An Unfortunate Situation (redux)

"I will be more than thrilled to answer your questions, m'lady. But in return I would enjoy not only my freedom but an explanation as to how this ability of your's works!" He said this with genuine wonderment, as if enthralled by the idea of her ability. Despite the fact she had used it to restrain him, he was clearly amused and excited to see such a power in action. "Specifically, can it be used as a solid object to prevent things such as missile attacks? Can it efficiently be used as a weapon!?" He couldn't move very well but his eyes remained on her shadow tendrils the entire time he blurted out questions in excitement. In a matter of seconds the calm, collected, formal young man turned into a playful child who had just found a new toy. At one point he tried to break one of his arms free, seemingly more to find out if he could rather than actually trying to escape.

When Toki mentioned the authorities and the posters, he paused for a moment and frowned. "You would be correct, sir, that the authorities have nothing to do with those posters. It is the work of a local street gang turned mafioso."

He wondered just what had brought a Celestial being such as Yin to this world. She seemed different than most of his kind somehow. Not 'different' in reference to her lineage, but more so in terms of her preferred surroundings. He could tell from not only her appearance, but from what little he had learned of her personality that she likely had been here for a while. If not longer than 'a while'. It mattered not to him, however - although he had to admit curiosity. As long as she didn't cause an excessive amount of trouble he saw no reason to intervene with her presence, it was irrelevant to his mission.

For a short moment he appeared to have not heard her questions. He knelt down to observe the fading shadow entity more closely with amazed eyes. It was not long after that he apparently realized he was being spoken to, as he stood up with an apologetic look. "Oh, apologies. m'lady. I meant not to ignore your inquiries. Your friend Toki here brings up a good point, however. Much of the upper echelon of the island's security - including the school - seem rather confused and unsure of how to act regarding recent situations. The law officers see no reason to seek out and confront me, despite my many trespasses on school grounds. This is because they know the ones spreading word about my actions are ones who are most untrustworthy, and they are more than aware of my constant unpleasant dealings with them. Thus, it is my inference that they prefer to focus on the bigger threats - such as the recent gang violence - instead of the petty allegations that have nothing but rumors to be provided as evidence. In addition, out of the many times I have been caught the students and faculty of the school have never been able to successfully restrain me. You would be the first to have succeeded, m'lady, had you not released me. You may indeed have lost your only chance, for I know perfectly well what to expect from you." He smiled as if to imply lightheartedness.

He paused for but a moment, looking over both Toki and Yin as if he was thinking about what to say next. "I was looking through the school's database for any information it may have on the island's history. Specifically, long forgotten or perhaps top-secret files that have been hidden away for quite some time. It is entirely possible such files would not be stored on a database - but it was a nice easy start regardless. If such files are kept in physical form, I am afraid the combination of not only finding the location but reaching it as well could perhaps be too difficult of a task for me." Not to mention it was probably locked away or something, which would require a key (or several) that was surely in a completely different area. "As for why such information is important.. well, it may or may not be. That is the reason behind me looking in the first place." He shrugged.