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[magatsugiru]

Whoa! Okay, I think I've got it.

[ The young man on screen looks rather disheveled, and very flustered. He tries for a smile, but it collapses into a sheepish grimace halfway, and he looks away from the camera. ]

W-well, I can say this wasn't where I expected to end up when I opened the door to my apartment... Man, maybe I've been overdoing it with all that overtime.

Umm, hi there, if anyone's listening. This place isn't dangerous, is it? Should I be worried?

[ He reaches up to rub at the back of his neck. ]

I hope this thing's on. Can anyone hear me?

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[trabryu]

[ Japan, but from a different time, huh. He just nods his head at that. He's not doubting Adachi's words the least bit, but he can't help asking. ]

No schools're called the Hope's Peak Academy... or somethin' like that back in your world, right?

[magatsugiru]

Not that I know of. But that doesn't mean they don't exist! It may just be in a different part of the country. I've been out of high school for a long time now, so I wouldn't know.

[trabryu]

......

[ What happened must've been all over the country. C'mon, a huge kidnapping case in such a high-prestige school? There must've been a big hoo-hah outside, even if they couldn't tell with every opening being metal-barred.

If this guy isn't aware of it, maybe he came from a different world after all. ]

What did ya do back home?

[magatsugiru]

Hm? I was a detective.

Or, well, I was supposed to be a detective... [ He laughs a little, and scratches his cheek. ] My boss could make you feel more like a slave, some days.

[trabryu]

[ His eyes narrow. After a lawyer, a detective, now? Ugh. Some unpleasant pattern there. ]

Huh. Slave, how?

[ Ain't that how the vertical relationship in every organisation work, anyway? Mondo holds his tongue from saying it aloud, though the look on his face seems to pretty much does it for him. ]

[magatsugiru]

Haha! How do I put it? Dojima-san's a hard worker, and he expects the same work ethic out of his subordinates... yeah, that sounds good.

[trabryu]

[ 'That sounds good'? There's something about the way this guy says stuff that unsettles him. Does he not mean it, then? He raises an eyebrow. ]

Sounds like a good leadership figure to me.

[ Not really liking this guy's smile, nope. ]

But I won't know. 's yer experience after all. [ A shrug. ] What d'ya guys do apart from investigatin' cases, anyway?