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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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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.]