Seeking more Information (Mission)

It had been a day or so since the assembly. Lorielle had attended, and what was spoken did puzzle her. It was not as if she had not known there were people missing, but lately, she had not preferred to think of it. It was a depressing notion to speak of, but sometimes the truth had to be thrown at those who were unwilling to face it; which in this case, was Lorielle. She did not like to think of that, and it seemed to reflect on her face, as she carried a slight frown when making her way to the Principal’s Office. Apparently the Principal intended to stick around for the most part in school, and this could be a great opportunity to learn some things. She unlike her normal lazy behavior, had intentions to talk with him and learn if he knew anything. Perhaps she would have detective work to do, for the sake of those who remained missing. ‘Must remember that he is still the Principal…’ she thought to herself. The best way to speak to him would be with respect. It would perhaps be an easier way to get information out of him. She also did not to make this look like some sort of interrogation. It wasn’t the Principal who kidnapped them after all, she would like to believe.

She would enter school on the first floor, having fairly small memories of being down here near the end of her first year. She did not do much that she would like to recall, and what she did recall, brought a chill to her spine. ‘I still get rumors about it…’ she would thin to herself. She pushed the thought out of her head, and continued her steady but firm walk to the office. Once she made it, she would take a second to lean back against the wall by the door, preparing herself. Despite this being just simple question-and-answer talk, it was making her a bit wary. If she found new information, what would she do with it? ‘I could investigate further into it…’ she thought in her head. There was no particular reason she shouldn’t do something if she found something to use with the information. And to have the ability, but not the resolve to help others would be a complete disrespect to them and a waste of human compassion. Nodding slightly to herself, she would turn to the door, knocking it loud enough for someone to hear it on the other side if there was someone, and she would wait outside for the Principal to come out if he was there.

There were plenty of rumors spreading around through Ueitawa and online and the female Tsurinai was paying close attention to it all. Everything was being directed towards the school known as Kizuna Academy. The last mass of disappearances were students that attended the said Academy had the young woman believed it was a potential ground zero for Shadow activity. Though she was no detective, she was in the business of capturing Shadows to understand their overall motives and supernatural powers. First thing was of course first, and that was learning as much information as she could. She had done her research online and learned who the current head of was the establishment was. Now she planned to speak with the older man in person. The stretch limo pulled up to the front gates of the Academy and rolled into the driveway with a steady ease. Sitting in the far back seat, Tsurinai Soki held a cellphone to her ear as she spoke on the phone with her Father. He wondered why she was out of the lab and not continuing her research which she aptly told him this was just another part of her research. After all, if the Tsurinai Group could get on good terms with the school, even if by funding them, perhaps they could take a few students as test subjects in the future. The bored looking female closed her eyes and pondered the thought as her driver came to her door and opened it for her to exit.

Stepping out of the vehicle, she'd take his hand and stand upward while looking at the front doors. Some students did turn to look at her but she ignored them and continued onward inside. Of course her driver followed behind her, it was his duty to keep tabs on her at all times. As she entered the main hall of the building, the silver haired woman would pull a student aside. Giving a yawn, she'd cover her mouth with her gloved hand and soon ask directions for the Principal's office. The boy would point the way and she'd give a tired nod before folding her arms beneath her chest and making her confident stride to the destination. When she did arrive she saw a student standing infront of the door that she needed to go through herself. Soki stopped in the center of the hall and gave the girl a stare with that bored expression she usually held. Tilting her head, she'd place a gloved hand on her hip while the other tangled with a strand of silver hair. "Excuse me, is this where Principal Patière's office is located?" The young woman spoke with a soft tone even though she looked so bored.

Kahn had attended the assembly too, and had nervously fiddled with his hands while the principal gave his speech. He knew about the attack, but was curious about if there were any other disappearances. After all Anya disappeared, and she wasn't at the dorm, however for some reason she was recovered. Kahn was wondering how she was, if so...that meant there was hope for Cyril, Nanashi, and the others. Maybe when he knew where they were he would be able to rescue them too. Granted, he had to tread carefully because the principal was going to be tight lipped about any information. The man was not thug back in Kahn's old hometown, he would have to be diplomatic with his words. Maybe the principal knew more than what he let on, and Kahn was there so he could see if the principal was maybe the one who planted that creature at the dorm. Granted, such a theory was a long shot, but one had to consider all the possibilities.

