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What I See

Chapter 5: To Stare at Death

Lorelei Barthomeloi stopped her slow advance on the duo, just outside of what she must have read as striking distance.

Rin spared a glance at her wristwatch, trying her best not to grind her teeth. The scraping noise in the back of her ears told her she failed. Shiki appeared to wait impassively, though the trained eye could make out how his legs had just enough tension to make a spring for an opening or a retreat.

"So, uh," Shiki held up a hand like he could stop the rising tide against him, "What did I do here?"

"That Dead Apostle you killed a while back, Louvre," Rin said through clenched teeth. "That was Barthomeloi's target."

"Un?" The sound Shiki made was the kind of sound one made when they were unsure what exactly they were reacting with, whether surprise or confusion or fear or frustration or any combination thereof. "Then, shouldn't it be good? I mean, that Louvre and them were taken out."

Rin glanced around the hall, back the way they had come from, then again past Lorelei's shoulder, before checking her watch again. "You ever get passed the ball during a game of soccer, and you've never scored a point, but you have the opportunity, and then the team ace takes the ball from you anyway and scores instead? Something like that."

"I'm a team ace? I've never been a team ace. I watched from the sidelines."

Rin started to growl out a response, but Lorelei cut in. "If you are done conferring amongst yourselves, perhaps you would like a weapon, now? I would hate to destroy you when you are unarmed, Shiki Tohno."

Shiki fiddled with the top edge of his eye covering, scratching just beneath the lip of the material. "If you don't want to kill the unarmed person, I think I'm good."

"Would you prefer torture?"

The smirk on Shiki's face fell and he looked visibly deflated. "Well, that doesn't exactly thrill me, I'm not really into that kind of thing, but if the only other option is death, torture is less bad."

The woman snapped her riding crop into her hand hard enough to make the associated whipping noise. "You perceive it as if I would harm your body. But you misunderstand. I would have you punished for the pain you have caused me. Punished in the same way." She pointed the crop toward him like she might a stubborn animal. "You trampled upon my pride. Perhaps you would like the same in return? I am aware that you came willingly so your sister would not come to harm. What if that were to change? Perhaps she too could be brought here, examined, lest we forget how you came by those eyes—"

Shiki's mouth snapped shut, his irreverent expression replaced with something else. His jaw and cheekbones set, while his nostrils flared, matching the sudden rise and fall of his shoulders.

None of which Rin was happy to see. She glanced one final time at her wristwatch, then scowled. "Oh, forget this. Looks like we're on our own." With a sigh of suffering, she reached behind her back, pulled at her blouse, and withdrew a rough, silvery device from beneath the waistband of her skirt.

Even Lorelei Barthomeloi's eyes went wide. "Tohs—"

"Es lässt frei. Juwelenschwert des Kaleidoskops!"

Prismatic light.

The magnitude was far less than before. It was downscaled, hastily tinkered with, removed from its original design. It was not the light that vanquished giant shadows created with the energy of the Holy Grail. Even if the air in this place had been as full of mana as the caverns beneath Enzou—and this hall was most certainly not as rich—it would still have fallen far short of the effectiveness she once experienced. The force was closer to small arms fire rather than a tank shell.

But the light from Rin Tohsaka's Jewel Sword still had enough kick to do what she needed.

The arc she made in the air created a wave of light that spanned the entire width of the hall. It struck where floor met wall and cut a perfect line right before the feet of the Canticle members, blowing wood and marble and concrete up into the air. The tide of smoke that issued forth shot down the hall like a backdraft of fire and everyone but Shiki was forced to close their eyes from the debris that assaulted their faces. Lorelei was caught right in the center of the blast, but she had some kind of spell up, her glove glowing with the same light from Rin's attack.

With her free hand, Rin grabbed Shiki by the wrist and pulled him laterally.

"Es lässt frei. Schnellsalve!"

Another surge of light shot forth. It crashed into the wall and beyond, blasting a hole out into the open air.

That was all it took. In scaling the blade down to be a complete product in time to be of use, Rin knew it only had one, maybe two uses in it. The sub-par materials she had to craft it with collapsed under the weight of the power she was channeling much as her muscles had collapsed when using the real thing. The crystalline structure of the sword crumbled to dust as if harvested by a completely inept gemcutter.

Still, it would do. Rin pulled on Shiki's hand and guided him through the rubble, holding her breath until they were clear of the smoke cloud.

Dull, pale light. The sun would normally be a short while from cracking the horizon and painting the sky in pale radiance, but the ever-dour London weather cloaked that. Streetlamps still lit much of the exterior, and only just. Rin was however thankful. The only other thing she had going for her was that no civilians would have seen what just happened directly—the hall had been on the museum grounds and the area they were traveling through led onto a back road that was often empty of traffic even in the middle of the day.

"This way," she said, pulling Shiki down the street.

"What the hell was that?" he hissed. "Did you hide a rocket launcher under that skirt?"

"Shut up and run!"

Smoke billowed through the hall. The dirt and grit that had started to settle from Rin's first strike flew up again at the second as the pressure change pulled air to and fro, some of the cloud attempting to escape out the new exit that appeared.

Though Lorelei barked out a command to halt, the Canticle pushed through the rubble in pursuit of their quarry, some of them coughing, others cursing their footing. The brigade had its pride as magi as well, and despite their commander's words, they wished to punish the ones responsible for this blunder. "We will not let you escape!" some rallied. Others began the process of spellwork, their arias humming through the din of people.

"That is not your purpose!" Lorelei called out, but many were already filing out.

Beyond, the street was empty. That was to be expected. Two of the Canticle crouched down, spells were spoken, and the revelation of footprints came to be like fingerprints appeared beneath forensic dust. The magus that had the right direction motioned to his fellows, stood, and—

Halted in place.

Brigade members glanced to each other in confusion, then to the one that had picked up the trail. "What is it?" they asked.

Another man froze in mid-stride, as a child might in the game of Statues. Unable to halt his momentum, he toppled over onto the concrete face-first. The noise he made was slapstick enough to make the others wince.

By the third frozen person, the first was struggling to look down. His body was not simply frozen in place as if hit by some form of curse. From just above his waist spread out a darkness that rolled over the rest of his body. The darkness at the source stilled, hardened, settled, until it took on the appearance of a slate-colored substance. Like stone.

The man tried to cry out, but found that it was difficult to even take a breath. He heard ringing in his own ears from the rush to his head, the lack of oxygen. The only thing he could make out beyond was the same sounds of horror from the others he wanted to make, the muted cries of people unable to move, unable to stop the surge of magic passing over them, through them.

Jeweled eyes watched the brigade from the eaves of an alleyway, until the entire party had other things to worry about than pursuit of two youngsters.

Other magi gathered where the corridor had been blasted open, roused from their work or slumber by the explosions. Some were already in the process of repairing the damaged building. More were carrying unconscious brigade members in, men and women that were partially petrified. One was even being examined by his fellow, the examinee unable to do anything but glare while the other poked and prodded.

