[b]Shio[/b]

Shio did not miss the details in the smithing tome. She had mulled a bit over what to do with the book, having noticed the extra weight and shaping. She was not keen on damaging library property, but it seem in this instance there was no choice. She had pondered consulting Kasumi on the morality of what she was doing, but decided she already knew the answer Kasumi would give and what she needed to do anyway. Taking her belt knife, she ran it along the top of the binding of the closed book, creating a small slit for the key to slide out from as she shook it. Soon she was rewarded with a key in her hand, as well as the address the book had provided.

Without hesitation, Shio quickly boarded the next train to Ward. She wanted to find out more about where this book was leading her. While she did conclude it could be a trap, completely with threatening lasers, she knew that if she didn't explore this further she would regret not having the experience to write into her booklet. She had never gone on a treasure hunt as a child and she was quite certain this would classify as one. So far she had a key and an address with very little else to work off of. Clearly it was intended that someone find these things, as well as go to the address with the key, but after that, she wasn't sure of what she should do.

The train to Ward was non-eventful, as was the walk from the station to the address. Shio was quite familiar with Ward, having stopped off many times here on her way to the Western cities. She had even promised to treat herself with some of that ice cream she had tried last time she passed through, icecream being an experience she had written in last visit. However, this time she was going to write it in again under the experience of 'rewarding oneself'. she suspected that she would likely be keen on continuing to do this.