vatheon | [OPEN] Come meet the Detective Prince

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[OPEN] Come meet the Detective Prince

Who: Naoto Shirogane and YOU
What: Trying to relax and talkiing
Where: A cafe, any cafe
When: July 26, all day pretty much
Style: Will match
Status: OPEN

Naoto had finally gotten a day off. She needed to get out of the agency and she didn't have to patrol today. Things had gotten awkward at the agency as they finally got to the finishing touches of the place. Everything was just plain strange and she needed a break. That and she was pretty sure that Yu would probably scold her if she worked too much.

So she had finally made her way to a cafe. She'd been to almost all of them at least once. Every cafe worker knew her - mostly as a boy. Soon, though. It would be soon enough that she would reveal her true gender to Vatheon... Then she'd see how many still wanted to be around her; how many would think low of her.

But not for the moment.

She went up to the counter and ordered a cup of tea and something to nibble on. She was told to wait for her food and as she did she looked around. Where was she going to sit?

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[While it was unusual for Lucifer to leave his living area, the fact that he no longer had someone to go get things like food for him meant he had to go get it himself. Today he just happened to pick the same cafe as Naoto. He'd just gotten his order before Naoto and is curious what would happen if he spoke to her.]

If you'd like someone to eat lunch with, we can sit here if you want.

[He nods to an empty chair.]

I don't bite. Although it's no skin off my nose if you'd rather eat alone.

[Naoto looked up at the person addressing her. He seemed nice enough, kind even. She gave a small nod as she made sure to speak in her male voice.]

Thank you for the offer. It is fairly crowded today isn't it? Not quite as empty as it usually is.

[She picked up her order and soon joined him.]

[He'd much have preferred chatting with people online rather than face to face interaction, but it wasn't like he was exactly afraid of it. He takes a seat across from her with his food.]

Are you new here too or have you been here awhile?

[He seems pretty laid back at the moment, almost as if he didn't care he'd recently been thrown into a new world.]

[Naoto took a sip of her tea before straightening some. She thought for a moment before confirming the amount of time.]

I've been here a while. Ten months give or take a week.

I've not even been here 5 full days.

[Indeed, he was just now realizing he'd have to be getting his own food and all. Being a shut-in is hard.]

A year is a long time to be here. Do you mind telling me about what you've seen going on around here?

It's something to adjust to, but you get used to it.

[Her eyes lower as her mind goes through everything she's been through.]

Depends on what part you want to know... There's curses that happen about every other week anymore, though they used to be just once a month. From time to time there's some sort of event that happens and it's more major than the rest. There's a monthly get together to get to know people in Vatheon... There's the host club and maid cafe events...

...That sounds like an awful lot to remember...what a pain.

[A pause...]

Curses? What are they?

[He's interested in a lot, but he's willing to take it slow, all things considering. He hasn't been here that long and there's no sense in making the girl spill everything she knows in one go. He was no hurry.]

It's not that much, actually. There will be notices on the network for various events. The monthly gatherings are hard to miss. And the curse times... Well they're hard to ignore.

[Naoto had made sure to keep her voice in the lower octive. She wondered if he had found out.

She leaned back in her chair.]

The curses vary depending on the time of year and what the coral feels like doing. I know it sounds strange, but the coral has a mind of its own really.

A mind of it's own? Well, that's interesting.

[The teen pauses a moment, looking thoughtful.]

Can you give me examples? I'm sorry to keep questioning you about this...

[Had he had magic here, he probably would have just made her talk somehow. But alas, he did not have any magic nor did he plan to cause a big enough panic for him to get some. He'd just have to wait until there was a mass panic if he wanted to be able to use his power.]

I am pretty new here.

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Examples... Hmm...

[Naoto sipped on some of her tea.]

Recently we had one where if you wore a certain hat you would take on that personality. I've heard they've had a couple of body switch curses... There was one where the world pretty much turned into a roleplaying game like would be on the computer. Ones for the holidays have been awfully strange.