"What a mess."

Waver Velvet meandered in, disinterest in his eyes despite the comment. A form resembling a woman molded out of silver trailed in his wake, then presented a broom when they reached the edge of the ruble pile. It began sweeping.

Lorelei Barthomeloi was chewing on her thumb. She did not acknowledge the Lord of El-Melloi but for a slight flicker of her eyes.

"Obliterate them so thoroughly?" Waver asked.

"No," Lorelei growled.

Waver was either truly surprised, or had the gall to look it. "They got away?"

"No. Others were alert to the escape attempt. Not mine. Probably some of the hunters." The Canticle leader seemed as disinterested in conversing with him as he did with her, despite her explanation.

Waver watched his "maid" help shift the ruble pile, allowing more magi to move in and regenerate the wall. Damaged materials slowly disappeared as the building was repaired. "Not going after them?"

Finally Lorelei glared at him directly. "She used the Second."

Again, Waver looked—or faked—surprise. "Huh." He shrugged. "Isn't that what everyone kept asking for?" The response was his answer, however. Lorelei Barthomeloi would not, despite her power and prestige, dare to intervene in such a matter. Even ignoring the issue others in the tower might have if she destroyed an heir to the Second, the fact remained that her calculations of her enemy's capacity were off. Far off.

A leader did not run into battle blindly.

Waver turned to go.

Lorelei asked, despite herself, "Unconcerned for your apprentice?"

"Feh." The man put his hands in his robe pockets, cast one last look at the damage, then was on his way. "Forget her. I have work to do."

After all, Suikoden would not get done on its own.

They headed in the direction of Regent's College, the large park next to it a place to hide out and regroup. It was also far enough away to not be an immediate location for the Association to start looking—

And for Shiki to be out of breath before they were even halfway.

"Work out more," Rin said.

"I've been stuck inside for days, weeks! And you've been feeding me junk food!"

Rin let him huff and puff, reminding herself that this was actually a dying man. His annoying habits concealed that simply too-well. She glanced to her watch again. Irritated, she fumbled around her jacket pocket for something else. The mobile phone she pulled out was not an advanced kind at all and had the basic, cheap appearance of a disposable. "C'mon."

"You expect it to talk back?" Shiki asked, his breath still fast.

"No, I expect a call. Ugh."

They had crossed through a smaller park along the way, empty at such an early hour. At least, it should have been empty. But one person sat on a bench along the path Rin had chosen, blond hair and dark clothes contrasting in the otherwise green backdrop and grey light.

Jane was one of the Enforcers that had captured Shiki initially. He was one Rin was familiar with somewhat, as she tried to avoid him like the plague: the intense way he stared at her was unnerving, creepy even.

He did not move from his spot on the park bench, though. Nor did he even bother to remove a cigarette from his mouth when he spoke. "Fraga is back in town, so you know."

Rin stared. "What's your game? Stalling until people get here?"

"Just warning you." He blew smoke out from the side of his mouth not occupied with the cigarette. "She had a trace put on him," he motioned to Shiki, "probably one of her runes. She'll know where you go. The others are out here somewhere too. One of them has guns and hasn't been able to shoot something in a while."

Keeping her eyes on the Enforcer at all times and keeping herself between the man and Shiki, she moved them from one side to the other like one might avoid a dangerous animal. "And you?"

Jane scratched at stubble marring his chin, but his eyes remained on Rin as well. Though nothing in his gaze seemed to change, his voice lowered somewhat. "I'm on a smoke break."

They kept running, through the park where Jane had been, up some alleyways and down some side streets, long enough that real morning light was evident even despite the cloud cover. More people were starting to make appearances, though still few enough that Rin did not want to drop her guard at all.

"What was…that about?" Shiki asked, still winded as they moved.

"I'm…not sure." Rin felt one sense of tension dissolve from her as they crossed the last street and made it to the larger Regent's College area, a place big enough to truly get lost in. The trees and bushes were thick enough that even after only just stepping foot into the place, she was certain the noise from nearby streets would be muted or gone altogether. "I think he might've been trying to help."

Shiki seemed relieved that they were letting up on the pace somewhat. "Then you should thank him someday. I'm sure he'd accept dinner and a movie from a pretty girl like you."

"I keep telling you—"

"And I keep telling you, it's a guy thing. We know."

There was a faint sound, like the snapping of a ruler against a desk truncated so no echoing occurred. It came in bursts timed perfectly with small explosions in the grass near Rin's feet.

"Shooter!" Shiki tried to motion to a cluster of trees, but was yanked in another direction.

Rin pulled him as fast as she could. The clearing they were in offered absolutely no protection for a good twenty meters. Bullets followed in her wake as their aim was adjusted. No matter how fast she ran, she could not beat the path they took to the cover of more foliage—

The storm of bullets halted. No, it was not that they stopped, but their progress suddenly fell off into nothingness. Bullets still whizzed through the air and the faint cracking noise continued, but—

If one had their ears beyond superhuman sensory level, the sound of the bullets passing through the air halted a meter or so before Rin and Shiki, as if the faint noise they made caved in on itself like a space devoid of air.

If one had their eyes beyond superhuman sensory level, the sight of the bullets bent inward upon themselves about a meter or so before Rin and Shiki, as if the light carrying their vision was pulled into a black hole.

Caleg, the Enforcer that had been shooting, cursed. From his perch atop a branch big enough to support his generous frame, the man made to reload his weapon, an L85 assault rifle in use by the British military, a suppressor over the barrel. He did not understand what had happened to his shots as his aim should have been true. Tohsaka had not activated any kind of magecraft besides the Reinforcement of the body, so he was confounded by the defense that had appeared in front of her—

When Caleg lifted his weapon to jam in the new magazine, something hit the weapon from below. The force was great enough that the Enforcer had to steady himself on his perch; he pulled out a sidearm to address his new attacker, instinct and experience allowing him to fire before he had even consciously identified their location.

The attacker hunkered down behind a barrier—a boundary field at first glance. Unlike most others, this field had a visible presence, a faint red starburst of light. His bullets rebounded from the shield without any effect.

Caleg spared a glance at the L85. It was skewered by what impossibly looked to his eye like a claymore-sized sword.

When he glanced back to his attacker, he saw three identical blades flying his way. These, he understood and recognized—recognized too well, his mind warning him of incoming unpleasantness.

Black Keys struck him, and his confusion became a lesser concern.

They grouped up under the cover of a different cluster of trees, ones with a couple of animals actually chirping away despite the cold—a good sign that they were in fact alone. While Shiki regained his breath, he tried to catch on to who they were, the two people that had come to meet them. One was most certainly male and around his height, maybe a bit taller, while the other was female and slightly shorter than Rin. The familiar way Rin addressed them, however, was a sign of their allegiances.

"What went wrong?!" Rin hissed. "You were supposed to call when you were in position at the exit!"

Sakura Matou managed to somehow look annoyed and amused at the exact same time. Shirou Emiya did not—he merely scowled. "You didn't give us any directions," Shirou said.

