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[reapoman]

Who: Anzen + visitors (I see you, Sherlock Holmes)
When: Post-game
Where: The Anzen dorm!
What: Definitely not having a nervous breakdown.
Warnings: We're all haunted as fuck so idk maybe some spider mentions.

[ Hey we are all here and some of us are adjusting to the idea of ghosts being real! How's that going? ]

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[ratiocinations]

This and that. [He is not currently telling people about his detective career, alas.] Truthfully, I am a book seller with too much time on his hands. [In fact, he is deadass lying about it.] I pick up knowledge from wherever I can, with what books catch my interest.

[tailsofwoe]

Ah, then it would seem we have a symbiotic relationship as professionals. I happen to be an author myself.

[ Hilariously, despite every other thing out of her mouth being BS, this one is actually true. ]

[ratiocinations]

Oh, really? [Funnily enough, the only reason at all that this piques his interest beyond just gathering information about people is:] I have a friend who claims to be an author as well. I'm generally more of a reader than a writer, but I... admire the efforts of those who try to embue such fantasy into the practical.

[rip watson]

What do you write?

[tailsofwoe]

[ With a mix of amusement and skepticism: ]

And you're quite certain you regard this person as a friend...?

A bit of everything, from romantic comedies to literary fiction. I don't limit myself to one particular genre or style.

[ratiocinations]

It is only because I regard him as a friend that I feel I can share my honest opinion about his writing.

[Said friend does not deserve this.]

So you’re prolific, as well. Have you ever written a mystery?

[tailsofwoe]

I have. Is that where your interest lies?

[ratiocinations]

[Aha,]

Not particularly. Again: my friend's interest.

[tailsofwoe]

You chose to work as a bookseller, yet there's nothing you particularly enjoy to read?

[ratiocinations]

Oh, no, I didn't say that, did I? Only that mysteries are not my choice of reading material; they focus far too much on a sensationalist, narrative draw that they take away from the methodology of the actual mystery-solver itself.

[Smiles.]

As I said, my interests are drawn here and there. First, books on poisonous plants. Then, later, a bit of local history. Recently... a bit of Dickens.

[tailsofwoe]

[ A half-smile, half-shrug. ]

Their goal is, in the end, to entertain.

Non-fiction and classics, hm? That seems about right.

[ratiocinations]

[Classics…?]

What do you mean?

[tailsofwoe]

[ Oblivious to where the confusion might be. ]

Just that it figures, given your apparent distaste for genre fiction.

[ratiocinations]

Not incorrect there, if we are speaking in generalities. But Dickens' newest work is only-

[A great pause. Help. Did he store that information somewhere in his brain?]

-Oh, a few decades old?

1/2

[tailsofwoe]

[ Blinks. ]

[tailsofwoe]

Hahaha! I see where the miscommunication is happening now. I am from the 2020s, you see.

[ratiocinations]

[ ...

A moment while his brain whirs into overdrive, though little of that shows on his face. This is before the revelation of his teammate also being from a London Way In The Future, though this is less jarring of one because it isn't from a "classmate" from the same city.]

I see time means little to this place, too. 2020... More than a hundred years departed.

[tailsofwoe]

My condolences. This must all be especially disorienting for you.

[ratiocinations]

Hm. And which is more disorienting, the differences of eras, or the fact that I am trapped in a haunted school? It all evens out to an equal level of worrisome.

[tailsofwoe]

I'm not sure that's how the math works out, but you would know your own experience best.

[ratiocinations]

Indeed. Well, at any rate, this difference only bolsters my curiosity. Will you tell me more about yourself, Ms Foxglove?

[tailsofwoe]

I'm afraid I'm rather ordinary, compared to many others you may meet here. I currently attend a university in Kyoto, where I'm majoring in Asian history—though I have lived in quite a few different places. Other parts of Japan, Hong Kong, London...

[ratiocinations]

Oh, so you've been to my old stomping grounds, too, so to speak!

[tailsofwoe]

Oh? London, I assume?

[ratiocinations]

Just so! And the only Londoner here... from what I've gathered so far. Though there is a classmate of mine from nearby.

[tailsofwoe]

Ah, I'm afraid I haven't had the pleasure of meeting anyone else from your class yet.