Daisuke
Rooftops, Aoyama
11/16/2026
Monday - Dark Hour
"I'd like to think that, but I can't help but have this feeling that we've stumbled into something particularly troublesome..."
Those had been Shuichi's honest words as the two of you departed from the cafe, stepping out into a storm that seems to have somehow doubled in intensity in the brief amount of time you had spent inside of a much warmer place. Of course such feelings are likely the exaggeration of the mind, the contrast between warmth and cold making both feel far more extreme to the touch, but the shadows that have taken over Brick Lane as you return to it are ones that easily hide not only the battle that had taken place before, but...
Also you and Shuichi too, to the point where you almost lose him a few times in the downpour, that same unconscious knack the young man has for erasing his presence making him an almost assassin-like figure in the dark, one noticeable only because he is actively trying to keep you in the same area as him...
"..."
Seems he feels bad about pulling you back into the darkness.
Still, the Pendragon residence could only refer to two different places; there was the Soba Shop -Gen- which existed just on the edge of Brick Lane, or their home in the residential district, both of which were known to be areas of high supernatural activity, something that the higher ups never seemed particularly bothered about, instead citing it as just the sort of luck that family has...
Of course, it feels like you'd have noticed if someone else had been wandering around out here during the battle, so it seems like going for the family home would be the smarter of the two options, and yet, as the shadows of the damaged streets fall to darkness behind you, as you get closer and closer to Aoyama proper, to the Soba Shop that has always straddled the line between the two...
"...I see two people. One fae, one that seems to be human. Follow me."
Shuichi's voice suddenly comes from the darkness, and his figure bounces up the side of a nearby fire escape with a silence that didn't require the rain to cover up; your own ascent isn't quite as graceful of course, but even with damage to your systems, a climb to the top of a building isn't anything too strenuous for a Tamer, and motioning for you to stay quiet as you join him up top...
"Recognize either one?"
He gestures over the edge, and peering over it...
Two people, as well as snippets of a conversation, become perceptible to you...
"So what now?"
The voice of the tall, green-haired woman from down below, as well as her appearance, bear a somewhat uncanny resemblance to Chris...
"Looks like it can't be ignored anymore right? Gonna take the fight to em?"
Meaning it's identity is rather obvious...
As always it's smiling, but the woman next to her -who is standing next to an inactive police car-
"...No other options. Should've done it a long time ago really, back when Med ran off to try and solve it by himself."
Doesn't bring any thoughts to mind...
She sounds a bit annoyed though, although this is perhaps understandable, considering the person she was talking to?