—The Chapter Master nods, expression hardening.—
I do not believe that thisss "Armour Spirit" will fail. Paperwork will be constructed, divisions will be formed, and a thousand more administratum drones will develop carpal tunnel. So long as they serve as well any normal Marine, they are welcome. That is not the issue that truely concerns me. What Does is that this will not be the last emergence of these creatures, not by a long shot. If devotion and raw feeling are all it takes to bring one to life, then we are looking at dozens, no, hundreds of youkai abhumans spawning from the relics of war over the years, a few of them likely coming from beyond the fortress. We must find them and contain them when they rise, and terminate them if they prove hostile beyond reasoning. Is this understood, Brother Captain?
—Brother Martin sighed. —
I know you can't properly function without that suit, but I'm going to need new armour thanks to you.
"He could not know it. For it was not all a joke."Arcturus approaches the blood spatter, kneeling by it for a moment. Examining it with great interest, he is unable to discern anything really new beyond the point that the victim had indeed lost a great amount of blood, without moving around much. Possibly a neck wound, that was usually quick and ugly.
"Looks like our guy..."
He rises, seriously wishing he had a pair of shades.
"...was taken out for lunch."
And lo, the audience groaned, and there was much YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
Orwell nods, though he felt like cringing for... some reason.
"Your will be done, my Lord."
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.Running through the halls of the Basilica was a small figure in armor. She was slightly shorter then most Sisters were and currently her face was hidden behind a pile of folded blankets. She had been tasked again with washing all of the blankets from the sick bay and currently she was carrying all of them back. It was not easy being a new recruit. This Sister stumbled past Martin and the Youkai.
Remilia sighed.
Yes yes, well done. If we may return to being serious? Now, the blood trails go towards the forest down below, then stop. From that, we believe that the attacker is not a Youkai who primarily lives here, but who roams around. It could also have delivered the prey to someone else.
Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!Slightly embarrassed at the outburst, Arcturus clears his throat before straightening out his expression.
"Such as other criminals, you mean? How large is the growth potential for crime syndicates in a world with such a low population density like this anyway?"
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.It doesn't have to be that complicated. Some of these uncivilized Youkai wouldn't have the skills necessary. But sometimes, weak Youkai strike deals with stronger Youkai to survive.
Remilia couldn't help but smile.
The strong Youkai gets food. The weak Youkai gets an ally. Everyone's happy...
Her face became stern again.
Except for the Humans.
Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!He considers this for a moment.
"True. But you mentioned cases such as this have been popping up a lot lately, and a system like that has potential for exploitation and expansion if someone is strong and smart enough to be able to claw their way to the top of the food chain, so to speak. But back to the task at hand, has the surrounding area been searched?"
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.Remilia nodded.
Several times. The Moriya Shrine takes this very seriously, seeing as it might hinder people from visiting the shrine. The Tengu have combed the entire mountain twice by now. But you can search some more if you want to. Or visit the last people who saw him.
Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!He scans the surroundings briefly before deciding it would be much more difficult to actually search the mountain than just asking the last few people who saw this guy.
"Okay, I'll bite. Who were the last people who saw them?"
When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.Oh, the various people at the Moriya Shrine, including lady Yasaka, and...what were their names again?
Remilia turned to her maid, who was standing nearby.
Yamame and Kisume Kurodani, m'lady.
Ah, yes. One of them is an Incident Resolver from the Underground living in one of the caves nearby. You might remember her as the Spider Youkai that was turned into a Venomthrope by the Tyranids during the War, then was saved by being made a Fairy by High Priestess Daiyousei. Her companion is a Youkai of Wells, formerly a Tsurube-otoshi.
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The victim is believed to be Gorou Sato, from the Human Village. He did not come home last night after having visited the Moriya Shrine. The Shrine Maiden as well as a couple living nearby reported seeing him take this path, but he never made it down. However it's difficult to say for sure.
She crossed a shimmering barrier that covered the nearby area. The barrier would tell the caster, in this case a Daitengu Officer, about anyone that visited the scene.
Here we are.
The scene looked very...clean. There were few clues that anything had indeed happen. But a large patch of blood was sprayed against the mountainside and across the path, and the shimmering magic outline of a person hovered in the air next to the path. A couple of White Wolf Tengu and a Crow Tengu were on the scene, and nodded to Remilia and her group.
We believe that the victim was savagely attacked, and his body carried away to be...eaten.
edited 7th Jan '11 12:13:02 AM by Lemurian
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