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[crimsonguarddog]

Who: Cissnei and Kaiba Seto
Where: Arcade
What: Blah blah blah talking over most people's heads....Glitter and Duel Monsters, maybe?
When:  Tuesday Night
Warnings:  In which you find out Cissnei is the only woman ever to hate chocolate and why.

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[crimsonguarddog]

She allowed him to take it, moving to stand next to the other as the laptop powered on and it plugged in, not bothering to ask permission to touch as a password screen came up and she typed it in.

"It's information from both The NETWORK and my records since the first group arrived." Cissnei started, moving to open a file and enter another encrypted code before even getting to look at anything. "I can't say I remember much about being here from the beginning, but I assume the records I found were accurate, if not moreso than I would of made them now."

The ex-Turk did not elaborate, instead finally pulled up several files, switching to the graph-A simple enough one, dated from the time they arrived and the number of people over the last year that had come and gone from Salkia. It rose quickly and often in the beginning, spiking occasionally and dropping as well, but...

She merely let him look at it, knowing that Kaiba would draw the conclusion rather quickly about what had been happening the last few months, and especially in this one. So many people had left, and they had only picked up eight people in the last few weeks. "It's like the island is losing steam." She said quietly, hazel eyes trained on him for his reaction.

[shutupandduelme]

The CEO frowned slightly as she leaned forward to touch his computer. It was a password he didn't know, but he couldn't help but be a little bit defensive over it. That machine kept him sane.

The files worked nicely enough to distract him, though. Just from a quick glance, Kaiba could tell that some of it mirrored his own notes, some of it more organized, some of it not. Seeing the measure of people in graph form though...it just made things a little more urgent.

"It is not something I hadn't thought about myself..." he said coolly, eyes trained on the data. "And it's not just the people. Since we 'returned' to this place it's been a long gap since the next occurrence that affected the whole Island. Reaction times have been slower. Even my punishment was shorter compared to others I've had."

He glanced back at Cissnei. "It is why I wanted the bombs to go off when they did, I will admit."

[crimsonguarddog]

It might of been to allow us to 'adjust' to our new settings." Cissnei replied, playing devil's advocate for the case as she switched over to the next set of information, the events. Great minds thought alike after all, and it showed exactly what Kaiba had said, though some of the earlier data was missing from it. "However, with the size of this place one would think that it had been planned out for more people than what we have, so it is very likely they were not expecting such a drop."

A pause from the redhead, then-"We might be in a position right now where pushing harder may lead us to the answers we have been looking for." There is something in her voice that might indicate that she had a idea of what they should do. Such was true, however, Cissnei was looking for a way to approach it with the other.

Hearing that he would have to work with Jing, she knew, would not go over so well. So maybe it would be best to conveniently 'forget' to tell him about that part until they were on their way.

[shutupandduelme]

"Hn," Kaiba snorted dismissively. "When have they ever allowed us the luxury of that before? They only gave us a week to 'adjust' to the world switches before we were pulled to another one. They didn't give us any time when the park was altered. You give them too much credit, Cissnei."

Carefully, he skimmed the data, smirking slightly when most of it had confirmed his informal notations. Really most of what she was doing was impressing upon him that he really needed to organize his own notes. It all made sense in his head, but it probably wouldn't make much sense if he had showed them to anyone else like she was now. He made a mental note to do so later, then turned his attention back to her.

"Pushing is what the explosions were intended to do..." he commented absently, thinking through possibilities. Her tone certainly indicated she had one. "But it never hurts to add more pressure. What is your intent, Cissnei?"

[crimsonguarddog]

Now that she had his attention on this, Cissnei watched the screen for a moment longer before looking up at the CEO. "There isn't much most know about the island." She began, deciding to go ahead and be somewhat upfront. "That's how it is to most people here, anyway. The ones who have settled and assume that they will stay here or do not have the means to continue to seek out more information know mostly just of the town and perhaps the surrounding area. More inclined people might know the layout of the island and the areas like the Mountains up on the North side."

"However...Recently" Or should she say, five months ago. But that part she would omit out. "-I found a area that leads to the underground and there is something different about it than what you would expect from caverns."

[shutupandduelme]

Kaiba spent most of the first part of Cissnei's statement looking at her like she was repeating the obvious. Of course most people here weren't paying attention. Half of them could barely use the L337POD no mater how long they had stayed. Most of them thought of this as a glorified vacation, and it quite obviously rankled the CEO. Her further comments, however, drew a slight frown to his face.

"..I had thought the mountains were worth exploring," Kaiba murmured, contemplating the information. "This place seems to follow a sort of twisted..simplistic logic on occasion. Almost how you would play a game. The secrets are always in the most visually noticeable place."

He glanced at Cissnei intently. "So if it is not a cave, it could be anything from the missing utility plants to our captors' 'base'," he said, prompting her to continue.

