Open Broadcast / Fanboy Freakout in 5... 4...

[wantedittobeagame]

...whoa. I was a detective...

[It takes Adachi a moment to realize how silly that sounded, and he let out a mental scoff.]

Well, I mean, I am a detective, but damn, I always loved that American crime drama kinda thing. Just... the women and the shoot outs and the gangsters, and--

[He cut himself off, realizing that his reaction... probably wasn't very appropriate, considering what else went down. He let out a sheepish noise, following by a mumble that sounded strangely like, "Can we do that again?"]

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[wantedittobeagame]

O-oh! Er... I'm just a small time detective in Japan. Nothing special about me.

[He is such a terrible liar.]

[superieure]

You're a dick.

[She means this both in the sense of a private detective, and an asshole. Two for one special!]

And if you're going to lie, at least make it less pathetic.

[wantedittobeagame]

[Adachi let out a sigh.]

Dumbass. I'm used to dumbass.

[superieure]

Jerk.

[:|]

What sort of cases do you deal with?

[wantedittobeagame]

Well... just got off a big murder case. It...

[He trailed off there, uncomfortable.]

B-but, it's usually pretty quiet in Inaba.

[superieure]

[Discomfort. Hm. She debates pushing it - but he doesn't seem to be indulging her petty insults, and so she drops it thread and pursues another angle.]

I'm with X-Factor Investigations, in New York City. [Beat.] We deal with the unusual.

[Mutant cases, she means, but she's realised few here really know what that label means.]

[wantedittobeagame]

Heh... so this is about par for the course for you, hunh?

[superieure]

Thereabouts.

How long have you been here?

[wantedittobeagame]

Since just before the last Jaunt.

You?

[superieure]

Myself as well. Do you know of any other P.I.s who arrived at the same time? It's likely not a coincidence.

[wantedittobeagame]

Not to my knowledge, but they might be keeping it to themselves too.