Cross Effects- The RP

[lantzblades]

Satoshi nodded "He has a point but feelings are immaterial when the person feeling them might die because I hesitate. In the end I have told the truth, that is all I can do. Since neither of you wish to believe me I think it best to stop wasting my breath. Kiyoshi I'll answer any further questions you have later but I have to get upstairs to deal with a meeting." he said standing up.

Satoshi picked up the model placing the six inch figure in his pocket and left the kitchen starting up the stairs. Suddenly he stopped.

"Actually Kiyoshi, I think you and Rider should be a part of this meeting, so if you want get Rider and bring her upstairs, I'll make sure to have Aunty wait if you want." he said turning to his younger brother.

[YOLF]

Max

Max suppressed a groan of complaint threatening to come out of his mouth as everything went even more to hell.

Apparently the armed vampires hadn't made the situation chaotic enough, as an imposing brute and a blindfolded swordswoman crashed into the area with brute force and a hail of bones respectively. The broadsword wielding vampire and his ally, whom the entry had been aimed at, took the chance to make themselves scarce and scram through the shadows before they were hit. Which had left the two new arrivals to start evening out the numbers between the lizardmen and the offending vampire attack group.

The wizard had evidently taken exception to being outgunned and outmatched, and now these two had arrived, and the tables had turned.

In fact, they had turned so badly Max could swear the commander apparent of the vampires was starting to sweat as he bawled out orders in a hurry. Max himself was starting to consider just getting away before this got any worse, but several things were restraining him from doing so. One, he couldn't in good conscience ignore something this big escalating further. Two, he wanted to know as much as possible about anything that could disrupt the status quo of the city and endanger innocents.

And three, the only Kindred he had seen since awakening in Nexus City was still in the middle of that mess, and he seemed to have finally come out of frenzy.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider smiled at Forest's words.

“Yeah, hopefully I can get him to sleep. I want to return to the castle with Toshi, I have things to do there....”

Then, she turned to Tom, who clearly wasn't too fond of her.

“Hi Tom”, she said.

Then, she turned back to Forest.

“OK, should we get going upstairs?” she asked.


"Well, Sakura is my sister, and you're her son, so I'd be doing her a disservice if I didn't say or do anything to protect her. And I won't start battling with him. Not unless he tries to attack me first”, said Rin.

Kiyoshi smiled at her words. He was glad to have a kind and protective Aunty like her, and happy that his mother had such a wonderful sister to help protect her.

After she spoke, Satoshi also started to speak. Kiyoshi watched with confusion as Satoshi sat down and, whilst still talking, began constructing a plastic model.

What is he doing? Kiyoshi thought.

Focussing somewhat on the model, Kiyoshi didn't pay too much attention to Satoshi's words, although the mention of the alternate version of his father worried Kiyoshi slightly.

Finally, Satoshi finished the model.

"High grade Zaku two, Char custom." he said, standing it up.

Hmm, isn't that one of those Gundam things from that old show? Kiyoshi thought.

The show was a bit before his time, but he still knew of at least the basic principle behind it.

However, that was over-shadowed by what he said next.

"Tsukasa is either holding the teleport in the same spot or is either outside or more likely upstairs. Your familiar should be able to track her power. As for the box, I have no idea but in the future Rin, take your own advice and ask nicely”, he said.

With that, Kiyoshi smiled brightly.

“Yay, Tsukasa-nee is still here!” he shouted.

Then, Archer spoke, causing Kiyoshi to sigh at his cynicism, before Aunty Rin also added her opinion, causing Kiyoshi to frown.

She obviously doesn't like Satoshi, he thought, sadly.

He could understand why, to some extent. Satoshi's threat on his mother had clearly riled her up, as had the threat he'd apparently made on Archer's life. Kiyoshi could understand that he was only bluffing, but Rin had less reason to trust Satoshi than he did, and she seemingly wasn't willing to accept that.

Finally, Satoshi spoke once more.

"He has a point but feelings are immaterial when the person feeling them might die because I hesitate. In the end I have told the truth, that is all I can do. Since neither of you wish to believe me I think it best to stop wasting my breath. Kiyoshi I'll answer any further questions you have later but I have to get upstairs to deal with a meeting." he said, before standing up, placing the model in his pocket and walking up the stairs.

