[h2]Akira[/h2]

Fortunately--at least, no doubt, for the sake of Rika's sanity--they weren't accompanied by Andrea on the way back, Akira terminating the manifestation, only a brief spiderweb of cracks on the air lingering for a few seconds before the white-haired light show had returned to wherever it was that such entities loitered when they weren't invading the human world for people to kill or other demons to pick fights with.

Back at the office, Akira checked her phone idly. Not much to do on [i]there[/i], not for a couple of hours, maybe she could just get back to lounging around and find some video or something to occupy the time. She'd much rather go check on Shiro, but familiarity had taught her that the small doll was probably sleeping off the strain of however she did... what she did, and it wasn't like the cookies wouldn't be fine when the girl got up again.

Eugh, but they had some new people, right...? Someone ought to show them around, and Emi probably would, but then they would only learn all the basic, formal stuff. She could probably better handle things like which of the local cafes did the best cheesecake, or where to go if Ayako suddenly needed someone to fetch coffee, but she'd [i]really[/i] like to just go upstairs and stay out of the way...