Demon Fishing [Sada/Investigation stuff]

"a beast huh? How did a guy like him get captured and placed in your body? Ever asked him that?" Sada would say with a semi curious tone, he wondered how the shadow managed to get captured if the shadow was so intelligent to begin with. " Don't worry, I already know the deal. At the very most, I shouldn't bite off more than I can chew if that was the case. That's a big if, won't know what you're ready for until you face it head on. " Sada was obviously ready as he followed along.

    It had been difficult to work his way through the screaming crowds, but Julian managed to slide by, trying his hardest to keep his eyes off of the crowds. He wanted to jump in, help those people, get them indoors or away from those things, but he knew it would be pointless. People were panicking too much to listen to one young adult. And though for the first time in ages he felt two familiar, oddly comforting presences in his head, he knew summoning either one of them would do no good; that would just make people panic more, because it wasn't as if people could tell the difference between a persona and a monster. So he pushed on, heading towards the shore, anxious to see if there was some way to stop the monster influx.

    As he was approaching, he very nearly ran into two men, able to slow down enough to where he stopped about twenty feet behind them, breathing heavily from his dash over. He was tempted to yell at them, tell them to get out of there, but he managed to hear a snippet of their conversation that put that thought on hold. "Be ready"? ...Now that he looked at them, they were very calm about this whole situation. Here he was, running over, and here are these two, casually strolling up to the water. It seemed strange to him, maybe even off-putting, but he figured they must have been curious about where those things came from. Whether or not they had the same..."background" as him was unknown, so he opted to play it safe.

    Jogging up behind the pair, he called out, "Hey!", hoping to grab their attention. If they stopped and looked at him, he'd come to a stop behind them and, in a pensive voice, question, "Do you two know anything about what's going on?"

    If they continued to walk without recognizing him, he' continue to jog up to them, calling out "Hey!" again in hopes of grabbing their attention.

Sada was going to continue his conversation with Sharaku until he was interrupted by someone who looked to be a native of some sort. Sada rolled his eyes immediately, this guy had no idea what he was doing. " Were being attacked, these thins want us to surrender the islands to them. They seemed to be coming from the sea of some sort, so that's why were here. But this information is useless to you if you can't fight in order to protect yourself. " Sada would then shrug. "In this case,m you need power to survive and crush the invaders , it's better to check the source and see if we can do some damage. " Sada would then make eye contact with Julian. "Who are you? Or better yet, are you a person worth knowing or an innocent bystander that's even more left in the dark than we are?"

Suddenly, Sada would notice the portal and the strange feeling that it gave him as he went closer. He was cautious, but excited nevertheless. "And there is the golden ticket to the other side. " Sada would say sarcastically as he looked towards Sharaku."You experienced things like this before? A rift ehh? So there's something over there afterall, where the monsters are coming from right?" When Asked what he thought about it, Sada would shrug. "Its a hole in space, what am I supposed to think about it? Even getting near it is equivalent to motion sickness and we don't know if its a one way trip if it does take you somewhere. Or if it rips you apart overall and its a trap, but we have ways to test that. We can always toss this guy in there.

"Sada then turned to Julian one last time. "Oi, wanna be a hero? Jump in that hole. We want to see what it does." It was delivered in a more demanding tone, but who would be a better test dummy than some nobody?

    The dark-haired male, the one with the tattoos, was at least blunt about it. The other one, the prick, caught his eye, and as he jabbered on, Julian just gave him a blank stare, waiting until he stopped flapping his lips before speaking. "Are you done?" he asked. HE was tempted to add on some kind of sarcasm or dig to the rest of that sentence, but there were more important things to consider. Like the fact that there was something in the water Julian had been both dreading and hoping for for the past two years.

    It took him a second to gather his bearings, the pull from the swirling water and the sudden drowsiness threatening to severely incapacitate him. But after a moment, he managed to bring himself back, and looked to the tattooed man. He opened his mouth to reply, only to close it and purse his lips a moment later. Before the guy finished the word "hero", Julian cut him off. "If you're just going to be a prick and not take this seriously, by all means, feel free to go fuck off somewhere else and get your kicks taking on a platoon of the demons slashing away at the innocent people outside." Normally his patience was much longer, but he was already on edge from the fact that his home was being over run by demons, and innocent people he couldn't help were being hurt. Add in the fact that this guy was supposedly on board with trying to save his friends and family, and it took little for Julian to snap.

    Taking a breath to compose himself, he focused on the other man, the one not currently pissing him off. "You're right. And since you're seen this before, I'm guessing you were a part of what happened a couple of years ago." He thought for a moment. "I doubt we're going to find any ideas about this portal here." His eyes lit up barely a moment later, and he dug through his pocket before pulling out his cell phone. "But I might be able to reach the other side with this." As he began dialing a number, he explained (albeit focusing on the more polite male), "Before the rifts closed two years ago, I was able to set up a way to talk to people in another world from here. When the rifts were gone, so was the connection. But if this leads to the same place, I should be able to connect." With that, Julian hit SEND and pressed the phone to his ear, waiting anxiously to see if, after all this time, he would actually be able to reach Emmilene again...

