[Dual Post]

[autumnswarm]

[Journal]

Greetings Domino~ I'm back! You may or may not remember me, depending on your circumstances, but I am Sullivan Adams. I am currently acting director of OOPARTS, as Onni takes a little break for... personal reasons. Please view me as you would Director Haita as I strive to keep the city safe.

If you're an OOPARTS employee and don't remember me, please report to the director's office for an immediate fix.

If you're my god-children, you're staying with me, unless you've succeeded in your task, in which case it is with whoever is willing to let you stay.

[Event]

Sullivan is in the director's office. They've wasted no time in redecorating in deep purples and blacks, and it's a little... darker in here than it usually is, strange shadows cast from orbs of light on the walls and ceilings rather than anything remotely normal. Perhaps you've been meaning to talk to Onni and have found Sullivan instead. Maybe you don't remember Sullivan and now technically work FOR them and you're up here to scream at this clearly deranged person in Onni's office.

Or maybe, you very unfortunately DO remember Sullivan, and need marching orders.

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[autumnswarm]

Sullivan listens to all of those and nods, rapping their knuckles on the table.

"I can't go to the Barians for help. Look at me. Also, Gina's father had a... bookclub with them, so if we can get him out... That's an idea..." A hrm, then shaking their head. "We'll figure that one out. Someone can just go and it'll probably be fine.

Of the tengu, they were supposed to be my project before Echo and her ilk so rudely tore me from reality, so that's my fault. I've got plans for them as well, but I think you're right. Suzume should be our focus. She's at least on a backfoot, so if you two ladies wouldn't mind chasing those leads down..."

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[remarkablerain]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind doing that, after that whole domino effect. There might be a pretty specific lead, but I gotta double-check the database since, obviously: I've been a little out of the loop myself with everything that happened and also being shipped off to California.

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[autumnswarm]

"Joy of joys, the three people left in charge are the ones who've been around the least." Sullivan lets out a small huff.

"Let me know about the specific lead when you get it. I've read everything Onni has about all of these, and I'm sure there's some further things in my basement. I remember procuring a crystal from the Tengu after vanquishing one, so I'm sure I have some notes on them that're slipping my mind right now."

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[remarkablerain]

I've still probably been around more than you, so that works out, I guess.

Otherwise: Will do. A lot of things happened really specifically while I was gone, as aggravating as it is. But if you have one of those crystals, I'd love to see some research notes about them. A lot of the word we get about them is that they're notoriously fragile, and any ones picked up are kept up lock and key by LDS.

Which... I feel like I'm forgetting a detail or two there, but weren't you working with them for a bit?

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[autumnswarm]

"A little, here and there. I posed as a teacher when they first started and were up to something. I was beat up by a rude, sleepy young man who realized the deception. Oh, what was his name..."

They snap their fingers, trying to recall it. Then shrug.

"It may have been a joint effort for the crystals, but I think that was also a lie? I think I arrived just after their Echo disaster, slipped in almost officially, and then happened to find a tengu raiding their vaults of crystals. And then took a precious few after informing them about the break-in? The memories around the erasure are all fuzzy."