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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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[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.

[horrifictie]

not easily influenced necessarily
but they are more receptive to structure
or they align with maintaining order and hierarchy
this is just a theory of course

[ like andy is the Top Cop right now and she's a complete disaster. why did she get chosen for enma? and if fukuda is right, he doesn't necessarily fit that mold. ]

i dont think they wanted people with experience in policing
or if they did they want the people REALLY into it