001 - A Bad Day For Everyone

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[Misaki Kirihara appears on the plane looking very, very pissed. Her Sig P230 is unholstered and leveled at…

…no one.]

Tch.

[She lowers the weapon, very slightly, taking in her surroundings. Or rather, the lack thereof.]

Contractor!

[She turns in a slow circle, tension wrapped around her like a creaking spring.]Contractor! Show yourself. You

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[chasingstars201]

[Total suspicion; she has it.]

British... Familiar with the name November 11?

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It looks like a mirage from the Gate, to me. [The metaphorical spines are out]

I'm quite used to the unbelievable truth at this point. You're with the police, you said. I've not heard of unit 1973. What's their specialization?

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Li...? Li, Li Shenshun?

1973?

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[She does so, if only because she's getting a headache.]

You're from 1973. Of course, no Gates. You know Li. Because he's here. As is a girl from 2026, someone with living clothes, and doctors who work on other planets. [She presses the heel of her palm against her eye. Must... assimilate information... within. known. parameters.]

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[She looks around, wary, but with a flicker of something else behind it. Lonliness, maybe?]

And if I don't want to come back?

[She realizes there's a bit of politeness that she's forgotten about.]

Section-Chief Misaki Kirihara, Public Security Bureau foreign affairs section four. [Returns the badgeflash with a practiced motion]

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[Bit of a sardonic smile.] How did you know about the stars? Li told you? And who is 'the Guv?'

[Her expression darkens, both at the thought of monsters nibbling on Tokyo and at the mention of the dangerous and cruel. How much she should say is still up in the air--as is how much he seems to know.]

How did you meet Li-san, exactly?

Ah-- good to meet you, as well.

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[She nods, thoughtful.] So, you aren't from the 1970s originally, then. How did you end up there? Someone was talking about reality switches--are they permanent, with some people?

[There's a fond flicker of a smile, but she shakes her head, as though to banish it.]

How well do you know him? Has he been here long?

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[She does NOT like the sound of that. Darkly,] You make it sound as though it hasn't happened yet--a complete takeover--but you think that it's possible? How does a merging of realities work?

[She smiles dryly at his phrasing.] Are you fishing, Detective Inspector?