Well this guy got so defensive so quickly that it was almost comical. He was the one that decided to approach them in the first place, and has hardly yet to prove his worth. Now he was going to tell Sada to fuck off? No, Sada wasn't going to stoop to his level, he didn't need to. The fact that this guy was so quick to lose control and flip meant that Sada can probably mess with him whenever he wanted. Confirming yourself to be a toy to play with was a lot more entertaining to Sada than a continuing argument. Then he started playing with his phone, saying he established a connection to the other side with it. This made Sada fold his arms as he watched. "oh?" However, after a while, it seemed like this guy would be useful, but it failed in the end.


"Looks like his obama phone isn't working anymore ."

Sada would say as he gave a sly smile to the newcomer, but it was quickly exchanged with a neutral one as soon as Sharaku gave both of them somewhat of a scowling. "Doesn't bother me too much if you just up and left, i cant stop you or control your actions. Definitely wont beg you to stick around either, but you are right about one thing, there are problems bigger than this. " Sada would then look back at the portal. " Honestly, if the connection was to work before, its better to reestablish the connection again if the alternative place is different from where you set it up originally. To do that, someone has to be on the other side for it to work, not sure if it was as easy as putting in someones number and calling, and there's complications as to whats on the other side.

Sada then shrugged and turned back to the new guy. "Yo, newcomer. Was it easy for you to travel back and forth from these alternate holes? If it is, cant we just walk back out to check out the place? I guess one of us can stay outside to see if the portal closes, or two. The one on the other side can try to do what you did before and call you to see if the connection can be set up again. What do you think?

    The sudden static made Julian flinch and pull the device from his ear. Ow...damn, that was new. Before, all he heard was silence, like a broken phone line. This...well, it was different, that was for sure. It proved the connection was there again. Broken beyond all words, but at least it was there. "I can get through. Not well, but the connection is there again." he intoned, pocketing the phone. "You're right, this doesn't prove anything definitive, but at least it tells us that at least one of the worlds that came up two years ago is back." He frowned in thought, setting his hand on his chin. "Of course, the inability to actually talk with someone is worrying. It could mean a number of things, and none of the things I'm thinking of are good."

    Set up the connection again...? If only it was that simple. Turning to the man who Julian could tolerate now that he was actually trying to be useful instead of having fun, the young adult pulled out his phone again and removed an SD card from one of the side slots. "Unfortunately, that connection I talked about isn't that simple. See this?" He held up the SD card for both men to see. "When I went into that other world once, a woman there gave me this. On it is a program that allows a phone to dial her number and hers only. In other words, she's the only person I or anyone else with this program could get in touch with." He tucked the card back in his phone and put it away, listening intently to the man's idea.

    "If the connection worked that way, sure. But as he's mentioned," Julian motioned towards the tattooed man, "These portals are different. What happens after one or any of us cross through is anybody's guess."

    Julian let out a sigh and crossed his arms. "If we knew that this portal led to the woman who gave me the program, I'd suggest someone go in, use the program to find her--assuming the connection on that side is clearer than it is here--then have her call one of us on the outside to report back. But as it stands, there's no other way I can think of to check what's on the other side without jumping in ourselves."

Sada was silent at first, hearing everything that he needed to hear  from both sides before he started to speak again. “Give me the program then, I’ll go across and find....whoever this person is. “ Sada would say to julian before    cracking his hand in an opening and closing motion. It’s a lot better to have you stay then Sharaku, you’re stronger than me, and I’m sure  the people or things that you care about are more over here than in that portal.  You and this guy over here can fight them off while I play detective in a world that leads to god knows where. “ Sada would then shrug. “Look, if I find this girl, I’ll need your name so that she trusts me or something. So what is it,  give me what I need, and tell me what I have to say to her.

Sada would look out at the sky, this might be the last time he would see azores. He cared, and then he didn’t. Was it really a home for him?  All of those things are debatable, but action needs to be taken right now. “Alternate users? Persona users? Types? I don’t understand any of that,  but none of that matters right now.  All I know is that this person you’re looking for better be strong if you’re asking them for help. Now we don’t have a lot of time to waste, and I’m sure you both can find something better to do than stand in front of a rift.

    And he was back to being an asshole again. Great. But at least he was trying to be productive, so Julian reigned in the rush of anger that threatened to burst out and instead spoke calmly. "Let me see your phone." The program would be of no use to him without one, after all.

    If the man refused to hand over a phone of any kind, Julian would raise an eyebrow. "How do you expect to use it without one, then?" he'd ask calmly, resisting the urge to cross his arms and add a heaping dose of sarcasm.

    If the man gave him a phone, Julian would quickly take out the SD card, download its contents onto the phone, then pocket the card and return the phone. "There. You're looking for a girl about twenty years old named Emmilene. About six feet tall, long dark hair, has a mature face and attitude." He rattled off her description easily. No wonder, either; he'd forced himself to remember it for the past two years. "Here's hoping you can actually call her and track her down easily once you're over there. If she asks, tell her Julian put you in contact with her." He was tempted to spit out "Can you remember all of that?", but figured in the interest of time and what little good relations there were, it was probably better left unsaid.