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[bcuzofmiasma]

[ Naraku is clad in a white cloak of sorts, the hood down. The lighting in the room is extremely dim, and thus impossible to tell where he actually is. Naraku is facing away from the camera, one of his arms resting on his knee, and his back is up against a wall. He's sitting on the floor. He didn't seem to acknowledge the camera is on, until he turned to face it almost ten seconds after the feed began. Perhaps he activated it without actually touching it? ]

I am curious. What is the nature of the Animus' study?

[ It's becoming apparent that he is learning far more than what is safe for a man like Naraku to know. ]

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

They're spirits, or something like that. [If her voice sounds a little blank, she's wondering how the two got mashed up as the same.]

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

Then I was misled.

[ Naraku's dealt with spirits before. ]

What form of spirits are they?

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

No one's really sure. They talk in riddles. One is a spirit of Fire or something like that.

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

[ How stereotypical. ]

I see. Then it is a matter of disturbing nature itself to harm them.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

I never thought about it that way... [Usagi is relentlessly un-analytical.]

Anyway, they talk over the communicator sometimes. Next time they do, you can try to talk to them yourself.

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

I shall.

Thank you for this information.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

Mm. If it helped, I'm glad. I'm Usagi, by the way.

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

I shall make note of it.

[ Yeah, he's not giving his name away yet. ]

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

[Which makes her next question inevitable.]

What's your name?

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

Many names apply to me. I am referred to most often as Naraku.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

Naraku! [It's not fear, or horror in her voice, but it's definitely surprise. And she definitely recognizes the name.]

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

[ His eyes narrow, and he smiles somewhat at her reaction. ]

Sango has wasted no time in warning others about me, then. It was expected of her.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

That's because you guys were enemies in your world. She's worried about what could happen here. Aren't you, too?

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

Sango poses no threat to me. The only matter of substance I am concerned with is when my power will be restored to me.

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[taijiya]

Usagi-san--do you know who you're talking to?

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

Eh? Sango-san? What is it?

[She can almost guess, if Sango is worried about this person after warning about Naraku, but she hadn't known.],/i>

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[taijiya]

--This is Naraku.

[A heavy sigh. She knows you didn't know, but--]

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

[A sigh of her own.]

The one you were talking about before?

[He'd seemed pretty polite. Understandably lost. Not that she doubts Sango, though.]

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[taijiya]

Yes.

[Don't be fooled, Usa. Sango likes you, she doesn't want you getting killed!]

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

[This is always the hard part. She trusts Sango. But she can't hate someone or shut them out, especially not just based on hearing about them.]

I guess even Naraku can be confused coming here. [She tries to lighten the tension, a little, but concern still etches her face.]

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[taijiya]

[She knows she's fighting a losing battle here.]

--yes, I suppose so, but it doesn't mean that he won't use everything you say against you.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

[Got it: no babbling about the senshi. But she wouldn't anyway.]

But it's alright, isn't it, just to talk? I don't think he should have to be all alone, either.

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[taijiya]

Talking to him isn't a good idea, Usagi-san. I promise you, if he's alone, it's because of choices that he has willingly made. We all pay for what we've chosen to do.

[Onigumo chose to let the demons overtake him, chose to be a bandit--a dishonest thug--and it was no wonder that people didn't want to be near him. Naraku chose to murder hundreds of people, chose to go on his bloodthirsty quest for power, chose to betray every ally he'd ever had.]

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

Will you tell me a little more about what happened?

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[taijiya]

[BRB, switching to voice, because she doesn't want you to see her face. She can already tell this is going to be long and painful, but if she can get Usagi to understand--]

How much do you need to know?