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[If there was one thing Takatora was sure he should have learned by now, it would be how to keep his life in perfect running order. He had been the head of Yggdrasill's Research and Development branch from the moment he'd left high school and even before that, his father had kept him on a tight and strict schedule, never a second unaccounted for or left out of place. Unfortunately, with all of Takatora's scheduling and trying to squeeze an extra hour into every day, he still felt as though he never had time for anything, let alone everything. Even his weekends left little time for himself, though Takatora was also painfully aware of his obsession with triple-checking everything under his command and bringing such weight onto himself. He couldn't allow for errors.

His morning routine started a bit later on the weekends, if only because Takatora knew he had to catch up on sleep at some point to make up for running himself ragged. Getting sick was something he couldn't risk. The usual morning routine went by quickly: dragging himself out of bed (he'd never become a morning person, as much as he wanted to), showering, getting dressed, checking for any news or alerts while he had been sleeping. Thankfully, nothing important had happened during the night. Takatora always lived with the fear of something awful happening while he was asleep that he would be unprepared for, but every morning brought the same temporary relief. For now.

Takatora headed out of his room after an hour or so, still checking his phone as he made his way down the hall and towards the stairs. Ryouma already wanted to talk to him about something, which was mildly surprising as Ryouma rarely (never) got out of bed so early, which meant he'd been up all night again. Stepping past one of the maids, Takatora spoke a return greeting to her as he continued on, paying more attention to typing out messages than his surroundings.]

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If anything was going on, we didn't respond to it either. [Should he say this...? It's not like he wants to be friends with Team Gaim, but he knows they aren't bad people.] Kaito's... got a pretty wide net out. If one of the teams under us encounters something, they tell me. I'm... trying to keep an eye on it.

[Zack shoves his hands in his pockets and tilts his head to the side.]

I find it hard to believe something could have slipped past both of us.

... All right. Please let me know if something does come up, though. I've been trying to cover as much as I can, but... as you know, we don't have as many contacts as you guys do.

[Zack takes his phone out of his pocket, typing in his password to unlock it, and then carefully holds it out to Micchy.]

Give me your number.

[Under normal circumstances, he would take the opportunity to flirt. He knows he's missing a good opportunity, but the talk has put him out of the mood for it.]

What made you think something happened?

[He puts his number in, just under 'Micchy', and hands it back. There's no escaping this one - he's going to just have to flat-out lie.]

I heard someone in my neighborhood talking about what sounded like an Inves. It might have been a case of someone being drunk and an overlarge cat, but I wanted to make sure. I looked around and didn't see anything, but with how many attack there have been... I thought it better to ask around.

[... that was it? Really. Zack rolls his eyes and takes his phone back, looking a little disappointed. It seems he's now fallen back into Team Baron mode as well and he's pretty sure Micchy won't elaborate. ... he's also not buying it.]

Sure. [He waves his phone.] Text me if something comes up.

I will. Thank you.

[That could have gone better. He knows Zack isn't convinced, but at least he has contact information now - and confirmation that there wasn't anything. He nods to Zack, starting to head off. He isn't sure what to do now except head back to the garage - or home, but he's not sure he can face it if Ryouma is there right now. He really does need to spend time with Takatora, but he also really needs to blow off steam right now.]