

"Yes. It is a nice arm..." Shef said this quietly, almost to himself. Goddamnit Minato. Should have expected that this is what his contact would be like.
"We've encountered an Aramitama twice in two days, and it escaped both times. Back at the school, it had these helping it. The seemed to live on lightning, and Minato said you could analyze them." Shef was somewhat curious as to what type of analysis could be performed on the dead body.

"...Does that 'outfit' serve any purpose other than to show off?"

[spümpkin]

Yoake looks positively thrilled on the limo ride, but after entering the house and seeing the papers, she simply scratches her chin and mumbles thoughtfully. "Hmm..... yes, yes......"

Anyone with half a brain could tell she has no idea what any of the stuff was.

She does, however, notice the kotatsu, and immediately rushes to sit underneath it, purring.

[Chevaleresse]

Noriko shot Shef a look. "Is it normal where you're from to criticize how people dress in the comfort of their own homes?" She walked further in, carefully picking her way across the mess. It did bother her a bit, actually, but she was going to keep well enough to herself as a guest in the house.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Tsukasa winks at Shef, smirking. She puffs out her chest a little as if to show off even further.
"Why? Do you enjoy the view~?"
Having flirted, with a little giggle she turns back to business.
"Alright, corpses, you say? Well.....I'm no coroner, but this is still my area of expertise. I'll see what I can do."
Standing up and putting her laptop aside, Tsukasa grabs the box and pulls it over to the dining table, carefully taking off the papers on it and making space for the Mononoke corpses, before almost effortlessly lifting the corpses up onto the table. She examines them closely, frowning.
"......and you said you encountered these at school?"

[Powder Miner]

Faith lightly itches her cheek. "Uhm, yyyyep. The Aramitama actually attacked our teacher, I had to get between it and another student or otherwise it woulda killed her (though I didn't let that happen)! Yoake did that thing where she transforms everything into some kind of arena and then these guys showed up -- they must have been elsewhere in the building or on the roof or something."

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Tsukasa rubs her chin as she looks between Faith and the corpses, squinting.
"Well, I'd have to cut them open to be sure of it, but I can tell you, right now, these things were made in a factory. Someone's been making these, and a lot of 'em. Not very high quality- of course, they weren't exactly craftsman-made-, but when you've got power like this, it doesn't matter. So first off, you'll want to look for a factory with the facilities for this. Probably a Sanctuary."

[Powder Miner]

"Uh, and we'll be doing this alone? I mean, I don't wanna sound cowardly or anything, and I bet we can handle it, but me and Yuki and Noriko are kinda new..."

[Chevaleresse]

Noriko looks at the two, an expression of deep concern on her face. "Wait, a factory? So, what, the Aramitama can set up demon factories too? Or is there actually someone crazy enough to help them out?"