Tessai sat and watched as person after person whom he had seen and or met trickled in to the MYO HQ. Makiko and Yuina continued their comedy sketch, which at least provided some type of entertainment while they all waited for the meeting to commence.
The boy hadn't much to do besides wait, and observe everything that was happening. The Oni - Shina? - arrived out of nowhere, mostly uninvited as it were, with two others on her tail. Another Oni, if he was correct, and... That was a new face. Was there a new member joining. That wasn't discussed before, was it?
Akio Haritama... That, too, was a name alien to his ears. So this was indeed a newcomer. And he accidentally made his way into the Imaginary District? That didn't sound particularly plausible. Wasn't it meant to be impossible for a human to stumble into this place without the intent? At least, that was Tessai's understanding.
He didn't say anything, mind you, instead opting this time to sit still and continue watching. Any other time he might have already been talking to them, but at this point he didn't particularly trust the boy. He was new, and even if he didn't mean to be here, he couldn't just ignore the implications of such a person.
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And so the meeting began.
Makiko introduced the two
"jobs" as it were - a haunting of some kind and a search and rescue operation of the kitty kind. What was an Onryo again? Either way, this was to be interesting. The haunting sounded like the more exciting of the two, but Tessai couldn't stop his mind from drifting to the cat. The poor kitty could be anywhere, being hurt, tortured... No cat should have to suffer as a PoW. What was he thinking about again? Oh right.
".Also chuck Tessai in there too, since, y’know, cats.” Huh? Oh, it was just Styx. Well, it was true that the cat would be the mission he would
prefer to go on, whether or not it was the right one was another matter. In any case, it was probably the one he would be chosen for. And, plus, the new guy was probably gonna tag along, so why not? It'd give him a chance to suss him out - if there even was anything
to suss out - and then promptly make friends with him.
But now he had to make a choice. What did he want to go to - a close encounter of the hairy kind, or the furry kind? Well, the choice was obvious.
"As interesting as the haunting sounds..." he turned his gaze towards Akio, and then back to Makiko,
"I would likely be better suited to go on this cat hunt. Whatever I'm selected for, though, is where I'll go."
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