"I told you the British Museum!"

"Um," Sakura smiled, nervously glancing about. "We don't live here, remember?"

"I can't even read the signs," Shirou complained.

"And finding transportation from the hotel at this hour was a little more difficult than usual."

"Plus the stingy amount you gave us couldn't tip the cab driver."

"Didn't know what you would be wearing."

"The visibility around here is terrible—"

At this point, Rin was clawing at the space above her shoulders like she could rip their words right out of the air, keeping them from reaching her ears. "Okay! I get it!"

"Converting weight measurements from stones to kilograms."

"My stomach will cave in from the food here."

If it was clear to Rin that they were now just giving her grief, she made no sign of it.

"Your…family, I take it?" Shiki asked.

Rin growled. "Nobody else in the world can make me so ticked off, yes."

"I'm Shirou," the male introduced himself. "This is Sakura, Tohsaka's—"

"Sister. Yeah, I think I can tell."

All three of them looked momentarily baffled.

"She smells like Rin."

Though Shiki could not see it, Sakura blushed brightly enough she might have been blooming. Rin blushed as well, though she was clearly less surprised by the odd observation. Shirou just remained baffled. "Are you part bloodhound or something?"

"Well, I can also tell that last night the two of you must have been going at it—"

"Alright! We need to get clear of this mess," Rin shouted, louder than necessary, warding off further commentary. Also sparing her any graphic details Shiki's mind could conjure up of her sister's love life. "So you came to the other place I mentioned."

Shirou nodded. "Big park is easier to find from a high vantage point. I don't know what the British Museum even looks like. Anyway, Rider went out then in spirit form to try and find it, since she can move a lot faster."

"Where is she now?"

"Just arrived here now," a voice from nowhere said. She materialized before them, a phantom ghost with long, flowing hair. "Magi are now leaving the grounds in search of you."

While the others nodded, Shiki nearly fell back from shock. "Where'd you come from?!"

The woman, wherever she had come from, apparently decided it was unimportant to explain. "Different from the ones that were chasing you before."

Rin sighed. "That'd be the lackeys from the departments that want this one's head." She jerked her thumb in Shiki's direction. "Probably trying to impress upon their leaders' good graces."

"Back to the original plan?" Shirou asked. "Distract and dissuade them until they give it up?"

"If you must." Rin did not sound happy. "But if you see a woman, reddish hair, about this tall, in a suit? Run like hell. Even you, Rider."

It might have seemed strange, in hindsight, to tell a Heroic Spirit something of the sort. Rider smiled, though. "I will be careful," she said, taking the remark as intended.

"We'll head now in the other direction," Rin explained. "Toward the river, in case you were still lost." She scowled at Shirou, who grinned and held up his hands in surrender. "Give me a call when they start to turn in, or if things get hairy."

The three nodded.

"Um," Shiki raised his hand. "Do any of you have something I can use? Even a pocket knife would be fine."

"This may sound…like a silly question," Sakura said, "but how can you use, um, anything?"

Rin was the one to answer. "Just let him have something, I'm sure he can give you a nice, long-winded answer some other time." She seemed to address Shirou instead, though.

The redhead smiled.

"When I said that magi aren't fair when they don't risk their own families, I didn't mean for you to do this," Shiki said. "You shouldn't have brought them here."

"I'm just full of screw-ups today," Rin muttered.

"I'm serious."

They took a path that gave the areas they had just been in a wide berth. If the Regent's Park was to the north of the British Museum, they made a crescent path from there to the southwest, keeping roughly the same distance from the museum, circling it like a compass. They stuck to back alleys and lightly traveled streets, though it was getting harder and harder to avoid eyes on them as the early morning gave way to daytime in earnest. Rin made as if she were guiding her blind companion, lightly holding his arm and guiding.

"It's not like I did it just because of that," Rin said. "It…well, it was related a bit to what you said, though." She shook her head. "Obliquely."

"Oh good, a straight answer."

She smacked his arm. "I'm serious. Or trying to be."

A police car went by, siren on. Rin eyed it as it passed, hoping it was entirely unrelated to them. "I know what it's like, trying to protect your family. Sakura…she's my family. And there are things about her that if the Association knew, it would cause trouble. More trouble than even this."

He turned his head her way, as if to give her a disapproving look. "Yet you called her here."

"You ever think that maybe, just maybe, your sister might have found a way to handle the people sent for you?"

"Nope. As much as Akiha is scary, that Bazett is scarier."

Rin sighed, long and deep, regretfully. Regretful of what she clearly did not want to say. "Even so, you might have just put your faith in her anyway."

Shiki did not exactly frown, though his lips made a strange pursed expression.

"I think, if I'm going to screw up," Rin glanced back over her shoulder in the general direction of where they had parted from her family, "I might as well do it around them." She snorted. "Though even at that…they might surprise you and turn the tables."

Because, as much as Rin hated to admit it, she would never be able to protect them entirely on her own. She should have known that by now—all things considered. If it took a Heroic Spirit, a homunculus girl from a rival family, and an idiot boy with an impossible magic all just to make the chance to save her sister, Rin knew she would need just as much to save this stranger next to her.

"Oh damn," Shiki said, his breath escaping with a gasp.

It was not even a back alley. They would not have thought it initially to be a good place for an attack. They were still next to a one-way street. The block they were on was dominated by a large church. Nobody else passed by. Bicycle racks were empty nearby.

Bazett Fraga McRemitz came up toward them. She gave no warning. No sign. The charge came and was faster than even Rin could manage on Reinforced legs.

It was her job, after all. Even if Bazett set it up for Rin to care for Shiki, even come to the compassion of attempting a breakout, Rin knew this would have come eventually.

She did not know that her rescuee would be the rescuer.

The miss was of the just-barely type. Shiki gave Rin a hard shove with one hand and Bazett's punch flew through the space created between them. Shiki's other hand came up with the Azoth sword Shirou had made for him, the cut aiming for Bazett's opposite shoulder. The Magus Killer was already twisting out of the way, spinning around, the same arm Shiki would have cut coming up. The back of her fist collided with Rin's raised arms, sending the younger girl flying.

Shiki continued his own motion, his shoulders going down and his leg curling up behind him with the same scorpion-tailed kick that he had performed before. It caught Bazett just above her left kidney, but the noise Shiki's foot made was akin to hitting a metal bulkhead rather than a body.

Bazett continued her spin, brought her right fist back down to strike Shiki right between the shoulder blades. However, Shiki sprung himself up to a one-armed handstand from his ineffective kick and Bazett's blow hit the pavement instead as the young man contorted himself oddly and flung himself in the opposite direction of where Bazett had struck Rin. He skidded to a stop a good handful of meters back, flipped the dagger around in his hand, turned his head in Rin's direction.

Rin was clutching her arm—it was most definitely broken—but was on her feet, watching with wide, shaking eyes.

Bazett moved after him, once again faster than a mere human should.

Shiki raised the alchemist sword and cut through the cloth over his eyes.

