[h1]Suwako[/h1]
Suwako flashed a huge smile at the small girl, giving her a thumbs up as she casually leaped out of the boat and swam to the edge, at which point she pushed herself out of the pool and snapped her fingers. The water drenching her clothes immediately flew off- through by what means even [i]she[/i] didn't understand- and sent itself back into the pool of water.

"Glad you liked it!" Suwako said, rubbing the back of her head nervously. "That was some crazy stuff we put you through, so it's only natural that we'd try to make it up to you. Well, I did, at least."

Misaka's mention of metal, though, immediately perked Suwako's attention. She had meant to send them in the general direction of whatever the heck gate the girl was talking about earlier, but for her to hit the jackpot... Now THAT was rare.

"You want me to pull it up to ground level or something? Or is it too heavily ingrained in the ground for me to not try that kind of thing?"

[h1]Kakine[/h1]
"The Windowless Building is where the General Superintendent of Academy City, Aleister Crowley, resides. It's the most notable building in the city... And is more or less indestructible because he's there. He wants to meet you... At least, that's what he said. Don't worry, from the tone of his voice it didn't seem like he thought you were a criminal or anything of the sort... Actually, this is Crowley we're talking bout- who am I kidding, he never shows any sort of emotion anyways. Either way, the city can be a bit hectic, so it's better we bring you there instead of you getting lost somewhere..." Kakine trailed off before sighing. "Or disappearing on us and causing some public disturbances. Bad things happen when you get Anti-Skill and Judgement hunting you down like a pack of rabid dogs."

With that said, the mechanical door in front of the three clicked open and Kakine walked through, waiting for Marisa and 10032 to follow. Given where they were at the moment, a short train ride would probably be enough to get them to the building... Barring any unforeseen incidents, of course.

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Aleister floated on in quiet contemplation, the giant tube surrounding him constantly surrounded by holographic screens presenting new information to him as it did every day. The incident with Fraulein Kreutune was... Unexpected, if anything; though he was fully aware of Imagine Breaker's capabilities, the fact that he had managed to...

No, that incident shouldn't have had to weigh on him more than it already was. The incident had been resolved, and the breach in security was repaired and fortified to prevent future eventualities. But that Imagine Breaker... With Kreutune and now even that Othinus (however depowered she was now) and, as always, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, at his side, it was no wonder that more and more magicians came into this city seeking his destruction. After all, he was the largest single threat to their plans, because in one way or another things seemed to magically fall into place to send him off and resolve the incident... Quietly, of course.

That was what made him so valuable, though; with Imagine Breaker, Crowley could manage the development of the city without having to worry about things like the Church interfering for very long; with that boy's ability to negate the supernatural, all that needed to be done was direct him in the right way and the problem resolved itself.

This newcomer, however, was a different story. Though the guest that 10032 (a clone that he had taken a bit of interest in prior to the Level 6 Shift incident) and Beetle 05 had brought in seemed to be a regular human at first glance, his radar had immediately detected an incredibly abnormal surplus of pure magical energy emanating from her. She could easily create an incident on par with that of a Level 5 rampaging through the city streets- maybe even moreso- and that bothered him. If the Church could sway her to their side, then it was very likely they could cause another shift in the ever-so-delicate balance of power... But if he could gain her allegiance instead...