藤本獅郎 :: Shiro Fujimoto (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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backyardbbq2014-06-12 04:42 pm
lionson) wrote in backyardbbq2014-06-12 04:42 pm
MORE MORE STUPID EXORCIST BULLSHIT
It was supposed to have been a quick infiltration mission. Get in, get information, and get back out again. Six months tops.
Shiro knew the details, because he was the one who had given Stein the job in the first place. Being Paladin meant sending people on dangerous missions, and for something as dangerous as 'infiltrate a shadow organization,' there was nobody he trusted more than Stein. They had been partners for decades, and Shiro even trusted Stein to help raise his children. Shiro knew that Stein was the best man for the job, which was why he had sent him.
But now it was nearly a year and a half since Stein was supposed to have returned, and Shiro just knew something was wrong. Delays could be expected, and Stein had gone deep undercover, so it wasn't like he could send a friendly "Hey, I'm okay, just got caught up on things" or anything. Shiro could go in and pull Stein out, but at the same time that could mean a loss of information. The Illuminati were dangerous, so much so that even their existence was highly classified, and any effort to go in and rescue Stein would result in the Order tipping their hand, revealing that they knew about the Illuminati.
That was why, when Shiro finally decided to go on this rescue mission, he did so out of uniform. Instead of his black exorcist coat and adornment of pins, he went in a cassock. Instead of as a Paladin, he went as a priest. The Order couldn't be held liable for the actions of one priest, right? And the Illuminati couldn't possibly know that this one priest was actually someone important.
As long as he didn't get caught, at least.
So, after leaving Rin and Yukio with a friend for a few nights, Shiro made the long journey to the secret location of the Illuminati, deep within a mountain village. He wordlessly walked up the hundreds of stairs, through the woods, and to the 'hidden' opening to the Illuminati headquarters. And it wasn't until he had neutralized the front guards that he finally summoned a small, rat-like demon that he spoke.]
Find Stein.
Shiro knew the details, because he was the one who had given Stein the job in the first place. Being Paladin meant sending people on dangerous missions, and for something as dangerous as 'infiltrate a shadow organization,' there was nobody he trusted more than Stein. They had been partners for decades, and Shiro even trusted Stein to help raise his children. Shiro knew that Stein was the best man for the job, which was why he had sent him.
But now it was nearly a year and a half since Stein was supposed to have returned, and Shiro just knew something was wrong. Delays could be expected, and Stein had gone deep undercover, so it wasn't like he could send a friendly "Hey, I'm okay, just got caught up on things" or anything. Shiro could go in and pull Stein out, but at the same time that could mean a loss of information. The Illuminati were dangerous, so much so that even their existence was highly classified, and any effort to go in and rescue Stein would result in the Order tipping their hand, revealing that they knew about the Illuminati.
That was why, when Shiro finally decided to go on this rescue mission, he did so out of uniform. Instead of his black exorcist coat and adornment of pins, he went in a cassock. Instead of as a Paladin, he went as a priest. The Order couldn't be held liable for the actions of one priest, right? And the Illuminati couldn't possibly know that this one priest was actually someone important.
As long as he didn't get caught, at least.
So, after leaving Rin and Yukio with a friend for a few nights, Shiro made the long journey to the secret location of the Illuminati, deep within a mountain village. He wordlessly walked up the hundreds of stairs, through the woods, and to the 'hidden' opening to the Illuminati headquarters. And it wasn't until he had neutralized the front guards that he finally summoned a small, rat-like demon that he spoke.]
Find Stein.