It was not the sheer inhuman power and speed of the Servants, but it was the kind of fight that Rin knew she would never bear witness to again in her lifetime.

The unnatural glow of runes to Bazett's clothes. The unnatural glow of strange light to Shiki's eyes.

Bazett moved like a speeding train, charging with hands and knees set to maim or kill. Her blows would punch holes right through mortal men.

Shiki moved like a cheetah, crouched nearly on all fours and dashing faster than he ought to. His slashes drew lines in the air like razor wire.

Bazett would miss just barely, the pure muscle of her strikes actually tearing the coat Rin had given Shiki right off. One punch missed his face, grazed his cheek, tore his skin by utter force.

Shiki would miss just barely, the precision of his cuts making neat little slices into Bazett's blazer. The intense glare he gave her suggested he was not happy with the results.

At their fifth—or was it sixth?—pass at each other, Shiki barely dove out of the way as Bazett stomped her foot down on where his head just was. The impact punched a crater into the pavement, white dust kicking up into the air. Bazett turned on her heel and was after Shiki, suddenly moving faster, faster, their shared destination to an undamaged part of the sidewalk, Bazett so much faster that she would reach it before Shiki, who stared his dash sooner.

Shiki seemed to disappear.

Bazett's punch toward the ground this time did not crater it—instead a flash of fire shot out from her glove like a shockwave. Rin could vaguely see an F-shaped rune glowing at Bazett's wrist.

Back in the direction of the crushed sidewalk, back to the other side of it, Shiki reappeared, his eyes wide, vibrating in an inhuman manner. He crouched low for another pounce.

Wasting no time, Bazett was charging again, once more even faster, her feet a blur. Instead of a direct line to strike, she came up with a roundhouse kick—

Shiki swung his weapon through the pavement at his feet.

The pavement beneath Bazett's planted foot gave way, coughing up shards of concrete. Her kick went off-balance. Shiki flipped the Azoth sword in his hand, made a thrust toward the Enforcer, then dove clear. Bazett's recovery was immediate, as she nearly drove her foot into his body anyway.

Bazett turned in place. The glove on her right hand fell away.

Before she could respond with another attack, the dagger Shiki was using flew toward her. She raised her other hand, batted it away—and that glove fell apart.

Above her, inverted, Shiki thrust a hand down. Between his thumb and first two fingers, a piece of concrete shaped like a narrow guitar pick.

Rin was running the moment she saw the flying dagger. She dove for where Bazett knocked it aside, rolled over the weapon, came up with it in hand. Rin dug it into the earth as deep as she could and smacked the pommel with her palm.

The jewel within released its prana. The entire sidewalk rumbled, then exploded. Like the tower grounds had from the Jewel Sword, the street was engulfed in a wave of dust and dirt.

Rin dove through it all to where she estimated Shiki to have landed and managed to find him by nearly tripping over him. She hauled him up by his collar and half-shoved, half-ran him to the other end of the street. Despite the fact that she knew they now needed to run as fast as they could, Rin could not help but glance over her shoulder for pursuit.

Bazett cleared the dust cloud perpendicular to their escape, nearer to the building wall opposite of the church. She watched them flee but did not give chase, both her hands empty and clutching at her own shoulders, her blazer gone.

"What did you do?!" Shiki coughed through the smoke in his lungs.

"What did you do?!" Rin returned. "I just made your knife explode. That's what it was meant to do in the first place!"

He coughed again. "Ugh."

They crossed another street, made it around a corner. Some pedestrians were looking at them oddly, but others were heading in the direction of all of the noise and excitement.

Shiki coughed a third time, then made a noise like his mouth was dry and he was in desperate need of water. "I just…killed…her motivation."

Rin, puzzled at his phrasing, glanced back. They could not see the place of the fight, of course, but it made visualizing easier to her.

Bazett, gloveless—she understood that he was removing her rune-enhanced weapons. She had lost her blazer too, and Rin thought they might have had some kind of armoring enhancement on them.

But—clutching her own body?

"It sure is cold, isn't it?" Shiki said. "I just lost my coat, you know."

"No, you can't use m—oh no." Rin's eyes went wide.

It…did he?

She gave Shiki an evaluating look. He was not smiling, though his tone had been light enough. It seemed that despite his little joke, he was still unhappy. "I thought you would have killed her."

He blinked, looking up at the sky. With the shroud gone, his eyes did seem otherworldly, even more than Rider's despite their normal shape. The blue light in them almost had an aura that extended beyond their physical boundaries, hovered just outside, a colored steam. "One good turn deserves another, don't you think?"

Rin wondered at that. The world…she knew it did not agree. In fact, that was her next concern—Waver Velvet's explanation of Shiki's Mystic Eyes and what they were doing to his brain flittered through her consciousness. "You lost your blindfold."

"It was starting to not work anyway," he admitted. "The lines were appearing in the darkness." He sighed. "Better to know what they're lines of."

That…was bad.

He finally turned his gaze onto her. They slowly moved over her, clearly trying to assimilate what he knew about the Rin Tohsaka he had in his mind's eye to the one that now stood before him. She expected him to make a joke, make a comment about how he was right or wrong about her appearance and the sixth sense males apparently shared on the matter—

"You're…very beautiful."

—but she was wrong.

"C'mon," she said. "Let's get clear of this mess."

By the time they had crossed the river to the south, it was long past afternoon. Shirou and Sakura had called her, let her know that the search was either stalled or called off. They were unsure as to why, though they passed on from Rider that things were going too public for the Association to move hastily. The fact that one of their Enforcers had been found unconscious and pinned to a tree by Church weapons, while another had apparently been involved in a road-destroying fight that called down a lot of attention probably had a lot to do with it.

It was likely that it was still somewhat dangerous for them to do this. After all, though in a public location, they were isolated from the eyes of a crowd—a wily magus could still reach them, whether by boundary field or long-ranged spell or familiar—but Rin had decided to risk it. With the revelation that Shiki's conceptual weapon was no longer working on his Mystic Eyes, she decided they should at least once before leaving.

He had brought it up before, after all.

The passenger car they had arranged was private. It was not a difficult sell to the operators, a couple wanting to take the London Eye trip alone together, still young enough to be impulsive and unable to think about getting tickets ahead of time. They boarded the giant Ferris wheel without issue, were given a clear sight of the city and the Thames from the giant capsule windows.

"Akiha is going to be real mad," Shiki said. "Not only did I skip out on her, I got to go on a famous foreign ride."

"I'll remember that you owe me three hundred British pounds." She decided to blame it all on frazzled nerves. No way in her right mind would she have spent so much on a mere thirty minute sightseeing ride.

"My sister is good for it…well," he seemed to reconsider, rubbing at his temples. "Er, she is. But now that I think about it, I might not want to owe her."

Rin snorted. "Your sister sure has you whipped into shape real good."

"Yeah." He settled down in place next to her, his eyelids somewhat lulled. The toll of his sight was clearly giving him a headache, though he had not complained. By midday, though, he was cringing from constant pain. "Can't wait to explain all the rest of it to her."

