"Till the end of their shifts," said Pluto. "Flirting with me while crossdressing? Certainly not a MAJOR crime. I'm not Minerva after all, much less Artemis."
"True enough," agreed Hephaestus. "Oh. The enchantment is on their uniforms?"
"Yes," said Pluto, shrugging. "Most of them were what they call 'gender dysphoric' - so in their cases its less punishment than a tip for good service. The rest may end up reconsidering these side-jobs. It isn't as if we haven't seen things like that before."
"The Greeks DID tend to be a rowdy bunch," agreed Hephaestus.
"Let me just check on our little self-proclaimed 'chosen of the heavens,'" said Pluto, passing a hand over a store window.
"This is an outrage!" declared Kodachi Kuno, drawing a double handful of spiked gymnastics clubs.
"This is our duty," said one of the blacksuits. "Will you come along quietly?"
"I think not!" declared Kodachi, throwing a few spiked clubs at the apparent leader.
FZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!
Seeing his sister go down before no less than four taser attacks caused Tatewaki Kuno to pause. Only for a moment though.
"HOW DARE THEE?!" declared Tatewaki Kuno, beginning a multi-strike manuever. Black-suited figures began falling as he struck them.
They retreated under his barrage.
"Master Kuno, no!" asked Sasuke as he ran towards his Master. "That's what they've planned."
"Then these knaves have planned to be driven asunder by the noble Blue Thunder!" declared Kuno as he continued to lay about him.
Sasuke bit his lip, trying to figure a way out of this, then started running towards the camera he knew about. Of course, he also knew that there would be many others that he didn't know about.
It just didn't add up. Nabiki prided herself on knowing what was going on. The more that she had the variables locked down - the easier the profit. Not that she didn't regard herself as more than capable of keeping up with events.
The giant figure identified as Hades/Yama/Pluto - okay, THAT was a bit beyond what she was used to dealing with.
"5000 yen," said Nabiki, holding out her hand. Someone wanting information, that was something normal she could focus on.
The blacksuited figure reached up, tipped his dark sunglasses down slightly to look at her. "I simply asked you for what you knew about Tatewaki Kuno."
"Yes, exactly, 6000 yen," said Nabiki.
The blacksuit tipped his glasses back into place. "Do you even know who I represent?"
"No," said Nabiki. Italian suit, silk, black. Sunglasses. Unknown manufacture. Not Yakuza though. "Should I?"
The blacksuit flipped a wallet open, showing a card.
Nabiki didn't alter in outward appearance at all. "7000 yen."
The blacksuit considered her briefly. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, the price is a firm 8000 yen," said Nabiki.
"You know, MOST people would lower the price on learning from I'm with the Tax Bureau," said the blacksuit. "Are you sure you want to continue in this manner?"
Inside she might be twitching and hearing a voice that proclaimed she wanted a "do over" - but she wasn't going to back down. No. She was Nabiki Tendo, damn it. "100,000 yen."
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