Fifteenth Case

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

[ not too far from the inn, Kazuha is taking inventory of... a bunch of omamori and various assorted charms. ]

Mmm... it feels like a lot more people need these than the last time I did this. But I didn't think I'd still have all of these from the trips and the time Heiji got sick and everything... I was going to give the innkeeper one, too, but... maybe Ai-chan will want one.

-- Aha, I remember these! They were supposed to be for good luck and keeping anything bad from happening, and this one was for getting lost, but I bought that one before I came here.

... Obviously didn't work.

((Just strolling through fuck-my-canon lane, but if you're a friend of hers and you haven't gotten an omamori yet or you just feel like chilling with her, feel free to hit her up.))

Comments

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

Because you're a soldier?

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

Something like that.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

You're Tear before any of that! There isn't a single person out there, soldier or officer or whatever who doesn't have at least one thing they're scared of, and being afraid of ghosts makes perfect sense!

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

... Heh. I guess old habits are really hard to shake.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

You're not kidding... But really, you've changed a lot, so you've already made a ton of progress!

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

That's what I keep hearing.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

Funny, I've been hearing it too.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

... You have?

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though I hadn't really thought about it.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

Hm... what was it about?

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

Crow-kun said I was... what was it... willing to look beyond stuff like being a thief now. Like being more open-minded before I flat-out say they're bad people. Though I still think it's wrong...

And if we're talking about you, Kaito-kun's always saying how you've come a long way.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

... mm. That really is a big change to make.

Ah, is he...? I guess you can thank him for a lot of that.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd never had a thief for a friend before! It's just made things a little harder, that's all.

... [ griiiin ] Really?

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

Well, it's no surprise that a place like this can change your perception of things. -- Ah, that's not right. It isn't the place, it's the people.

[ ... blinks, but nods ] He's always been very persistent about it. But he's also said that's just how he is, that he doesn't act any differently around me than he does other people.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

And it's not like the place itself knows to bring the people who are going to wind up changing your life.

... Is that true? I think you probably know more about him than I do.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

Right. That's at least one thing left up to us, isn't it?

... He's hard to read. [ shakes her head ] Even if that's true and I do, there's a lot about him that's hard to pick up on. What he says and what he means can be two very different things.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

I guess he wouldn't be a good magician otherwise.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

... True. He'd need to be a little mysterious, wouldn't he?

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

For the stage appeal!

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

I know he's mentioned to me before that it adds charm.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

... I wonder if that's why Kaitou Kid does it.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

Could be. Sounds like it if the stories he tells me about that person are all true.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

I've never actually met him, but the stories about him are incredible.

[mystearious.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I kind of wonder if he exaggerates and makes his stories sound even more impressive since he's such a big fan... but truth can sometimes be more amazing than fiction.

[charmcuffs.livejournal.com]

I can tell you for sure that he caused a city-wide blackout.