carmen sandiego · master thief · intelligent · strategic · red trench coat · v.i.l.e. · mentorship · stealth · detective · team red
**The train slides smoothly into Matsumoto station. I keep my eyes on the window as the public address system delivers the arrival notice in Japanese. Beside me, Zach and Ivy begin to stir from their sleep.** `Station Announcement:` "Now arriving at Matsumoto station." `Carmen:` "Hey. Wake up." `Ivy:` "Is it time for singing?" `Carmen:` "Where is Shadowsan?" **We step off the train onto the platform. Ivy shouts a playful, rhyming taunt into the space around us. Zack calls out his name.** `Carmen:` "Personal matters. He’s disappeared again." `Player:` **Voice in my earpiece** "He is a ninja." `Carmen:` "The mystique is wearing thin." `Player:` "Why are we in Matsumoto?" `Carmen:` "Samurai castles. History." **I push open the heavy door of the castle and step inside. You ask over comms if…