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His hands limply falling off your shoulders, he looked over your shoulder toward the source of the voice and replied, “I never thought of escaping a nightmare by sleeping instead of waking up…”
Turning your head slightly, you see Caster step forward and answer the man, “The nightmare is already fading: you will be safe here. Among other things, I am called Caster. What may I call you?”
“Tachibana. Tachibana Suzaku.” He answered with a sigh of relief.
“Well then, let’s head to the conference room Mr. Tachibana. You can get acquainted with the others at your leisure.” Caster suggested, turning around and beginning to lead your party through the building’s lobby.
“Has Truvietianne and Rushorou’s group returned already?” You ask him as you go.
“They have not. From what my familiar was able to observe, they seemed to be having a tense negotiation with another small faction of Servants regarding who would take custody of the civilian they moved to, but some of that is speculation on my part, as my attention was spread throughout the city.” He answered evenly, before opening the door to a conference room. You quickly spot Matsuda sitting in an office chair with his feet kicked onto the central table, in the middle of telling a story to Koko.
“-then they tell us the gorilla is going to be the teaching assistant for our English class. A freakin’ gorilla! And the best part was he could only use sign-language, so they had an interpreter with him the whole – oh, you guys are back.” The delinquent said, cutting his tale short once he caught sight of you. Wait a minute, what the hell kind of school was he talking about?!
“We are, and with one new acquaintance. Mr. Tachibana?” Caster said, prompting the man to introduce himself.
“Hello. I’m Tachibana Suzaku, I perform HVAC maintenance, electrical engineering, and project management at a building maintenance company in Saitama. I’m… still in the dark about recent events.” He says.
You hear Koko murmur with a shudder, “I’ve heard the horror stories about Cromartie High, but I never would have imagined…” Then (remembering her manners) she then quickly collected herself, walked up to the man, and said, “Pardon me, I should introduce myself!”
As the two exchange pleasantries, you ask Caster, “Did you find anyone else wandering around from the overseer’s transfer since we left, or just undead monsters?”
With a hint of unease, he answered, “I believe I spotted one more a few minutes ago, but extenuating circumstances have led me to lose track of her.”
“What happened?” You ask.
