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Serendibite OFFLINE   Forum Posts: 116 |
Posted: Sun, 19/11/2023 01:18 (1 Year ago) |
Jace Mawer (Nora)Oh dear. What unfortunate timing. Oh well, she could finish up with her little target later. "Yu-Yu!" she called out cheerfully. "What a coincidence! I don't suppose you're following little ol' me?" She laughed. "Oh who am I kidding, of course you are~ How are you, bestie? Doing good? Pissing off The Man?" Andreja Buivis"Ah ah! Careful there, Walty. Be too nice, and people might start thinking you like Angie. You might claim to hate me, but... well. That intense commitment to healing my pretty face... Really makes a girl feel wanted, you know? Your love of my gorgeous unmarred lips is shining through." Her lip seriously did hurt though. She could probably fix it at home. After all, she couldn't give the intern any ideas about her oweing him or anything. This was her problem- she didn't need his nose in her business. "Riiight Walter?" [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 08:03 (1 Year ago) |
Andreja Buivis"Dontcha know why I beat you up, Walt?" She laughed. This dork. Everything about him, down to the disgruntled look on his face made her want to burst out into giggles. She grinned at him, and a fresh drop of blood ran down from her split lip. "I didn't need you punished. I just wanted you off your high horse, that's all. Now we're even." [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 07:30 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse Michon"Great, now we're all the best of friends. Was that so hard?" He narrowed his eyes. "Get out." Buivis jumped to her feet and dragged Walton out after her. The door slammed shut behind the two teenagers. With a sigh, Narcisse leaned back in his chair. Finally. It was exhausting. First internships, then Mawer, then... this whole thing. It was a miracle he hadn't checked himself into the Trydanfaid Institute for the Mentally Deranged. He closed his eyes- then they shot open as his phone began buzzing. Notifications? Oh, lord, he was receiving texts. When did that happen? Who the hell even had his number? The list of messages went on and on and made Narcisse's head spin. Had he been trying to reach Narcisse all evening? The most recent text... We think she found your USB. Narcisse barely recognised when he knocked the chair over. He just stood above his desk, staring down at the phone lying on it. We can't find her. Are you okay? Call me back as soon as you can. He tried to lick his lips, but his tongue was like lead in his mouth. With an effort, he brought up his phone and typed up a response. Coming. Don't worry about me. As an afterthought, he added- If you find her, cut off her head. Find the gasoline out back and light up a bonfure. That's the only way to kill her. He'd failed before. He wouldn't this time. Narcisse slipped the phone back into his pocket and ignored it as it buzzed against his hip, signalling another notification. He had to think. He had to figure a way out. He left the office, without checking his phone. A fool's mistake. After all, some messages were important. Some messages might save the life of a certain Head Detective of the Clockwork Detective Agency. Chika's coming for you first, Narcisse. --- And it wasn't as if the android who sent that text was going to try and save him in any capacity. No, he thought; smiling at the text wall. Narcisse's icon scowled back. Ever pouty. The darling really had no idea how to have fun. Maybe it was the grandfather, hey? Bad influences and all that. The android gave Louis Michon's body one last kick. It folded like wet cardboard and the robot laughed at the comparison. Oh how the mighty had fallen. "You lose." Andreja Buivis"Ha! What a sucker." Andreja swung her arms from side to side as she walked, humming delightedly under her breath. Kickass! Head Detective guy was just another pawn after all. Super fun and easy. "We totally won that. Free from weird coffee orders for a whole month! I'm winning at life, baby!" She laughed, dancing around intern guy and came to a stop in front of him, blocking his path. "Hey, why aren't you laughing? Didn't we do so good? We escaped!" [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 06:33 (1 Year ago) |
Kubo Atsushi"Yeah," he agreed. "We should." He glared at Shi. If he's dead, and you're bringing Lucian fo see a corpse... I'll rip out every strand of your pretty hair. Miyako's face was unreadable. "Do you want us to come with you?" There was an odd glint in her eyes, and he found himself slightly unnerved by how focused she was on him. Her stare never wavered. It only became all the more intense. "If you want." "Shi." Miyako turned to her. "Keep an eye on Detector. I've got to protect someone here. Don't let him do anything to Lucian, okay? Or you." Kubo wasn't sure what to be more offended by. The idea that he might hurt Lucian, or that he'd willingly attack someone after he suggested splitting up. You'd think they'd have figured it out by now, after Kaoru and that whole thing with alibis. But they were still mascquerading as some great collection of "gifted and talented" high schoolers. Just a bunch of chickens, running around with their heads cut off. That was... not a nice thought. Even now, it brought back images of Kaoru's execution. Her head, limply dangling over the noose. Almost as if- Lucian was saying something. He forced himself back to reality. "....Darcy was with those two? What happened?" He almost winced. Geez. He could already feel Miyako's glare burning holes in his back. "Just a little disagreement my friend Miyako and I had." He turned and met her gaze. "Right? But we worked it