“Manx.” He said when the person at the other end picked up. “Bad news. Ken has been into *dramatic pause* The Item.” Aya listened for a moment, and drank some coffee.
“Yes. It turned him into a neko-jin as far as I can tell. What do we do?” He continued. Another pause.
“LIVE WITH IT!?” Aya burst. “It’s hard enough to live with him when he’s normal, let alone in neko-mode.!”
Yet another pause. Aya took a sip of his coffee, and let out an exasperated sigh.
“Fine. What do I do with – fine.” He hung up and finished his coffee. This would not be easy.
Omi was at the public library, working on his terrorism project for Law class. It entailed preparing a paper and presentation based on the beliefs, MO, history, and past attacks of a terrorist group selected from a list provided by the teacher. Weiß was on the list, but Omi didn’t want to give anyone any reason to associate him with the name, so he’d picked the PLF instead. He was working with a friend of his, who HAD picked Weiß, by the way. It was partly for the company, and partly to make sure he didn’t dig too deep. So far, he was safe. His friend hadn’t connected Weiß-the-terrorist-bombers with Weiß-the-assassins quite yet.
Omi couldn’t concentrate. All he could think of was poor Ken. If it weren’t for this stupid project, he’d still be there, trying to help him. Just what WAS that stuff he’d gotten into, anyway?
And so, the stack of PLF books was abandoned in search of ones that might answer the aforementioned question.
FYI: Omi’s project is the same as one I had to do for Grade 13 Law back in high school. Therefore, I will take a moment to say “THANK YOU M-sensei!” for giving me an idea for a minor subplot.
I’m still open to any comments or criticisms you might have.