Kiyoshi frowned. Satoshi seemed to be ignoring him once more, like Aunty Rin said.

Before he could leave, though, he stopped and turned to Kiyoshi once more.

"Actually Kiyoshi, I think you and Rider should be a part of this meeting, so if you want get Rider and bring her upstairs, I'll make sure to have Aunty wait if you want", he said.

Kiyoshi smiled brightly.

“I'd love to, thank you”, he said.

Then, he turned to Rin.

“See, he's not ignoring me, he even invited me to his family meeting", Kiyoshi said with a smile on his face.

Then, he continued, his face turning slightly more serious.

"Look, Aunty Rin, I understand you not trusting him after he threatened mummy and your servant, but he was just bluffing, he said so himself. He's my brother, Aunty Rin, I don't think he'd kill a good person. He might have threatened Archer but he'd never actually go through with it.”

Then, he walked up to her and gave her a hug.

“OK, Aunty Rin, I'm going to find Aunty Rider and then go up to meet Tsukasa-nee, Satoshi and the rest. See you later, OK?” he said, smiling.

[Bloble]

There was something disturbing about gentleness, Luka was beginning to realize. Valda hadn't even forced him, yet he was already bending to her will without a single spell or hypnotising glance.

"...no," he said, trying to keep his voice under control and failing, shivering slightly as her hand glided over his chest. "Never like this." They had never asked, never seduced, never pushed their way through his guard so easily. He had never been given a choice, and he'd learned to live with that. To expect it. To fight futilely, and in the end, enjoy it.

The new sensation, weak and soft against his skin, was even more terrifying because it had achieved the exact same result. Just the thought of Valda pressing against him, the tips of her breasts rubbing against the fabric of his shirt, was too much. He couldn't lift a finger to resist. Yes, he had already been rendered powerless, his attempts at gaining the upper hand easily rebuffed. He had arrived to ask questions, to be the one in charge, yet Luka knew he had already been defeated in a most pathetic manner.

All that remained was to suffer at the hands of the one who had defeated him. Even though, or perhaps because the thought of it filled Luka with shame, his body tensed in preparation for what he knew was to come, his loins slowly stirring at the thought of it.  He would be mercilessly exploited without being able to resist at all, and he wouldn't have it any other way.

"I don't think," Luka gasped, hands moving jerkily. One grasped the end of his scarf, slowly pulling it down and removing it from his neck as a preliminary to what would be coming. In seconds, it floated serenely to the grassy ground. The other sneaked underneath his shirt, drawing up to Valda's own and entwining with it. "...I've ever met someone like you."

[YOLF]

Bonesington

The vegetation covering the path to the building seemed a little familiar to him. He noticed as he pushed a thicket to the side to pass, how the trees didn't seem as typical for the climate as the ones visible from the outside of the park. With a claw-like bony hand, he scratched a mark into the thick trunk of one with leaf-less branches arcing up like a gate, before going under it. The air was growing more humid, and the amount of green sparser, as he went in further. The ruins he had glimpsed above the greenery came fully into view moments later, in the middle of a clearing with scattered naked trees.

Part of the rooftop and a stone spire stuck out into the sky, but one side of the building was completely broken open. An expanding crack ran from the base of the wall to the mostly exposed roof, leaving it open to the air and the peeking sun. The stone it was made of looked discolored and battered, and vines had grown over the walls and windows. Above the slightly ajar deteriorated wooden doors, there was a circular window of tinted glass, cracked and half of it now missing. Eroded shards stood out on the ground beneath, just the same as the bricks and broken bits of stone on the side of the destroyed wall.

Despite its state, Sir Bonesington recognized the style that had gone into the making of this church. Slowly and silently, he approached it.


Uchiten

He caught the glass of rice wine as it slid into his hand, and lifted it to his lips.

"Kanpai." he said, offering the toast to his welcoming host and her charming show of debauchery that had greeted him back to the world. He gulped down the contents of the glass in a single stroke, then brought it down with a clack onto the counter with a satisfied sigh.

He stretched his hand and empty glass towards her in request, and responded to her question in turn.

"My story is one that should have been over already. But it seems the gods conspire to let me remain and reenact my bloody spectacles. Maybe they are fearful I will take Yomi from them."

[Aiden]

Valda

"No? Oh..."

