chapter 3

[brokiomi]

[action: outside 769 bunker street; 1:00 PM]

[Anyone who comes across Tokiomi will see him with his standing atop the roof of his home, a sly grin on his face. He jumps from the roof, falling from a height that could cause one or two broken bones. However, now that he has his circuits back, Tokiomi uses thaumaturgy to manipulate the air currents around him muttering an incantation prior to the spell's completion, landing down on the ground without relative harm. You're free to come up and speak to him, or comment on the trick. The smile on his face shows he is content with the results of his experiment.]

[phone: locked to rin tohsaka; 3:00 PM]

Now that I have properly discovered how to make private calls, Rin... While I am able to perform thaumaturgy once more, I do not currently have any jewels. Would you be able to spare any in your current possession?

[action: john doe park; 4:00 PM]

[Now that he has his circuits back, Tokiomi is going to do a bit of magical practice along with physical training. While he's still an elegant and proper person, that doesn't mean he's going to let himself become completely defenseless. So enjoy watching Old Man Tohsaka doing some Chinese kenpou moves, along with some incantations for Gandr shots. There's an interval of at least 15-20 minutes before he fires another, still trying to get used to the mana drain spells take and adapting to how long their incantations take to speak.]

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private phone;

[gandere]

Jewels?

[ It's not all that surprising for him to ask for them. In her current possession, she has a few. While her hand instinctively goes to the one around her neck, she knew it would not serve him any. That gem was void of prana these days. ]

Right, I have a few. [ It's easy to do anything her father asks of her really. ] They aren't charged well though. Without a leyline in this town, I've been having trouble getting them to the level of my own stash back home. I could go to the Post Office if you would like though, father?

[ Tokiomi Tohsaka: the only man who can make Rin walk into that building. ]

private phone;

[brokiomi]

[He would just call it a learning experience. Equivalent exchange and all that.]

What significance does the post office of this town hold?

private phone;

[gandere]

[ Rin's given up enough in this town, but she's not willing to outright deny her father of anything. Should he wish to know, she'll tell him. ]

You can ask for something specifically and you may get it. You may not. It's a risk that shouldn't be taken by a novice in this town.

private phone;

[brokiomi]

A wish granting post office that holds only a 50% chance? Is there more to this you are not telling me? Perhaps a way the odds can be manipulated in one's favor?

private phone;

[gandere]

It isn't that at all father. It has a tendency to take one's words and twist them around. I have seen people go in to trade in something they have acquired only to gain something else completely different. [ Something that could have just about killed her or made her into a killer herself. ] Please don't go there. I'll provide for you in the meantime. It's my responsibility as the heir of the Tohsaka family, isn't it?

Action, 769 Bunker

[beamiracle]

[Lion lives across the street, so when he's just closed the door behind him he happens to witness Tokiomi...jumping off his roof. Lion immediately sprints across the street, intending on lending his assistance should there be an accident, but when he sees Tokiomi land on his feet with no damage done to him, he stops short.] Ah...

Action, 769 Bunker

[brokiomi]

[Meanwhile Tokiomi is just gonna stare at you with a weird look on his face at first, but then shift it into a confident grin.]

A man such as myself would not do something as foolish as willingly injuring himself.

[beamiracle]

[Lion continues to stare for just a short moment before he snaps out of it and remembers his manners.] Oh...yes, of course! My apologies... [Lion bows, maybe a little more hurriedly than he usually would.] Haha, whenever I think I'm used to seeing magic being performed, something else happens...please forgive my intrusion.

[brokiomi]

[Well, at least they know what magic is. That'll make things easier.]

You are forgiven. As fruitless as your action was, it was still done with a correct mindset.

[beamiracle]

[Man, when you see the stuff witches can do, you know what magic is.]

I suppose it was fruitless in the end, wasn't it...still, I try to do the right thing as much as I can.

Ah, I should probably introduce myself, though...I didn't know you were across the street from me. [Lion bows again, more smoothly and elegantly this time.] My name is Lion Ushiromiya.

Park

[answerer_sword]

[Bazett stops her current lap of jogging to look at Tokiomi.]

You have recovered your circuits, it seems.

Park

[walking_nuke]

[Balin's been cutting through the park on his way home, after doing some shopping in town. Or at least that's probably what he's been doing, but he's got a rather random-looking assortment of supplies he's carrying in those bags.]

[Right now, though, he's watching Tokiomi practicing those martial arts and magecraft from not too far away.]

[Oh, and he's wearing a red suit of red armor, too.]