As he went up the stairs to the principal's office, he realized he would need a way to get the principal to share sensitive information. What he needed was a story that would get the principal to be empathic, which was unlikely, or give the principal a valid reason to share more information. Well it was his dorm that was attacked was it not? Maybe he could plead that he was concerned about his friends, and that he would like to know what happened to the people in his dorm and who went missing. A few tears might sell the act.....then again Kahn rarely cried unless he was extremely disturbed.....well maybe he could manage it this time around. As he turned to face the principal's office he saw Lorielle and a silver-haired woman...who looked kinda similar to an arrogant young man in his class. A young man who he kind of hoped didn't have any siblings, and if he did....that they would not be like him. Well if he had to deal with whoever this individual was...he would. Hopefully she would be more tolerable than Naito. He walked up to the two young women and would nod politely to the silver haired woman before addressing Lorielle, "Hey Lorielle what's up, and why are you in front of the principal's office." He was a little curious, and while Lorielle seemed like she cared about others....she was a bit lazy too. Well whatever it seems that all three of them were here for some reason or another. Whether they were in trouble or they were after information.

Lorielle would be waiting until a woman of silver hair approached her or more specifically, the door into the office. She had a hand on her hip, holding some of her hair, and asked if this was the office. Lorielle would nod and straighten herself up. “Yeah, it’s here. Here to see him as well?” she asked. She did not assume she was here for the same reason she was, but it was interesting enough to see others come by. Maybe she would have to ask the Principal these questions after she got her business done in the office. She would assume that was all that was going to happen, before Kahn actually showed up as well. It is one thing when someone she did not know show up for something, but to her knowledge, Kahn did not seem like the guy to need the office. “Heya. I am here to talk to the Principal about something I wanted to know,” she answered. She had no reason not to tell him that she was asking about the missing people, except for maybe that it would darken the mood, and she was still not sure why he was here. “You here for something as well?” she would ask. Regardless of his answer, she would nod and look over at the door.

Looking upon the door, she would notice almost immediately that the door handle was hanging, completely broken. “Hm? Oh, the door handle is messed up. Very….much actually,” she said looking closer at the handle. 'It looks completely wrecked. Did someone mess it up?' she would think to herself. Not really paying attention to Kahn or the silver woman’s responses if they made any, she would grab at the handle, not pulling, but twisting the handle, finding no stopping of anything, like the door was busted into for something. She would pull the handle and open the door, still intent on going in to see the principal. It was just a broken door, albeit odd to see a school in good condition as this have something broken, apart from the dorm getting demolished through some means. It was very unusual. Did someone break in? She did not worry too much of that possibility, unless she found something on the other side that she did not like.

"Yes." Was the only answer the blonde hair young girl got out of the Tsurinai. After all, it wasn't her place to explain things to a child that probably had no business knowing about these current affairs. Soki believed she was probably there just to speak to the principal about bullying or some other mundane subject that only occurred here in the halls of an Academy. Soki never went to school as a child and was instead home schooled, so this was all speculation. When this other individual showed up, the young woman walked towards the door with her usual stride. The bored expression that she was known for was on her face. She was attempting to let the students speak among themselves and head towards the Principal's office, but sadly the blonde beat her to the door knob and gave it a strange look. Soki's own silver hues looked down towards the nob to see it damaged and broken. Was this how they maintained their school? It had such a nice outer appearance, but she supposed the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" was to be used here? Regardless, she would wait for the blonde to open the door while standing more than three feet behind her. It seemed as if she was going to be forced to wait in line to talk to the principal. Such a waste of time, but maybe she could get some sleep in?

"Yeah, just a little confusion with one of the teachers, who says I was tardy, when I wasn't." He replied to Lorielle, and shrugged his shoulder like it wasn't that much of a big deal. He was kinda happy that the other individual was not like Naito and he did not fear the sharp tongue here and now. However, Lorielle caught his attention when she made a comment about the door knob. Upon closer examination she was right, the door knob was very very messed up....chances are it was not just a coincidence or that the janitor was lazy. Something was definitely up to say the least, and when Kahn saw Lorielle reach for the door he would say, "I doubt that this is coincidence, but then again I might just be paranoid." He watched her open the door and waited to see what was on the other side. Hopefully he was very very very wrong.

Lorielle would open the door, finding absolutely nothing barring her pulling. The door really was completely wrecked. Surely someone would have fixed this at some point right? Though, there would be a reason waiting for her and the other two when looking inside. The room was trashed beyond all recognition, with large marks everywhere. It would have been as it a tornado hit this place, but something else was abundantly apparent. The moment she walked in, the strong smell of blood filled her nose, as if looking for a place to invade. She would almost grab her nose, but she would resist that urge, and look around, with a look of half-shock, the other half, an intense sort of confusion. ‘….!’ No thought could come to her mind, so she would say the first thing her body felt like saying. “What the hell is this?” she said at a voice audible enough for the two to hear. She probably would have screamed for help to see if something was wrong, but for whatever reason, she would remain silent. If she called for help, who knows what those who would arrive would say. ‘They’d probably kick us out, and I would not ever find out what went down….’ She thought. She was also too partially shocked and confused to raise her voice. What in the world happened here? Also, who in the word could have done this??

