So you want to be a sleuth (ACTION)

[jerks22]

The truth is right in front of you, and still you won't believe. I guess you'll have to learn sooner or later.

If your muses are interested in the truth, make a subthread here describing where they're going and what they're doing. There are 5, maybe 6 things to discover. If your intuition is on the money, you're sure to find out something...

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[jerks22]

"Yes, I will not ask for your name unless it is required. The exchange is granted."

He addressed Luke next. "I would advise you destroy those records. They're practically a second unnecessary witness, and easier to abuse. I also advise you live as though this never happened. Avoid suspicion."

"As for your superior, you might try telling the truth. Tell her that you must not speak of what transpired. If she is prudent, that will suffice. If not...regardless, you two know her better than I. Handle her as you will."

Now things had come to their conclusion. "You accept then, good." Jerkily, he knelt down. "Once this process is complete, I will require your voice to speak. It will seem as though you're talking to yourself; do this privately to avoid arousing suspicion. Approach, and touch me. Then, concentrate, and try to empty yourself. This may not be pleasant; regardless, try to be silent."

[mamizou_futatsuiwa]

While the woman might not mind her name being known, she didn't want it attributed to the person working for Satsuki. She used her real name in her human guise, after all. Perhaps had she chosen another it would have been easier to keep secret, but then keeping the secret would be less challenging, and thus less fun. So far, her life here had been a game, but she was not unable to take matters seriously when the situation required it.

"You ask a lot for someone like me. An empty mind is difficult for someone who's always thinking, but I shall do what I can to accommodate your request. But a moment first, if you please."

If she is going to empty her mind, she wants to say what is on it first. And that is why she is approaching little Luke with a smile on her face. "I don't know what is going to happen next, but I am not sure that I am going to have time to report to her personally. That is why I need your help. I realize that you weren't supposed to be here, but you were. It is important she knows what has transpired here. Can you do that for me? Don't leave out any details. You are the only one I can count on for this, and it would make it a great deal easier for me to relax if I knew I could trust you with it." Like a woman older then she looks, she reaches out with one hand to pat the boy on the head. He may be a teenager, but that was still a child in the eyes of the centuries old tanuki.

And with that she walks back to the unnamed spirit. "So, empty mind, hm? I say it would be a difficult task for me, but it would really be difficult for anyone considering the situation. If only I'd taken meditation more seriously." A sigh escapes her. "Oh well. There will be time to lament that later, hopefully."

Thankfully, she is at least not the type that panics easily. Her eyes slip closed. If the spirit indeed meant her harm, it'd be easy to attack her now. Little nagging thoughts like that swirl in her head, slowly but surely fading when nothing happens. There is no attack incoming. She'd already spoken to Luke. She had most of the information she needed. All that was left was just to accept the final part of the deal.

[jerks22]

At last, it was time to leave Morgan. The transference was made in a matter of seconds. The previous host slumped, the spirit apparently having left him unconscious. He wasn't dead, if anyone cared to observe, merely out cold.

This would be, for a moment, how the tanuki felt as well: unconscious, as another consciousness temporarily overwhelmed her own. Then it would reassert itself, snapping her back to consciousness.

What remains is hard to describe. The spirit definitely did not feel nice. If anything, it was restless and vacuous, as a man single-minded and obsessed. If one has ever had the feeling of being watched, it was there from the inside-out. Sorry, Mamizou. It might be difficult to sleep for a while.

He nudged at her mouth once it was done. If she granted control, he would take it. "I will explain this arrangement later. For now, let's away."

[mamizou_futatsuiwa]

For a moment, it was if there was nothing at all. A brief moment of dreamless sleep, of emptiness, claims the woman in a way she had never experienced before. She had seen possessions, but never experienced one herself. Now, she'd be able to add that to her resume.

For someone that had shown such confidence, she seems overwhelmed by the experience. Luke, if the whole ordeal hadn't chased him off in fright, would get one last shock to add to his list of strange things happening in this evening. The joining of the two was more then she could easily take.

Her human disguise fades in much the way her disguise as Luke did, revealing her actual true form. Ears, like those of an animal, top her head, but they might be impossible to notice compared to that tail. It was an absolutely massive thing, ringed in brown and black with markings much like one might see on a raccoon, and seemed to be nearly as big as the entire rest of her body. As if that wasn't outlandish enough, she's now wearing a hat that looks almost like its made out of leaves.

And it takes her a few moments to realize this has even happened. The spirit might not recognize what that extra weight on her meant, but she did. For what its worth, she turns back to Luke to flash a smile, seemingly undisturbed by being overwhelmed to the point the young boy had seen her as she really was. "..Well, that was a bit of a shock. If you a little research, I'm sure you could figure out exactly what I am. Now, Mr. Spirit, give me a moment. This form will attract far too much attention."

There's that swirl of leaves, and she is as she was before the joining. "You'll have to tell me what is next I am afraid."