[An Event Post]

[ogrewarrior]

After a little bit of wheedling from nerds, instead of relaxing on his one day off, Kaz can be found:

1.) On the Barian Island! He's got questions that he could really care less about but might be important down the line. So, he's here to ask them and maybe just get conversations with sane people.

2.) At a cafe in his 'way too relaxed' teacher garb. He's going over papers in a folder, occasionally puffing on his unlit cigarette in his mouth. Sometimes he consults a large cork board at his feet.

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[all_for_not]

*well, there's someone there, and you're sure he's happy to see you. which he's not, but it's a good sentiment.

Either way, Failnaught's already staring at you when you make your presence known, for once not pouring over the Sanctum.*

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[ogrewarrior]

This guy steps out of there? Man, this is weird. Not... who he expected to see. Where are the approachable ones? Like Labrys.

... This is fine. Gives a wave.

"Ah! Hey Failnaught. What's going on?"

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[all_for_not]

Wondering what made you decide to come here.

*that's... that's fair.*

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[ogrewarrior]

"Oof, straight to the point. Personally, I'd love to be able to just come here and chat with folks.

Unfortunately, all I've got today are uncomfortable questions."

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[all_for_not]

I'd believe that if you made a habit of coming here.

What questions?

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[ogrewarrior]

"H-hey, I try to when I can. I picked up a second job. What I want to do in my heart and what I need to do for a decent bachelor party, wedding, and honeymoon are unfortunately completely different. ... ya don't seem much like a partying guy, but I feel like I should let y'know you're invited to the first two."

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[all_for_not]

*he just gives you this slightly tired stare. He's... not 100% sure how to take being invited to anything.*

Does this involve the "uncomfortable questions"?

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[ogrewarrior]

"Nah, I was gonna invite all of ya to the wedding anyway, and you to the bachelor party too.

Anyway. Brass tacks? Brass tacks."

Literally anyone else here? ... no? Just Failnaught? Fine.

"Uncomfortable questions then. Did... Scythe possess someone a little while ago...?"

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[all_for_not]

*as far as you know.

... He makes a "hnmn." sound, giving you this stare.*

Why do you ask?

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[ogrewarrior]

Does... Does he even blink...?

"There's a guy, Mamoru? I kinda work with him, and Sullivan's got a weird crush on this project he's working on. Makes very convincing, very real feeling dark duels, to the point where another buddy of mine took off for the Twelve Dimensions to see if it had any lasting impact on real people.

He also apparently grabbed a scythe and wandered around with it, has amnesia about the whole thing, and got his cards replaced. He's, uh. One sec."

He pulls out a notepad and consults.

"'Missing one card, which is blank. The deck is sad.' ... That's all I took from that two hour wheedle from Sullivan...? Ah! And my companion thinks that his psychic powers were enhanced by the possession or something is lingering on."

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[all_for_not]

*... he gives out something akin to a "sigh".*

I only know so much about the situation, but... One moment.

*he walks off towards the Sanctum, and you almost think he might've ditched you, but

He comes back carrying a very large mechanical scythe, that looks like it requires a great amount of strength to carry, let alone hold properly, and he places it blade-first into the ground. It's notable that it has a large gap in its' head, as well.*

When Scythe's weapon came to me, it was in pieces. It was only by sentiment that it was even restored to it's previous state. The pieces... were very worn and rusted over.

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[ogrewarrior]

"...Yeah, that fits with the story, I think.

The gap is... It's missing the real important part, yeah?"

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[all_for_not]

*he nods a bit*

I can't restore what doesn't exist, anymore.

We, the Barians-- the bodies you see aren't our true forms. We are made up of our weapons, and our Cores. Damage to either one can cause... Undesirable effects. After all, the Core is our self, while the weapon is what could be considered to be our true body, as well as a filtering mechanism.

Going back to the question... I think I can say for certain that Scythe did possess a human. But given the state those pieces were in... I think it's safe for me to claim that by the time that had happened, his senses had long since been worn away.

