During the setup phase of Firecracker,The Swan Song committee agreed with the local Japanese police not toconduct operations beyond a certain point. *...*** So far, the Watanabe Yakuza had run interference but had otherwisestayed back as they watched one of their highest ranking membersartfully dodge the people chasing her. It had been a spectacle wellworth watching."Sato-san is very brave." Said the driver of the vehicle Dai Hashimotowas in. By now they were directly behind Firecracker One."Ram. The only thing that took away from the scene were the unsightly, oversized green hiking boots on her tiny feet, and the camping bags containing a tent, sleeping bag, and some food. Including, of course, a wide assortment of sex toys which were all placed on a large, mud splattered yellow hand cart that she was dragging behind her. Goldie sighed; why did they have to park so far away from the campsite? Some of the others had been nervous they’d be caught, but so what? They weren’t doing anything. But Jas stopped them."Hold," she said in a normal voice, but projected her voice from everytree and blade of grass around the party. "Hold for inspection. I willshoot you myself, Morgana. Stop moving."The commands repeated automatically in Calen and then Tsurgi.Jas triggered the self-destruct on every biologic asset she had insidethe kill zone. Most of the critters died. A few didn't. Assets outsidethe kill zone killed those."Cici?" Jasper-Yara asked. "I thought you died."Jas smiled briefly.. I got acclimated and responded by embracing her. In the middle of nowhere, an older couple making out on the side of the road. It was easy to tell that we were two lonely people who had found each other. After about ten minutes of fooling around, it was time to go back to Lilly's. The ride back to Lilly's was straight out of high school: lots of feeling, grabbing, and rubbing the other person.By the time we got back to her place, clothes were flying everywhere. Lilly pulled me to the master.