locked_down | WEEK 2

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WEEK 2

[ Week 2 has begun. It's quiet and calm on campus so far, and you definitely aren't being called out for more. You know. BS or icebreakers. The wall is still deceptively easy to hop over, the birds are singing, Todd's somewhere on campus.

Welcome to week 2 of classes everyone. ]

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....That's why I'm holding your outfit hostage clown. I... doubt you would ever willingly be honest, so that just leaves force.

[He's still mad you held Replica Karl at knife point.... Also he's... he's not sulking at how unphased Gogol is at all this. There's... there's just an particularly interesting spot on the table he's staring at.... ]

Ugh... he's not even phased! And I worked so hard on this... I dragged a desk and chair out here!... and spent time arranging everything... and writing the personalized note!... Does he even appreciate how much effort went into all this!?... I'm even wasting ink on him...

[It's.... a few moments before Poe stops sulking and actually asks his first question]

Let's start off easy... Who exactly is this 'Dos-kun' you mentioned to me?

[Might as well test the waters with an question that doesn't actually matter much to him, but at the same time he's sort of curious about? It was an throwaway mention back in their first conversation... but some elaboration on that could provide insight into the Clown.... maybe.

[And here he was expecting the first question to be about Ranpo. Colour him surprised.]

Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Does the name mean anything to you?

[If it does, he needn't say more. If it doesn't, they can move on all the same.]

[Well, that's an unfamiliar name.]

Not at the moment no.... but what does he mean to you?

[He... said a rat told him when he first asked Gogol how he knew about Ranpo... so digging into this person could be worthwhile...? Also... he's curious about the Clown. Though he's never admitting it out loud. The Clown's a mystery that he's sort of interested in solving. He's probably going to regret it... but it's something to do here at least.]

You couldn't begin to imagine.

[For once, his tone isn't mocking. It's something along the lines of fondness, for something entirely incomprehensible to an outside party.]

I'm sure I couldn't.... for someone to get an tone of voice like.... like that from you of all people... I'm not sure what to expect.

[He's just hoping this person isn't more ah.... quirky than Gogol. He's not sure he wants to know what someone has to do to get that reaction from the clown.]

Is... is he the 'rat' you mentioned earlier? The one who told you about Ranpo?

The thing about rats is that they travel in groups.

[Make of that what you will.]

Let's say yes, for simplicity's sake.

So... he's apart of an group then.

[Okay. Now he's actually getting somewhere.]

Are you also apart of said group?

Do you really need to ask that?

[He thought your deduction skills were better than this.]

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........... It's for clarification.

[Well. Poe considers making good on the threat with his water gun now... but he did answer the question... and the clown is being surprisingly cooperative so... he'll just level the water gun at an random item on the table as an small threat.]

Alright. What's this group called?

[He can't just keep calling it group.]

The Decay of Angels.

[An ominous name if there ever was one.]

Well.... that's morbid.

[He... can't say he doesn't approve of the name.]

What exactly does the Decay of Angels have to do with Edogawa Ranpo?

Careful, Detective. My job is to eliminate those who know too much.

[The look he gives him suggests he’s not going to step back from that here.]

Our plans involve the Detective Agency that he’s a part of.

...I see.

[He is a insane clown.... So... Poe's not going to cross that line anytime soon. There goes that line of questioning.]

.... Well... I do hope that said plans don't involve killing Ranpo.... because I'm the only one allowed to do that.

[Or well... he's planning on trapping him an book, so mostly way less lethal. But the clown doesn't have to know that and he needs to make it clear that Ranpo is off limits. He doesn't care about the rest.]

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Whatever his demise, it won't be at my hands.

[Make of that what you will, Poe.]

Is that all?

[Poe just.... squints at him suspiciously for an long moment before sighing. Well.... it's not like he can do anything about it here.]

One last question.... What is your Ability and what does it do?

[He implied he had one at one point and well... it'd be foolish of him to not ask.]

I can't use it here, you know!

[Otherwise they'd be having way more fun.]

It's an object transfer type of Ability! My cloak connects to a pocket dimension, with a range upwards of 30 meters!

[Super good for shoplifting!]

[He's pretty sure the Clown is surviving this place, so it's best to be prepared for when their Abilities start working again.]

I'm aware of that.

[He just.... looks at the cloak for an long minute before sighing and putting the watergun down. He's fairly disappointed he didn't actually get to shoot any of the Clown's outfit with it.]

You can take your clothes back now.

[He takes the clothes, folding them over his arm neatly.]

You didn't have to go through all this trouble, you know.

.....It's not like you would have actually answered If I simply asked.

[The Clown willingly being honest? Sounds fake.]

Besides. I um.... I needed to get revenge for the incident with Replica Karl.

Now, now, we did the whole trust exercise didn’t we? You can trust me completely from now on!

[He can’t.]

I’m flattered you thought it was revenge-worthy, really!

[He's not even going to dignify that first thing with an response. The second though.]

You've.... done a lot of revenge worthy things to me. It's... almost impressive, considering the short amount of time we've known each other.

[That, and it's not like he could let the opportunity slide when it quite literally showed up on his doorstep. It... did feel rather cathartic to be in control in one of their interactions for once. Or, well... something resembling it.]

Awww, Mr. Detectiiiiive!

[He squeals with delight.]

You think I could one day top Ranpo?

No.

[That's not happening anytime soon.]

It's going to take far more than all of this to top ruining my life.

Well, we’ve still got time for that.

[Wink.]

[............The clown's winking at him again. Wonderful.]

I'm.... I'm well aware of that, yes.

[At least that's something other than the ever looming threat of death to worry about.]

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