She would take some steps inside, looking at a blood stain upon the wall, which still had a slight gleam to it, suggesting it was still drying. ‘But on the flip side, that means this happened just today, possibly moments ago before we got here…’ she thought. That could mean the cause of this was either lingering around, or could have just gotten away. She would be shaking slightly, her jacket loose on her body, so she would be able to conceal most of it. Though her hands, taking random intervals of being at her sides, and halfway you as if to touch the blood or gash marks, only to pull them back, would be shaking. Lorielle was reasonably shell-shocked a bit due to the sudden change in scenery.

She was so focus don the room, that she had not noticed the Principal at his desk until now. He was laying in his chair, his head hanging low. “Principal…!” she would suddenly say rushing over to him, taking measure not to touch him, but try to examine him closely. He wasn’t breathing, at all; she even checked his body and nothing was going on. She would grasp the table, hitting it with one hand in an admittedly silly attempt to wake him. “Hey! Wake up!” she would say as loud as she could, though trying to keep her voice down. The last thing she wanted was to cause panic among those who were here, and once more, those who happened to walk by. She would look to the door noticing no one had come in yet at least, regardless of whether it was still open or not, then take a look at the silver woman and Kahn. “You guys are seeing this right?! I am not insane or anything…?” she would ask the two. Regardless of their answers, she would look around the room once more, trying to look for any other detail she might have missed.

Tsurinai Soki lifted her hand to cover her nose slightly when the smell of blood invaded her nostrils. She knew the smell all too well with her form of work. Looking into the room with her faded hues, she took note of the blood stained walls and the various damage done to the room itself. It was almost as if a hurricane hit it, which was quite weird seeing how the rest of the school looked perfectly fine and dandy. Foul play was certainly involved here, and you didn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand that. Reaching into her jacket, the Tsurinai would take out her phone and begin to flash pictures of the scene of the crime. She took pictures of the walls, of the desk, the blood, everything, saving the Principal himself for last. Though he did not have any injuries on his body, he was deceased. This meant it could have been poison, OR something more relevant, it could have been done by a Persona that literally killed someone from attacking their soul directly. The blood could have been spat out aswell, which means there was a chance internal injury came into play, but it would be hard to determine since attacks from Shadows and Personas can be difficult to place. Regardless, once taking the pictures she would raise her phone to her ear and begin to speak on it. "Yes, this is Tsurinai speaking. Please retrieve my tools from the car and meet me infront of the Principal's office. Do not make a fuss, and do not attract attiontion, thank you." The young woman seemed rather unfazed by all of this; even sporting her usual bored expression while speaking. Once finished with the conversation, she would close her phone and look towards the crimson doorway that was on the wall. She had seen many of these doorways throughout Ueitawa, but she had never used them herself yet. Apparently they lead to another world, which could have meant someone used it as an entry and escape point to murder the Principal for whatever reason. Right now, this was all speculation.

Folding her arms beneath her chest, the silver haired woman began to think to herself while slowing backing towards the doorway. She'd let the children speak amongst themselves while she figured things out herself. Telling from the blood, this attack was rather recent. For the room to be totally destroyed, something supernatural was most likely involved aswell. This did not fit a Shadows M.O. as they usually drained a whole area if they were near, yet only the Principal was victim, meaning it could have been another Persona-User at fault here. The only known users she knew of was Cyril Vaans and Kogami. Two Users she had not kept contact with, but perhaps needed to follow up with to see if they could have done this. They also both used Garu skills which could have easily torn the room apart and robbed the Principal of his life in the process. What was the reason though? Was this man a threat to them? Could the Principal have known anything about the disappearances or the strange beings that wandered Ueitawa? Soki's interest was quite piqued to the point of a thin smile coming across her face as she though. She was neither God or the Devil, so of course she did not have all the answers she wished for, but she'd try her best to find them.