Valda shivered so slightly at Luka's reply as her imagination wonderfully filled in the gaps between what little she knew with only that simple statement. That she was taking something from him beyond just the satisfaction of her hunger, something that the scraps of human in her felt calling with such intimacy, was almost too much. She wanted to push him down and sear away the coverings that kept them from pressing skin to skin everywhere, wrap her fingers around his narrow wrists and her legs over his waist and take until he had nothing left to give her. She wanted to consume him in the fire of her desires like he was the choicest of human sacrifices offered willingly in her name, and she wanted him to thank her for her.

Her hand on his face reached up into his hair, and the tips of her fingers began to work at his scalp.

“How sad that they would not care enough to...”

But no; she restrained herself even as she kissed her way back up his neck.

“... treat you kindly,” she whispered into his ear, then blew gently at it to make him squirm. “But don't worry, Luka; I will. I'm not like them, and I can show you.”

With that she slide her lips down again, to kiss along along his jaw, the metal frame of her glasses brushing faintly against his cheek where her lips had pressed only moments before. She was getting so close to his mouth, but from here...

Her thumb started to rub the back of his hand, the nail scraping oh so slowly along his knuckles there, and she spoke more firmly now. “Turn around for me. Then help me get undressed.”

And once he turned she took that chance to complete the journey she had begun before, leaning down to bridge their difference in height and kiss him with a hardness that belied her hunger and desperation despite all her efforts to be soft on him. All of this was a contrast that only highlighted everything else she'd done up to that point in her own mind, a testament to her admirable self-restraint.

Valda kept his hair in a delicate grip to discourage any attempts to pull back, but not stop them completely. The more he willingly submitted, the better it was. When she came up from the kiss she was short of breath. Her panting breaths were hot against his face, and she was grinning with a gleam in her eyes from her excitement.

If ... when he started on removing her blouse their hands would part, and she would start taking his tunic top off almost from the inside.

[Elf]

With a smile, Forest took Tom's hand and advised him mentally, It maybe crowded up there.  If it gets to be too much, let me know.  She was amused by his annoyance of being ignored, as if he was some giant cat.  Which, considering how he likes his ears rubbed, that's not too far off, she thought to herself.

She looked at Jack and Rider.  "Well, follow me I guess."

Then she began up the stairs, mentally preparing herself for whatever shit had hit the fan in the last hour or so.

******

Lancer grabbed Ruby and held the stick tight.  He scowled at her then looked at Millie before giving Ruby a good shake.  "Listen, you try anything funny and I'll make you regret it."

Then he looked at Millie and asked, "You up for this, Lass?"

Then he headed to the door, holding Ruby with his supernatural strength so she couldn't easily escape.

******

Frost's vampires were understandably freaking out as the meteor of death headed towards them.  They were trying to escape the point of impact.

******

Archer watched as the kid gave Rin a hug.  He stepped back, not letting go of Rin's shoulders but made sure not to get touched by the kid.  As he trotted off, he moved closer to Rin and gently rubbed her shoulders.

He asked, "You okay?"

******

Gabriel pulled himself and Angel out of the Shadows when they arrived in the middle of the second circle.  Angel's dark eyes blinked and asked, "What just happened?"

"I'll explain in great detail once I've killed these circles," Gabriel said as he dug his fingers into the wound on his hand, getting it to bleed again.  At the sting, his eyes watered as he let his blood dribble into the circle, his unique makeup nullifying it.

Angel blinked and said, "Your blood, it's killing the circle.  I know you're not human, but you don't smell like a demon either."

"I could be considered half," Gabriel said before grabbing Angel and pulling him back into the Shadows.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

I followed the Law Unto Herself (A nice title, sounds sorta ego-maniacal but it fits I suppose.) and her Tomcat up the stairs. "No thanks. I think I can make it home before sun-up. Besides, Brianna's got to be worried as hell about me right now. I'd rather not keep her waiting."

And because I needed to throw up soon. "I'll stick around for a minute or two though, that Alex and his moron friend probably did something stupid."

[lantzblades]

Satoshi nodded at the sight and headed up stairs finding his group in an open room.

"Rider and Kiyoshi are coming, so we need to wait. Anyone got tweezers?" Satoshi asked.

Tsukasa handed the blonde her tweezers and leaned against the open doorway.

Satoshi removed the figured from his pocket finishing the details and accessories as he waited.