[the8thmonarch]

::Sits down on the other side of your table at the cafe. Arms crossed. Sunglasses. Her sense of fashion offends you.::

[ogrewarrior]

Oh my god no.

"... Can I help ya miss Wakahisa?"

Going to just set the papers he's grading down.

[the8thmonarch]

Just directly evaluating my employees, Mr. Briar.

::Picks up your corkboard, looking over it, as she smiles like a Cheshire Cat.::

[ogrewarrior]

"I work for... OOPARTS. And LDS...

... Did she secretly own those too? The former, I wouldn't be surprised at all about, actually."

There is:
That Case I Can't Talk About: with various notes of what people've said (shady groups, a parasite) but nothing defining what the hell this IS.

The Heartland Incident: with mostly news clippings, Akari's article, and 'who wants this quiet.'

I will stop sticking my nose in other people's business when I'm dead: with various rumors, sightings, and strange happenings in Domino.

[the8thmonarch]

You work for OOPARTS, which means I sign your paycheck at the end of the day. Or did Onni in all his worthlessness forget to bring that up.

::Flips through the rumors, sightings and strange happenings.::

[ogrewarrior]

"Yeah, I don't think I got told that. So, in all his worthlessness missed that little detail."

He sighs, sipping on his coffee. Is there a job he can do with his talents that DOESN'T mean he's working for an eccentric billionaire? ... no, probably not.

The rumors are all carefully categorized into 'solved, debunked, and ongoing.' Seems he's pulling from quite a few sources, backing up the urban legend/rumor posts with eyewitness testimony, has her as a 'credible source' since she's at least hit the idea of the actual stories.

The ones that clearly interest him are 'vigilante action' detailing the actions of a young woman beating up gangs. And 'why is my tap water honey, who is responsible for this.'

[the8thmonarch]

OOPARTS is almost entirely funded by Black Velvet with the Domino Police Force barely putting in any money. Though I'm currently in the middle of financial restructuring and trying to make sure everything is on the up-and-up and avoiding excess waste, since the company is no longer Noriko's playground.

::Flips through the information back and forth.::

Though ... Your tap water is honey?

[ogrewarrior]

"...Yeah, I'm looking into that. It moves like water, tastes like honey. It's in my entire apartment complex and some of the surrounding area. It's not a super big deal, I thought it was a herald of some fae king's coming but he's dead and it's still happening. A really minor quirk of living here, I guess? Maybe a really lousy curse.

Anyway, business then. Can I get ya a coffee, tiny overpriced sandwich, before I get to try to justify my existence?"

[the8thmonarch]

I'll give you points in style for brown-nosing and knowing why I'm here.

I'll take the coffee as I prefer big thick steaks over dainty girly sandwich crap.

[ogrewarrior]

"I worked for the US Government for a bit and had about a decade long existential crisis. Not exactly a stranger to trying to justify my life."

He grins.

"I can dig that style."

He flags someone down for coffee, before he clears his throat.

"Want me to just get straight down to it?"

[the8thmonarch]

The straighter, the better. Don't give me a namby pamby run around like Onni would.

[ogrewarrior]

Good. He's getting tired of runarounds and not so fun riddles.

"I'm part of 'heavy weaponry' because of my body, dueling style, and penchant for resorting to explosives. I hand craft 'em, don't take anything out of the budget for 'em. I've been doing this or other military/security jobs since I was 18, enlisted right after high school. I'm now fifty.

As you can tell, I'm not just a meathead like the rest of the populace of my size. Each of those is a detailed case I'm currently working on, some with months of work put into them. I take great pride in my skills as a detective, miss Wakahisa, and would say I would rank my skills in actual field and case work on par with my combat, if not moreso.

The chart in a public place gives no classified details away and has actually helped me obtain information from sources who have been curious and asked and I have given as little as possible away and made sure to walk out with more than I came with."

For what looks like a scuzzy 80s metal head, he is... remarkably devious and organized.