Marie guides Yuichi along the quiet evening street toward the community library. Behind them, the damaged block settles after the attack, while her fairies keep Janet’s invisible thread steady.
Marie
The library is still open. We can use the private study room, and nobody here needs to know what happened outside.
Inside, fluorescent lights hum above empty tables and tall shelves. Marie presents the notice from school, then leads Yuichi into a restricted local-history section marked for supervised research.
A damaged archive box rests behind older town records. Its brittle file describes the Blanko and Artist war, with several pages warped by age and dark staining.
Marie
This name is familiar. Mika... the rest is covered, but the witness list says Jaricho.
Marie carefully turns the page. A faded photograph shows a younger Jaricho in an old uniform beside an obscured woman, while handwritten notes mention a hidden survivor.
Marie
Janet’s thread just tightened. Whatever this file says about your parents, it may explain why your powers were concealed.
“Ill go see about this thanks marie*I say waving goodbye as I go to talk to my father about this*”
SUCCESS (Legendary Investigation, rolled +3)
Cold Yuichi
I’ll go see about this. Thanks, Marie.
Cold Yuichi waves goodbye and leaves the library, following the familiar streets home. Marie remains by the archive table, while her fairies keep Janet’s thread linked to him.
Jaricho is waiting in the kitchen in his police uniform, black hair slightly disordered and the mole on his cheek visible beneath the yellow light. The archive copy lies open before him.
Cold Yuichi
Dad, Marie found this file. It mentions Mom, you, and a hidden survivor. What does it mean?
Jaricho
It means the record was never supposed to survive. Mika and I concealed you after the war because someone was searching for the child she protected.
Jaricho turns the warped photograph over and reveals a second note sealed beneath it. The paper names a surviving witness and gives a secure address, an advantage the archive never showed.
Jaricho
The witness is alive, and I know where to find them. I will tell you everything, but not in this house. Someone may still be listening.
✓ Quest Accepted
Get Jaricho to reveal the surviving witness’s identity
✓ Quest Accepted
Meet the surviving witness
Quest Complete
Determine why Jaricho concealed Mika’s history
Skill Upgrade: Psychology Mediocre→Fair