[Bishop-chan's notes - A likely story of what happened after Dr. Saitou's... accident.]

Takai's Concerns
by Blinded

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"What is it Takai-san?" One of the Salamanders stationed in Mob Patrol HQ asked his friend and one-time comrade, and now a teacher in Arrun's House "Did something happen to the children?"

Takai sighed and downed his still steaming cup of tea in one go. "We had a groper today..."

"A groper?" The salamander sneered in disgust. In the world of ALO where everyone were at least above norm of "beautiful" it was not all that surprising that sort of unsavory elements were present too... and with the Anti-Harassment Protocols gone after the Transition, they could for the most part return to their dirty deeds without worry, "I trust the Watch has that creep, right?"

By now the rest of the stationed members and some of those who while on the leave, had decided to check the HQ's board, had noticed the conversation between the two Salamanders. While very few of them had actually been to the Arrun House, almost all of them knew about it, and something as serious as a pervert around the children was simply too important to ignore.

"Well... not a groper, exactly," Takai continued as he poured himself some more tea, unlike the infamous not-coffee of the Watch, Mob Patrols had some excellent chefs in their ranks and access to freshly harvested ingredients, so their their tea was always one of the best around, " more of a peeper... walked into one of the staff while she was taking a shower."

"Oh" the gathered Mob Patrols nodded to themselves, it was less serious than assaulting one of the children but still more than a little troublesome.

"Wait a minute... A shower?" Asked one of the Undines, who was promptly ignored in favor of listening to the rest of Takai's tale. Though more than a few members of the Patrols kept that in mind for future addressing.

"Yeah... but he got away."

"You let him run away?" the Salamander asked incredulously, it was so unlike Takai to let something like that happen.

"Oh no, I caught him alright" The Salamander Teacher slammed his fist on the stone table, a feral grin on his face "but the creep kept insisting it was just an accident and he was just returning her purse to her... and for whatever reason Ir..." Takai stopped himself from saying the offended Undine's name, being peeped at was bad enough, but to actually say her name for something like that in public? she deserved much much better, "she believed him for whatever reason. Couldn't take him to the Watch without her pressing charges..."

"So... who was the creep?" asked a Puca with an almost eager look on her face, promising pain to the hated offender.

"Sorry, can't tell the personal details" Takai shook his head "But so you know, he introduced himself as a Doctor in the Central Hospital... probably lying , but nevertheless watch for fishy creeps if you ended up there."

Looking from the corner of his eye, Takai noticed a Sylph girl with some hints of red on her face fleeting between the gathered MPs as she hurried to the door "... do you have issues here too?"

Following his eyes, the other Salamander shook his head and smiled "Nah, Et-chan's too much of a badass for some groper to harass. Her older brother's the chief of Hospital so she's probably going there to warn him about your creep..."

Takai nodded approvingly as he poured himself another helping of Mob Patrol's delicious tea.