"Just," Rin stared out over the Thames, thinking of the river that parted her own hometown, "leave your sister to me. I'll talk her down." It was not even a concern for her anymore—she knew that this would end with her tripping back to Japan, returning Shiki to his family. From his descriptions of his sister's attitude, she had even resolved to put up with the inevitable accusation that this was out of some kind of reverse-Stockholm Syndrome love. "You should see me with Shirou's…older sister."

"I don't know," his voice was quieter than before. "I told you my sister makes it hell when I try to bring a girl over."

"Mm, Taiga didn't much care for me either," Rin said.

Shiki thought about the name he did not recognize, then his thoughts drew an obvious line to the people he met earlier. "So, your sister and that guy. Married? Engaged?"

"Permanently involved, though not legal yet." Rin leaned back on her hands. "Already sizing up more women, huh? I guess Rider is unattached."

Shiki's lips came up to touch hers.

It really was nothing more than a touch, shy of even a brush of fingertips or a whisper of breath to the skin. Rin could not even move back before he was away, the pale light in his eyes causing her to wonder if it were a mere illusion cast by some otherworld's fey. "Sorry, no man could resist." Despite the words matching his jokes before, his tone was still quiet, sincere.

She looked at him dumbly.

He let out a small laugh, retreated back into his own space, leaning back on his own hands, though his left and her right had come to be entwined. Rin could not recall when that had occurred. "And thanks."

Finally managing a scowl, Rin said, "For stealing a kiss?"

"Eh." He did not elaborate, seemed to settle down in his seat, leaning against her faintly since there was no back to their bench.

Rin let him. She reminded herself it was not a reverse-Stockholm Syndrome situation.

Instead of poking at his uncalled-for familiarity with her, she thought back to the various conversations they had, first to his sister and family, then to all the rest. She considered that he was simply thanking her in general, but everything he said always seemed to have that double-meaning, even if it was often a joke. She thought of the random-yet-justified complaints he had, the comments about food and entertainment, his horror over her need to regularly draw blood for her magecraft. She thought of his shiver-inducing words about killing everything he could and tearing the Clock Tower apart with his power, thought of his melancholy over the romance he had lost, thought of his strange-yet-not strange powers of perception. She thought of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty and his inability to keep them straight.

Motion outside the capsule caught her eye. "Huh. Snow white. I mean, outside, not the fairytale."

Shiki was quiet.

"Okay, sleeping beauty?" She thought he might appreciate the joke, watched him for a response.

His eyes were still open, though only just; he could have been asleep. She followed his gaze down to where their hands were joined.

She thought of the conversation they had before her decision to break him out. About fearing death.

It was starting to snow in earnest outside, lending the city a wintry feel that reminded her more of home. Rin let her head lull to Shiki's, her cheek settling into the fringes of his hair. There, she waited, wondering if the operators would allow her to take another circuit around the wheel.


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Thanks in part to the War on Drugs, more than half of the inmates in the federal prisons are there because of drug-related offenses. It’s a staggering statistic, one that helps explain the explosive growth of the prison system over the past thirty years, as officials struggle to keep up with the influx of inmates convicted of, in many cases, minor drug possession.

But rehabilitating a system that currently incarcerates over two million people is no easy task. Even though the "War on Drugs" has been abandoned, the legal precedents from the era remain, and we keep sending drug-users to jail—over and over. The main problem with that, as explained by this infographic, is that the cost of such policies is astronomical—in 2010, the government spent more than two billion dollars housing and drug addicted inmates. And because drug-related offenders are far more likely to return for repeat stays, the problem is self-perpetuating.

What’s to be done? One option, demonstrated in this infographic developed by a Pennsylvania rehab center, is to develop a system-wide preemptive treatment infrastructure. "We spent a ton of time crunching numbers," says Clarity Way’s Shane Jones, whose team culled data from the FBI, the US Department of Justice, and the Center for Economic and Policy Research to create the graphic. "We wanted to break down the drug use in America, the costs the government bears to fight it, and the money that could be saved from preemptive therapy on first time drug users."

New York State is one of the few states to test such an idea, looking to Sweden’s drug policies for insight, where first-time drug offenders can choose to complete a residential rehab program instead of hard time. A New York-only pilot program has shown that successfully completing the rehab program decreases an inmate’s chance of returning to jail by almost 70%. A similar federal program could save taxpayers millions of dollars a year—a bottom line that’s tough to argue with, regardless of your politics.

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Michael Lewis has a knack for tapping the business zeitgeist. In Liar's Poker, he exposed the brittle core of the money- and status-obsessed 1980s. In The New New Thing, he captured the vision and the outsized ambitions of Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Now, in Next: The Future Just Happened, Lewis explores a new frontier defined by the fringe dwellers of the Web: teenage misfits, social deviants, hackers, and pseudoentrepreneurs.

Lewis has returned from his trip to the edge with at least two profound insights. First, technology is redistributing prestige. Thanks to the democratization of the Internet, we're in the midst of a "status revolution," he writes. A new class of achievers — passionate amateurs who are motivated by pure interest, not self-interest — is toppling the professional monopoly.

Which brings us to insight number two: "Capitalists have become edgier, because it pays them to be edgier," Lewis writes. He cites people such as venture-capitalist-cum-social-theorist Andy Kessler, a Wall Street dropout who looks for opportunities in the conflicts that develop between insiders and outsiders: Madison Avenue creative director versus email spammer; public-school advocates versus home schoolers; Microsoft versus Linux.

The future no longer belongs to an entrenched elite, Lewis proclaims. Status has become ephemeral for all.

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  • Think the first dotcom boom and bust was a wild ride? Get ready for another one, says Tom McGehee Jr., author of Whoosh: Achieving Lasting Success Through Constant Innovation (Perseus, 2001). Whoosh isn't just a book with a goofy title, it's a goofy verb invented by the author to describe a critical activity: how innovation happens inside big companies. Just ignore the consulting jargon, and get to the book's powerful message: An organization's innovative capacity depends on its ability to unleash the potential of each individual in it.
  • Here's a project for the dog days: Take a vacation from technology. That's the proposal at the heart of Gil Gordon's sensible guide to a BlackBerry-free zone, Turn It Off: How to Unplug from the Anytime-Anywhere Office Without Disconnecting Your Career (Three Rivers Press, 2001). Gordon's no Luddite, but he's peddling relief for legions of businesspeople who are caught in a web of portable work, always-on technology, and bad habits.
  • But according to Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (Berrett-Koehler, 2001), we're too far gone to simply "turn it off." Authors John de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor argue that overconsumption and overwork have become a social disease that has reached epidemic proportions and is literally eating away at the earth (the book includes a documented correlation between the number of brands produced and the number of natural species that have disappeared). Though they push the epidemiology tack to the straining point, the authors have packed their book with stunning facts, searing insights — and they point out a path forward.
  • A version of this article appeared in the August 2001 issue of Fast Company magazine.


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I am going to enjoy using this book. I love the projests.

