Debriefing (Team Survivors)

It was time for the team to get serious again, a few days after they completed the mission, they had learned critical things and valuable information after that incident. The android had gathered times when people would be free, and able to discuss these events. The android set up the meeting in the sushi place that Hyde worked, chances are that would be their common meeting spot from now on. The android pondered over what they knew, the mysterious woman was looking for someone, the alternates worlds and their own were colliding together due to something that the woman had done. She said that she would have to lay low, from who? Could there be potential allies that could assist them? If so...who? What else did they learn, ah yes in order to stop the worlds from colliding they had to find the secret in each world. That was quite pressing, and would be difficult to do. They had no leads, and Sentinel could only speculate. The team would have to search long and hard, which he was sure would make Sharaku happy.

Furthermore, she mentioned a brother, could she have discussed her plan with him? Maybe he could help the group, granted no doubt they would have to get him out of whatever trouble he was in. However, they had to find him first. If nothing worked out then they would have to go off of gut instincts, and they would require them to go spelunking. From what the android had seen of Lunapa it had two separate areas, if they were looking for the secret it would be there. However, the android had called them all together to discuss everything. For now he just had to wait for them all to arrive. The android had snatched a booth with enough room to fit them all, and had ordered a rather large appetizer, obviously imitating what Hyde had done at their previous meeting. He figured most of them would not turn down free food. The restaurant was quite at this time, rush hour for it had died down, and this was the reason why the android had decided to set the meeting at this time. The sushi was fresh from the smell of it, and ready to be eaten. Sentinel had ordered appropriate sauces to go alongside them as well. His red eyes glanced around, with his hands in his lap, he waited patiently for them all to arrive.

Naomi always felt early to the party. With a few exceptions, she was always the first to show up (excluding the host) and today was not one of those exceptions. Once again, it was at the sushi place. She would have been offended that no one wanted to eat at Martha’s place, but she loved sushi too much to care. She wondered if that made her a traitor. She didn’t think so. It just meant that she loved good food. She was sure Martha could appreciate that. Either way, she was the first one to appear. When she spotted Alphonse, she would wave and walk over to him. It wasn’t as hyper of a greeting as she usually gave, but that was because she knew this meeting was supposed to be serious. When she reached the table, she would stay standing and stare at Alphonse before looking toward the ground, “Thank you.” She realized she hadn’t properly thanked him for helping her when the girls were in the lake. She wanted to do that before the others showed up, “I couldn’t have grabbed both Rinna and Lune, so I have to thank you for saving her.” When that little moment was out of the way she would sit down, “Thankfully, they were both found pretty soon afterward, and Lune had started breathing again when more people came. If the news is to be believed, both of them will be fine.” A gentle smile would cross her face as that thought gladdened her heart, “Unfortunately, I had to bail on the fight. I can never apologizing enough for not being there when I should have been.” She would have to repeat that to the others when they showed up. She was part of the team, and they meant she should have stayed by their side. Even if she had the best intentions to get the girls to safety, that was no excuse. Now they just had to wait for the others.

Hyde would come in with his waiter attire with a tea set and five cups. “I helped out with the assortment of the food, its fresh too so I’m pretty sure that it’ll taste fine. Notify me if there are any problems though. “Business was pretty slow around this time so it was the best time to work and entertain the guests at the same time. Hyde out the tea set on the other side of the counter as he started to poor the first three cups.  His attitude was more geared towards work, so his expression was mostly neutral with small smile. “It’s just a small complimentary drink, it’s on me. Chamomile tea, it’s supposed to help soothe the stomach and decrease mild anxiety. Something that could go well with the meal, as well as ease any tension that anyone might have. This is an important conversation afterall….please help yourselves” Hyde would say as he would fold his arms and lean back. He was either waiting for the others to arrive, or waiting to be called for an order. The latter was less likely, but Hyde would complement any orders that his friends might have.

Tea Set

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Hyde's Waiter attire

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Sentinel had been pondering many things until Naomi entered, he waved at her, but was surprised when she thanked him. What on earth was she thanking for him? Then she explained, it was because he went to rescue Lune, of course...that made sense. Though she seemed down with how she was unable to stay around and fight. The android smiled softly at her, "Naomi, do not worry about the decision you made. Normally, your departure is not optimal, though with Lune's condition, you did the right thing. You completed the mission and got Lune to safety. That was quite critical to the mission, and you could have very well saved her life." After a pause the android nodded toward her, "You are welcome."

Sharaku was the next to arrive, who Sentinel returned his greeting, "Thanks for coming Sharaku, I appreciate it." Though when Hyde arrived telling them about the food and offering them complimentary drinks, and Sentinel nodded his head in appreciation. "Thank you Hyde, I'm sure the tea will be of great help." Moments later in came Kurosawa, who the android acknowledged, "Yes, well thank you for coming, and I have ordered us something small, which you see before you." He said gesturing to a plate of sushi with various sauces. To allow for personal customization.

