All the people in the Temple had finally gathered around and began to listen to the meeting near the old sofa when Neo's arrival revealed more details. "So you're telling me that the Old Facility there is what attracts all these creatures here?" Heather asked Neo.<br/><br/>"I dunno, damn it! All I feel, there's som' force comin' from dat direction. It's sorta weakshit, but maybe that's 'cause we're far from it, Heatha'." He answered.<br/><br/>Another person in the temple suddenly interrupted and said, "Also, Kate Jacobson is missin'!" She was a woman with shoulder length red hair and wearing a brown leather jacket, red and green plaid skirt and thigh-high boots.<br/><br/>"Damn it, Andy!" Clarence exclaimed. "Ya' didn't tell us about this earlier!"<br/><br/>"Yeah," Heather said. "Where did you last saw her?"<br/><br/>"She told me she's coming to Bobby's house. That was on the day that he went missing." Andy replied.<br/><br/>"Then we can presume that Mister Brett and Miss Jacobson are somewhere in that Abandoned Research Facility." Rattus concluded, as he pulled out a flask and drank from it. He took a deep breath and said, "Thus, we can only further presume that, indeed, the Research Facility is a major point of interest, and possibly the key point to solving this case."<br/><br/>"But what does a nuclear plant have that these monsters want to have? We cannot just go there again without any idea what might happen to us, right?" Yukina asked.<br/><br/>Rattus said, "Yukina is right. We can't risk another reconnaissance attempt in the same conventional manner much like what happened in the previous attempt. We must find a way to observe the facility from a greater range, therefore eliminating potential losses."<br/><br/>"G'yeah, I mean, can not one o' y'all here hav' som' familiars dat-" Neo was about to ask, before somebody interrupted him.<br/><br/>"No, man, " It was another person from the crowd. "I've tried sending one of my crows towards that facility to see what's in there back before we sent Bobby there. The crow almost got shot down by some sort of light beam, a thin red one. Burned some feathers in my crow's left wing."<br/><br/>"Could it be... a laser?!" Yukina asked with wonder.<br/><br/>"Shudda fuck up, Jappy!" Neo swore at her. "What, ya' think super-fuckin'-natural creat- wait-a-damn sec..." He cut himself off.<br/><br/>Heather then said, "That's right, Neo. If that was coming from a mage, it would not be that thin, and wouldn't be burning hot."<br/><br/>"Oh yeah," Neo agreed, coming to a realization.<br/><br/>"So I was right. It is a laser beam," Yukina was nodding. "Please do not be too quick to insult people like that, Neo-san. I know I might say something stupid sometimes, but please do understand that I am not a magic user like you."<br/><br/>"Fucking fine. I'm sorry, it's just tha' it ain't makin' any sense from a magical stan'point," Neo said, conceding to what Yukina told him.<br/><br/>"In any case, then it is time for us to formulate a long-range reconnaissance strategy in order to gain information about the Research Facility." Rattus said. "The details that have been released indicates that whoever holds that position has laser-based weapons, but is attracting entities of paranormal nature. Indeed, we can also theorize that everyone who has been deemed missing is being held in that facility against their will. However, it does not answer the question of the casualties being produced."<br/><br/>"Man, stop using the word 'casualties'. This isn't a war," Clarence said to Rattus. "It makes us feel like those people killed sacrificed themselves and died fighting. They didn't ask for it in the first place."<br/><br/>"Then forgive me for using such impersonal term. It was my personal prerogative to detach myself from the situation. Perhaps I shall then use the direct word, shouldn't I?" He replied to him.<br/><br/>"Just call them victims, Mister von Engels," Clarence said. "That's what best we can describe them."<br/><br/>"This is sad and confusing," Yukina frowned. "It seems that we are against something that uses both science and magic."<br/><br/>"We don't understand either," Heather empathically said. "It just... doesn't make any sense at all, even for us mages."