Voicemail/Tip Box

[tanteiotaku]

Communicator Voicemail box

"You've just missed Shotaro Hidari. I'm probably fighting those that make the city cry. I'll get back to you as soon as I'm done."

Tip Box
The box is cardboard, mostly purple with some black bits. The top has a standup part on it that reads "Hidari Detective Agency". The message on it says: Need help? Know someone that does? See something weird you want someone to look into? Leave me a note here!

Comments

[sentimentalpsycho]

[ Was he looking at her like that on purpose? Damn, he was a hottie.

Part of her wanted to kiss him right then and there with the way he had that totally disarming look in his eyes, but she didn't want him to freak out. He probably didn't even know what he was doing. That and she didn't want to screw things up either. So she'd ask do something else. ]

How about... we play a game? Twenty questions? I still don't know all that much about you.

[tanteiotaku]

[a bit of a smile] Sure. If you dare strip away at the layers of a detective's mystique.

[sentimentalpsycho]

You're the biggest nerd, you know that?

[ But she was smiling too, even laughing a bit. As much as the pain would let her, anyway ]

You first.

[tanteiotaku]

Hey! [Moving on, though.]

Okay, something easy. Have you ever had a pet?

[sentimentalpsycho]

Oh man, I wish. I want a Burmese cat so bad. They're seriously the cutest cats ever.

[ Oops. She got way carried away with that. ]

Anwyay -- okay, what did you wanna grow up to be when you were a kid?

[tanteiotaku]

[A grin] I've wanted to be a detective since I was pretty young. I first saw the Boss working a case when I was about ten. I decided that was the kind of man I wanted to be.

Let's see... Use three words to describe the town you came from.

[sentimentalpsycho]

So you've always been the good guy, huh?

Normal, boring, kind of lame. [ She shrugged. She didn't really want to think about home. ]

What's your favorite song?

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[decideformyself]

A bike? Is that similar to a car?

[ Just gonna keep ignoring Shotaro's complaints. ]

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[starcharted]

Well, not exactly. It's rather different, but still a means of transportation. Much more fun than a car in my opinion!

[ Get on their level, Sho. ]

[tanteiotaku]

"Naturally" by Wakana Sonozaki. She's a little bit of a local star at home. Almost like an angel.

If you could get any superpower, what would it be?

[sentimentalpsycho]

Sounds like I don't need to ask your celebrity crush then. [ She winked playfully. ]

Super speed. Like, what I got now but way better.

If you could direct your own movie, what would it be about?

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[tanteiotaku]

[Your level is crazypants.]

A bike would be a better place to start.

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[decideformyself]

Then perhaps we should start there after all.

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[tanteiotaku]

So you're kind of the last of the old guard around here, huh? Most people I meet haven't been here long, but you've been here a while haven't you?

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[vaframenti]

Considering that death is an ever present threat I suppose you could call just under two months "a while".

It isn't a particularly pleasant position to be in.

[tanteiotaku]

[A 'guilty as charged' shrug.]

A hard-boiled detective and his bookworm partner. I'd have to change some details to protect the innocent and my own privacy of course....

Are you trying to say you want to run away?

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[tanteiotaku]

I didn't mean... Sorry about that.

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[vaframenti]

This is simply how life is. No more, no less.

[ Or so he tells himself. ]

[sentimentalpsycho]

Hah. Cute.

Maybe. Running away is what I'm best at. At least until I got caught anyway. Sometimes I think that if I could I'd just run and never stop. Not for anybody or anything. Then nothing would hurt anymore.

[ She hadn't intended to say so much, but somehow it felt okay to tell Shotaro. ]

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[starcharted]

I say we go for it! You're in, right Shotaro?

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[tanteiotaku]

True enough. Can I talk to you about some things in a couple days? I've got some questions about this place.

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[vaframenti]

I see no reason why not. Given that I'm still around, that is.

[tanteiotaku]

[A hand coming to rest on her leg.] Sometimes staying to finish the fight is the smarter move. Then you're free.

What's the first thing you would do if you were cut loose tomorrow?

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[tanteiotaku]

Do I have a choice?

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[tanteiotaku]

Why do you say that?