Mille and Rin
"Tohsaka... Rin?" He muttered as he lowered his hand letting the spell disperse harmlessly. His face was as stone, having a poker face as good as Rin's.
Rin watched his reaction carefully. His brief moment of hesitation and his muttering wasn't much to go on, but she kept her attention on him regardless.
“Wait. Did you say you investigating a dimensional rift?” He looked at them shocked for a moment before sighing and face-palming, letting his poker face fall at the complete annoyance of his own failed experiment. “Did I really screw it up that badly that it is affecting other dimensions?” He muttered into his hand.
"Wait, so it was-"
Rin put a hand on Mille's shoulder, cutting her off before she could complete her sentence. She kneeled down a bit and faced the shorter magus, now with both hands on her shoulders.
"It's possible he opened the rift we went through, but we don't know that for sure," Rin whispered. "Plus if my suspicions are right, this whole dimension may well be a hotbed for interdimensional activity. I don't have much to go on yet on that, but let's actually
investigate this before we jump to conclusions."
Mille opened her mouth as if to speak, but then firmly shut it again and simply nodded. Rin straightened herself up and turned back to oddly familiar young man.
"We did sir. We don't have any confirmation on the cause as of yet, and it could be a number of things. Your workshop was simply the first lead we followed, being the closest source of magic to where we initially came in, so I wouldn't be entirely concerned just yet. After all, the information the Association has on both this world and the rift we came through at this time is rather limited. We just need to investigate further."
“Well I suppose I should introduce myself as well. I am Tokiomi. It is a pleasure to meet mages from the association.” He bowed with grace and elegance. “Especially such lovely ladies as you two”.
Mille's cheeks lit up again, as she made a somewhat strained bow in turn "W-well, even if you may be the cause of the rifts, I-I suppose it's a pleasure to meet you as well. T-though it's interesting that you would refer to someone that may well be your sister as 'lovely." She turned to Rin, to see her reaction. "Tohsaka?"
Rin stood there, unmoving. Not even her pokerface could save her now. The color had drained from her face. Her voice was caught in her throat. What could she say? Her suspicions were confirmed, but... well, what could she say?
"Tohsaka? Tohsaka, you look like you've seen a ghost, snap out of it already!"
"In a way, I have," said Rin softly.
Mille shot Tokiomi an apologetic glance. "Sorry, she isn't normally like this." With hardly a moment of hesitation, she turned and pinched Rin's arm.
Rin winced, blinking as she came back to her senses. Quickly, she struggled to put her poker face back on, and gave Tokiomi a graceful and polite curtsy. "A-a pleasure to meet you as well, sir."
Or should I say, a pleasure to meet you again, Father. She looked straight into his eyes. "Forgive me for being impertinent, but... would I be correct in saying that your last name is Tohsaka as well?"
Tom
This city... it is one filled with a number of peculiarities, though so rare is it that they are a thing of beauty. It is a shame that it was so fleeting, but that appears to be a common theme within this wretched place. The tall man looked up to where the beautiful, fiery feathers had once fallen, where now only the stars that hardly dared peek their way around the clouds and bits of smog remained. He had not bothered to disturb them, simply followed them to the west. And now here he was, not entirely sure why he was still bothering to stay. Perhaps it was the sounds of talking and fighting and the bright, red light that had piqued his interest.
Perhaps I will never know. Yet another peculiarity of this place, a large, mechanical bird with the mind of a man. A shame that this is not quite so beautiful. Should he leave, to find another curiosity? Should he follow, as the man as tall as he might be intriguing on his own merits, as he had attracted the great metal bird's attention? For now, he did not know. For now, he simply waited and watched, as for now, there was no urgency.