BAUplan - FA Ameru & spiritual spelunking

current chapter word count: 10347
scenes currently written: May 2, 2000: finding Ameru & spiritual spelunking
scenes completed? not yet. FA-part 1 (finally calling the main house) is done, FA-part 2 (getting the answer and following up on it) is after the spelunking, which is currently a bunch of not-yet-connected but very detailed snippets
facts essential for the spelunking: 300.000 years old & discovered in 1967; lizards
character realization 1: Subaru is determined to be "on vacation"
character realization 2: He may be more compromised than his elders believed possible.
author realization while writing today: I have no clue how the officials at Japanese prefectures are called (and Wikipedia/Google weren't helpful).

excerpt of today's session:
"I may not have a government badge to access government secrets, but I'm still the Sumeragi head. If I call a government official about a possible spiritual disturbance…" He shrugged. "They are usually very happy to help."
"So that's what you just did," Seishiro concluded. "You wrote them—"
"—a wholly unnecessary clearance, yes."