Rin folded her arms "So?"

"So what" Satoshi replied before beginning to build the second figure he had, symmetry was a curse even thematically for him.

"What did he say?" She replied seriously.

"That he'd tell that young fire breathing version of you" Satoshi answered continuing his work.

"I see, well ok, our time table will be longer but we should manage." Rin Sighed lightly sitting on the black chest

[Cherry Lover]

Rider nodded at Forest's words, before turning and following her up the stairs. Hopefully nothing bad had happened whilst she was talking to Forest and Jack....

[KAIZA]

It worked.

The behemoth's flesh burned away from the heat, sending gore flying everywhere. It still kept regenerating, however, but apparently burning its flesh seemed to have more effect as its regeneration seemed to slowed down considerably.

The unit barely had time to take all this information in when the monster used its good hand to grab some rubble and send it straight towards her. Luckily for her, she had made sure to pay attention to the creature's movements this time.

She immediately bolted to her left, swiftly avoiding the pieces of rubble that were coming her way. As she did so, she also started closing the distance between her and the beast, her weapon at the ready. Once close enough, instead of striking immediately like last time, she activated her thrusters and shot herself towards the sky. In one swift motion, she swung the large scythe at the creature's head, and continued flying upwards until she was sure she was at a safe distance.

Turning to face the flesh titan, her chest armor opened to reveal the Mist Cannon, and after a short amount of charging, fired again towards it.

[Alice]

Rin continued to glower at Satoshi as he spewed his last words. Had she not been fond of more elegant words, she'd say this man was full of shit.

However, she heard the invitation to Kiyoshi and Rider and a feeling of unease began claw its way into her stomach. Something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what...

“See, he's not ignoring me, he even invited me to his family meeting", Kiyoshi said with a smile on his face.

Then, he continued, his face turning slightly more serious.

"Look, Aunty Rin, I understand you not trusting him after he threatened mummy and your servant, but he was just bluffing, he said so himself. He's my brother, Aunty Rin, I don't think he'd kill a good person. He might have threatened Archer but he'd never actually go through with it.”

Then, he walked up to her and gave her a hug.

“OK, Aunty Rin, I'm going to find Aunty Rider and then go up to meet Tsukasa-nee, Satoshi and the rest. See you later, OK?” he said, smiling.

She hardly responded, still lost in her thoughts as she was. She gave Kiyoshi a tight squeeze and absently nodded as the boy ran off.

And Rin quickly regretted letting him do so as the pieces all came together.

"Sakura" had had nothing but praise for Satoshi, had been reverent and defensive of him. Everyone that she remembered and knew that came from his world acted rather differently than normal. His so called family followed Lin's orders almost blindly (the Irishman didn't seem to be an actual family member or a Servant). They were exclusionary and rude to almost everyone except their own. All those from Satoshi's world seemed to follow his ideals at least to some extent, even if it contradicted beliefs they held in most other timelines. Satoshi, in spite of his denial, clearly regarded himself as a saint, and so did others from his world.

Lin had brought through a trunk that may well have a weapon inside.

Family meeting. Cult meeting. She couldn't be for sure, and it probably sounded a bit silly, but...

One thing was for certain, however. Cult or no cult, all of Toshi's allies would be in one room with a concealed weapon in a trunk.

And Kiyoshi and Rider were going up there.

....Oh God.

She almost jumped at the gentle rub to her shoulders.

"You okay?"

Rin found herself trembling a bit again, her skin noticeably pale as she turned to face her lover. She took his hands into her own and gave them a squeeze, as much for her own comfort as anything.

"We have to tell Forest about all this." She looked towards the stairs. "I really don't like the idea of what's in that trunk..."

***

Lancer grabbed Ruby and held the stick tight.  He scowled at her then looked at Millie before giving Ruby a good shake.  "Listen, you try anything funny and I'll make you regret it."

"I don't think you'd be smart enough to notice if I did~" the stick replied, giving him a naughty wiggle.

Mille glared at Ruby. "Be glad I don't have much prana right now, or you'd be in several pieces on the floor."

"With those stick arms?~ I don't think you could manage it."

The magus grabbed her own forearm. Her arms were noticeably toned, even if not excessively muscular. "Try me sometime."

Then he looked at Millie and asked, "You up for this, Lass?"

