"Well... As I said before, my only intent is-" Chiyo began to say, but then a small mechanical bird came fluttering from the sky. She looked up, narrowed her eyes and lifted her hand up to it. The bird perched on her fingertip. It wasn't a puppet, not really. But a real machine. Around its leg, a small scroll. She pulled it free and the bird disappeared in a puff of white smoke. As Tashi spoke, the older woman scanned over the contents of the miniature scroll.<br/><br/>"You are right, though. I knew this man. I didn't think he could have been a member of the Bansentennin. Though, looking back... it makes sense, given the things he knew. But in spite of his knowledge- Shiro was... an amateur." She looked down, "If we had known, Isamu wouldn't have harbored him. Still, none of that matters now. I have just received my orders."<br/><br/>She crumpled the scroll in her hand and looked towards Tashi, "It seems you are right." The raven took flight overhead, staring them all down from far away. "Aimi!" Chiyo said, lifting her head up, "You can come on out now."<br/><br/>"You<em> know</em>there's no point in hiding from me." Chiyo said, narrowing her eyes.<br/><br/>There was a long moment of silence, and then a mass of sand rose from the earth in front of them. It took the shape of a woman, and the sand slowly slid away- revealing the girl beneath, one golden eye closed. She was panting, bags under her eyes and her skin pale. The dirt and dust washed from her body, leaving it pristine. "He was right... You've come to take me back, haven't you?"<br/><br/>Her open eye darted to the large tea kettle that Chiyo had summoned along with the puppet. The puppet in question pulled down its hood, revealing the wooden visage of a bald man with hard features and a dragon carved around his head like a tattoo.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Marise rolls a 27 on Know(Life and Earth Sciences) and realizes that Aimi is poisoned with Nightlily Paste.<br/>Chiyo rolls a 14 and realizes that Aimi is poisoned.</div></div>