Once everyone was settled, the android looked around at them all before speaking, he was making sure they were all ready. "The first piece of business is to discuss what occured and bring everyone up to date. Since Hyde missed the entire mission, the results are fairly obvious. We managed to successfully rescue Rinna and Lune as well as capturing Lewis. However, there were complications. After defeating Lewis we met the presumed mastermind behind all of this. A Caucasian woman with long red hair favoring a robe with a hood. Arrogant and confident are the ways I would describe her, perhaps with a hint of sadism. This woman was able to extract Lewis' power and was quite powerful herself. We learned that Lune might not be the person that Lewis was tasked to find, however it could still be. We know she is looking for someone, and needs that person to advance her plan. Also she tasked us to explore the alternate worlds if we want to save our own world. Evidently in order to save our own worlds we must find secrets which should prevent the merge or whatever she has set up from occurring. I believe whatever she did the portals put us on a timer, though she mentioned a few things of interest. She mentioned having to "lay low", I do believe we are not the only ones pursuing her I think there might be something else.  The last fact of note that I can recall is that her brother is in one of the alternate worlds, perhaps he can help us in some way. He lives in a disgusting world according to his sister...not exactly sure where that is, but I have a guess. Foiling her plan is our main objective, and moving us in the right direction, that is all we need. We need leads about the secrets of those worlds, and we simply need to find out how." The android said before waiting to see if they all got that and looking particularly toward Sharaku and Kurosawa, "Is there anything I missed? The android asked asking for confirmation in case he accidentally forgot something, his team needed to know everything at this point. He deliberately paused to see if his cohorts had anything to add, or if they had any questions, it was quite an information dump, therefore they might need a moment or two to process it.

Naomi would nod when Alphonse told her that it was okay. She didn’t believe it entirely, but it did make her feel a little better. She couldn’t even imagine what would have happened if she had stayed when Lune stopped breathing. She would wave to Sharaku when he showed up, “I’m sure everyone will be here in time.” As if on cue, Hyde would come up to them and there would be an offer of tea, “Thank you.” She would take some of the tea and slowly sip it. So far, this was a very relaxed meeting. That was always a great start. The last to show up was Kurosawa, whose first comment was something about Hyde’s clothing. She couldn’t understand how someone could be so obsessed with clothing. Didn’t he have any other hobbies?

With everyone here, the meeting could officially begin. She would quietly sit and listen to what Alphonse said about what happened after she had left the battle. It was a lot of information to take in all at once, and some of it was just theories based on what she could make out. However, those theories were based on some very real things that happened. Well, she assumed they happened. She trusted Alphonse knew what he was talking about. She would take note of this woman, but she had never seen anyone like her before. She had something to say when it came to the alternate worlds though, “If we need information on the alternate worlds, I can keep looking around the alternate San Malarus. I’ve already started making friends there, so maybe I can find out if anything weird has happened from them.” She was guessing Beep would be her best bet, but she was worried for her considering the last time they met. She would have offered more, but she didn’t have much to go on at the moment. Even though she had been looking around, she wasn’t an expert of the place yet, “Did anything else happen?” Even if it was insignificant, maybe she and Hyde would be better off knowing it than not. One never knew.

Hyde took in the information as he fiddled with his gloves. There was a lot that happened after all, he wondered if his presence would of made a difference if he managed to get there after all. Well that’s a good piece of information, and I don’t think we traveled in enough words to label it as disgusting. However, I guess I should start my report. “Hyde would say as he started to pour some tea for Shun and then himself. “There was another mass attack of shadows, the same distortion that happened to us before and shun with his group, it happened again at the school gym with over five of us. There was a previous woman who was at the gym before when I was trying to get some exercise in the gym, she looked like a reporter. Everyone who was with me gained a persona and the ability to fight, I gave them my number for them to contact me if anything. However, she came back inside of the gym with an indication that she witnessed everything that occurred. When I gave case to the outside of gym, she vanished. Going back inside of the gym, a new portal opened. It looks like something we should prioritize investigating since she hinted that we should check it out. “Hyde then closed his eyes, trying to remember the reporter. “ Green eyes, a light brown color of hair, yellow vest with a purple scarf, a dark peach color of shorts, black stockings with a black and white diamond pattern, and I think it was a white longsleeve shirt she was wearing under the yellow vest. “ Hyde opened his eyes and took a sip of his tea.

That’s everything on my end, these…. “Mass awakenings” if you will are starting to happen more frequently, our uncommon powers are starting to become a lot more common among our peers.

