[h2][center]Jin Kisaragi[/center][/h2]
With a slight nod, Jin continued to take a few steps forward, only to notice that the two people who had been witness to their earlier match had decided to follow along. While that in and of itself was no issue (he was used to being followed by this point), the fact that the first instinct of the girl was to unplug a computer at the apparent reception desk and smash a door open.

"Are you an idiot?!" he asked, glaring daggers at the girl before noticing that the other person who had accompanied her over was (quite conveniently) offering to take her away.

"You. Make sure this one doesn't go alerting whatever party was responsible for this mess," he said, turning back around to glance at the computer that had been turned off. The system didn't seem to be connected to the security cameras that he had seen on the way in (and scattered around the area), but it didn't hurt to attempt to restart it and see if there wasn't any information still on the device.

With a quick gesture, the swordsman plugged the computer back in before glancing inside the room. It seemed to be nothing more than an empty break room, with the only noticeable oddity being a pool of water lying in front of the TV. There was a water cooler in a room and a few overturned plastic cups, so it was logical to assume that whatever had taken over the rest of the tower had managed to reach in here, too.

With the scene in mind, Jin walked back over to the swordswoman, who had apparently sent [i]something[/i] out to scout the area.

"Have you found anything?" he asked, glancing over at the computer every so often to see if it had finished rebooting yet. Computers weren't something he was particular familiar with—that was more Sector Seven's area of expertise—but the marginal knowledge that he had would probably be enough to possibly figure [i]something[/i] out.

[h2][center]Yukine Chris[/center][/h2]
Chris watched in silence as the woman from the other group walked up to the orb and attempted to touch it, only for the object in question to give off a bright flash of light and—apparently—project a 3D replica of the city onto the ground. What stood out among that, though, were a bunch of odd markers. Red, blue, and green lights seemed to be scattered around multiple sections of the city, with varying degrees of brightness. What they meant, of course, Chris couldn't [i]quite[/i] tell, but it didn't seem as if the orb would tell them anything about it.

The young woman's attention was immediately dragged away from the hologram on the floor, though, then the little girl in the other group chimed in. In particular, the word "Master" caused Chris to involuntarily tense up and bite her lip.

To say that the idea of a little girl calling someone "Master" was uncomfortable would be an understatement. 

"Oi, 'Master'?! Hold on a second, that—" she began to shout, almost out of reflex, before forcing herself to take a deep breath and calm down. Just the mention of that alone was enough to invoke memories of being with Fine—memories she would rather keep buried, if possible. While she had gotten over what had happened back when dealing with her former foster mother by now, the thought of another young girl being in a similar situation...

It just felt [i]wrong[/i] to let that be.

With that in mind, Chris quietly sidestepped the orb and everything it was showing to the group before kneeling down in front of the blonde girl. It took a moment for the young woman to figure out how to discuss the issue. While logically it might have been better to bring the girl off to the side and speak with her privately, it wasn't as if she was in a perfect state of mind to make such a decision.

"Um... Your 'Master' isn't here, you said?" she asked, her eyes showing a notable amount of concern as she spoke. "What happened to your parents? Don't you have any guardians? Is there... A reason for you to say 'Master'? You're not being forced to do anything you don't want to, are you...?"

It was a bit blunt, granted, but even so... To her, it was definitely better than nothing.

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