[h1]Gintoki[/h1] Stopping for nothing as he quickly made his way out of the mansion, Gintoki quickly made his way out of the mansion and down the gates, at which point he found the ghost girl. Making another 180, Gintoki promptly turned around and went back towards the mansion. Nope. No ghosts. Please no ghosts. Not today. Not ever. Coming to a stop at the front door of the mansion, Gintoki took a deep breath and sat down, sweat dripping down his neck and forehead. Seriously, at the very least someone could've TOLD him there were ghosts here! No matter how much he didn't like to admit it, he did NOT. LIKE. GHOSTS. At ALL. Now he was stuck here with one... On something he legitimately could not escape from. Geez, this was just... Not his lucky day, now was it? No, it was fine. IT WAS FINE. All he had to do was not think about it, right? As long as he didn't think about the ghost, everything would be fine and- "GAH!" Gintoki shouted as he felt something brushing down his back. Immediately putting his back to the wall Gintoki found that it was nothing more than a falling tree leaf. Why couldn't he just leave now and save himself the anxiety? [h1]Suwako[/h1] "Huh? Coordinates? What the heck would we put in there?" Suwako asked, glancing over Shooter's and Misaka's shoulders as she stared at the control panel. "I'm pretty sure we don't have a map or anything to use to figure out where to go from here, right?" Casually leaping off of their back, Suwako turned to the little girl and smiled as she waved her right hand around, making a puppet out of sand that looked exactly like Suwako. She high-fived it, and it responded in turn. For some reason, the eyes seemed to blink on the duplicate as well, but the real Suwako didn't notice it either. Both pairs of eyes seemed to be staring at the girl expectantly, as they had with everyone else who had decided to stare at them earlier. [h1]Kakine[/h1] "So whatever Sisters other than you that are still in the city are on witch-capturing duty as well? That saves us a bit of trouble." Kakine half-joked as he continued running after the witch (who was now slowly fading out of sight). She seemed to be headed over towards the right of the Windowless Building (at least, relative to where the two of them were), which meant... "Oh. Oh boy. She'll be passing over Tokiwadai soon." Kakine said, a hint of worry in his voice. That school, full of prim and proper, up and coming young mistresses who just so happened to be near the top in the city... And letting that tomboyish witch arrive there? Oh boy. "Someone needs to intercept her before news gets out and the city flips out like it did last time a magical intruder came in so blatantly." [h3]Touma- Near the [url=http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/School_Garden]School Garden[/url][/h3] Touma let out a deep sigh as he flopped down on a bench outside of that private girls-only sector of the city, a small blue-haired Sister in a white habit and a blonde-haired figure about 15 cm tall next to him. Ever since that crazy roommate of that Biribiri middle schooler- Kuroko or something?- came after him like a bat out of hell because the girl was missing, he had been forced on a wild goose trip up and down the District. The constant badgering by Index for food didn't help his situation much, either. Even now, she was asking for food... As she was licking an ice cream cone. "What misfortune..." he lamented as the blonde girl next to him tugged at his sleeve. "Huh? Is Sphinx trying to catch you again? I thought we left-" "No, you idiot! Of course that isn't it! Up! Look up!" Sighing, Touma heeded Othinus' words and glanced at the sky. Where he expected to see a blimp, though, he saw some sort of figure clad in black and white riding a broom. "...What kind of magician barges into the science capital of the world in broad daylight...?" he asked out loud as Index began to chomp on the ice cream cone. "Mmhph mh mph. Mmrph mrf mff mrphmph mf mrfmrrf mrmrfmrph." Index muffled as she continued chewing on her snack. "Say again?" Touma asked in turn, after which Index swallowed whatever was left in her mouth and cleared he throat. "As I was saying, Touma... That style of movement is really outdated. The Church has access to modes of transport that are a LOT faster than the old broomsticks that people use to stereotype witches. It's really strange to see someone using one...." "Oh. So... Is something afoot?" Touma asked, scratching his head absentmindedly as he watched the broom glide through the sky. "Probably." the two girls replied in unison, almost as if unable to comprehend how long it took Touma to figure that much out. [h1]Hazama[/h1] Hook, line, and sinker. "Well, if you put it that way... Yeah, more or less. Do need your help here, and given that you're asking for negotiations I'm glad to say that whatever it is you want and/or need is on the table. Except for me. Or anything on the scale of 'world domination'. You know, because clearly I'm not fit for trying to pull that off." he said, using his foot to flick the hologram's pedestal upwards and into his coat pocket, taking the model with it. "I've already listed a bunch of stuff out, but you haven't really... Answered me about it yet. What is it that you'd like as payment for the job?" Well, obviously, the world domination part was as bullshit as it got, what with the simplicity of smelting a Black Beast and all that... But doing so would obviously alert someone (probably Hakumen or another asshat like that) to his continued existence. That'd ruin his job, and would force him on the defensive once again. Though... Maybe if he used a proxy... Hazama glanced at Seiga as the thought flew into his head. Well, maybe he could use her like that. Wouldn't be too hard to teach the so-called 'hermit' how to build a cauldron and start gathering souls for the Beast...