[18: September 7th, Noon | Video]

[topgun_textiles]

[This entry's strange in that a file is included, labeled IMPORTANT. Might be handy to open it up first and take a look. But there's Kanji looking grim from the very start of the video, not looking at the camera.]

...Yo. I'm gonna make this as quick as I can, but there's some heavy shit I gotta lay down. If ya opened up the file, then ya know what I'm gonna talk about's not gonna be pretty. It's an old poster, I know, but it paints a picture for you, and lets you see what this prick looks like.

His name's Tohru Adachi. He's from the same world as Naoto n' me. Back home, he did some things we thought he regretted when he was caught n' arrested, but... we were wrong.

[The frown deepened. Maybe he was from a timeline where he'd won, but what did that matter now? He finally looked at the camera. His eyes are hard, a steelier gray than normal.]

BREW brought him here, back when it started grabbin' people from different worlds. He was free again, and it got to his head. Long story short, he ate a helluva lot of innocent souls and turned. Bastard's a full-blown Kishin!

[He scowled, ran his hand down his face. Focus... he needed to focus. From outside the frame, a smaller hand settles on his shoulder and squeezes. Kanji glances over briefly, and slowly his shoulders unhitch.]

Shibusen and agents brought in by BREW took his ass down, but then the Witches took him. Since then, he's been a pain in the ass to find, almost disappeared completely.

...'til now. Me n' Naoto found him, and we get the feeling he ain't gonna be where he is for long before he moves on and we lose him again. Shibusen's on board and we're planning a direct attack, but we need a team. We stomp his ass, and we get the information we need to start trackin' down where Medusa's hiding! We can finally bring an end this war!

[The hand at his shoulder lowers to the upper arm as Naoto enters the frame and has a seat. She nods to the taller boy before addressing the camera, far calmer than the visibly-agitated Kanji.]

Some time ago, investigations unearthed an underground tunnel system beneath the desert. Inside, there lies a lingering thin but viable amount of the yellow fog of Kishin Adachi's creation, his weapon. He will no doubt make use of it in the battle as he has before. Therefore, training in the fog in a controlled environment such as this will not only be a boon to us, but an unpleasant surprise for him. As for what the fog does...

[Now she looks warily away from the camera, but it's short-lived.]

Like Madness, it plays upon your fears and anger, but the properties of this fog functions differently. The fog is like a mirror, forcing you to face yourself in its entirety, for good and for ill. It's... something we can't properly explain without a visual.

In any case, we understand there may be hesitation to undergo such an operation, considering the strength of a Kishin. That is why we hope to answer as many questions as we can now and give it our all when the day comes.

To those of you who wish to participate in what will be your toughest mission yet, you have our utmost gratitude. We would be unable to do this without any of you.

Comments

private;

[heavenly_earth]

Fog won't cloud my vision, and I have a feeling the mirrored Madness will have little effect on me, so feel free to use me as you see fit.

private;

[pishirogane]

Hyuuga-san, it's a little more complicated than that. It isn't merely moisture to cover vision and allow these mirrors to be constructed. It's a physical manifestation of humanity's desire to cloud the mind and cover the truth. It provides an escape from reality, draining the body... and, were this our world, it wouldn't only birth the other selves, but transform people into them directly after prolonged exposure.

private;

[heavenly_earth]

Provides an escape from reality.. It sounds like a drug. Fog with those properties does sound difficult to imagine, so I suppose we'll just have to experience it for ourselves.

As for these manifestations- what is their purpose?

[Text]

[de_faulty_hero]

I remember fighting him when he attacked the city almost a year ago.

[Text]

[topgun_textiles]

The case files were huge as hell, but if there's some kinda hole you could fill in, that'd help out.

It said he played some kinda game with everybody, but didn't go into detail.

[Text]

[de_faulty_hero]

It was a big battle with lots of teams involved all coordinating an attack to wear him down.

During the battle you mean?

[Voice]

[recitings]

I would be more than willing to help you both on this mission. However, I believe my partner and I will need to train intensively for this. Due to Black Blood flowing through my veins, madness is something I can't take lightly.

[He considers this, though. Perhaps someone with a nullifying wavelength could help. He ought to ask Edgeworth about this.]

[Voice]

[pishirogane]

Understood. We've requested for Meisters capable of negating the effects to be on standby.

[Voice]

[recitings]

I'll talk to Edgeworth about training under the supervision of someone who can nullify the madness wavelength, too. Better to be safe than sorry.

[voice | private]

[want_the_world]

Near and I are in.

[Much as Mello hates the implied admission of weakness he's about to make, it would be disingenuous to pretend he's ready for the fog. Especially with Near at 99 souls and susceptible to the instability that brings.]

But we'll need to see how we do with that fog.

[voice | private]

[topgun_textiles]

A'right. We're gonna meet up at the city's front gate the same time we'd head out to the park for morning training.

We'll lead ya to the tunnels from there and into the fog.

Re: [voice | private]

[want_the_world]

Okay.

This 'facing yourself.' How literally are we talking about?

[He's been in Death City long enough to know it could be very literally.]

[Video] Late that night after she's back from her mission...

[vintage_magic]

[Lily's tired after dealing with those women crawling out of mirrors in Malaysia and would prefer to wash up and go to bed but this seems important so that will have to wait a bit.]

So, that's the fellow Naoto mentioned before, the one that became a demon? Y'all managed to track him down?

[Video]

[pishirogane]

[Once again, The Ring is prevalent.]

Yes, fortunately. Will you be joining us, Ivory-san?

[Video]

[vintage_magic]

I suppose... How soon did you expect to go after him? And this tunnel is the same one you mentioned some weeks ago? [With everything else that had been happening lately, she'd forgotten about that.]

[Text]

[motherofthesun]

Yes, he's familiars. I'll come along to help with everyone's training.

[Text]

[topgun_textiles]

Thanks, Ammy. Your wavelength will come in handy.

Just keep your head on straight. I dunno if the fog'll bypass the calming stuff, but we don't know too much about kishin as it is.

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[motherofthesun]

I'm not sure if it will. I've encountered it before, but it may have been the level of Madness then that caused many of the sounds I heard. Also, I saw the shadow of a man as opposed to a woman so I may be fine.

[As she doesn't hide anything.]

[Voice]

[holdmydumbbell]

Sounds like a real low-life.

If you need help taking this scumbag down, I'll lend a hand.

[Voice]

[pishirogane]

Even low-life doesn't describe him adequately enough.

Any help would be appreciated. If he gets away again, I can only imagine how his tactics will change in preparation for another assault.

[Voice]

[holdmydumbbell]

scum-bag piece of shit, then?

Can this fog stuff be taken down solo or should I see about bringing a Weapon along?

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[jutsu]

'S there a way for us to train with that fog stuff?

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[sharingan]

[ don't mind this asshole peeking in on Naruto's video feed from behind. ]

[video]

[prosecutory]

Adachi was a criminal from your world, then?

[Interesting. Well, if he had the audacity to commit crimes back home...what more if he were set loose in a world where his criminal record would pretty much be wiped clean?]

Genesis has given his consent to join the mission; now, I give mine.

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[pishirogane]

Unfortunately so. As much as I hate explaining this, the previous me here wasn't aware. The memories that Naoto held were prior to his capture. It was too late when everyone finally caught on.

[This is personal.]

Then we'll see you both tomorrow.