[The table has a scattering of items. Someone (Amaranth? Ace? Who even knows that stuff?) has left an impressive ikebana arrangement on the table, bright zinnia and hollyhock matched with muted purple columbine and viburnum blossoms.

The rest of the things seem more random--dynamite and hands and battered swords and pasta noodles and Taisho's clothes and fancy cakes.

At one end is a box, marked 'suggestions' in neat handwriting. There are a stack of pens and leftover copies of Shrike's survey, though paper is paper, and you could write whatever you wanted.]