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"Well, that look slightly longer than I anticipated." She told me, her voice a quiet murmur. It sounded like she could talk very loudly. "Tell me, why have a group of wolves delivered a human to my office?" I decided that if I was going to be interrogated, I'd better be in control, so I crossed my arms again, then followed by crossing my legs. I'd been caught outside the Rainbow Dragon Cave. "Oxygen issue?" The tengu asked me. "We were all waiting eagerly when that happened to the Hakurei Shrine Maiden." I scowled. Small talk wasn't exactly what I was here for. Leaning forward, I said that I'd been with a friend who was still down in the caves and would be worried when she found out that I wasn't there. "A friend, still in the caves? If she's human, you'd best give up. She's already dead." I shook my head. Not human. Youkai, and I wanted her either told where I was or brought here as soon as possible. "You aren't exactly in a position to make demands." They had brought me here. "...True enough. I certainly didn't plan to speak to a human today." The tengu slammed a fist on her desk, making me jump. "Tsukasa!" She roared, confirming my suspicions about the power of her voice.

"Yes, Lady Iizunamaru?" I heard that voice from before ask. I turned my head to see a fox. She had hair that fell in long strands across her face, and she wore a sort of body suit that went halfway down her biceps and thighs. It was a very strange look, and not someone I'd expected to see in tengu territory. "How may I help?" She looked at me out of the corner of her eye with a wild smirk. It felt a little…Actually, no. It felt very dangerous. “Does the prisoner need...persuading to talk?” I refused to give her the satisfaction of looking scared, and she turned her nose up at me after a moment, which I took as a victory.
"No, Definitely not. Go to the entrance of the Rainbow Dragon Cave. Wait for..." this Lady Iizunamaru looked at me with a raised eye. Kisami, I supplied. "Wait for this Kisami, and escort her to the residence of Aya Shameimaru." The fox nodded and bowed, then disappeared from the room. "There. Now, if you could cease the suspicions?" I held my suspicions for a few more moment before letting them go...For now. "I suppose you want to know who I am. Megumu Iizunamaru, daitengu. I imagine that the wolves brought you to me because you said that you needed to meet Aya Shameimaru." I slowly nodded. "She's mentioned in passing that she's been chasing someone up for a story, and it would seem likely that you are this someone." At least someone believed me. "Well, you do match the description she gave."

I asked what exactly this Iizunamaru was doing. "Far too much work to be messing around with a human, I can tell you that much. Unfortunately, I sent Tsukasa off to find your Kisami, so now I have no one to take you to Shameimaru's house." She thought for a moment, tapping a fountain pen in her hand against the table. "Fine. I'll take you myself. Put your blindfold back on." Seriously? "Yes, seriously. Humans aren't supposed to be in the tengu lands at all, let alone in the city. Unless you want me to render you unconscious instead." Her hand hovered over a large tripod leaning against the wall behind the desk. It looked very heavy, so I busied myself with the blindfold immediately. "Excellent choice." I heard her mutter, before I heard the sound of her footsteps. She hauled me to my feet seemingly with one hand, then began to drag me out of the room. At the door, I heard her stop, immediately followed by the clacking sound of tengu geta. "Shouldn't take long." She said, opening the door and dragging me outside. Here, I was apparently allowed no dignity, because I felt myself get lifted, then thrown over her shoulder like I was nothing at all.

On the plus side, at least I had however long the flight took before Kisami saw me. in this state

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Gentlemen, it appears that 'Operation: Certain Failure'...has failed.

Where is the promised Megumustory?