After a few minutes of waiting, her driver appeared with a briefcase in the room, and she'd close the door slowly so no one happened to walk by and see the scene. Taking the briefcase and placing it on the desk, she'd open it to reveal a syringe and various liquid holding vials. Walking to the Principal's corpse, she would stick a needle within his neck and drain a fair amount of blood. Placing this in the briefcase, she would remove a vial and walk over to the walls, taking a blood sample from it aswell. With both of her samples, she'd place them in her briefcase and look towards her driver. "I want to be sure the blood on the walls match the blood of our victim here. There seems to be no injury on the body, so it is most likely "them". In the meantime, I suppose calling the police would be the next step here. We'll need to know where they're delivering the body so we can get the information on the autopsy to see if they find anything awry." Soki spoke with a rather easy tone, and once finished she gave a carefree stretch as the man took the briefcase and exited the room with the contents. Walking towards the doorway herself, she would suddenly stop and place a hand on her hip. "You kids should probably forget ever seeing this. It could leave some mental scars on your development into young adults. Perhaps notify the authorities?" With one last glance towards the red door in the room, Soki left the classroom and headed on her way down the hall. She didn't plan on stopping unless something that REALLY warranted her attention happened, which she doubted. There was no reason to answer questions about herself or any other nonsense when there was scientist to be done!

Significant Traits:

Kahn smelled something...it was rather familiar, but he could not place his finger on it till he entered the room and saw the scene inside the principal's office. Gashes in the wall almost like a razor sharp tornado had cut its way through the area on the walls, and the blood on the walls. "What the hell?" he would say looking at the destruction around him. Could it have been the creature from the attack? ....No that doesn't add up, it was far too big, and the little ones were unable to cause this amount of damage. The door handle was broken...someone or something busted in here, but the question is who or what? Kogami, maybe, but at the same time unlikely as he would have been stopped or reported for being on the grounds. The other students he awakened with did not seem like likely candidates too, and why would they have to bust the door handle?

No, it is more likely that someone not from the school did it, but who on earth would have done such a thing? As he observed the room a bit more he noticed a red door just sitting there....could this be the door Cyril spoke of? Just staring at it unsettled him. His eyes moved on to a nearby patch of 'paint' that covered the walls, he barely touched it...it was still drying. Meaning that this attack went down rather recently, but how did the culprit escape? The red haired second year would step back and stare at the door. If the culprit did not come out through the door, then there was one other option. He went through that red door, but did that mean he had the power of a.....'persona?'. He only knew a little, but he could draw a correlation between the door and the power.

Cyril claimed to have seen a door, and later Kahn discovered that he had this persona power. Did that mean that whoever did this had the same power, or perhaps they had a different one. So many questions, and not too many answers. His eyes drifted to Lorielle who was had asked if they were seeing this, "Yeah, but I don't believe it. How the heck did they do this without drawing any kind of attention?" He would ask, when the silver hair women told them to forget about and call the authorities, "Yeah, I'm on it, after all seeing how the blood is fresh, whoever did this may still be around." With that said he would reach for his phone and begin to dial 911.

Looking upon the scene, the grey-haired woman would call on her phone, and ask for someone to show up. Did she have a way to go about this? Could that be why she was so unfazed by it all? How curious. ‘Interesting lady…’ Lorielle thought, soon calming down herself after taking a few deep breaths. The woman would go to some of the blood on the wall, and take some samples. ‘Forensics…right…’ she thought again. How a woman her age was into that sort of thing was beyond her, but if she did have access to equipment that could match blood....She would look upon the principal, remembering he had no visible wounds with his clothes on. Though, stripping him down would probably prove to be a waste, and would also be something Lorielle would seriously not want to do. She remained silent, in the same position by the Principal thinking to herself. She had no idea what to make of it all. If the blood did not come from him, it came from the culprit, or culprits if that were the case right? But that would imply a struggle, considering the sorry state of the office. How no one heard it, much less got here as a result baffled her. Not to even mention that the culprit, if that turned out to not be their blood, left little to no signs of them apart from the ruin. Did they want this to be found? ‘That may explain the broken door. Surely it would not be locked before this…’ she thought. No windows were broken, so the culprit could very well have left through the door. Quite odd.

In her thoughts, it had occurred that the grey-haired woman would suggest calling the authorities before she left. Kahn agreed with him whole-heartedly, to which Lorielle would rush to him and grab at his wrist. If she succeeded, she would be holding his wrist that was reaching for his phone. “Hold up,” she said with a slightly hushed tone. “If we call, we may not get a chance to look it over in more detail. Surely we should give it a minute right?” she would ask Kahn. Should he agree, she would let go of his hand if she was holding it. If not, she would hold on, and survey the room, trying to grab any detail she could possibly get. But could she really get anything in this span of time? She was not certain on that regard.