This is a wonderful gift...Thank you!. now if I could stop crocheting my rag rugs long enough to try something new

I love the fact that they included 20 projects for crochet as well as for knitting even though I do not knit. I cannot wait to start on my Granny Tree Skirt, Poinsettia Collar (for my dog though), Snowflake Hostess Apron, Holiday Heart Throw, and the Snowman Mug Hug. Thank you so much for sharing this Ebook! Many Thanks!

I love the patterns in this eBook. There is just one missing that is shown on the cover, that I would really love. The Giraffe, he is a favourite of my youngest Grandson and I would love to knit it for him... Is it possible to get a free copy of the pattern? I live in Australia and I notice that except for the free ones, any others are only valid to US residents.

Hello - I am in UK and went to site, typed in giraffe and got these links: Hope that helps - I know what it's like having a giraffe-lover in the family too! Di

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I. Introduction

Dialing 9-1-1 is the most familiar and effective way Americans have of finding help in an emergency. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires all Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to provide direct, equal access to their services for people with disabilities who use teletypewriters (TTYs), which are also known as "telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDDs)."

This document is part of a technical assistance program to provide State and local governments and persons with disabilities with information about the requirements of the ADA for direct, equal access to 9-1-1 for persons with disabilities who use TTYs. This guidance is an updated version of the Department of Justice's earlier guidance entitled, "Commonly Asked Questions Regarding Telephone Emergency Services." It explains in practical terms how the ADA's requirements apply to 9-1-1 services, including equipment, standard operating procedures, and training, and should be useful to 9-1-1 service providers, equipment vendors, participating telephone companies, and individuals with disabilities.

Different emergency providers may have different capabilities and features. For instance, some larger providers have "Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1," which automatically identifies for 9-1-1 call takers the telephone number and/or address of callers. Some providers have call distribution systems, which place incoming calls in a queue and distribute them to the next available call taker. Other, smaller providers, may not have these capabilities. This guidance can be useful to all types of telephone emergency providers, both small and large.

A. ADA Coverage of Telephone Emergency Services

Title II of the ADA covers telephone emergency service providers and other State and local government entities and instrumentalities. The Department's regulation is published at 28 C.F.R. Part 35. To obtain a copy of the ADA or its implementing regulations, or if you have questions about the ADA, contact the Department of Justice ADA Information Line at (800) 514-0301 (voice), or (800) 514-0383 (TTY), or access the Department's ADA Home Page.

Q: What types of telephone emergency services are covered by Title II of the ADA?

A: The phrase "telephone emergency services" applies to basic emergency service -- police, fire, and ambulance -- that are provided by public safety agencies, including 9-1-1 (or, in some cases, seven-digit) systems. Direct, equal access must be provided to all services included in the system, including services such as emergency poison control information.

Q: In areas without 9-1-1 services, are PSAPs still required to provide access for TTY users to the telephone emergency services?

A: Yes. Where 9-1-1 is not available and a PSAP provides emergency services via a seven-digit number, it still must provide direct, equal access to TTY callers. It may do so either by having one line for both voice and TTY calls, or it may provide two separate lines -- one for voice calls, and another for TTY calls. Requiring TTY callers to call a separate seven-digit number is not allowed in areas where 9-1-1 is offered, because having to dial a seven-digit number is not equal to the ease of having to dial the simple, familiar 9-1-1.

As with 9-1-1, services for TTY calls on seven-digit numbers must be as effective as those offered for voice calls in terms of time of response, hours of operation, and other features. Also, PSAPs must ensure that TTY numbers are publicized as effectively as voice numbers and displayed as prominently as voice numbers wherever telephone emergency numbers are listed.

Separate Telephone Lines for TTY Users

Q: Can a PSAP dedicate a separate seven-digit line for TTY calls?

A: Yes, but TTY users must also have direct, equal access to all call-taking positions on 9-1-1 lines. A PSAP cannot require TTY users to call a seven-digit number when voice callers may dial the more familiar 9-1-1.

B. TTYs & Telephone Relay Services

A TTY is a device that is used in conjunction with a telephone to communicate with persons who are deaf, who are hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments, by typing and reading text. To communicate by TTY, a person types his or her conversation, which is read on a TTY display by the person who receives the call. Both parties must have TTYs to communicate. When typing on a TTY, each letter is transmitted by an electronic code called Baudot, which is sent from the TTY on the sending end of the call through the telephone line in the form of tones to the TTY on the receiving end of the call, the same way voiced communications occur between two parties. The receiving TTY transforms the tones back to letters on a small display screen.

Communication between two persons using standard TTYs can only occur in one direction at a time. Thus, both persons who are conversing cannot type to each other at the same time; they must take turns sending and receiving. A person sending a communication by TTY indicates that he or she has finished transmitting by typing the letters "GA," which stand for "go ahead."

A person can also use a computer with a TTY modem and related software to communicate with someone who has a TTY or who has a computer with TTY software and a modem. Computers generally operate in American Standard Code for Information Interexchange (ASCII), an electronic "language." A person who uses ASCII must use an ASCII/Baudot modem and related software to convert the ASCII code into Baudot code, in order to communicate with another person who is using a Baudot-based system. Similarly, a person who is using a Baudot-based TTY must utilize conversion software to communicate with a person using an ASCII-based computer.

Telephone relay services are provided by States, as required by Title IV of the ADA, and are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. Relay services involve a communications assistant who uses both a standard telephone and a TTY to type voice communication to a TTY user and read a TTY user's typed communication to a voice telephone user. Telephone relay services are not as effective for emergencies, because they are far more time-consuming than calls between two TTYs.

Q: Does Title II require that telephone emergency service systems be compatible with all codes used for TTY communications?

A: No. At present, telephone emergency services must only be compatible with the Baudot format. Until it can be technically proven that communications in another format can operate in a reliable and compatible manner in a given telephone emergency environment, a State or local government agency is not required to provide direct access to computer modems using formats other than Baudot.

Q: Can PSAPs rely on State relay services to answer emergency calls from persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments?

A: No. The Title II regulation specifically prohibits emergency telephone service providers from relying on relay services. Relay services do not provide "direct access," because they require the services of a third party and are far more time-consuming than direct TTY calls. However, if a person placing a call to a PSAP voluntarily chooses to rely on a telephone relay service, the PSAP must answer and respond appropriately to such a call.

II. Direct, Equal TTY Access

A. General Requirements for Telephone Emergency Service Providers

The ADA regulation requires 9-1-1 or other telephone emergency service providers to provide TTY users with:

  • direct access; and
  • an opportunity to benefit from the emergency services that is equal to the opportunity afforded others.

Direct access means that PSAPs can directly receive TTY calls without relying on an outside relay service or third-party services.

Equal access means that the telephone emergency services provided for TTY users are as effective as those provided for persons who make voice calls, in terms of:

  • response time;
  • response quality;
  • hours of operation; and
  • all other features offered (e.g., automatic number identification, automatic location identification, automatic call distribution).