Then he headed to the door, holding Ruby with his supernatural strength so she couldn't easily escape.

Mille nodded, sparks nearly erupting from her pupils she was so determined. "I may be low on prana, but I can still hold my own in a fight. My some of my training was physical as well as in magecraft. I'm not a master or anything, but I can provide you some back up."

She pointed at Ruby. "And if we have to, I can always use the stick over there. If not to change into a magical girl, at least beat people over the head if nothing else."

"Oh, such mindless brutality~ You two really are well matched~"

Had Mille been the one holding Ruby, she would have slammed her into the wall. As it was...

"Let's go."

She followed Lancer closely, not sure what was lay ahead but still somehow... excited.

***

Tom gave Rider another nod of acknowledgement. Brushing over her thoughts, he found himself somewhat amused that she thought he wasn't fond of her. Mistrust her and Jack? Yes. Was unhappy that she and Jack had practically ignored him? Yes. Hate her? No. Either way though, it didn't concern him greatly. 

With a smile, Forest took Tom's hand and advised him mentally, It maybe crowded up there.  If it gets to be too much, let me know.  She was amused by his annoyance of being ignored, as if he was some giant cat.  Which, considering how he likes his ears rubbed, that's not too far off, she thought to herself.

She looked at Jack and Rider.  "Well, follow me I guess."

Then she began up the stairs, mentally preparing herself for whatever shit had hit the fan in the last hour or so.

He smiled back at her. No need to worry for me in that regard. I am quite good at filtering out the thoughts of others at this point. Otherwise I likely would have gone mad the moment I entered the Nexus.

With that, after Forest was done addressing the others, Tom followed Forest up the stairs, his hand still entwined with hers, not quite certain what he would find when they reached the top.

[Elf]

Sometimes I think I'll go mad despite the control.  Then some people just project, which is bloody annoying.  I know they can't help it, but warning about Rider.  She broadcasts perv to no end.  Which isn't her fault, Forest sent to Tom as he kept holding her hand. 

It was a little odd.  The last person she had walked with and held their hand had been Gabriel, and he'd been a little boy at the time.  To hold a lover's hand and walk with them was something she hadn't had in centuries. 

She noticed that Tom's hands were mostly smooth and his skin soft.  There were a few calluses, nothing like her hands from using an axe every day when she was alive, but it at least meant Tom wasn't one of those fussy, lazy types.  Considering his musculature, he kept himself in very good shape.  It wasn't the same sort of build that the two Archers or Lancer had; the Archers were built like blacksmiths- heavy muscle for working metal.  Lancer was built like a lean predator; lithe, toned muscle made to hit hard and to hit fast.  Tom on the other hand, had that perfectly sculpted body; as if he'd been crafted by an artisan.  Which only added to his alien faeness.

Forest heard voices from the kitchen right before Jack said, "No thanks. I think I can make it home before sun-up. Besides, Brianna's got to be worried as hell about me right now. I'd rather not keep her waiting."

Then after a moment more: "I'll stick around for a minute or two though, that Alex and his moron friend probably did something stupid."

She was about to ask who Alex was when she saw Kiyoshi leave the kitchen.  She heard one of the Archers, their voices were identical for the most part, as he asked if someone was okay.

Then Rin said, "We have to tell Forest about all this. I really don't like the idea of what's in that trunk..."

Forest frowned at Tom before leading him in the kitchen.

******

Archer nodded and said, "This whole secret meeting thing just seems like bullshit.  Unless they're trying to protect the residents of this place or some such nonsense."

He did give Rin's hands a squeeze as he noticed how pale she was.  He pulled her into his arms and stroked her hair, not saying anything.  She was scared.  She needed comfort, but she was too sharp to see through any pretty lie he could tell her.  So he held her, enjoying the feel of Rin in his arms again.

"So, what do you need to tell me about?"

Archer looked up at the sound of that husky, exotic lilting female voice.  First thing he noticed that Law Unto Herself was holding a white haired man's hand.  Secondly, he could tell by the way that the white haired, admittedly absurdly handsome man was carrying himself that he claimed the pretty vampire for his own.  I wonder how Lancer would feel about that, he thought for a moment, not quite hiding the sudden smirk on his face.

The blond's nose twitched and she said, "Someone worked magic in my kitchen.  Bloody hell."