The android listened to everyone giving their own feedback to him, good to know that they all had something to contribute. Hyde reported that another group much like themselves had awakened. The question was whether or not they should include them, while the help would be appreciated, how did they know that the new individuals would not be easily swayed by the woman's words. [color=#ff6633]"Thank you all for the information, however the goal is fairly obvious. We need a plan as to protect our world from this woman and whatever she is planning. However, the most efficient way to do so is that I recommend we gather information. This includes discovering the women's motive, the secrets of the other worlds, and investigating possible locations. We could most likely start by question those who are involved, Lewis, Rinna, and Lune. Naomi, you should take Rinna you know her the best among us. Shunny, I think you should take Lewis, you have proven to be perhaps the most empathetic and are able to use pathos to the best of your ability.” The android said looking around for confirmation. “Furthermore, I believe our goal should be to gather information to figure out what these secrets are. Hopefully Rinna and Lewis can give us some sort of hint as to where to start our search. However, her missing brother may be able to help us, however his location is somewhere disgusting, where that is, I have no idea. Regardless it might not be unwise to spilt up and ask among the locals about information that could help us. Naomi has San Malarus under control, so the rest of us should divide up accordingly.”

Then there was this other group that Hyde had mentioned, yes…what on earth was the group to do with them? The idea that they could work together was not far-fetched, but at the same time they were new and lacked experience. Nor had the android gotten a chance to meet them all….they would most certainly need the help, but could they manage that big of a group? The android looked at the rest of the group, “What do we all think about working with this other group? I’m sure they mean well, but I worry about the management issues we might have with that many people. I can see the benefits of sharing the information with them, but at the same time I fear that they might rush into things without thinking things through.” The android looked toward Hyde, “You have experience with them, what can you tell us about them?”

Someone else before Lewis and it was a redhead who ran off? That sounded like someone she knew. It almost made her want to break the table in front of them, but she would sooner break her own hand trying. Of course something like that had happened. Next time she saw that man, she would have to pay him back for everything he did. That wasn’t the issue at the moment, however. The issue was figuring out what to do next. She would almost give Alphonse a blank stare when he talked about visiting Rinna, “I was planning to do that anyway. I need to make sure she and Lune are okay. I’ll just add questioning her to the bottom of that memo.” She would rather not bother someone that had gone through what she just had, but they needed this, “I can do my best to explore the other San Malrus and gather as much information as possible. I don’t exactly know what I’m looking for though, so it may be hard. I also may have promised to help out someone I met there, so hopefully that won’t be too distracting.” She couldn’t forget that she was getting closer to Beep. Thankfully, that shouldn’t create a conflict.

As soon as Hyde mentioned that there were more people appearing with this power, Naomi’s face would turn sickishly white. Her hands would subtly move over her mouth as if she was going to be ill. She couldn’t believe that there were more people finding out they had powers. That meant more people would get dragged into the same situations they had. Did that mean even more people, especially those who weren’t even legal adults yet, were going to be dragged into the situations that put their lives on the line? She didn’t want that, “We don’t have to work with them. They shouldn’t even get involved in this…” She didn’t want more people getting dragged into this mess. The more she could keep them out of this trouble the better it would be, “We don’t need them to investigate what’s going on. In fact, smaller groups are easier to navigate with. If we gather a group to large, we’ll be easy to find.” She had to use logic to make an argument as to why they needed to stay out of this, “At most, they only need to be aware that they should stay out of trouble.” Not like they could. These things caused trouble whenever they showed up. She was sure. Slowly, but surely, the whole of Azores would be dragged into this mess and it would eat them up.

“Well, I got my eye on about one or two of them. They seem to be pretty cool people, all of them in fact. However, the only names that I seemed to catch on is a girl named Rita. She’s the leader, more or less for now, I’d like to say that I get a vibe from her that shows that she cares a lot about her friends, just as much as I care about you guys. One of my good friends Koy, he was involved as well. He has a pretty amazing ability to scan shadows, probably would have a lot of other useful utility as his powers start to nurture, but he was instantly tired after the fight. I’m worried that using a persona is too physically exhausting for him, so I agree that maybe this isn’t for everybody. There was a veteran present like me, someone whose experienced this before. It’s safe to that that it could be someone from Shun’s old group. “ Hyde would then plop some sushi in his mouth, he made them especially good today so the food was a bit tempting.

After swallowing, he continued. “Wither way, we should all keep in touch with them and at least show them how to defend themselves. I gave them a small tutorial in a sense, I also think that they have the potential to be strong enough to be a big help. It’s good to keep our group small, but slitting us up into categories can help even better. There might be plenty of things that we would have to handle, and different situations that we would have to focus on. Lightening the load and making the areas much safer would be beneficial, and it’s always good to have more comrades if our group is particularly lacking with some information. As long as they have the proper guidance I’m sure that things will be ok. “ Hyde was quiet for a moment, he then remembered that they didn’t bring up the sand place. “The reporter girl that disappeared sort of edged us on to check out that portal in the gym, the one with the sand. It’s a brand new portal, I think we should take the time and explore, there might be some leads there. Since we are the more experienced team, i think that this is something that we should do.