Direct, equal access requires PSAPs to have the appropriate equipment to communicate with people who use TTYs. It also requires them to use the proper procedures and practices when TTY calls are received.

B. Equipment

Number of TTYs

In order to afford equal access to TTY users, every call-taking position within a PSAP must have its own TTY or TTY-compatible equipment. PSAPs must have systems that enable call takers to handle TTY calls as properly, promptly, and reliably as voice calls. Every call-taking position needs its own TTY equipment because experience has shown that:

With TTY or TTY-compatible equipment at each call-taking position, call takers can handle TTY calls as effectively as voice calls. Call takers at PSAPs that had only one TTY per center had significant difficulties handling TTY calls within their standard answering time. Sharing a TTY among several call takers may result in undue delay in obtaining the TTY and connecting it to the answering position. Transferring a TTY call from a non-TTY-capable answering position to a TTY-dedicated position may result in the call being disconnected or undue delay in answering the call. In some cases, transfers may result in the loss of enhanced features, such as automatic number identification and automatic location identification information. Each call taker needs to query every silent, open line call as a potential TTY call, as described in Section D, below. Because most PSAPs receive many silent, open line calls, often more than one at a time, each calltaker must have his or her own TTY equipment to be able to query all of those calls with a TTY.

Thus, PSAPs may not provide TTY equipment at only a limited number of positions, such as, at only a supervisor's position, or at only one dedicated call taker's line. PSAPs must have systems that respond to TTY calls as promptly and reliably as they respond to voice calls. Call takers cannot be required to transfer TTY calls to specific phone lines or locations, unless voice calls are also transferred under the same circumstances. Transfers consume critical time, greatly increase the risk that the call will be disconnected, and may result in the loss of enhanced features, such as automatic number identification and automatic location identification information.

People other than "dedicated" call takers often act as call takers and therefore must have their own TTY equipment. For instance, dispatchers will often take overflow emergency calls when all dedicated call takers are busy, and supervisors may take calls on occasion. Every person who takes emergency calls from the public under any circumstances must have their own TTY equipment for the same reasons that dedicated call takers must have their own TTY equipment.

Q: If a PSAP has only received a few TTY calls per month over the past year, why does it need TTYs at every call-taking position?

A: Most PSAPs receive many silent open line calls, which may be TTY calls. In order for call takers to know if silent calls are TTY calls, each call taker will need TTY equipment to query every silent call with a TTY. It is possible that call takers have been receiving more than a few TTY calls per month, but have treated them as silent lines or hang-ups rather than TTY calls. This is likely if the call takers have not been querying all silent lines with TTYs. Some of those silent lines or hang-ups may have been TTY users waiting for a TTY response.

Historically, many persons who use TTYs have not had confidence in the accessibility of 9-1-1 services and have not attempted to make direct TTY calls to their PSAP. The number of TTY calls each PSAP receives is likely to increase in the future, as PSAPs become more accessible to TTY users, and as TTY users learn of PSAPs' improved accessibility.

Q: If a PSAP complies with a State law, which requires only one TTY per PSAP, is that PSAP also in compliance with the ADA?

A: No. Satisfying State law requirements does not mean that a PSAP is also in compliance with the ADA. Some State laws require only one TTY per PSAP. The ADA, however, requires direct, equal access, which means that PSAPs must have enough TTY equipment so that each call-taking position has its own TTY capability. Also, if a PSAP has extra voice telephone equipment in case of malfunction, which most do, the ADA would also require them to have back-up TTY equipment. Therefore, under the ADA, virtually all PSAPs must have two or more TTYs.

Enhanced Features

Many PSAPs have advanced features that facilitate prompt responses to callers. Many PSAPs have, for example, automatic number identification (ANI) and automatic location identification (ALI), which tell the call taker the phone number and address from which a call originates. PSAPs that have these features must ensure that TTY calls have the same access to enhanced features as do voice telephone calls. TTY calls may not be required to be transferred to a third line, because those transfers often result in the loss of the automatic phone number and address information. Another feature employed by PSAPs is automatic call distribution (ACD), which places incoming calls into a queue, sends out a programmed message to callers to let them know that their calls have been received, and distributes calls to the next available call taker. This feature, if offered, must also be made accessible for TTY calls, with a programmed TTY message.

Relationship Between Primary and Secondary PSAPs

Primary PSAPs (9-1-1 answering points) often transfer calls to secondary PSAPs (such as fire or emergency medical services) if they do not dispatch those services directly from the primary PSAP. In those transfer situations, PSAPs must correctly transfer TTY calls, as they do voice calls. Secondary PSAPs have the same responsibilities under the ADA as do primary PSAPs, and they must be able to receive transferred TTY calls as efficiently and as effectively as voice calls.

C. Other Requirements for TTY Equipment

Maintenance and Back-Up

The ADA regulation contains a specific provision requiring that covered entities maintain their accessibility features and equipment in operable working condition. In addition to this specific maintenance requirement, the ADA's equal access requirement obligates PSAPs to implement equally effective procedures for maintenance and back-up capability for TTY equipment as they provide for voice telephone equipment. For example:

TTY equipment must be maintained and tested at least as often as voice telephone equipment, to ensure that the equipment is operating properly. If PSAPs check their voice telephone equipment every day to make sure it is working, they must do so every day for TTY equipment. Similarly, if PSAPs have contracts with outside companies for maintenance of their voice telephone equipment, they must employ equally effective methods for TTY equipment. Most PSAPs have plans for using back-up equipment in case some of its equipment or telephone lines malfunction, or in case there is a power failure. If a PSAP has such a plan for voice calls and equipment, it must provide for TTY calls and equipment in that plan. For instance, PSAPs should keep extra TTY equipment on hand, in case the primary equipment fails, if they have back-up voice telephone equipment for such a situation.

Switching Between Voice and TTY Modes

All call takers must have the capability to switch back and forth easily from TTY mode to voice mode during the same call. This capability is necessary especially for silent calls, since call takers are required to first query the line by voice and then quickly switch to query the line by TTY. This capability is also necessary for VCO and HCO, which are described below. VCO and HCO shorten the lengths of calls that would otherwise be conducted exclusively by typing. Call takers who use stand-alone TTYs can switch from TTY mode back to voice mode simply by removing the telephone handset from the TTY couplers. TTY-compatible consoles for call takers should have built-in switching capability.

Q: What is VCO? Who uses it?

A: VCO is voice carryover. It is a communication hybrid of TTY and voice. VCO allows a person with hearing loss to speak directly to the call taker and read the response that is typed back. Many persons who became deaf or hard of hearing later in life prefer to speak instead of type. They use what is called voice carryover (VCO). With VCO, the caller speaks directly into the phone, and the call taker types back via TTY to the caller. VCO can be accomplished with standard stand-alone TTY equipment simply by having the call taker alternate between listening on the handset when the caller is speaking and placing the handset in the TTY couplers to type a response.

Q: What is HCO? Who uses it?

