Witch Hunter Robin - Episode Two: Addicted to Power Version: 1.0 Date: December 24, 2002 Air Date: July 9, 2002 Summary by: Kala Mekiv (orbo@vauss.com) Website: http://vauss.com/usuyami Distribution of this summary is FORBIDDEN without permission from either Kala Mekiv or Shinji (csdiaz@edisto.cofc.edu). --------------------------------------------------------- Robin wakes up to the sound of coffee boiling and the radio playing. Apparently, she sleeps in the nude... ^.~ She gets dressed and walks out of her room, where she sees a very busy Touko getting ready for work. Touko asks Robin if she woke her up, which Robin denies. Touko says that Robin woke up late, saying that she thought a nun like her would wake up earlier. She hands Robin her keys to the apartment they share as she walks out the door. Robin watches the news as they discuss Misawa Kazuya, a CEO of a big company, and his acquital from a murder charge. She watches Misawa suspeciously as she fixes her hair. Once she is finished, she turns off the TV. [OP] At the meeting, Robin listens to information about the Misawa, the man she saw on TV that morning. She asks Doujima what is going on, since she has no idea what is going on. Zaizen has Michael pull up background information on Kazuya Misawa, the 28 year old CEO that was acquitted from the murder of his business partner, Watanabe Yukihiro. When they found Watanabe's body, the internal organs had liquified. Witnesses say Misawa killed the man with a curse, but the police didn't believe it, despite the fact that an interal massive blow was the only explaination. Obviously, this was a case for STN-J--however, someone made up parts of the report in order to keep it to the police only. Robin is still confused until Doujima explains that the public is completely ignorant to the abilities of witches. Zaizen explains that Misawa understands what he can do with his abilities, thus he feels that he can commit very serious crimes and get away with them. Amon says they must wait for the media circus to die down before STN-J can successfully capture Misawa, assigning Haruto and Karasuma to gather information from his office, as he and Michael investigate his home. Zaizen has Robin and Amon in his office and asks Robin about Priest Juliano. She replies that the father is doing well, despite the fact that he is losing his ability. Zaizen asks if Robin notices the differences in how STN-J and Solomon Headquarters handle things, and Robin replies she sees many differences, including the policy on capturing witches instead of killing them. Zaizen explains that STN-J has developed a system which allows them to capture witches without killing them. ROBIN: Orbo? ZAIZEN: That's right. Zaizen explains that while Orbo weakens the ability of Hunters somewhat, it also renders the powers of their enemies almost useless on them, but quickly mentions that Robin has no need to use the substance herself. He reminds her that she is only to disable the witch, and not kill them. Robin understands, then says she refuses to use Orbo on the grounds that it scares her. Zaizen nods, and tells her to learn how to do things from Amon and sends her off. He then asks Amon what he thinks, mentioning that she has absolutely no interest in Orbo. He suspects Robin is up to something, and has Amon keep an eye on her. Robin enters the STN-J office area, where the chief asks her to bring him a cup of tea. Hattori hands him a cup of tea as Kosaka shows Robin where to sit, commenting that he won't be able to see her from that spot and tells her to talk to him if she gets into trouble. Hattori tells Kosaka that his use of "-chan" for Robin is inappropriate, and Kosaka snaps that he needs to use _some_ honorific title for her. Robin heads towards her seat and watches Michael type away at his computer. Karasuma walks in and tells Robin to ignore the Chief, saying that it is his normal behavior. Haruto agrees and Karasuma tells her that eventually she'll get used to the way things work. Both of them head off to do some investigating, and Robin volunteers to go with them. Karasuma tells to Robin to wait for Amon's instructions, and Haruto suggest that she reads some accident data in the meantime. Doujima walks by the group, and Karasuma asks her where she is going; Doujima decides to go shopping. Robin drops some of the files of the Misawa case, and goes to pick them up. She runs across an image of a church. She asks Michael about it, and he says that a cop in charge of the case did. He asks Robin to look at some other files that he was planning to put away later. She asks where Amon is, and Michael replies that he already left. [EYECATCH] Robin reads the information about the Misawa case out loud as she paces around Michael. Michael asks her to read silently, which she does until she comes across the words "I'll curse you to death". Both of them say "The dead body is...", then Robin asks what happened to it. Michael says it isn't in record, but the autopsy report said