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[horrifictie]

greetings citizens.

behold: the city speaks! it is a raven that appears in my mind's eye, without a voice and yet with speech all the same. cool cryptid shit. im a superstar prophet now.

do you have any questions you want to ask the city? i'll ask them for you. no lame questions and only one a person! cant waste my new friends time with TRIVIAL mortal concerns.

[ ooc: this is related to harry's new power and questions will be relegated to the mods for answers. there might be a response delay while I wait for the mods to respond so just keep that in mind! ]

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[holeful]

That's really cool!! But what's the limit of what we can ask? Does the city know everything that goes on in it? And to what extent? Can it tell people's thoughts and intentions? Or just broad scope things?

Also did you ask it about Haniyasu?

[horrifictie]

i said one question!!!!

[holeful]

These aren't my questions for the city! I'm asking you, detective.

[horrifictie]

well i dont know!!
my new friend is short spoken.
anyway they told me they dont know anything about haniyasu because it isn't part of the city.

[holeful]

Well that's useful info itself isn't it? Haniyasu must be an external threat.

One question is hard though... three would be better... Does the city have a favorite among the lost souls? Maybe since you can talk to it now, it's you.

[horrifictie]

hmm let me ask


ok yes it is me
im the favorite!!!

[ he didn't even ask, he doesn't want to be let down if it's someone else... ]

[holeful]

[WOW SO YOU DEPRIVE FUKUDA OF HIS RIGHT TO A QUESTION THEN!!!]

Congratulations!! I wish I had a cool power.

[horrifictie]

[ HE GOT THE HANIYASU QUESTION!!!! ]

yeah shame
maybe one day you too will get cool powers
but not this one!
this one is mine, fuck off.

[holeful]

[HE ASKED IF YOU'D ALREADY ASKED IT!!!!]

Oh, I wouldn't want your power anyway, no offense!!
It's cool but I would get overwhelmed with the questions I could ask, to be honest.

[horrifictie]

so am i.
i am being respectful though
my new friends feelings are very important to me

[holeful]

I'm sure the city appreciates that! I mean, I think everyone doesn't want to get interrogated right off the bat.

Though I guess as a detective you have a lot of experience with interrogation! (☞⌒▽⌒)☞

[horrifictie]

i have so much experience with investigations man.
they are HARD.
and people really really hate you.
they will especially love to lie and mislead you.

[holeful]

[Fukuda, who only has experience being on the other side of this situation: haha.]

Maybe they aren't lying, but simply telling you what their understanding of reality is?

[horrifictie]

yeah and their understanding of reality is often a lie to obstruct the REAL reality.

[holeful]

Well who decides what the REAL reality is, detective?

[horrifictie]

facts, evidence, logic, etc.

[holeful]

I'm surprised you'd espouse such a close-minded take.

[horrifictie]

everyone has a story.
and all those stories make up one reality we share.
truth is truth, fukuda.

[holeful]

But you don't think sometimes people's stories don't agree? If that was never the case, life wouldn't be as difficult as it is.

[horrifictie]

that's why you look into both stories to find the truth in the middle.

[holeful]

[He was maybe being slightly beligerent for fun, but actually... this is a nice answer.]

I see. I don't know how many people actually do that, especially when they have their own preconceptions of the truth, but I hope you really mean that.

[horrifictie]

i do.
it's important to me.
everyone has a story to tell!
i never want to dismiss that.
unless the story is fucking bullshit but that's very rare.

[holeful]

I'm glad. You and Lieutenant Kitsuragi both seem like really good cops. I don't really understand why Mr Enma didn't want you to keep doing your jobs here.

[horrifictie]

we spoke of this on ember
and i gave it some more thought
i think enma does not want people with experience
they want people they can mold

[holeful]

So you think the people in Enma are easily influenced and that's what he wants.
I suppose I can follow that logic.
But if that's the case, I think he might end up surprised.
I know I'm pretty easygoing, but I'm actually pretty good at avoiding the things I don't want to do.