Kamigakari: Bustin' in Boston with the Old Guard

[Ionbound]

Selenia stands next to Arash as he talks to the family and says, "Pro bono, sweetie. And yes, he does. Particularly for exceptional cases like that of you and your daughter."

[RdMarquis]

Riley is a little annoyed by her news, but he tries to hide it. "Why now? I haven't seen the guy in years." He'd only recently found out George got married and had another child.

[cryum]

Pulling out his phone to access the public wifi, Eli considered how Fidele was able to just pull information through her mind. Picture the wifi signal bouncing around the room, and copy how my phone is responding to it. Various packet information and protocols blazed through his head as a tiny antenna poked out of his elbow. Wifi passwords, server-client handshakes, there were ways around them simply because Eli could react and adapt on the fly in a way no program can, but the possibilities were dizzying. Sitting on the bench once more, Eli considered his options.

Of those 40 cases here in Boston, I need as many addresses as possible, and which ones I can do the legwork for for a meet and greet.

Rolling INT for investigation: Dice mistype, rerolled in Discord (1,1)+4 = 6

After noticing that 1 case in particular involved thugs who may be empowered, Eli added an afterthought to check which ones seem safe to investigate alone.

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[Eshkigal]

Eli, you find the workings of the infosphere slow to unfold to your whims, your body unused to literally taking in information as such. However, when all is said and done, you pull addresses for all the kids, the cop, the thugs, the construction crew, eight women, and five octogenarians.

Arash, Selenia, the man's interest seems piqued as Mary stares at the unfiltered world with fear, still.
"Well...it could definitely be useful. What's their info?"

Riley, your mother shrugs.
"He caught me at a bad time, and I couldn't get much before my phone crapped out. Really regretting not upgrading this piece of junk sooner. I had been considering waiting until we were home to call him back, with how bad this scrapheap's become."
She holds up her phone, which you notice seems to have a Stalling of gremlins that have infested it. Stupid things ate the call, apparently.

[RdMarquis]

Riley snorts. Once, he thought magic would make life more interesting. Now he knew it just made everything more complicated. "I'll call him. He wants to talk to me, anyway." He can't quite meet Nina's eyes as he says, "My friends are waiting. I'll be home as soon as I can, but call me if you need anything."

He turns to catch up with his companions. "Sorry about that. What'd I miss?"

[DoctorFaust]

"Ah, right, pro bono. I thought it had something to do with a band."

Arash fumbles around in his pockets for a moment, eventually pulling out a scrap of paper and a pencil that he uses to scrawl down a phone number and address near Fenway. He passes the paper over and says, "If you call him and tell him Arash sent you, he should do his best to help you. And I can be there when you first meet, if you like."

Struck by the sudden realization that they've been talking about her like she isn't there, Arash looks down at Mary and sends, Do you want to learn to control it?

[Eshkigal]

Riley, you find yourself next to Selenia and Arash as well as Mary and her father. While the man seems to be looking over a note from Arash as Mary still looks scared.
​Can...can they take it away?

[cryum]

They can help you make it stop. Kind of like potty training?

[Ionbound]

Selenia also mentally reaches out and says, We won't take anything away from you. Just help you learn to use it.

[RdMarquis]

Riley rolls his eyes at Eli, but says nothing to him. Hey, Mary? Can I ask you something? What's something you've always wanted to do? Something you've always dreamed of?

[Eshkigal]

She looks confused at the sudden onrush of thoughts, before latching onto the last one.
So... I CAN be a space empress? With a castle on the moon? And a whole army of Martians?

[Ionbound]

Selenia gives Riley a Look that he's probably rather familiar with as she replies, "I'm afraid not, dear. Believe me if that were possible, I'd be there way ahead of you."

[RdMarquis]

Riley is a little impressed, honestly. He doesn't know if he would think of anything that elaborate. The moon empire might be a little out of reach. But the secret castle and the incredible powers are a different story. Plus, we meet magical creatures practically every day. He smirks at Selenia. So don't let her get you down. You'll be surprised at what you can pull off with a little help.

[DoctorFaust]

Whatever the mental equivalent of a face palm is, Arash is currently doing it. Unfortunately, probably not. But learning to control it means that the things under your bed might not bother you any more.

[Eshkigal]

Mary frowns, but seems resolute.
I...I wanna be free from being scared.

[RdMarquis]

There's no one in the world who's free from being scared. Riley shakes his head sadly. What we can do is teach you how to protect yourself. We'll have your back too, if you need us.

[DoctorFaust]

It's okay be to scared sometimes, Arash sends, But you can learn how to fight back against that fear. And what things you shouldn't be scared of.

[Eshkigal]

Her eyes go wide after a certain point as ideas sink in.
"Gonna be the best superhero ever."
Her dad looks rather confused at the result of the conversation he has not been privy to, which passed in an instant.
"Eh? Thanks for your help by the way."

[Ionbound]

Selenia moves to tousle the girl's hair and says, "Yeah you are. You're gonna have some of the best teachers around, too."

[cryum]

"So....are we good?"

[DoctorFaust]

Arash bows respectfully to the father. "You're welcome. If you want me to be there when you and he meet for any reason, just tell him, and he will be able to relay any information you want. I don't have a cell phone yet, but he knows how to contact me."

[RdMarquis]

Riley nods at Eli. So far, so good. But next, we need to start working on finding Baloma.

[cryum]

"I was expecting a lot less talking and a lot more walking around and fighting when it was brought up that we would be wasting time not finding Baloma. But if I'm really not going to be helpful to the rest of the newly Awakened, I guess I'll help look for Baloma after all.

[Ionbound]

Indeed. I did let myself get sidetracked, but honestly we can't have a little girl running around with powers ready to go off as soon as she's scared of something. But I can probably deal with them on my own...If you guys can track down Baloma, or Chiyo, or whoever this guy is, I can meet up with you once I get things sorted out with them.

[RdMarquis]

We'll try one of the hospitals Fidele mentioned. Riley pulls out his phone and begins looking up directions. Call us if anything comes up, okay?

[Eshkigal]

Mary looks way too lost in thoughts of being STAR EMPRESS OF MARS, THE CHAMPION OF JUSTICE to answer in any real way, while her dad rubs the back of his head.
"I think we will be okay. It shouldn't be too overwhelming, anyway."

As you lot depart, you check the map. While there are some places nearby that could be checked first, there is an area with four likely points that his Assistant will return to. You could either be thorough in your search, starting from where you are, or you could try and start with the narrowed down area. Though with no idea of what he is after, or how they may react to inspection, who knows how Baloma will react?

[Ionbound]

Selenia smiles and nods to Mary's father and says, "Alright. Still, I'll give you my cell number. If you need anything, especially to do with the supernatural, just give me a call. I'll be there." With that, she writes down her 'special' cell phone number and hands it to the man.

[DoctorFaust]

Once the group leaves Mary and her father behind them, Arash cranes his head over to look at the map of Boston. "I see an area there that looks like it would be good to hit. It seems very concentrated, so we should be able to cover the most targets the fastest."

[Eshkigal]

As they walk off, the man looks rather confused at Selenia's remark.
"The supernatural? Eh?"
However, the group has headed away at that point.

[cryum]

"I'm in favor of hitting up the more likely spots. Maybe one of those assistants was there for my operation."