******

Lancer flashed his elongated canines at the mystic code.  "Try me, I know how to deal with stuck up bitches."

He nodded at Millie's enthusiasm, not bothering to hide his smile, and said, "Right along then.  Just stay behind me, Lass." Then he headed out of the room. 

He looked at Ruby and asked, "Now, where was this plotting going on and who do I need to beat down with my lance?"

[lantzblades]

James noted the junk bird dismissively until it let out it's cry. Snapping into evaluation mode he considered all possible origins based on previous case files and then all outcomes given his position.

he chose a simple exit. The familiar burst into it's component parts suddenly and James retrieved a paper cube and after falling for a few moments caused it to unfold into a huge paper sheet. It took another moment for his powers to create an effective parachute lift with the paper mass but eventually he reached a rooftop.

"This city may be an enemy stronghold, I'll have to get more paper." He remarked.

[Cherry Lover]

Seeing his Aunty nod, Kiyoshi let go and headed for the stairs.

Before he was out of sight, though, he heard Archer speak.

"You okay?" he asked.

Worried about her well-being, Kiyoshi turned around, to find her shaking and noticably paler than she had been a second ago.

Aunty Rin?

"We have to tell Forest about all this", she said, looking in Kiyoshi's direction. "I really don't like the idea of what's in that trunk..."

Kiyoshi ran over to her quickly, worried about her well-being, and hugged her once more. As he was running, he heard Archer's words, but he was too worried about Rin to respond immediately.

"Aunty Rin, are you OK? You look really pale, and you're shaking", he said, worried.

Kiyoshi continued hugging Rin, attempting to comfort her, whilst Forest spoke. Then, when she'd finished, Kiyoshi responded to Archer's words.

"I'm sure it's nothing bad, they're all Tohsakas and Emiyas, so they'd never hurt a good person. Well, except Connor anyway, and none of my family would ever be friends with a bad guy, so Connor must be nice too. Plus, he's acted nice so far", he said.


Rider followed Forest up the stairs. As they approached the room, she heard Rin speak.

"We have to tell Forest about all this. I really don't like the idea of what's in that trunk..."

Trunk? thought Rider.

She wasn't sure what was going on, but if Rin was worried about something it usually wasn't good. Rider quickly followed her into the room.

As she did, she heard Archer speak, and saw Kiyoshi running towards a visably-distressed Rin.

"This whole secret meeting thing just seems like bullshit.  Unless they're trying to protect the residents of this place or some such nonsense", he said.

Oh, I see.

Rider wasn't totally sure what was going on, but it was obvious that it involved Satoshi's family somehow. Whilst she now knew Satoshi's intentions were good, he did have a tendancy to do things in an overly-complicated and secretive manner, and he also did seem to have a rather bizarre thought process at times. She still wasn't happy about the way he'd defended that bastard alternate Shirou, for example, and made out that his life was more valuable than Archers and, by extension, her own. So, she could understand why the alternate Rin would distrust his family, especially when you took into account the natural repulsion that existed between alternate forms of the same person.

But, even so, Rin did seem to be unusually disturbed by what was going on. She couldn't see why having a family meeting and bringing some sort of magical device into an obviously-dangerous world was a cause for so much fear and worry.

After Forest had asked what was going on, Rider heard Kiyoshi respond to Archer's statement.

"I'm sure it's nothing bad, they're all Tohsakas and Emiyas, so they'd never hurt a good person. Well, except Connor anyway, and none of my family would ever be friends with a bad guy, so Connor must be nice too. Plus, he's acted nice so far", he said.

Exactly.

Whilst Rider knew the world was not quite as simple in reality as it was in Kiyoshi's mind, she did know that the Emiya and Tohsaka family were generally decent people. There was no reason whatsoever for Satoshi and his family to attempt to harm them right now, and no reason to expect that they would desire to.

"Rin, Kiyo is right. They might not be the same as you, but they're unlikely to be hostile. Satoshi might have made some odd decisions but his heart is in the right place. He'd never hurt someone who didn't deserve it, I'm sure, and if he won't even kill that asshole murderer Shirou I doubt he'll kill any of us", she said.

"I understand you not trusting them fully, but there's no way they're here to cause real harm. I'd like to know what is in that chest, yes, but even if it is a weapon I doubt it's going to be aimed at any of us. And, the family meeting is probably just them catching up and discussing where they should go."