DICK CATCHALL

[chaoticlootral]

lol dick catchall . . .

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W2 POST TRIAL

[chaoticlootral]

[Hi Dick! Honestly, Taako's on kind of a warpath. Wherever you are - he'll corner him whenever he can catch him - maybe this time the Aquarium. Seems like a fairly sedate place.]

Listen, I, uh, have something to say. Everyone here, we've got like a sliding scale of Horny and Depressed, and so far maybe my Horny has been a lil' scoosh higher than Depressed, which means that I'm functional, but maybe kind of useless for most of the day. Well, right now, Depressed is making a big come back in a way where it's really fucking up my good time vibes, and now I'm just pissed off. I realize that without my, uh, dramatic game-breaking powers I'm not like, a super-ninja or whatever, but I'm completely stupid.

You seem well-connected. I want in. Whatever bullshit you've got going on. I don't like black and white options. Let me help, okay?

[unpredicktable]

[ dick looks surprised, for a second. it's quite the speech, and it's-- maybe unexpected. maybe it's just that he's tired. maybe he was trying to be sad with fishes? wow? ]

... Junpei, Escha and I were pooling our resources. That was part of it. Between all three of us, we could cover a lot more ground when it came to talking to people and finding information, as well as analyzing it. [ he starts with that, and the were is-- fun and new, he's not gonna concentrate on it. honestly, all things considered-- talking shop is a lot more useful to him than anything else anyone else has tried. and then, after a second: ] Taako, you have a role, don't you?

[ it's phrased like a question, but he sounds. pretty fuckin sure ]

I MEANT NOT COMPLETELY STUPID I HATE THIS

[chaoticlootral]

[He shuffles for a second, rolling some things over his in head. He's clearly weighing some options right now, and doesn't seem shy about letting Dick see that he's thinking about it. But he did just demand to be let in. Shoving his hair behind his ears and just nodding.]

[unpredicktable]

[ dick tilts his head at taako and smiles, a bit ]

Not curious at all as to how I knew?

[chaoticlootral]

Oh, I was figuring you were just gonna brag and tell me.

[Go ahead . . . ?]

[unpredicktable]

Not really something I can brag about, actually.

[ his tone is leading, maybe, a bit, ]

[chaoticlootral]

Ah-- Right. You too then. Cool. Some sort of Boy Detective thing, then?

[unpredicktable]

Something like that. [ hell is playing 20 questions on roles, so he's gonna take a break from that for a second-- ] There are thirteen people like that in total, each with a distinct set of rules, as far as I know. I don't know what they all do, or even who most of them are.

[ he says them when it's an us, whatever, having special powers suck ]

Is yours demon related? A lot are.

[chaoticlootral]

Why do I know so many Boy Detectives . . .

[He pauses, thinking, tapping on his chin.]

You mean like, finding demons, knowing who has demons, that sort of thing?

[unpredicktable]

Hey, at least I'm trained for it.

[ it's a joke, and then he nods ]

Yeah. Is it related at all?

[chaoticlootral]

Nope!

[Helpful.]

Try again.

[unpredicktable]

[ thANKS, TAAKO ]

Can you contact the other side? The-- dead?

[chaoticlootral]

[MAKING A BUZZER NOISE, crossing his arms over each other in an X.]

If I could be more helpful . . . I wouldn't, because this is kind of fun. But also I literally can't.

[unpredicktable]

[ ughhh ]

Believe me, I know. Is it related to the notes people have been getting?

[chaoticlootral]

Notes? No. Bzzt. Cold. Very cold. Though I do wanna hear about the notes.

[Ugggggggh he doesn't know how to help.]

[unpredicktable]

You know about as much as I do with that. People have been receiving cryptic notes.

[ anyway ummmm ]

Is it related to the exorcisms?

[chaoticlootral]

Ice cold.

[Winding a hand around his braid. That's not a hint, he's just getting antsy.]

[unpredicktable]

Then... not demons, not items, not exorcisms-- the people?

[chaoticlootral]

What about them.

[waiting . . . ]

[unpredicktable]

Protecting them?

[ i'm going to go over SO many verbs ]

[chaoticlootral]

[giving him the flattest look.]

No. Do I seem like much of a protector? Yeesh.

[Checking his nails.]

[unpredicktable]

Not all roles make sense.

[ HE'S TRYING? GOD ]

... Does it aid them, or hurt them? Or is it neutral?

[chaoticlootral]

[Genuinely not sure if he can answer that, he holds his hands up. Back up a second.]

Um. You investigate people right? See if they have a role or not.

[unpredicktable]

[ he blinks-- ]

... Yeah?

[chaoticlootral]

[Uh-huh.]

Keep guessing.