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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. ]

Comments

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

I thought they chased the scientists away.

[It should be safe enough to talk over the video, and while she's been warned about Naraku, she hasn't met him yet to know this is him.]

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

Then, they are not the scientists themselves?

[ Oh Usagi, you so cute. ]

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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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[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.

[daath-vader.livejournal.com]

I didn't know they were studying anything. People seem to blame them for a lot, though.

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

Then we are not here to be observed.

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[daath-vader.livejournal.com]

I wonder... Maybe there's a way to contact them directly and ask.

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[bcuzofmiasma.livejournal.com]

I am not that desperate for answers.

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[daath-vader.livejournal.com]

Hm? It seems the most direct way to find out their intentions.