Listen closely and you should be able to hear

[BZZZZAP!] Tch. It still--...

What?!

[The sound of water sloshing around like large ocean waves is picked up over the receiver, with Haruka struggling to fight against the tide; or the water barrier, as the case may be.

The communicator falls to the floor with a clatter, and apart from a loud muffled cry of frustration... a heavy silence fills the air.]

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!

[Well, at least for a little while.]

[[As part of Sunao's chip event, Haruka will be trapped inside of the water barrier for 7 hours. It is currently located near Rooms 103-105 in Mariner High School.]]

[The video feed is switched on, displaying one of Haruka's hands as he pulls it away slowly from the switch. The communicator is sitting on the floor a short distance away from him.
Currently, he is sitting down with his shakujou leaning against the wall behind him. Just in case it is ever needed to help deflect Bonten's power.

Oh, and his head is tilted up, staring intently at a glass marble held between the fingers of his other hand.]

My treasure... A glass marble that I used to play with as kid.

[He turns it slowly in his fingers.]

Why would this be here?

[As the light shines through it, you can almost make out a light blush that appears on his face. He's like a little kid himself right now.]

Beautiful... Better not lose it.

[Though... there is something odd about this video. Behind his shoulders, a pair of large, black wings can be seen. They're his. He is a tengu, after all. But because off Yuuko's chip effects, they're clearly being revealed to the inhabitants of the city.]

[BZZZZAP! The communicator emits its periodic shock. A transmission is coming through and it is fiercely smacked away by a hand, where it tumbles across the floor only to end up on its side.]

Ugh...

[In that small view, one can see that the room has been entirely wallpapered with ofuda. Nothing more than a mass of paper and ink. But that's not all. Among the sounds of the jingling scales (and there are quiet a few of them in this room), Haruka can be seen crouched down on the floor. Obviously anguished by something unknown, if not in pain.]

S-... stop it...

[Slowly, he pushes himself up to stand on his feet, breathing harshly and trying not to look up at the walls. Almost deliberately. He brings a hand to his mouth, sounding as if he is going to be sick.]

You bastard...!

[When he finally looks up, his eyes look as if they've changed from their calm hue to something more predatory. Even his teeth look slightly more sharpened when he speaks, as raw electricity can be heard crackling around him.]

DISAPPEAR!

[Suddenly a powerful shock of thunder rips through the room in a bright flash and a jingling from the rings of his shakujou. The view of the room disappears in this light, until--a few seconds later--only Haruka can be seen holding onto his staff among a scattering of black feathers that disappear like illusions. The walls are scorched and blackened. Burned as if they've been sliced apart by a lightening bolt.

Wearily, he looks up.] An... illusion?

Heh. Stop... screwing... [He starts to topple over.] ...around. [THUD.]

[[ooc Haruka just got a taste of his own medicine forgotten memories, compliments of the Medicine Seller's chip event. Expect a delay in any tags as he's not going to be feeling so hot.]]

[Filtered to the Northern Lights Bar "staff"; Hackable]

I spoke too soon. It's just one thing after another in this place...

I'll have to take the week off. Call it returning the favor from before.

[/]

( Private to Shinjiro; Hackable )

( Private to Johnny; Hackable )

( Private to Kantarou; Unhackable )

[[ooc Secret planning. Text-mode for not wanting anyone to hear him suspiciously coughing up a lung and more in the background. Anyone who is currently living with Haruka and Kantarou are also free to comment/commentlog with the tengu before his departure. He won't be back for awhile.]]

......

( Fail!Private to Kantarou; Hackable )

Kantarou, if you possess the power to break the seal as you are now, then it shouldn't be hard for you to create one as well.

That boy... I've made my decision.

If the chip inside of my body is ever found, then I want you to take me to one of the warehouses or near the outskirts of the city and seal me within a kekkai. It has to be able to last a week, and so you may have to be there to reinforce it yourself.

To lose control of my powers... I do not know what will happen, or what I will be capable of.

There will be no sense in dragging you, or others down with me for the sake of returning to what I was.