[Journal & Event Post]

[danse_etoile]

Mrs. Sakaki, I'd like to request your help with something, to hopefully make sure something doesn't blow up into a larger mess.

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[duelacademynpcs]

Of course.

Once I'm done studying them and I understand how the human body works.

::Says this with utter reasonability, politeness and consideration.::

[sakaki_family_values]

While I admire your drive to study and understand something, I absolutely will not let you harm those children or anyone else at this school for it.

There are other ways you can learn about humans. Dissecting people isn't one of them.

You will bring those students to us now.

[duelacademynpcs]

My dear lady, you act as if dissecting will kill them. I plan to put them back together after I'm done. Patience.

[danse_etoile]

It will kill them. Our bodies aren't meant to be opened and closed like that.

[duelacademynpcs]

That sounds ridiculous, madam. You must be joking.

[sakaki_family_values]

She is absolutely not joking.

Humans can't be taken apart and simply put together again with no harm done. That process will kill them.
Those students aren't yours to do your science experiments on.

If you want to learn about humans and how our bodies work, there are plenty of other resources you can use, such as books or the internet, to find the information you want.

[duelacademynpcs]

::He tilts his head confused about your last line.::

I do not know what those are, madam.

[sakaki_family_values]

Those are things that humans have created to share information with other people.

*She takes the duel disk off her arm and taps the screen to see if she has any kind of internet signal in this weird space.*

[duelacademynpcs]

::It works middlingly at best. It leans in.::

Ah. Like the tablets of the [Irytrne] that my mistress studies.

[danse_etoile]

::Leans in to whisper to Yoko.::

I'm impressed you're managing to. Talk to this. Entity.

[sakaki_family_values]

*She whispers back.*

I'm mostly winging it, but it seems willing to listen.

*Looking back at the entity, she gives it a nod.*

Yes. We call these tablets too.
Books, and especially the internet, hold all the information you could ever want to know about humans. Our biology, how we live, our culture.
Everything.

[duelacademynpcs]

::Hrms.::

The tablet I refer to has I believe the term is... Cuneiform? And are clay.

Where can I obtain the Tablets you have?

[sakaki_family_values]

We have some tablets for use in the school library and I am happy to assign one to you for your use. Plenty of books there to look at too.

How about this, if you return the students to us unharmed and promise not to abduct and dissect humans again, I will happily allow you use of the school library after school hours, so you can research to your hearts content.

Do we have a deal?

[duelacademynpcs]

... Hrm.

If I am impressed by this tablet, I will agree to find an alternate means of dissection. I still need direct understanding, madam. A scientist without practical understanding is not much of a scientist.

::Pondering.::

[sakaki_family_values]

I'm not really sure what 'alternate means' there are for it but...
... I guess we can look at assigning you a tablet first.

But they're located in the library.

[duelacademynpcs]

::Crosses his arms, thinking.::

And how can I be sure you'll provide this miracle tool should I allow you to leave with the students you come for and then have this altered space banished?

[danse_etoile]

::Pauses, thinking.::

I'll stay while Mrs. Sakaki and the kids leave.

You can examine me, but not dissect me.

[sakaki_family_values]

*Yoko lowers her voice for a moment.*

Are you sure about this?

[danse_etoile]

A moment, let me talk to the woman with me.

[duelacademynpcs]

Of course, take your time, but not too long, if you may, or else I suspect you might be stalling.

[danse_etoile]

::Leans into Yoko to whisper.::

The way he's wording things, he's clearly from a place where hostility and backstabbing, i.e. failure states of the prisoner's dilemma are common. I've gotten some very basic negotiation training due to my husband's work. Based on that, Our 'guest' needs assurances, and I'd rather risk myself, ma'am, than you or the kids.

Someone needs to be the weight on the scale.

[sakaki_family_values]

*Yoko gives her a nod.*

Alright. I guess we don't have much choice here, either way.

I'll get the kids somewhere safe, then I'll grab one of the tablets from the library and return as soon as I can.

[danse_etoile]

I'll stay then.

Do you Duel... What should I call you?

[duelacademynpcs]

I've become fond of the nome de plume Akeley. Baron Akeley.

::He pulls out a Deck.::

Not my usual Deck, but if you're offering a mere means to pass the time, then this should suffice, madam.

[danse_etoile]

Baron Akeley, then, we'll duel and you can look and examine me as much as you want, as long as I've unharmed. If a hair is missing from my hair, Mrs. Sakaki reserves the right to deny you the tablet and call in reinforcements.