Listen closely and you should be able to hear

Someone will have to take my place as the bartender for the next few days. Something came up.

I'll try to owe back the favor upon my return, and I'm sorry to ask for this now; when the air is heavy enough as it is.

( Private to Shinjiro; Hackable )

( Private to Bridget; Hackable )

Hmph... [Spoken quietly, as if to someone very closeby. That just so happens to be Succubus perched on his shoulder.] We've both been through quite the ordeal, huh?

[BBBZZAP! Haruka lets out a angry growl, tossing the communicator to one side. It clatters noisily onto the floor.]

Dammit, it wasn't supposed to-- [Stomping around] Aaah! I hate how messed-up this place is! I can remember pouring that tea with enough leaves in it to give it taste, but it ended up just hot water that day when I could finally go back to work!

[Muttering, he goes to pick his communicator back up. The audio mode is switched off with an audible click.]

I'm fine. I just thought that would have more time. Geh. Usually that sensation isn't so unpleasant.

Of course as soon as I am free to go out, another murder makes the city unsafe to travel alone in. If I had them back, I wouldn't give a damn.

[[ooc Aack! I didn't realize that so much time had passed! orz]]

Hm. ...It's getting even more crowded in here.

Kantarou, if you really insist on conning inviting other youkai people to stay with us, then I would at least appreciate some kind of forewarning. I know that you are well aware of how these communicators work by now, and so there should be no excuses.

On that note, who exactly are these two? I already know that the name of the little one is Shippo, but the other...

( Private to Testament; Hackable )

There are times when monsters and spirits can be worse than anything that the human race can come up with... and times when just the opposite can be true.

There is no better. But for one to pretend to be the other is just fooling yourself... Yes... I have no reason to change.

...

[Text]

Watari, I'll help you. I think I have an idea of where you can go to look for a washing machine. ...Can you or your partner fight at all?

( Private; Hackable )

[An old but familiar frequency on the network springs back to life, crackling with a dull static. The signal clears once the radio is dropped to the ground with a clatter.]

This place...

[Haruka's voice becomes more clear as he picks up the communicator.] ...There's no mistaking it. Shit!

I've left them behind again. I've left... [The sound of approaching Shadows swallows up the rest of his words, accompanied by the jingle of his shakujou.]

Damn it...

[His weapon is smashed into one, and then another.] Damn it!!

[[ooc Guess who is back, folks. Haruka has been pulled out of Discedo once for his canon update, but now he's been pulled back again against his own will at the whims of the Scientists (and the mun). Needless to say, he's not feeling very happy about it.]]

[The communicator is turned on with an audible click, and the following snippet of conversation can be heard taking place between Haruka and Kantarou.]

Why wouldn't you let me to take you there?

They would just be needlessly concerned.

This is mostly my fault...

Don't be silly, I should have actually spoken with Subaru-kun first and learned more.

...Does it hurt? That scar...

...I'm fine...

I'll go get some bandages.

...Thank you.

Try to rest in the meantime.

Don't worry, I'll be fine in no time~

Hm. [A door closes with a soft creak, and then Haruka can be heard leaning back on a part of the wall nearby with a light thump before slowly sliding down.] Tired...

[A few fingers brush up against the comm as he takes it out of his pocket.] Che. That was hardly satisfying.

[Click.]

[[ooc Seishirou and Kantarou had a spiritual battle in the graveyard. Haruka and Ice also fought with them. The end was a draw--all parties injured. Haruka carried Kantarou back to their room in the high school, though tired and injured himself. He's currently resting against the wall outside of the room Kantarou is staying in for what he hopes will be just a few minutes. Also, from the conversation above: Italics = Kantarou.]]

[A heavy metal door creaks open, and Haruka can be heard shambling out.]

Ah... It hurts...

[He takes a step backwards, bumping hard into a wall and the communicator falls onto the ground with a clatter. The camera is switched on in an upview by accident. He can be seen standing up uneasily and pressing a hand against his skull, as if in pain.]

No... Stop...

Don't!!

[He falls to his knees, panting and his eyes open wide in shock. He is sweating badly, and breathing heavily.] Ah... Ah... .....!!

[Suddenly, he turns his head slowly to the side, before his eyes widen. Once again, he holds his head with his hands, as if trying to shut something out.] Ugh...

Shut up!!

[He yells outs, holding onto his head while his eyes gain a crazed and desperate look.]

SHUT UP!! Just shut the fuck up!!

[Huff] That's right... Just keep quiet... I...

[He quickly stands up, moving out of view. There is silence, but the video of the communicator experiences more visual static than before, even if it's just a view of the sky.]

What's wrong?

It was you... It was you who taught me this... Fuji...

[[ooc Haruka just experienced a flash of his memories in the form of the ghostly vision of Fuji, his previous master who had sealed him away. He is unharmed, but very traumatized. Feel free to talk to tag him, but he probably will be reluctant to answer and won't be coming back to the high school or the Northern Lights anytime soon.]]

These plants... Why are they growing in such strange places anyway?

If they are able to shock and burn anyone who won't follow this idiotic tradition, then they're far from normal.

In any case, I don't care who was put up to this. If I have to take damage for not following up on something like this, then so be it. I'm not that afraid of getting shocked anyway.

...

Hm. Oi. Which one of you is called Fai?

( Private to Testament; Hackable )

( Private to Seishirou; Hackable )

[Switches over to voice mode. The following is spoken in Japanese.]

The scientists have ways of taking people away just as easily as they are brought here...

Kantarou, it seems that you are the only one between us who is able to see youkai now. Watanuki Kimihiro has disappeared from this world as well.

What is going on now? All this talk about yuurei... There's only one that I'm interested in finding right now.

I wonder how yuurei are even brought to this world anyway. It is unnatural for them to be here, without some kind of place to return to like a grave or a memento. Not unless something is keeping Kirie in that form. One that is keeping her from simply being revived like every damn person who winds up dead here.

I feel like I barely know enough about her as it is.

Kantarou, I'm expecting you to fix that problem soon. I'll listen.

Hm. I'd also like to talk to one of the doctors about a certain matter soon, unless one of you happens to know about the situation with Ganta-kun already.

( Private to Testament; Hackable )

( Private to Usagi Tsukino; Hackable )

I don't know why a few you are being trying to figure this one out anymore.

...Where the hell did you all come from anyway?