[crimsonguarddog]

Cissnei stepped back, a hand coming up to push bright red locks out of the way as she spoke. "Possibly. It honestly looks and has the same feeling of a Mako cavern back on Gaia. However from how out of place it seems, I'm given the distinct impression that it has something to do with why we are here, as you said, in a way I can't explain."

She locked hazel eyes on the younger man. "You would need to come down and see it for yourself." Cissnei does, in fact, have a very good idea of what kind of near sacred ground the cavern was from being there with Jing. However she also knows that bringing up such would just put Kaiba off from the idea.

Oh, finding the balance.

[shutupandduelme]

Kaiba's eyes sharpened at the thought. If this cave was significant for Cissnei to say something about it...there had to be something worth seeing in there. It was the most progress he had had since his punishment. He wasn't trying particularly hard to hide his interest.

"So I will be going as soon as I have time," he said. It would probably be tomorrow, in fact, now that he knew about where the cavern was. "Unless there is something else I need to know?"

[crimsonguarddog]

"You will not be able to get in without me there." She tells him flatly. "It's near physically impossible to enter and leave unless you have another person with you."

Well technically, it was impossible to get into unless Jing was there. But she was getting to that point, honestly.

"I can take you there on Friday. I have other things going on until then."

[shutupandduelme]

"There are ways to get around physical limitations," Kaiba said with a dismissive snort. "I don't need to be escorted." He didn't want to be. Anyone else would only get in the way. Even Cissnei would hesitate in certain situations, and Kaiba was far too eager for information, for results, to allow that to get in his way.

"All I really need to know is whether or not there is something down there that is going to try and kill me."

[crimsonguarddog]

"I'm well aware that you think so." Came the frosty reply, hazel eyes narrowing just slightly. "However, you will find it impossible to get there. If you chose to go before then, there is not much more I can do for you."

"But as I said, Friday." She folded her arms and looked at the man. "It will likely be a full day's trip, so I will be at the park at Six AM and leaving shortly after." If Kaiba showed or not, the unspoken said, was his own problem. She wasn't going to attempt to coddle or bend to what he wanted on this one.

After all, there wasn't much he would find if he went on his own besides a huge drop.

[shutupandduelme]

"Impossible? How so?" Kaiba asked, his tone just as cool as hers out of reaction. He believed her more than most, but impossible was not a word he accepted just out of hand. Ultimately, it didn't really matter, he was still going to go out tomorrow to check the place out at least.

Still, his hand shifted to his computer to make a note for Friday. It would do him no good to be forced to accept the assistance after all and then forget all about it. Not that it was very likely for something of this importance, but it never hurt to be prepared.

[crimsonguarddog]

Much better. Cissnei retrieved the flash drive from the Laptop and sticking it back in her pocket. "It's a sheer drop about 250 feet to the bottom. I've the equipment to get down and up it."

Lie. Lie lie lie of course, but getting him to even go with the mention of Jing wouldn't really happen if he knew beforehand. She was playing to what she knew best about both men, really.

Cissnei pulled off her Jacket in demonstration, draping it over one arm and pulling up her sleeve on the other to show him the bracer with the dark green orb of Materia on it. "I'd let you have it to take yourself, but it is unlikely that you can cast it."

[shutupandduelme]

Kaiba's pride rankled at her implication. "If I bothered with such things, I'm sure something could be figured out," he said with a dismissive glance at the Materia. He had no idea what she expected it to do, but the whole thing reeked of magic and put him on his guard. It didn't matter who was using it.

He frowned slightly. "I will be there on Friday. There seems to be no other option," he said, through he was already trying to run through how much equipment would be needed to rappel down a 250 foot sheer drop. No...he was definitely going to have to take a look at the place on his own earlier.

[crimsonguarddog]

They had never really gotten into a discussion about her casting before--Cissnei would of insisted it was science, with the way Materia was produced back on Gaia anymore. But that was pretty much a moot point, considered she wasn't really telling the truth anyway. The woman pulled her sleeve back down, nodding to him at the the agreement to come. Good, maybe they could get something done to return everyone home now...that was, if they even got out of the forest when the other of their group dropped in.

"Good, then we are done here." She said with a even tone, turning to the door to leave, but pausing before opening it. "Don't bring your L337POD when you come." And with that, she made her way out.

It was going to be a interesting day on Friday.

Sorry, he wouldn't be happy if he didn't fob the Duel Disk off on her. |D

[shutupandduelme]

She was leaving, that was fine, he had other things he needed to be doing anyway. More pleasant things. But as the door started to swing shut, his elbow knocked against the reason he had been forced to deal with Rukia that afternoon in the first place. The reason he had had to go back to the house. And like hell he wasn't going to get rid of it while he had the chance.

"Cissnei!" He called, grabbing the Duel Disk from where it rested under the desk and following after her. "I have a far less complicated puzzle for you to spend your time on."