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Vatheon... an' already I've gotta belly full 'a it. Everyone fendin' for themselves... da authorities bein' paid ta turn a blind eye and ear to the howls 'a despair dat cry though dese lonely, undawata streets.

Me, though? I couldn't do it. S'not my style. And that's where I come in. I'm here ta watch over dis town and protect my friends. Like da gargoyle keepin' a stony eye on 'is belov'd citadel.

[ ... yep, if you thought things couldn't get any stranger in Vatheon...

Of all the hats Shiemi ended up with, it just had to be the pinstripe fedora. So now Shiemi's just slinking around in the shadows of some ~*~*~*~*~*~MYSTERIOUS LOCATION~*~*~*~*~*~ -- in actuality the Villa -- all while speaking. ]

Today was yet anotha strange day, like any otha in dis town; more hats all ova da city than there were sirens at da local club. No one knows how dey got here, or why dey was here... but then again, if all cases were dat easy I'd be outta a job.

[ A better question to ask would be where that saxophone is coming from. Or why everything around her seems to be impossibly smoky. ]

An' while da city's howls 'a confusion at dese hats hit octaves usually reserved f' callin' dogs, it means I had a case. Th' sound 'a greenbacks slappin' 'cross my palm is music ta my ears any day.

Afta all, I ain't a music critic. I'm a private eye. So whoeva's responsible betta keep their eye on th' shadows...

'Cause I'm takin' ya down.

[ SHIEMI PLZ... anyone want to try talking to her... or if you're in the Villa, just catch her sneaking around the place or something... >> ]

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[Shiemi

Shiemi why

just

why]

... nope. No. Goin' to work. That's all.

[ because

B) ]

Ah... work already? I could accompany ya f'r protection...

'Course, I already knew dat he could 'andle 'imself, from what I'd seen of 'im back home, but dis naggin' feelin' still kept botherin' me... oppression like angels takin' a piss at th' same time. On alla us. Not a good feelin' ta have, in any case...

[Okay one Shiemi saying 'taking a piss' would be hilarious in any other context.

And two he's just going to attempt to ignore that supposed to be inner dialogue.]

Uh. Nah. I'm good, really. Nothin' ever happens to me on the way to work.

[watch this would be the one day something did happen]

Ya sure? What if somethin' happen'd ta ya dis time?

Because dere's only so many times a man can go down dese mean streets not bein' mean before somethin' snaps inside a man's soul, afta all... becomin' th' very scum 'n' insanity dey're so against in th' first place.

Or ta use a weatha'd phrase from da Good Book, judgin' others as ya become th' judged. Not knowin' right from wrong if one a dem was helpin' the poor and th' other bangin' ya sister...

[ Shiemi, why are you even using that kind of language... ]

[... cough]

I've got my sword.

[He tended to carry it around during curse weeks anyway because really, you never know what insanity of the week is going to do to people.

Case in point: Shiemi right now.]

[ WOW RIN DAS R00D ]

... are ya sure that'll be enough, though?

Even knowin' his abilities, I still worried. Some say it may be ta th' point a' excess, but wit' dis town, ya never know. Tryin' ta resist its insanity was like playin' Russian roulette -- soona a lata, ya gonna end up bitin' the bullet. And it's not gonna be pretty.

[ She has enough of a mind to follow Rin to his work, you know--! B| !!! ]

[shush you]

Ain't it always?

[Okay maybe being cocky wasn't the best idea right now, but it's Rin, that's par the course for him anyway.

He crosses his arms over his chest, leaning against the door frame he'd stopped near.]

C'mon, since when haven't I been able to take care of myself? And I've been here longer than you. Seriously, Vatheon's shit don't even phase me anymore.

...at that point, I knew I couldn't go against him. 'e 'ad more points in dis convasation than da police 'ad corrupt cops, and dat was sayin' somethin' considerin' dat the crime lords 'ad more scruples dan dat lot.

[ Shiemi, what even are you talking about at this point... whatever the case, she sighs, waving her hand a little before she walks up to and hugs him.

... at least that part of her hasn't changed? ]

... just be careful, all right? I'll still worry regardless 'a ya ability.

[The hug makes him tense for a second, but it passes as he lets a breath out through his nose and returns the hug.]

I know. I'll be careful.

Good... I know ya will be, but I just need t' reassure myself, ya know?

[ Honestly, Shiemi...

also look, the only comment without any monologuing. Yaaaaaaay. ]

[Wow, it's a miracle.]

Yeah yeah, I know.

But I'll be back before you know it, and in one piece too.

... good. I don't wanna come 'ome and find ya in pieces, you dork.

A'course, Rin really was a dork, but it's why I still cared f' him all th' same. I wouldn't want that about him t' change...

... well, dat and I couldn't exactly argue since I was just as much a dork as 'e was unda th' right circumstances...

[ SHIEMI... *facepalm.gif* ]

Che. You're a dork, too, Shiemi.

[But he says it with a smile, because really she wouldn't be Shiemi if she wasn't the way she was.

Even if this was... weird.]

... guessin' we're both dorks, then.

[ And she sticks her tongue out at Rin, as if to emphasize her point.

... ohai, another moment without weird monologuing! \o/ ]

Yup. Guess so.

[He does manage to smile a little at that, before finally giving a wave and slipping out the door.]

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