Eien/Contacts

Colleagues

William Blazer -- Sapporo-san: His name is pretty hard to say, okay? He looks like he's been through hell, but his sense of humor makes him seem accessible enough. Jason R. Butler -- Sensei: Like it or not, Jason Butler has been stuck with Eien from the moment they met in Mikage-cho. They might be an unlikely team, but Jason's unconventional investigations were a perfect proving ground for Eien, and ultimately responsible for her recruitment into D4. Of her colleagues, he's the one she's most comfortable talking to, and their acquaintance benefits from the fact that they knew one another before they were formally co-workers. The only time that ever changed was when Jason dressed down, like a regular guy, and for three horrifying seconds he seemed like a human being (and a good-looking guy) instead of what he ought to seem like, which is her boss, and therefore barely human at all. Happily, it hasn't happened again. Ryotaro Dojima -- Kacho #1: A stern and busy man with a puppet fixation of some kind. Enoha Koinose -- Engrish A++: She and Eien helped to save the world recently, and there isn't really any better way to bond than throwing your life to the fates with someone else. Enoha seems difficult not to like...and the more Eien sees of her, the more affection she feels for the kind of gentle strength Enoha seems to possess. Hajime Shidou -- Naisu Guy: Poor Hajime just wants to spend more time at home with his daughter. It's adorable, and a little bit sad, and even though Eien thought she'd grown out of her babysitting days, it's hard to resist little Mayumi. Katsuya Suou -- Kacho #2: This guy is even more stern than Dojima, if that can be believed. He seems to lecture on reflex. That said, he also likes to bake and he's extremely fond of coffee, so he's probably alright. Gotta do something about those sandal-socks, though.

Friends & Acquaintences

(Did Eien know you from school, or growing up on Port Island? If so, you probably belong in this section...) Aigis -- Roboto: Aigis seems to turn up to almost every supernatural disturbance that Eien's been present for, and she's always been friendly and helpful. Eien may have inadvertently and unwittingly hurt her feelings, the last time they spoke. ...do robots have feelings? ...was that insensitive too? Damnit. Kyo Enda -- ???: She touched him once. It was like becoming nothingness, filled with appetite. It still turns her stomach. But Kyo has turned up several times to help investigate the strange events surrounding the story contest and its strange, self-fulfilling prizes, and while his emotional swings are exhausting and frightening by turns, he can't be faulted when it comes to determination. Plus, for some reason she can't quite figure out, Butler-san has started to pal around with him, so he must be alright. I mean, Jason would never let her be taken away from a fight unconscious in Kyo's mouth otherwise, right? ...right? Tohya Kidzuki -- Someone Like Me: She's a telepath, too. Eien's never met another one, but this one endeared herself by willingly protecting Eien in Xibalba. Those are two things that won't quickly be forgotten. Besides, Tohya's been spotting for a cohesive group for far longer than Eien; it pays to know people with that kind of experience. Thora Kobayashi -- She's A Brick -- House: One of Mai's best friends, apparently, and another face that constantly turns up in the crowd whenever Eien's witness to some sort of supernatural happening. They helped restore the Inaba shrine...and Thora is, despite her intimidating size, always very kind. She can also hold her liquor as well as anyone else in D4, which is impressive. Anzai Mizuno -- Priest-san: Eien once caught a brain full of Anzai's dreams while she and a few others were investigating his disappearance. That -- combined with his insistence on being shirtless every three seconds -- was a recipe for awkwardness, and Eien stammered her way through their handful of meetings. Anzai hasn't been around lately, though...and Eien's seen things in the time since then that makes it hard to remember how she was ever shaken by something so juvenile and innocent. Yoko Nakashima -- World's Cutest Ticking Time-Bomb: Katsuya's young ward is now officially affiliated with D4. He's asked Eien to consider training her, but Eien has more than just a few reservations about honing the death-dealing abilities of a young woman with schizophrenia. Thus far her schedule has kept her from having to confront those issues, but she can't dodge them forever -- and anyway, she and Yoko recently defended Katsuya's unconscious body in an alleyway together. That counts for something. Miwa Saitou -- Reflection: The only thing about Miwa that Eien didn't understand at their first real meeting was why it had taken so long for them to meet. Not only is Miwa a spotter, but she's also an expert in certain occult matters -- focusing on the celestial spheres, heaven and earth and whatever pits fester below. It might be stretching things to call them 'alike' overall -- Miwa seems hesitant, cautious, perhaps anxious, or maybe 'troubled' is a better word; Eien is earthy, relaxed, wry, a bit irreverent -- but she took to the young woman instantly. Earth knows no force like that of nerds communing about their chosen obsession. Recently, she's gotten her into a bit of trouble with the business of the stories. Unfortunate, that. Tatsuya Suou -- Mr. Serious: The younger brother of her boss doesn't seem like the most personable of people, but after he caught her in the woods in Lunarvale having a spat with a rather unusual opponent, he didn't immediately pass judgement...and he gave her information about an online forum for the exchange of supernatural information. He's hard to read, but he's earned his spot on the list of people Eien considers Friendlies.

Other

Daisuke Itami -- FFFFFFF Shion Katsuragi -- Casualty of War: To Eien, Shion embodies the notion that external appearances are often misleading. She'd thought the female detective to be among the strongest of them...only for Shion to defect to the NWO. What's worse, she did it for love, if Tatsuya Sudou is to be believed. Tatsuya Sudou -- BAD TOUCH: Feels like burning alive in a horrible conflagration of agony, shame, and necrotic abnormality. F-minus-minus would not touch again. They once had a decent conversation about the events surrounding Xibalba, but events that followed led her to believe that Sudou is completely delusional, most especially about himself. She may never forgive him for dragging Shion down with him -- though she apportions half of the blame for that state of affairs to the detective, herself. Masahiko Irie -- Son of Crime: A young man with some unsavory ties, and a business proposition for her colleagues. She doesn't know quite what to make of him, but he's selflessly thrown himself into the way of significant harm in order to protect her in skirmishes in the past, for which she's genuinely grateful.