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[chalicejoker]

Hajime decided it was time to do something about Malin. He didn't know her name, but he knew she knew far too much about him. She'd found where he lived. He couldn't think of anyone else who would have left those ridiculous books for him to find.

He looked long and hard for a suitable grounds on which to do battle. He found some Infrastructure, decided it was abandoned, and prepared to summon her there. Time to end this quickly and with no witnesses...

...only the summoning failed. The bits of reality he was tugging at wouldn't cooperate, and no enemy came. There would be no fight--not one that he was expecting, anyway.

He didn't realize the Infrastructure wasn't abandoned.

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[modmachine]

Malin does not appear. But something does, reality unfolding itself just a little, an angel unfolding itself out of the space between the Infrastructure and a nearby building. It's one of the more traditional looking ones, a humanoid form with wings shaped out of golden grass engraved with circles of symbols and circuit conduits. Its face is a round porcelain mask, with white, cherubic cheeks and closed eyes, though that doesn't seem to make a difference in how it looks at Hajime.

Because it is definitely looking at him. Its voice comes from somewhere behind the mask, a little rattle-grating. "Hello, black sheep."