A: HCO is hearing carryover. People with speech impairments who are not deaf or hard of hearing often prefer HCO. HCO allows them to type their words on a TTY to call takers and hear call takers' spoken responses through their handset. HCO can be accomplished by a call taker using standard stand-alone TTY equipment by alternating speaking into the handset and placing the handset in the TTY when the caller types a response.

D. Procedures for Handling TTY Calls

In addition to proper equipment, direct, equal access for TTY calls requires that PSAPs use effective procedures for recognizing and responding to TTY calls.

Recognizing TTY Calls/Treating Silent, Open Lines as Potential TTY Calls

All call takers must be able to recognize and handle TTY calls properly. There are three types of TTY calls a call taker may receive. Some TTYs emit a recorded spoken announcement to the call taker that a TTY call is being placed, such as "HEARING IMPAIRED CALLER. USE TTY." Other times, TTY callers may press TTY keys to emit audible tones and more quickly notify the call taker that a TTY call is being placed. Most often, however, a person using a TTY will make a call that is perceived by the call taker as a silent, open line call. This is because the caller's equipment does not recognize that the call has been answered until the call taker sends a TTY response.

The only way for PSAPs to properly identify all TTY calls is for call takers to recognize TTY tones and to query every silent, open line call with a TTY to determine if it is a TTY call after it has been queried by voice.

Requiring Callers Using TTYs to Press a Key

In the past, some PSAPs have required callers using TTYs to press the space bar or other keys after they call, to emit tones and notify call takers that it is a TTY call. This requirement violates the ADA. Requiring TTY callers to press keys repeatedly until recognized is unfamiliar to most TTY callers, and callers cannot be relied on to perform such unfamiliar tasks, especially in emergency situations. Further, in many emergency situations there may not be time or opportunity to press keys repeatedly until recognized.

ILLUSTRATION: A 9-1-1 call taker answers a call, responds with a standard spoken greeting, and expects to hear a spoken response. If the call taker receives a silent, open line, the call taker should query the line verbally a second time, and then query the line using a TTY to determine if the call is from a TTY user.

TTY Detection Equipment

Q: If a PSAP uses TTY detection equipment, does it still have to query every silent call with a TTY?

A: Yes. Some PSAPs have installed equipment that detects TTY calls and produces a voice announcement to the call taker that a TTY call has come in. TTY detection equipment, however, only recognizes TTY calls that transmit tones, such as when callers press keys to emit tones. This equipment will not recognize TTY calls when the caller does not emit tones and instead waits for a TTY response before transmitting. Thus, TTY detection equipment does not eliminate the need for call takers to query every silent line with a TTY.

Dispatching Police to Origin of Silent Calls

It is not sufficient merely to dispatch police to the origins of all silent, open lines, in lieu of querying the lines with a TTY. Precious time may be lost by sending the police if the caller needs another type of response, such as fire or emergency medical services. All silent, open lines must be queried with a TTY to assess the basis for the call and to dispatch the appropriate emergency equipment and personnel.

Conducting TTY Calls

After TTY calls are recognized, call takers must effectively communicate with callers during the calls. Effective communication by TTY will require call takers to be familiar with the use of TTY equipment and TTY protocols.

E. Training

PSAPs must train their call takers to effectively recognize and process TTY calls. Call takers must be trained in the use of TTY equipment and supplied with information about communication protocol with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments. For instance, callers who use American Sign Language use a syntax that is different from spoken English. In addition, in TTY communication, certain accepted abbreviations are frequently used. A list of some of those abbreviations is attached to this document.

The ADA does not specify how call takers must be trained, but the Department believes that the following are essential to proper training:

Training should be mandatory for all personnel who may have contact with individuals from the public who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments.

PSAPs should require or offer refresher training at least as often as they require or offer training for voice calls, but at a minimum, every six months.

Comprehensive training should include:

Information about the requirements of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for telephone emergency service providers;
Information about communication issues regarding individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments, including information about American Sign Language;
Practical instruction on identifying and processing TTY calls, including the importance of recognizing silent TTY calls, using proper syntax, abbreviations, and protocol when responding to TTY calls and relayed calls; and
Hands-on experience in TTY communications, especially for new call takers, as part of their initial training orientation.

To ensure the effectiveness of training, PSAPs may want to consult the Emergency Access Self-Evaluation program, published as a manual by Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc., under a Department of Justice grant. The EASE manual, which was reviewed by the Department, can be obtained for a fee by calling TDI at (301) 589-3786 (voice), (301) 589-3006 (TTY), or (301) 589-3797 (FAX).

F. Testing

The Department believes that frequent testing is essential to ensure direct, equal access. Testing call takers and their equipment is also the one of the most effective ways to ensure compliance with the ADA's requirement that accessibility features are maintained in operable working condition. The ADA does not specify how testing is to be conducted. We believe, however, that PSAPs should conduct an internal testing program in which they conduct random TTY test calls of each call-taking position. The tests should be designed to ascertain whether TTY equipment functions properly and whether personnel have been adequately trained to recognize TTY calls quickly, to operate TTY equipment, and to conduct TTY conversations. The Department recommends the following for an effective testing program:

To test whether call takers have been trained adequately to recognize TTY calls, a PSAP should conduct two types of test calls--silent, open line calls in which no tones are emitted and calls in which the caller introduces the call by transmitting TTY tones. Tests should be unannounced.

It is best for PSAPs to keep records of the results of all test calls, including, at a minimum: the date and time of each test call; identification of the call taker and call-taking position; whether each call was silent or transmitted tones; whether the caller received a TTY response and the content of the TTY response; the time elapsed and number of rings from the initiation of the TTY call until the call taker responded by TTY; and whether the call was processed according to the PSAP's standard operating procedures. The testing program should cover each call taker and each position.

Some Helpful TTY Abbreviations:

ASAP - As soon as possible

CD or CLD - Could

GA - Go ahead, your turn to talk

GA or SK - Go ahead or Goodbye

HCO (Hearing Carry Over) - TTY user will use his/her hearing during call

HD or HLD - Hold, Please

MSG - Message

NBR or NU - Number

PLS - Please

Q or QQ - Question mark

R - Are

SHD - Should

SKSK - Stop Keying, means end of conversation

TMW - Tomorrow

TTY - Teletypewriter

U - You

UR - Your

VCO - (Voice Carry Over) TTY user will use his/her voice during the call

XXXX - Error, Erase

This document is available in the following formats for persons with disabilities --

  • Braille
  • Large print
  • Audiocassette
  • Electronic file on computer disk and electronic bulletin board, (202) 514-6193

To obtain these documents in alternate formats, call the Department of Justice ADA Information Line, (800) 514-0301 (voice), (800) 514-0383 (TDD).

Note: Reproduction of this document is encouraged.

July 15, 1998

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Jeffries, W.B., Voris, H.K. and Yang, C.M.  1989.  A new mechanism of host colonization:  Pedunculate barnacles of the genus Octolasmis on the mangrove crab, Scylla serrata. Ophelia, 31(1):51-58.

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