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[slipperysoul]

[ Angel’s lingering by the angled late-day sunlight coming in through a dusty window of an abandoned warehouse when he turns on his NV, looking about as calm as can be for what he’s about to say. ]

Should have apologized weeks ago for what I did. Nobody should have been killed, I never wanted that to happen. Not here.

But how do you forgive part of who you are when you’re already condemned to hell. Absolution isn’t something i’m looking for anymore when there’s already nothing I can to do to stop the inevitable.

Saving the world doesn’t do anything when you’ve spent a few hundred years doing much worse. [ a beat, while he glances out towards the fading light. ] So what else is there?

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[devourer]

Ahh, I see! Sorry for my rudeness, then! But as a detective's assisstant, I cannot help but be naturally interested in your situation anyway! Sensei told me to reply.

[video]

[slipperysoul]

Who's your sensei?

[video]

[devourer]

[ he perks up cheerfully. ]

Miss Yako Katsuragi! Japan's famous high-school girl detective, although she is growing old and crusty now... Perhaps you've heard of her?

[video]

[slipperysoul]

[ Head shaking. ]

Doesn't ring a bell.

[video]

[devourer]

Perfectly fine! After all, we have quite the menagerie of different universes here in the city. And you know now, too!

[video]

[slipperysoul]

So you're a detective in training. What exactly are you trying to find out? From one detective to another, since I used to run my own agency.

[video]

[devourer]

Oh? You are a detective as well? I have never heard one with a specific goal in mind! But we generally solve murder mysteries that the police cannot figure out! Sensei is like maggot to rotten steak when it comes to finding cases, so we often get there before the authorities do.

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[slipperysoul]

Then we've got something else alike, I used to take the cases that the police had no idea even existed.

[video]

[devourer]

Truly? Do you work as a detective here, as well, sir?

[video]

[slipperysoul]

I've thought about it, but no.

[video]

[devourer]

[ More for him. ] Ah, that's a shame... There is an overwhelming amount of crime here! So much that even Sensei cannot hope to lick up all the criminals.

[video]

[slipperysoul]

Pretty sure you're not the only detectives on the island.

[video]

[devourer]

Even so, one does not need to be a detective at all to see that the city seems in dire want of them! Or talented ones, at least!

[video]

[slipperysoul]

Doesn't really matter now, at least until I get my name cleared.

[video]

[devourer]

Indeed. It is most fortunate that Sensei did not catch you while you were up to no good. She is quite rough with her victims, it seems.

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[slipperysoul]

She's not the only one. [ There's so many ways that could be taken. Intentionally. ]