the body's viscera was wrenched off. Robin concluded that the police hid that information and claimed Watanabe was killed from being hit with a blunt object. Misawa had previously been brought up on charges of hurting people and damaging property but there was never any evidence to arrest him. She determined that someone wanted to see Misawa arrested for the murder, even if that person had to make up evidence. Michael asks her again to stop thinking outloud, and Robin asks him if she's right. He refuses to answer. During Robin's revelation, the investigator of the Watanabe murder trial talks to a cameraman present at the news of Misawa's acquital. The investigator pays the cameraman, and both go their separate ways. Amon calls Michael later, and tells him that Misawa is fixing to be married to the daughter of a CEO secretly, since the news hasn't heard about it yet. Apparently, the cop investigating the murder knew about Misawa's wedding, and had included the picture of the chapel in the file. Amon sent Haruto and Karasuma to investigate Misawa's fiancee, and asks Michael to find out some more information about Misawa's relationship to the woman and the cop. Michael agrees, and Robin begins to ask Amon what she should do when he hangs up. Both look at the picture of the chapel Misawa plans on getting married at, and Robin says the lady is being betrayed--she is marrying someone who isn't even a human. Karasuma and Haruto find Misawa's fiancee, and Haruto proclaims her as "sexy". Karasuma replies that it's only skin deep. Michael sends them information for a fake business card that Karasuma eventually gives to Misawa's fiancee (Nakamoji), claiming that she a TV reporter wanting to do an exclusive on Misawa's wedding. She gets close to Nakamoji, and places a hand on her back. As the Nakamoji babbles on about her wedding plans and such, Karasuma "reads" her personality. Once the lady goes off, Karasuma tells Haruto that her beauty was only skin-deep and she is only interested in getting attention and unconcerned about Misawa's case, and will try on her wedding dress tomorrow at the church. Haruto claims that she is more dangerous than her witch-fiance. In the taxi, Nakamoji tries calling Karasuma, only to discover that the number does not work. ^.~ Michael finds that Nakamoji made reservations for the chapel, at the earliest date she could get--tomorrow night at 10 PM. Amon tells Michael to get ready. ROBIN: Um... what should I do? AMON: Of course, we're going to make you work. Amon sits in Harry's, discussing Robin with the Master. Harry finds out that she was a hunter, and Touko joins Amon at the bar area, asking for a sherry. Touko says that it's been a while... The next night, Nakamoji tries on her dress as Misawa waits for her outside. Doujima gets off the elevator and approaches Misawa to bring him down to the chapel. Nakamoji exits the room to show her dress to Misawa, sees his isn't there, and gets upset. The investigator walks up to the dressing room door, also looking for Misawa and gets upset when HE can't find him either. The officer stationed outside the chapel informs him that Misawa is at the chapel. Doujima leads Misawa into the chapel, asking him how he likes the place. Misawa notices all the STN-J members in the pews, and Doujima asks him to head towards the altar. She leaves the chapel, proud of herself for getting to play an active cosplayer's part, and decides to leave the rest of the work to everyone else. As she walks off, the investigator and cameraman walks into the chapel. Michael snaps at Doujima for not standing guard, and Amon tells him to wait. The cop walks up to Misawa and he tells Misawa that he lost his job because of him, but wants to know how he killed Watanabe. He paid the cameraman to get it on tape, so Misawa couldn't lie about it. The cop grabs Misawa, refusing to believe that humans have any magical capability. Something strange happens to him, and the cop falls down dead as Misawa maintains that he did nothing as he looks around at the witnesses present. Doujima sneaks up behind the cameraman, and informs him that guests are not allowed _after_ she knocks him down. Haruto asks her what she is doing, and Misawa asks who they are. Amon gets out his gun and Robin begins using her craft. Misawa panics as he turns to Robin, asking her what she is doing. Amon and Haruto both shoot Misawa until he is unable to move or use his powers. Haruto prepares to shoot him once more, when Amon tells him to stop and orders Karasuma to call in Factory. Misawa asks him what happened to his powers and why they did that to him. Robin merely replies that it happened to him because he was a witch. Misawa is placed inside Factory and taken away. The next morning, the news reports that Nakamoji inherited his business after Misawa's "disappearence". Nakamoji explains that was the only bond the two of them had. Robin watches this, and turns off the TV after she claims that Misawa will stay alive in her heart. [ED]