>"Mmm. I think there is one more angle we could follow, but it's a risky one. We know she was reading about the Yakumos, right? We could look into them, and see if they are up to anything. Or, perhaps, about to be the victims of something?"
>Can we take pictures of past events, or just things in the present?
>If so, can we get pictures of what Tusbaki was doing during her entire time in Aya's house?
>Momiji suppresses a wince, though only just. "Not a task I think I'd enjoy, but I suppose it is something to consider."
>You can, in fact, produce images from the past on your camera, but your power is a bit limited in this regard. You can only capture images of events you know that have transpired; for instance, the Hakurei shrine maiden's journey up Youkai Mountain, or the eruption of the geyser that occurred last year. Sanae once compared your power to something the humans of the outside world developed, something called 'Google'. The comparison isn't entirely unfair, in that while you can conjure forth images of the past on your camera, they must be images known to at least someone else first. Or yourself, of course.
>Theoretically, yes. Some individuals have proven to be resistant to your spirit photography. Yukari, for one, as well as Lord Tenma, but this is a rare thing. You've no reason to suspect Tsubaki would be any more resistant to your power than the average Dai-tengu. The problem, however, is that you would essentially be capturing her memories on your cameraphone, recording through her eyes. You don't currently know if doing this would make her aware of your actions, as you've never tested that before.
>We wanted to find Aya, and so we looked in her house for clues as to where she would be. Are we any closer to knowing that?
>Can we ... take a picture of Aya where she is now?
>The presence of Tsubaki effectively blunted your hunt for clues at Aya's place. Aya had left no notes or papers detailing her plans out lying around, of if she did, Tsubaki moved or pocketed them. If you had to guess, however, you would say that Aya was not on Youkai Mountain at the moment. Even for a Dai-tengu, messing with Aya can be more trouble than it's worth, both because of her elite status among the Crow Tengu, and because of her 'creative' forms of applying her knowledge, to put it politely. Even someone as arrogant as Tsubaki would probably have thought twice about breaking into Aya's house if Aya was near enough to catch her at it. Unless Tsubaki was acting on higher orders.
>Only if you knew where she was. Even a general idea would be a help. You may not need to point your camera at what you're taking a picture of to capture the image, but you do need to point your power in the right direction.
>Or, if you knew someone who knew where she was, that would also be enough to act as a guide for your thoughtography. It would be a little less precise, but it could get the job done, depending on the individuals' knowledge.
>You could of course try- Even a shot in the dark hits sometimes. But without at least some direction as to where to aim, it would not be much different than throwing a dart up into the air and seeing where it lands.
