That evening, a bright-eyed young officer from the Li Halan armed forces showed up to investigate the terrorist attack and take away the prisoner. Much to Matsushida's delight, Lieutenant Mei-ying Windsor stayed to dinner before dragging Anoth off to be questioned by professionals.
Tuesday, the 22d of September, was spent in research of various sorts. Matsushida, Gwen, and Jaana went into town to see what dirt they could dig up on Lim, towards Matsushida's plan of threatening him with deportation unless he rolled over. They determined that he had enough money that leaving it behind would probably be painful, that the secretary he had brought to Kish fifteen years previous had died three years and been replaced by a local girl, and that he had no local family. Halley spent the day in the generator shed, making sparking things.
Jaana stopped by the home of her local Eskatonic contact, Illuminatus Jared Flores, and invited him to dinner the next day. On the way, she picked up a sacred Church relic, a rosary, from a small church in the Old Quarter.
Later that day, Matsushida received reports from the tails on Kaneda and Lim. Kaneda had a perfectly ordinary life, working in a jewelry store during the day and being visited by her boyfriend at night. Matsushida was forced to admit that there was no reason to keep up the tail. Lim, on the other hand, had no life. ("0800: leave house, enter car. 0815: leave car, enter office. 2000: leave office, enter car. 2015: leave car, enter house.") He also waved at the tail when he passed him. The conclusion was that Lim performed all his villainy via computer from his office, but Matsushida asked the tail to stick on him for a couple of days anyway.
The next day, following Leonara's subtle hint that the house might be getting a bit stuffy for Matsushida and Gwen, they went sailing all day, only returning in the evening for dinner with Illuminatus Flores. Two Eskatonics, two Orthodox priests, and two helpful throwback Li Halans made the evening quite entertaining. No blood was spilled, but a good time was had by all.
Thursday, the location of choice for not being in Leonara's hair was the Old Quarter, where Matsushida wanted to contact Scravers to find people with a grudge against Lim. Unsurprisingly, it was Halley who located a Scraver meeting place. In an elliptical conversation, Matsushida hired Darwin Colt, PI, to find people who want to make Lim a little less of a big man, relying on his reputation (as Tengu) as a man who pays his tab on time, and on the warm relationship between Scravers and Reeves to prevent a sellout. Colt promised a report in a week.
Rather than impose on Leonara's hospitality another day, Matsushida called up Countess Celestra and asked if they could show up for hunting a day early. The Countess was agreeable.
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