caughtinanetwork | [video] log 1

[A flurry of blurred images whip across the screen as the SFC's camera whirls around in a slender pair of hands, finally settling on the worn face of a young man, about 25 in appearance. His eyes are scanning something above the edge of the phone as he surveys his surroundings, his wet clothes giving off an attractive squelch as he moves. He brushes his dripping bangs off his forehead before turning his attention to the communicator.]

Video log one. Date... [Shinra lifts up his wrist and sighs at his now-useless waterlogged watch. That was a gift from Celty, too. He'd have to find a replacement once he got out of this place...if he got out of this place.] Let's go with day one.

I'm trapped in some kind of static bathysphere with no connection to the surface world. While my phone was damaged beyond repair at some point between being in Ikebukuro and...wherever this is, I found this star-shaped cell phone in my pocket that has some kind of connectivity to the rest of this place. I also still have my scalpel, which was nice of whoever landed me here. [He pulls the slim surgical tool out of his pocket and smiles fondly at it.]

If there's anyone out there who knows anything at all about the Black Rider, please contact me as soon as possible. It's of the utmost importance that I find out if she's okay or not.

...Additionally, if anyone knows where I am, [He turns the communicator and rotates in a slow circle, panning across several buildings and the shadowy outline of the Great Lamufao.] I'd appreciate the intel.

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An interesting idea.

[He raps his fingers against the surface of his desk as he considers the thought. The fate of the dead doesn't concern him too greatly; it's the living that land under his jurisdiction, after all.]

So are you protecting your patients from death, or from these shinigami?

[ He doesn't really care about those who die. It's the fact that shinigami have regenerating bodies that interest him so. ]

The prevention of death... perhaps in a way, a flighty search for immortality.

A search for immortality, eh? I see why you and Izaya get along.

[A mixed expression twists across the doctor's face. Avoiding death seems to be a recurring theme in his relationships with others — the search for a head, the quest for Valhalla. An unavoidable facet of human, and even inhuman, nature, it seems.]

You don't seem to have a series of increasingly disturbing complexes quite like he does, or am I mistaken?

[His lips curve into a wry grin: he honestly wouldn't be surprised either way, judging by the way this conversation has been going.]

He'd mentioned that during a rather long conversation we had.

[ How about reviving your brother? Just so you can kill him again? Of course, this is just kinda masked behind the mere hope to save people from dying.

Like any good doctor. ]

Every man has his secrets, as I'm certain you have yours. Name me a person who doesn't have a complex they wouldn't consider disturbing at the very least.

It's funny how extended conversations with Izaya always seem to lead to interesting results.

[Who could forget the infamous what-would-you-do-if-I-told-you-I-was-in-love-with-a-headless-woman-whose-body-never-changes conversation of their high school days?]

True, true. I guess we're all a little messed up, granted some more so than others.

[Shinra's a bit of a lost cause as far as that's concerned: raised by a Celtic fairy and an eccentric doctor, his chances of turning out normal were close to nil. Staying inside and hanging out with the likes of Izaya and Shizuo probably didn't help too much, either.]

Interesting results indeed.

[ Ah, Izaya. Even sober your conversation topics were always a turn for the strange. ]

The human condition. But I find we'll get along famously if this conversation is any indication.

I'd say you're right. It's been a while since I've had another doctor to bounce my ideas off of.

[He chuckles lightly at the feed.]

Say, do you think you'd mind giving me a tour of the medical facilities here? I'd like to know about everything this place has to offer, if you catch my drift.

[He has a feeling a run-of-the-mill tour might not cover the extent of his interests; old underground habits die hard, after all.]

[video] log 1

[action] 24, I do believe. Pourquoi?

video; ...muraki has new kouhai. 8D

[video] OSUP MURAKI SEMPAI. xD

video; 8D He can teach the fine art of creeping~

[action] Because Shinra's /so/ lacking in the creeper department. Cx

video; we can fine tune the creeping~

[video] creepy doctor tag team forever! <3