025. Video

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Heather's been scarce. There are a few reasons for this. One, she's sort of embarrassed about having her butt totally kicked by Falkner, and two... she's also kind of totally broke, and doesn't dare try to stay in the Pokemon Center now that she can't afford the hotel. So it's camping ahoy on the outskirts of Violet for her! Needless to say, she's been a bit broody.]

[When the camera comes on, it's dark and she's got a fire going, the flickering shadows lending the solemn look on her face a little gravitas. She notices this right off the bat and wrinkles her nose to dispel the whole 'there is obviously something wrong and I have been sitting here being angsty and weird for a week' look.]</sub>

Sup, guys.

It's all muggy out here and I don't feel like sleeping. I can't be the only one, so...

_{[She doesn't feel like rambling this time. There's too much on her mind. So she just cuts to the chase.]}

What was everybody doing right before they wound up here in this friggin' place?

_{[She somewhat conspicuously doesn't offer up her own answer, but adds, with a grin that's not too genuine but looks like it is (which is what counts, after all)--]}

Bonus points if it was something super embarrassing like being in the shower or something.

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[video] if this does not happen to someone immediately I will cry.

[foolishwren]

... Man, that just makes it even worse.

Infinite worlds, all collaborating effectively to ensure as much schadenfreude on our parts as possible.

[video] and I will so cry with you

[bakaitoukid]

You think at least one of them would give us a break...

[video] I say we start a crying protest until we get our way.

[foolishwren]

If there's one thing I've learned it's that anything with that kind of power is basically guaranteed to just be a huge dick.

[video] I do like this idea :]b

[bakaitoukid]

[and he laughs because he knows exactly how true that is]

[video]

[foolishwren]

I like to imagine that the cosmos, personified, is this big ugly guy who pokes you in the eye. And goes 'nyuck nyuck' while he does it.

_{[Mainly because that was a more comforting vision of an all-powerful being than the ones she got back in Silent Hill.]}

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

And he wears a funny top hat and a bow tie, too. [he will gladly add to this mental image]

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Kaito's contribution just makes it all the better.]}

And he has big fugly glasses that magnify his eyes, like that guy from the Six Flags commercials.

....No. Wait. He IS that guy from the Six Flags commercials.

Just with a hat.

Holy shit. It all makes sense now.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Whoa.

Awesome-san, I think we just discovered the secrets to the universes.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[She lifts her hands to pressed against her temples, eyes wide.]}

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

I think my head is imploding.

Help me, Smiley.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

We have to share it with everyone else! Before the knowledge becomes to much for us!

[video]

[foolishwren]

Good idea!

_{[Grabbing the 'Gear up, she mimes typing.]}

Quick! Spread the word!

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

[doing the same like the dork he is]

Aye aye, Awesome-san!

[video] I think it is safe to say this thread made me smile more than anything else today.

[foolishwren]

Six-Flags-Man-Cosmos cannot stop the truth!

[video] They are so dorky together XD

[bakaitoukid]

No matter how hard he tries, it will always get out!

[video] XD Yessss

[foolishwren]

We are warriors of-- um-- .... truth!

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Not truth, that makes us sound like detectives. Warriors of doing the right thing!

[video]

[foolishwren]

Well, technically I guess I'm a detective since I sort of work for one back home, BUT. I agree. Warriors of doing the right thing sounds way cooler anyway.

It is my new band name.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

[THOUGHT DERAILED]

-- you work for a detective?

[video]

[foolishwren]

_[BOOM.]

Well-- sorta. He's kind of my only friend back home. It's not like I have much of anything else to be doing, so I help him out sometimes.

_{[And then, misinterpreting the question since she's actually had a few people go all sparkly-eyed and awed on her after finding out about this, she adds--]}

It's nothing really glamorous. Mainly missing persons cases and civil stuff.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Guess you learn something new about people every day.

Sounds kinda boring, honestly.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Thankfully, Heather's not exactly the kind of detective Kaito has run-ins with. Especially considering she's probably done more things against the law than she has for it.]}

Oh, believe me, it is.

I honestly probably wouldn't be doing it if I didn't think he needed the help. _{[And the company. It wasn't like Douglas had any friends besides her.]}

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[bakaitoukid]

[She didn't seem like the detective type, either. Nor does he think she'd go all JUSTICEY on him if he ever came clean about exactly what he did]</smalL. Sounds like a way to pass the time.

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[foolishwren]

_{[Considering everything they'd been through, Douglas and Heather both had a pretty unconventional view of justice anyway. Someone like Kaitou Kid? NOT someone they'd be bothered by. ... Confused, maybe, in Douglas' case, but it's all cool, brah. When you've taken on underground cults, hideous beasts, and apocalyptic plots, diamond-thievin' wasn't quite as big an epic no-no as it might be to others.]}

Yeah, more or less. Sometimes there's the occasional interesting case, like some housewife wanting us to find out if her husband is cheating on her or something, but even those aren't nearly as wacky and shenanigan-filled as the movies make them out to be.

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[bakaitoukid]

I know a few detectives at home. They're all pretty annoying.

[video] *pats*

[foolishwren]

Yeah... so is Douglas.

_{[Annoying and STALKERY. Even if he was her best friend, she'd never let him live down the whole 'I dress like a flasher and also the first time I met you I came off as a total creeper' thing.]}