[h2]Izayoi Grand Hospital - [color=crimson]Xander Johannes[/color][/h2]
TIME: 6:13 AM
DATE: August 19

The goth individual only held a slight delay between Xander attempting his leave and himself attempting to shut it down. With a subtle roll of the eyes and a quiet exhale of a sigh, Xander turned back to humor the man's desperate chant. As much as he didn't want to be crass about this, Xander saw no reason to involve these other folks in what he was attempting to look for. While they certainly couldn't give up any search for answers any more than him, Xander was one of about two of them that actually looked to stand a literal fighting chance, when this greater conflict came to blows (and it had to, at some point).

By the time Gibson was finished, one of the folks who had fallen into the wheelchair was about to return from the bathroom. And, of course, the rest of the group who was supporting YoYo also took the same stand. It seemed that one of the ultimate decisions among them was to probe Xander of anything he knew that could help their efforts, with Gibson, James, and YoYo collectively half-asking, half-demanding he share whatever he witnessed. So much for not getting them involved.

The situation seemed to take a gruesome and worrying tone again when the lady and the wheelchair guy suddenly reported their own shocking discoveries. Xander wasn't very surprised; he had already discovered that his own wound seemed non-apparent (as he neither felt an actual mark, nor saw that his clothes were torn) and one of his assumptions was that they were the only ones to survive this attack. It only served to underline the supernatural nature of this case, just as Xander himself was about to do for the brutality of it.

[color=crimson][b]"Alright, look,"[/b][/color] he began, folding his arms low at his torso. [color=crimson][b]"Your enthusiasm to fight back against whoever did this is admirable, maybe. It shouldn't change the fact that the responsible person, in order to pull off something like this, has to be very powerful- and very dangerous."[/b][/color] Xander's tone started to rise, putting further emphasis on his statements. [color=crimson][b]"For us to have survived, many more people had to have died, not just Yukari. Dozens of people killed, in just a split-second. Does that sound like something you want to make an enemy out of?"[/b][/color]

Pausing, Xander backed down a bit, seeing a couple of the people gain a furious fire in their eyes. [color=crimson][b]"It's clear I'm not going to change your mind like this; I'm simply warning you. You've already lost so much, do you dare risk any more to even try and put down this foe?"[/b][/color] Everyone here wanted answers and retribution, but they would put a lot on the line by doing so. Lives, families, careers, everything truly valuable to them. The last thing anyone needed was another death to witness. After a moment, he added, [color=crimson][b]"And before you make me eat my own words, realize that I've far less to lose than you do."[/b][/color]

After a bit of time, Xander turned again, as if to leave, but stopped halfway to speak again. [color=crimson][b]"...Just before this happened, I saw someone at the top of Chromatus Tower. I'm certain that man was behind this."[/b][/color] He finished his turn away, calling back to the others, [color=crimson][b]"I'm going to go home and recuperate, then return to Chromatus Tower at 8 AM. Maybe you'll be there."[/b][/color] Before any further words or arguments could stop him, Xander was out the door on the way to the exit.