He’s there, panting softly as he leaned over.
“It was.. very hard to follow your clones..”

He followed. A sigh.
“I’ll take the bottom floor.”

A nod. He’s walking to the door, looking around. “Uh.. okay apartments usually have locks only tenants can open for the main door.”

After asking several people, he’s almost got a trail, before seeing an ordinary apartment complex.
The one people said they’d seen her enter.
“This isn’t gonna be easy..
Split up?”

A nod, he’s rushing in that direction. “I’ll ask people around!”

“Hmm.. I’ll ask around.. maybe someone has seen her. Give you a ring if I find something?”

“Hey sorry.. I’m here now.. where have you searched?”

He’s linked up with @heroicwraith.bsky.social
“Hey- finally found you!”

“Alright.. I’m gonna go find Lapis.”

“Yeah.. guess so..”

“Uuuu you know how I’m very specific about the door we enter and leave from at big burger? Yeah.. the other door leads to another dimension..”

“Yeah she left the dimension- she’s not here.. me and Lapis are gonna take over.. thank you, get some rest Mordred..”

“Yeah- I’ll give Mordred a call-“

He hangs up, going to inform the other

“What?! Oh shit.. this changes everything..
Okay I’m gonna go and meet you there..”

“H-hey, sis.. what’s up?”

She knows where he lives..

He shook his hand, a smile on his face.
“Me too..” and with that he went to leave.

He nods, standing up. “I should return to my wife anyhow.. thank you for letting me in, Gozen. It was a pleasure.”

“It’s not right..I’m glad he’s gone..”

“Sounds admirable..” he watched. “I just want to protect my family..”

“Did she kill him?”

“I see.. are they.. mostly wanting a normal life..?”

“These sound like terrifying beings..”

“Ghouls? Can’t say I have, I’m interested.”

He nods.
“It’s why we have to be the better ones..” he replies, adjusting his jacket. “Shame I wasn’t there to see mine go down..”

Lead to him dying. I had been put into a coma by him, our father.. because I attacked him when I learned it was his fault Luna died..”

“My father was a wretch. We weren’t his children we were his soldiers. I was taught how to fire a gun at 12, and took my first life at 14. We lost my sister because she didn’t want to be a killer.. so father arranged for a drive-by to kill her.. leading to my now-dead brother to defy him.. which-

He nods.
“I see, Well- Gozen.. would you like to discuss our past lives..? I’ve my own stories to share..”

He nods, setting down his glass.
“We had Matias come by for dinner once.. funny enough I met him before you.. and then his sister is dating my sister.. so it seems no matter what fate would swing us together, Takumi.. or do you rather honorifics?”

“We’ll settle this..” he sips more of the champagne. Before looking at the house.
“You’ve a nice house.. small, modern.. cozy. My wife prefers the expansive mansions.”