It would get even worse as footsteps were heard on the hall, and she would let go of Kahn’s hand either way. The teachers would come in not long after the silver woman left, and the color would drop from Lorielle’s face, despite her already being calm. Being seen this way would still cause a light panic. She would hold her hands up slightly trying to calm the group of teachers who walked in down. “Hold up hold up!” she said rather quickly. “Listen, we both walked in and found this room. The door was completely busted into. Did any of you hear what went on? It looks like a tornado hit here!” she said, trying her best to keep the situation from spiraling into madness. “Do any of you have a clue what went on? Anything at all?” she would ask. She needed all the info she could gather about the Principal, and what might have went on. If they did not hear anything, maybe he was murdered silently, and then an example was made of something on the wall. Too many theories in her head, but she would have to wait for information before voicing any of them. She would turn to Kahn for a brief moment, hopefully giving him the message through her face, with a quick wink unseen by the teachers to try and grab as much info as possible. Maybe he did not care, but this was something Lorielle wanted to know. Hopefully he would help.

The silver haired young woman watched the teachers enter the room, automatically knowing they would probably excuse the first person they saw. This was quite a dilemma, but luckily she had left the room before they showed up. After all, she'd bring nothing but trouble for Niichan if he had learned she was here on school grounds. The very school he, himself, attended. Before all this, the young Tsurinai could hear a slight part of the conversation between the teachers. More specifically the part about the Principal hardly being at school. Could that have something to do with why he was targeted? Also since that crimson door was in the room, perhaps the person who killed him attempted to frame the next person to enter the office. They could have even broken the lock to make it seem as if someone was forced to break in when in fact they had a "back door" to come in from instead. This person was rather clever, weren't they? Well, those children could deal with things themselves. Soki would take this moment to leave the scene of the crime and head back to her lab where she could put everything together. Perhaps there was a truth behind all this confusion.

[Exit]

The red haired second year was still observing the room as he was dialing 911...how did the murderer get in the room. Did he use the front door like a normal person, or maybe he took that mysterious red door that Lorielle had yet to notice. Or maybe she was faking it like him. Part of him wanted to assume that the murderer used the front door, but someone would have seen the culprit...right? If so...would they be able to identify him or her? If not...was there a reason why they did not pay much attention to that individual? Was it a person that the witness saw on multiple occasions? If so...why would they have to bust the front door, when they could have entered without drawing attention. What if the murderer could use that red door? Then he or she could slip in and out without anyone seeing them....perhaps. Then the door may have been used so someone would discover the murder's handiwork.

'There may be more ideas of how the murderer got into the room, but the big question is....why kill the principal?' Kahn never really saw the principal around so maybe the culprit was unable to pin down the principal. Then...how did the culprit know that the principal would be in his office? Kahn then remembered something about the assembly earlier, the principal said where he would be. Then another link in the chain was formed in Kahn's head....'Then in order to know where the principal....he or she had to be at the assembly. If he was at the assembly...then that means that he or she was a student here. The enemy....was in his midst , but that just left the all important question of..."who".'

Kahn was surprised when Lorielle grabbed his wrist, interrupting his train of thought. He looked up at her with a slightly confused look. Then she spoke to him in a hushed tone, indicating that she was up to something sneaky. He listened to her suggestion, and cocked one of his eyebrows...well he had to admit he was a bit curious, and there might be more evidence around. However, then he began to hear footsteps, and that was when he heard a very familiar voice asking what they had done. He turned very slowly, holding up his cellphone as he did so, and then he would face the teachers. Lorielle had held her hands up, and told the teachers to hold on before they jumped to conclusions. She then grilled them about if they had heard anything at all, he noticed her wink....ahhh so that was what she was trying to do. That was rather sly, but perhaps a bit risky. Granted, they just got caught and maybe framed for a murderer so Kahn figured their situation could not get much worse.

"We just found the place like this! Honest! I was about to call the cops, you can even check my phone!" He would saying turning his phone so the teachers could see it. The emergency number was clearly dialed on his phone, that part held up fairly well. It would be really silly if the criminals were to call the police to a scene that could have been covered in their DNA after all, "There is no way we could have caused something like this! Look at the room!" He would say indicating the gashes around the room, and the blood as well. "We're unarmed...there is no way we could have done this kind of damage!" Right now he was trying to protect their innocence, and the teachers might be more willing to answer their questions if they were assured that their students did not murder the principal. Thus he let Lorielle handle the question, and she seemed to focus on what they heard. That made some sense...after all they would not admit to seeing it if they were the guilty party. Furthermore, it might explain how the damage to the room was done, whether or not it was caused by a struggle, which seemed unlikely due to the principal's position in the room. Or was the damage caused after the murder?