<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3f/cb/51/3fcb513183b094b643a10c74bed38b1e.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Date Toshiro<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 15th, 2021 | 11:20PM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Black District, SOPHE Monitoring Van<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Ryusei, Arthur | Mentions: Everybody<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Explaining the Situation (Comm dialogue in<strong>bold</strong>)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Proper Club Attire (https://i.imgur.com/XwpZxiH.png) / Intentionally semi-mussed black hair<br/><hr/><strong>“D-don't fucking lose your head Tetsuda! Get your ass back to the van now!”</strong>Toshiro's voice was still notably shaky as he continued to flick his gaze back and forth from monitor to monitor in an attempt at gaining full knowledge of what was happening. As horrendous as each of the uniquely troubling events happening within the club were, most of them had been predicted in some capacity, even if the contingencies for dealing with them were largely inadequate in Toshiro's opinion. What hadn't been planned on was the way that these individual components were able to synergize with one another to make the situation far worse that Toshiro could have imagined, from the effects of the purple mist putting the demon who shattered his bracelet into a frenzy, to what seemed to be a partnership between this unknown attacker and the trickster herself in creating an environment that had put the agents within on the back foot.<br/><br/>If there was one thing Toshiro had a gained a handle on in dealing with the myriad nightmares presented to him on a daily basis in dealing with with demons, it was how to quickly recover from a panic. By the time Ryusei had landed on roof of the van, Toshiro's breath had once again begun to slow, his eyes only breaking their focus on the monitors to briefly catch sight of the entering hybrid. “You took your time.” Toshiro spoke bluntly before moving into explaining the situation, “Here's what I know: As soon you left, a demon came up to Kyless and smashed her bracelet. She...” Despite it being clear what happened next, it was difficult for Toshiro to say as both acknowledging and subjecting Ryusei to the truth stung deeply at Toshiro, “She seemed to know the demon. They looked really close Ryusei. I'm-” Toshiro had intended to give Ryusei a moment to absorb this information, however the brief quiet between them was suddenly shattered by a rapping at the side of the van.<br/><br/>Pulling open the door in response to the sudden sound, Toshiro couldn't help but feel an immense sense of relief at Arthur's arrival. “You got here quick. Yeah, things are bad. Worse even.” The van was utterly cramped at this point between the three exceptionally tall men confined in such a tight space, but Toshiro was too focused on the task at hand to consider this as he pointed towards the monitors as best he could. After repeating what he had told Ryusei without the obvious sympathetic tone he'd used when just addressing the young hybrid, Toshiro continued with the a more authoritative tone, “Around the same time the bracelet was destroyed, Mallory suddenly collapsed and appeared to hit her head hard enough on the floor to the point where Lily and some guy had to move her over to a couch to recover.” While he knew the illusions present in the clubs interior made it difficult to properly show locations, he still pointed at where Mallory had been laid out on the couch. “First thing we have to do is get her out of there. While she's unconcious there's any number of things that could kill her. Ryusei. Think you can quietly sneak her out through a portal and into the van before you two make yourself known?”<br/><br/>The illusionary changes making the various subtle inconsistencies in the club were more than enough to throw off the average spectator, but in this regard Toshiro Date was anything but average. “I doubt you remember, and there's no way to tell aside from remembering, but it looks like various aspects of the club have changed. The number of doors have decreased from four to two, one at the front and one at the back. The stairs have shifted a little bit to the side, and the room around the dance floor looks like it shrank.” With each aspect changed Toshiro pointed to what he meant, the illusion's mastery such that it was impossible to recognize a difference. Looking to Ryusei as the next point pertained to him he added, “Kyless also made the room seem darker, but I'm not actually sure how that would affect your powers, or if it would even alter them at all.” Turning towards Kyless' nonchalant seeming vigil of the mayhem in front of her, Toshiro spoke with notable sadness, “I don't know what she's trying to do, but know that if she chose to she could make things so much worse.”<br/><br/>“If this wasn't bad enough, a female demon approached Leasick and Kevin. Directly she's probably no longer a problem, but she did something to Leasick's head. He looks like he's on the edge of going inferno, and if that happens its going to hurt a lot of people inside. We either have to get him to cool off, or we've got to remove him from the club.” Turning to regard Ryusei and Arthur he added, “If we have to we could relocate him to somewhere isolated, but that still leaves him at risk to hurt himself. Is there any way we could cool him off long enough to get another covering on his arm? I'd rather have him on our side in the fight, but if we have to, the safest thing we can do for everyone involved is get him out of the picture.” As he mentioned cooling Leasick off, Toshiro gave a meaningful look towards Arthur as he knew that some of his prototype equipment might have the answer they were looking for.<br/><br/>“Lastly, a large number of demons in the club are going out of their heads. Their eyes are glowing purple and they're becoming increasingly erratic. Similar phenomenon in the past indicates that these demons are being affected by a pheromone secretion transmitted through that purple fog spreading throughout the club. I don't know how long the effects last when not exposed, but if we can vent the remaining gas it might help the situation from getting any worse. As far as we know, it only effects the disciples of Kama, so nobody involved with the operation should be vulnerable.” Pointing towards the dance floor, the largest concentration of affected demons, Toshiro continued, “Keep in mind, these demons are probably unwilling victims of whatever demon did this, we have to do everything in our power to keep from hurting them, even if they do try to harm us.”<br/><br/>Turning once again towards Arthur and Ryusei, Toshiro considered anything else that might be pertinent information before offering a recommendation, “We have reinforcements on the way. A strike team, and Azmodiel himself. At this point our goal should be damage control. When reinforcements arrive we'll be in a better position to apprehend both this unknown attacker and Kyless, but until then we need to evacuate the injured, keep any bystanders safe, protect our agents, and limit as much collateral damage as possible. That's how we prioritize our objectives.” He knew this sounded heartless, but as agents of SOPHE their responsibilities were first to keeping the demon and human populaces of Earth safe before worrying about their own safety.