[Grysar]

(Encrypted)
Date: May 5th, Evening
From: Haruko Kinsha
To: Kaede Takeuchi, Katie Andrews, Kyon Sorata
Subject: Re: Candidates for Council

Sorry for the late response. This is the first I'm hearing of it, to my 
chagrin. I haven't been keeping up with Matthias as reliably as I should, in 
part because I thought I'd be able to make the pitch for Katie and Kyon best 
in person. He's already RSVPed for the house party, so I'll see him soon. 
Others may be able to catch him as well, but he's unsurprisingly busy at Keio 
though, so I don't expect he'll stick around that long.

Not that surprised he's running. He has a lower profile than our group, but 
also fewer enemies, Jackals excepted. If he is running, I'd probably vote 
without hesitation, assuming Akemi's not running. That said, I may wait to 
tell him that until after I've made my pitch for our slate.

Haruko

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[Kyon, how closely have you been keeping up with Matthias? Haruko's told you 
she's had at least one meeting and that Matthias is a likely attendee at her 
housewarming party. However, perhaps you've taken steps behind that, or 
perhaps not given your schedule.]

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[Capfox]

(My feeling is that now that Arcana stuff seems to on the rise again, he'd at 
least be checking in with Matthias every few weeks or so, just a quick email 
exchange to keep them more or less on the same page?)

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[Grysar]

[Matthias and Kyon had previously briefly discussed the Council in terms of 
Kyon making his decision to run, but Matthias himself hadn't given any 
indication one way or another on his interest.]

[Then a day or two ago Matthias gave Kyon notice that he was running, in line 
with their usual email exchange schedule. He said he was disturbed by the way 
that the Council had been put together with ad-hoc and exclusionary rules 
that were likely in pursuit of some hidden agenda. He's not expecting to 
change immediately, but believes that if he is able to join now, he could set 
a representative and impartial example. In the longer term, there may be time 
to talk about reforms, but that's getting ahead of ourselves at the moment. 
He's also heard that Yusuke is considering running a campaign making up for 
lack of any notable virtues by translating his celebrity, such as it is, into 
a position as a trusted unifier.]