out." [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 06:10 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonNote to self- fire whoever keeps letting these idiots into my office. "Stop putting words in my mouth." Buivis cut Walton off with a haughty laugh. "I'm not putting myself in any kind of... whatever. You're an idiot if you think otherwise." "Respect..." Narcisse warned. "Yeah... okay. Not an idiot." Narcisse levelled her with his usual unimpressed look and was pleased to see her squirm. "And you're...?" "Sorry. Yeah. I'm sorry." She sighed, scruffing a hand through her hair. "Look, this guy's having some sort of mental breakdown over here. Can't you... I dunno, like split the punishment or something? He and I both gotta do stuff." "And work it out. Together." "Yeah. Yeah that's good." She smiled, and he got the sense that pairing her up with Walton was more a punishment for the boy than the girl. "So...?" "Both of you will arrive at 0500 hours. That is when the janitors arrive and open up for the day. You will be working with them." Her mouth opened and closed. Narcisse barely restrained a laugh. "Uhhh...?" Buivis tried. "I assume that's an acceptable punishment, Walton?" He turned his gaze on the boy. "Janitor duty for a month. Rather light in comparison... and you'll be able to go back to regular internee work afterwards." [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 05:04 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonNarcisse massaged his forehead. "Please," he sighed. "For my sanity. Everyone get out. The Buivis girl started to stand up- "...except for you. And him." He jerked his head in Walton's direction. "Everyone else... just go. If I remember, we can discuss your punishment later." He rubbed a spot between his eyes. "...if I remember." Ah, how the paperwork grew ever higher. Even now it was giving him a whole new kind of headsche. [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 04:53 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonHe withheld a sigh. That was probably the closest he'd get to an apology, right now. Oh well. "There's a cooler by the bookshelf. You can find a cup in the cabinet below it." Then another person came up. Inside his office. Without knocking. Narcisse's eye twitched. "I seem to be handing out pink slips rather often today," he said pleasantly. "Is it Valentine's Day perhaps, or is today simply dedicated to pissing off one's seniority?" It was unprofessional to curse at work, but his temper was holding on by a thread as it was. Ah, how he longed to murder. "Don't you have somrwhere else to be, Soelare?" [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 04:42 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonMelodramatic little- He barely restrained himself from rolling his eyes. "And?" he prompted. "You're...?" [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 04:40 (1 Year ago) |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 04:33 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonHow convenient. It was as if the kid was putting on a show. He would play a role until it no longer suited him... but above all, he could never admit to his own faults. "You recognise that what you have said is disrespectful?" Narcisse raised his eyebrows. He picked up a cup of water and daintily sipped from it. When he placed it down, he levelled Detective Konstantin with a serious look. "Detective, I need you to tell me that you understand what you have done wrong." [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 03:57 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonNarcisse nearly snorted. How arrogant could this kid be? As if the whole Agency depended on him- it was infuriating. One of the kinds with a mechanical enhancement, he suspected. They lost their humanity, for the selfish wish for more power and privilege. Without a conscience, or recognition of those around them, they became self absorbed. He hated them. The whole lot were a bunch of cowards. "Then you can pack up and leave," he said calmly. "If you can't be an adult, regardless of your 'gifted' status, then I have no choice but to remove you from the Agency. You have disrespected me, disregarded consequences, and proven yourself to be a detriment to the workplace. From your little 'comments' I can see you do not hold your coworkers in any more regard than you do me. That is unacceptable." He met Detective Konstantin's eyes. "Do you agree with my assessment? I will concede that, on occasion, you apply yourself. That you can be an asset to our Agency. If you are willing to accept my initial consequences, now would be the time to bite your tongue. But if you can't, then this will be the termination of your employment." Adrik VolkovAdrik ran a shaky hand through his hair. "Alright then... off we go, I guess." He picked his way through the crowd, and soon enough was out into the cold night air. He wished he'd brought his scarf, or at least a toque. It was chilly. Even on the train, it was freezing. And for some weird reason, he felt as if every person on there was staring. An older woman was hiding her face behind her knitting- but even through the carefully woven threads- a pair of blue eyes was watching him. He froze. She lifted her knitting and he saw her old lips turn up in a smile. A jolt ran through him and he yanked up his hood. For the rest of the ride he stared at his lap. And when he got home, he took the long way 'round. [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 03:42 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse Michon"If you want to make it a challenge..." Narcisse's lips quirked up in a grin. "I respect your committment to your foolishness. How about a year? Detective