ACE

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(pirate noises)

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... Tokyo's not landlocked, but there are definitely parts of Japan that are. Although we are classed as an island.

[ that sounds like a him problem. ]

Oh, there's plenty to find. People have just moved on to sciences, technology and the stars.

[selfimmolation]

I've heard that Japan place a lot...

[ oh!!! ]

Like with astronauts, right? Danny talked about those. Space exploration isn't really a thing back home!

[ what ace doesn't know: a man is currently on the moon. don't ask. ]

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I know at least two of us are from there.

[ heeeyyy!! he knows something!! ]

Yeah! It's become a lot more popular recently -- lots of rich assholes trying to be the first to get people going into space for fun rather than science.

[ i promise you, zia, i will not ask for elaboration on one piece. ever. ]

[selfimmolation]

Huh. I don't think rich people travel that much back home. Definitely not anywhere dangerous on top of that. They're too busy looking down on the rest of the world.

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They still manage to do that. But now they're also in a dick waving contest to see who can get into space commercially first, and start charging rich people even more money.

[selfimmolation]

Maybe you should let them go off to space. Maybe you'd be better off.

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They'll come back though.

[selfimmolation]

They might not!

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The world can only dream.

[selfimmolation]

[ just. laughing. ]

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

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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"?

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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 ]

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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?

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