ACE

[ballies]

(pirate noises)

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[selfimmolation]

[ just. laughing. ]

Forget rich people for a second. What do you do, anyway? Besides tie people up.

[ballies]

Tying people up's more a hobby.

[ she's just out here saying things. ]

I work for local law enforcement. Technically.

[selfimmolation]

Ohhhh. Awkward.

[ he's joking. because usually he would be arrested by local law enforcement. ]

"Technically"?

[ballies]

It's complicated annnnd above your clearance levels.

[ hehe? ]

Don't worry, what am I gonna do? Arrest you for three hundred year old crimes I didn't see you do?

[selfimmolation]

Wouldn't be out of the realm of law enforcement back home!

[ har har. but also :T TELL HIM ]

Aw, c'mon. Are you like special forces or something?

[ballies]

Well, we're not back at your home so I guess I was temporarily deaf the whole time.

[ what's she gonna do??? put him in cuffs for the next eight weeks with nowhere to take him? ]

You can think of it like that if you want.

[selfimmolation]

It's not like I'd be able to do anything with the knowledge. [ in a kind of FINE, KEEP YOUR SECRETS joking tone ] You take it seriously, huh?

[ballies]

Yup. It's pretty important, like an unwritten rule but... maybe I'll chat about it eventually.

[ smashcut to ryuki probably just talking about it. i have no idea if he is or not. ]

[selfimmolation]

I guess I'll take it. What can you tell me about your world, then? So far all I've got is anime and law enforcement in Japan.

[ballies]

Yup, that’s home!

[ yaaaay. ]

I dunno, it’s kind of a mess, but I’ve been working on homicide cases so you do see the really bad stuff in those.

[selfimmolation]

Huh. That explains why you don't wanna share details, at least. Are there really that many?

[ballies]

I’m probably the worst person to ask, because the big cases take up the team’s work load. Y’know like… if you see things multiple times a day you’re gonna assume there’s more of them out there in the world in general?

Like an exposure bias. There’s probably more than you want there to be, but less than I would assume there are.

[selfimmolation]

Is it a serial killer or something?

[ ace please stop being so casual about murder HE THINKS IT'S BAD BUT HE'S JUST TOO EXPOSED TO IT ]

[ballies]

Like a serial killer! There was one a few years back that took and ate people’s left eye when they killed them.

[ both of you, stop. ]

[selfimmolation]

That's gross! [ in that fascinated ew :o tone though ] Why only their left eye? What did they have against the right?

[ballies]

There was one a while before that who used to take the right eyes. Didn’t eat them though.

[selfimmolation]

I wonder if they hang out and share eye tips.

[ballies]

[ stares into the distance in AITSF canon. ]

No that was…. impossible. [ thinks about the aitsf twist for the rest of my life. play aitsf. ] But— technically they were both connected.

[selfimmolation]

[ date your body ]

Wait, I was joking, what do you mean they were connected?

[ballies]

Classified information.






[ …. pfhahaha. ]

The original culprit was actually a duo working together. One of them just took up their hobby again solo, years later.

[selfimmolation]

Huh. I guess that makes sense. So you guys didn't catch both of them the first time, just the one?

[ballies]

[ a side look. ]

Mm… technically both of them did get caught. Like I said, it’s complicated.

[selfimmolation]

Did he escape...? Did you guys ever find out why they were so obsessed with eyes? I guess people like that get crazy obsessions all the time.

[ballies]

He did escape. Again, it's complicated.

The eye thing was more his partner but there was a reason for it the second time around, according to the files.

[selfimmolation]

Huh.

I can't tell if it's better if they have a reason.