Yu will surely appreciate the chance to work with you. Imagine how much fun he would have talking about his senior when you're scrubbing the office floors with a toothbrush. Making them nice and perfectly clean." Ah, but wait. It was really time to drive the knife home. "I'm sure you'll also appreciate the modules on customer service I am sending to you. They even have math in them. You haven't seen that since you dropped out of grade school, correct? It'll be quite the refresher. Everything from algebra to precalculus. Why, after, you could even transfer into the forensic analyst department. They're always looking for someone to do exciting research on fingerprints with. You'd fit right in, though of course you may have to start by cleaning the microscopes... all three hundred of them." He sighed. "Really, with how much you love to run your mouth, such an exercise would be nothing to you, I'm sure." Narcisse chuckled. "What do you say?" This kid was an idiot. His arrogance combined with the obliviousness- it was itching at Narcisse. Who promoted this fool? If this place wasn't so biased to human incompetency; he'd have been fired on day one of his internship. If only I'd been in charge then, he internally sighed. [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 03:32 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse Michon"You're a slow one, aren't you?" Narcisse leaned across the table, clasping his hands together. Very, very sweetly, he whispered, "Four. And counting." [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 03:24 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse Michon"Three." Adrik Volkov"Aww, are you sure?" He thought he caught a flash of disappointment in her eyes for a second, but then it was gone and she was again all smiles. "Well, too bad! I like getting to meet the new interns. You guys always have fresh perspectives. New ideas and all that." "I'm sure -" he fumbled. "That you do too! And... Michon." Was she referring to the Head Detective? If she was... it was kinda weird that would do so in such an informal fashion. The Head Detective would be a rank above her, wouldn't it? "Aww, aren't you sweet." Detective Mawer chuckled, tucking a stubborn curl behind their ears. "Well, just know that if you ever need some perspective... I'm here." Perspective... He shuddered at the emphasis they put on the word. In a sense, it felt like they were warning him... though about what, he wasn't sure. "I'll keep that in mind." Ha. No. He would be putting that in a cardboard box and shoving it to the back of his mind. Where it would ideally stay. Forever. "Hmm... what's he doing here?" She mused, and then glanced at Adrik. "I'll see you kids later, hmm?" She waved them off, clearly already thoroughly moved on from their conversation. She strolled into the din of people by the Main Entrance and vanished into the crowd. [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 03:04 (1 Year ago) |
Third Person POVNarcisse smiled at him. "Two weeks." Adrik Volkov"Yep, that's me. The one thing keeping this Agency from the terrible boredom that robot Michon wants to inflict us with. Honestly, sometimes I think there's metal and wiring in that man. No place for a heart in all that mess." Her eyes twinkled, a coy smile toying with the edge of her lips. He unconsciously tried to imitate her and sent a terrified grin back. Or was it a grimace? He wasn't really sure. "You need someone to walk you kids back home? The city can get mighty scary at night. You sometimes need a big bad detective to protect you, don't you?" He opened his mouth to say yes, but hesitated. Something to that glint in her eyes make him not trust her. As if he turned his back on her, she'd plunge a knife right through him. And she would, he realised. Adrik didn't want to owe her any favours. Even this walk home... he would have to thank her, right? And she'd smile at him and... next time, he'd have to betray someone for her. He wasn't sure where this spark of intuition came from... but as he stared into Mawer's friendly, smiling eyes, he saw a monster staring back, ready to devour him. "No thank you," he said politely. "I'm sure I can find my way back on my own." [Read more] |
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Posted: Sat, 18/11/2023 02:49 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse MichonHe regarded the fool with the coldest look he could muster. "You are hereby assigned to public service- and Detective Mawer service for the rest of the week." Narcisse narrowed his eyes at Detective Konstantin. "If you are unable to control yourself, then you have no place as a detective of this Agency." Narcisse smiled. "I will have your case load lightened." "You'll certainly need the free time from our new and exciting cases to do some intern work. It's about time you had a refresher on the standards we set within our workplace, don't you agree? It might take a while, certainly, but I'm sure you'll see the benefit some day." "No. It's alright, I am responsible. She provoked me, and I overreacted. It was my fault, not hers. It was incredibly undignified behavior on my part, sir, and I... I offer you my sincerest apologies. If you should have me banned from the internship program, or punished in any other way, I... Wouldn't blame you. In the least. It was... A pleasure meeting you all. Not one that I deserved. I'm sorry for everything." "Very well, then. Do you understand you will not be let back in the agency? Regardless of your intentions, your actions today show that you have no interest in acting responsibly in a work environment. I could not in good conscience allow you to return here- or recommend you to any other field in law enforcement. You