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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]

[Quickly quirks his own smile.]

I sell books in London. [LYING LIARS…]

[ordimame]

[hey now Puck's wasn't a lie!! . . . technically!!]

Oh! That's kind of neat, actually.

Do you deal in a specific kind of book, or sell anything you can get your hands on?

[ratiocinations]

[Okay, fine, I'll accept it.]

Oh, I'm not fussy about the subject matter or genre. People sell to me old books they no longer want, and I repair the ones that require it, and turn them for a profit. [Making this up on the fly. But he chose a mundane lie for a reason; easier to spin a tale.] But for a fair price, of course.

[ordimame]

[. . . mildly amused]

With the emphasis on "fair?" Anyway, that's not surprising; people have to make a living somehow.

[ratiocinations]

[Yeah, he's gotta seem like a fair bookseller. Does Holmes know anything about marking up prices and running a business? N-no. But it's fine. He can fake it until he makes it, or someone is keen enough to poke holes in his story.]

Emphasis on fair. There are swindlers aplenty in the city, and I'll not have anyone think that I throw my lot in with them.

[ordimame]

[ONE DAY MAYBE THAT WILL BE BEAN. . . TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY]

That's right! A bookseller's reputation has got to be important for drawing in legitimate business. I don't blame you for wanting to keep things honest!

[ratiocinations]

Quite so.

[SURE, HONEST]

At any rate, what everyone was doing before they arrived here is another line of inquiry I've considered. There has to be something binding us together, something that the ghosts—or whatever it is that's brought us to this school—must see as valuable.

[ordimame]

[haha, well. . .]

It beats me. I think some people in my group considered that possibility while we were locked in that classroom, but couldn't come up with anything definitive.

[ratiocinations]

[He frowns slightly.]

...Yes. Many of us are so very, very different from each other. Even just among single homerooms. Human, inhuman, magical, not. I refuse to believe that we were chosen strictly at random, however. [Murmurs, mostly to himself-] There has to be something there.

[ordimame]

. . . don't give yourself a headache trying to figure it out.

[not everything in life has rhyme nor reason, he thinks]

[ratiocinations]

[But awful things with malicious intent often do. Surely!!]

Is there anything else you can think of that might be worth noting, Mr B- Mr Puck? [Ignoring the headache comment.]

[ordimame]

[haha. . . ha. . .]

[hackles raise when he hears the "b" but lower again when their visitor course-corrects to Puck]

Not right now, no. I think you covered the most stand-out stuff.

[ratiocinations]

Very well. If you think of anything else of import, be sure to let me know.

[Casually making people report back to him, as one does.]

Actually, I do have one more question.

[ordimame]

[blinks]

Sure. What is it?

[ratiocinations]

Mr Mocha says you enjoy coffee. What’s your favorite sort?

[ordimame]

[!!! immediately perking up]

I like a good robusta. It's bitter and more earthy, but I find I prefer the kick. It can be a bit rough for people not used to coffee, but that's kind of why I like it!

[ratiocinations]

[me furiously googling if robusta was a thing during victorian times

cursory research says probably, so]

Meaning you prefer to take it with no milk or sugar?

1/2

[ordimame]

[VERY SERIOUSLY--]

Coffee should be taken black, just like nature intended.

[. . .]

[ordimame]

[. . . primly]

. . . but a little bit of milk is permitted depending on the type of drink.

[SNOB]

[ratiocinations]

[Ha! Maybe he really should have taken the moniker of Mr. Bean, he thinks.]

I, too, prefer to take both my tea and coffee without sugar or milk.

[Same hat!]

You're a man of discerning tastes. [and he really did only ask because he was curious, this is unrelated to actual investigating]

[ordimame]

[NEVER IN HIS LIFE WOULD HE EVER]

Oh-- thanks. [beaming a little, genuinely pleased] It sounds like you are, too.

[even if he IS a bit nosy]

Here's to hoping the cafeteria understands that. . .

[it won't. all it has is instant]