<strong>Location:</strong>Truth in Stone Library<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><br/>"Thinking back on it," Michaela explained, "she kind of blew off my questions about her past.  That was okay at the time; I figured she just had some problems she didn't want to talk about.  That happens to all of us."  Taking a breath, she said, "If she doesn't want to see me again, I get it.  I just..."  Once more she shook her head, probably kicking herself that anything she wanted to say wasn't blindingly obvious.  "I'm sorry."<br/><br/>She does, however, have a picture, and she sends it to Namira's phone provided she gets the phone number and all such.  The two are sitting at a cocktail bar, smiling from ear to ear, arms in arm and blissfully content.  "That's us at L'Escamoteur.  I don't really know where else she'd be besides that; she loved it there.  Even with the hotel, she just ended up staying with me for a while, saying she was having financial troubles."  Most people would be annoyed at being fooled, or question how they could be so gullible, but neither one showed with Michaela.<br/><br/><br/>Namira has little difficulty in finding a basic book about supernatural lore and various mythological creatures.  This one seems to have quite a bit about the various creatures of all the major ten pantheons, complete with pictures.  It goes into detail:<br/><br/>Kitsune, the japanese word for fox, are more properly foxes (usually from Japan) who have lived for at least a hundred years and developed sentience.  They retain their cunning and sly trickster natures, learn to take human form, and charm and con their way through various lovers.  However, those lovers rarely mean any more to them than a fine meal, a bottle of wine, or a similar pleasant memory.  Humans are usually infuriated at being so tricked, leaving the kitsune to run and start up a new identity, at least until they're discovered again.<br/><br/>The tail is difficult for mortals to spot, but they can recognize Kitsune with some intelligence and knowhow of the supernatural.  Supernatural beings invariably just recognize them with absolutely no issue, the same way that Scions just recognize each other.<br/><br/>Most of them can take on a single human form, but it's not unknown for some tobe able to take on the form of any human they choose, or even to take the forms of inanimate objects, animals, or plants.  No matter the shapeshifting, however, they cannot mitigate the fox tail entirely, but they can and do cover it up.  Other known powers include talking to canines, creating illusions, and stealing their victims' vitality for a day or two.<br/><br/><br/>There were flights from Honolulu to Kyoto taking place a few hours from now, and well within Namira's budget to get plane tickets for her and the rest of the Scions.  Alternatively, they could just teleport...