Ky didn't have anyone to tell him not to work too much -- or he did, but he only ignored them, and he'd been doing it particularly often as of late, trying to forget the superhero kiss, trying to forget what he'd done, how stupid and wrong he had been.

Still, even he could admit the need for a break sometimes, and if it was a break to eat food then it was an efficient break. He was seated, about to get started on a sandwich and a cup of tea, when he saw Naoto standing around. He liked Naoto, was somewhat reminded of himself, and he waved at him.

Naoto looked to one table to see Ky sitting there. She nodded at him and made her way over. There really wasn't much of choice of places to sit.

"May I join you?" she asked, trying to keep up her male facade. It had been a while since the two had seen each other, let alone spoken.

Ky inclined his head to him, gestured at the empty seat at his table. "It would be my pleasure."

He nibbled at a couple more bites. It might be a little pleasant to share some company while they both ate. "Doing well in your new apartment?"

Naoto sat down across from him, placing her food down as well. She leaned back into her seat as he spoke to her.

"Ah... My friends and I are moved into the building. We're just putting on the finishing touches before we actually open up the agency," she replies.

"If there's any way I can help you with that, I'd be happy to," Ky said.

"Anything that might help the people here is a good idea."

Though still a bit saddened by the news of Sola's departure, Link decided to go out and try to cheer himself up. Which brings him to this cafe. He got some milk and a sandwich. That's when he saw Naoto and waved. Remeber him? He helped clear the rats out your home.

Of course she remembered him. It was hard to forget the little sword-wielder. When she first saw him, she was reminded of a combination of her four male team members. The memories of him trying to clear out the rats came back to her - constantly trying to shoo away the rats, even actually killing some of them. Unfortunately for him, she had moved out of the apartment.

But she didn't forget him.

She nodded, giving a small wave back to him.

Oh yes. He remembered how he cleared the rats as well. Sometimes using all-purpose bait to lure them away. He felt like a knight in shining armor. He sat down next to her. "So, how're you doing?" he asked.

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She gave a small smile, making sure to speak in her male voice. "I'm doing well, thank you. How have you been?"

"I'm doing fine." He replied. "So, what are you doing?"

"That's good to hear that you're doing fine," she speaks. Taking a sip of her tea she thinks about his question. "Well, I'm actually taking a break from working on a detective agency."

"What's a detective?" Link asked.

Naoto wasn't too surprised that he asked this. She'd noticed in various worlds, people of her profession did not exist or were not called by this name.

"A detective is someone who goes in search of the truth behind appearances," she explains to him, "Most times it's when other authorities have stopped searching or if the authorities are not able to look as deeply in as person. They are usually unaffiliated with the authorities, though they are hired on by them from time to time in order to get various cases and problems solved."

Okay, that was a lot to take in, but Link listens to her explanation. "Like what kind of problems?"

"Problems like... missing people, stolen items, mysterious deaths, problems that are more... involved as well," she answers honestly.

"That sounds dangerous." Link replied.

Naoto nodded her head. "I won't lie. It can be and has been. But if done correctly, it can be very gratifying when situations are solved."

"You solved any cases here? In Vatheon?" Link asked.

[Meanwhile, Marcello had been sitting in his chair for a such a while that the silence was being overtaken by talking amongst people. Two of them passed behind him, crossed his path and went out the door onto the street. He was so shaken at having lost his sight that kept his hands around the cup of coffee that his brother had brought for him - before vanishing to some forsaken spot. Some dalliance probably, he thought.

However, he had controlled himself so well till this point that the mood he was in appeared to be one of meditation. His eyes were closed and he didn't appear to be moving. He did not look like a man who had no chance of reading what was on the menu.]

[Naoto had been having difficulty trying to find a spot in the cafe to sit. Nearly all the chairs were taken by people who seemed to want to be there right then.

Nearly all. There was one at a table that someone was already sitting at. She hadn't seen this person before, so she assumed he was a somewhat recent arrival. She made her way over to him, remembering to keep with her male voice. That's what most knew her by for the moment anyway.]

Pardon me. Is this seat taken, sir?

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