would be expelled from the Clockwork Detective Agency with a black mark on your record." The girl blinked. Her mouth opened and closed. She looked weirdly unhappy- which was surprising. He'd figure the little Buivis girl would be smug at getting her way once again. "No charges of assault will be laid against you," he told Walton. What a shame. The kid seemed like he might've had potential. Nepotism would always win out though, and Walton had none of the cards that Buivis had to play. "I will ensure it." He tried to be kind. But the kid needed to learn the way the world worked, which wasn't nearly as kind as Narcisse happened to be. "Wait, sir," the girl cut in. "But- he's kinda right. I mean, I was trying to provoke him." She frowned. "Or whatever. I just don't think he needs to be kicked out, if it's about me, you know? It was a fight, it wasn't like he was beating me up or something." No, Narcisse thought bitterly. That was you. He knew he couldn't get away with it. But he kept his face a calm, cool mask. "Are you offering up your place in the Agency to young Walton?" Niwa AtsushiWow, Eloi had a pretty smile. That was interesting. It was really shiny... like really really shiny. Lotsa pearly white teeth there. Perfect smile. ...Too perfect. "I... Wonder what the noise could have been. Let's check to see if um, anything's amiss. I-I guess." "Yeah." Niwa thought for a minute. "Do you think they could've gone towards the bridge?" A clattering sound. It rang out throughout the alleyway- something had fallen. He went stiff. "Someone's moving!" he hissed. "Come on!" Niwa started dragging Eloi after him. Something was definitely moving- and fast. He could hear footsteps as they moved out of the alleyway and into the dimly lit street. The two of them stopped. The square was empty, deserted. Strange for this time of night. Fog had settled over the place and oozed along, giving it an eerie feel, or so he assumed. The eerieness was perpetuated by the complete and utter silence that surrounded them. "Where'd they go?" he muttered, scanning the road. He'd figure it would be obvious spotting someone in a place as dead as this happened to be. But... He blinked twice. He spotted a figure in the dark alleyway across from them. "Maybe they went into an alleyway?" [Read more] |
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Posted: Fri, 17/11/2023 19:36 (1 Year ago) |
Kubo AtsushiDarcy? That was... His brow furrowed. "Darcy... wasn't he last with those two?" He motioned with his head towards Shi and Miyako, careful to keep the action small and minute. He met Idris eyes. "If Darcy's the only one missing..." "Better now that you're here." He choked, jerking his head to the side, checking to make sure Lucian hadn't said what he thought he said- but Lucian just kept staring at him with those soft gentle killer eyes. He couldn't shake the comparison between Kaoru's face back on the bridge, and Lucian's now. Someone weak, vulnerable, frightened. Child-like. A kid in a world of hurt and pain needing someone to tell them they're okay. Because they're not sure themself. "Excuse me?" He got out. Yeah. Okay. Never mind. It was time to make his brain shut up. There was a time and place for everything and now was not it. "Work together..." he echoed. "Yeah. We can figure things out." Something itched at the back of his brain. He was missing something... but... Someone needs to show up dead soon? Why did that make him feel... so uneasy? The way Lucian phrased it? His eyes fluttered shut. Later, Kubo, he told himself firmly. [Read more] |
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Posted: Wed, 15/11/2023 04:39 (1 Year ago) |
Andreja Buivis"Good." Michon smiled cryptically. Andreja barely withheld a shudder. That guy was 110% absolutely f*cking insane. She would not touch the crazy. She would not interact with it, she would not bother it, she would not- Oh, who was she kidding. "It was his fault." She jabbed intern kid with her pen. "I would never risk my precious position as investigative assistant in such a manner. The thought is simply ridiculous!" The ultimate tactic to taking the eldritch beings off your trail- throwing someone else under the bus. It was hilarious and perfectly evil. You know, sometimes it could be hard, being as genius and beautiful as she, but you could always find a way to make it work. [Read more] |
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Posted: Wed, 15/11/2023 04:30 (1 Year ago) |
Narcisse Michon"I don't think you 'shut up' fast enough," he said silkily. "Perhaps the lesson hasn't sunk in yet? I'm not hearing too much respect in that tone of yours." "I respect you sir," the girl said meekly. He shot her a glare. "Thin. Ice." [Read more] |
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Posted: Wed, 15/11/2023 04:20 (1 Year ago) |
Andreja BuivisThis guy was a confirmed idiot. Andreja considered sending a brief prayer for his soul, but decided against it in case Michon did turn out to be some god-of-chaos like figure and he got her well wishes. She prided herself on her lack of self preservation, but good lord did she draw the line at eldritch abominations. "You..." Michon said slowly. He lifted his finger. "Are on. Thin. Ice. Firing you would be an act of leniency. I'm thinking dorm duty for a month? Public service? Caring for Detective Mawer's quarters, perhaps?" Okay, he was sadistic. That was confirmed. She shuddered. Nora's pomeranian, demon in puppy flesh. That thing was terrifying. It probably ate the souls of children for breakfast. And oh boy did it sh*t them out. That thing produced feces on mass. She would not be surprised to learn that it was eating nuclear waste considering the smell. [Read more] |