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23rd Case - [Written/Action]

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[What’s written is child-like handwriting. Albeit neater but still resembling that of a child’s and what’s written isn’t directed at anyone. In fact, it’s written like a page in a diary]

April 13th

10:30am I woke up a few minutes ago and I think I'm in a library. This isn't Grampa's library or the local library. I have my detective tools with me though. Where am I?

10:32am There are a lot of books here. Grampa doesn't have a lot of these.

10:38am I’ve spotted a few people in here. They're all wearing wings and I have some too. I wonder why? What’s even stranger is that I can make mine move.

10:40am I tried to take the wings on my back off but it really hurt when I pulled on the feathers. I don't think I should touch them...

10:50am I took a look outside, I don’t think I’ve been here before. There's a fountain out front and a bunch of buildings but it's raining really hard so I can't go outside to look around. I guess I'll have to stay here for a little until it stops.

Further details to come as I conduct an investigation, starting here in the library.

[A few minutes pass before she writes:]

~~11:15am I want to go home.~~ [There’s only a moment to see that before she starts scribbling it out]

[Action]

[For a good few hours, Naoto will be hanging out around the library since 1) it’s raining outside, 2) there are people in here to question and 3) books. So anyone is free to catch her sitting down with a few piles of books sitting around her with her nose stuck in one of them. Also if you happen to be in the library, you might be approached by a small girl and she'll even give a polite "excuse me" to get your attention.

Junior Detective Naoto Shirogane is on the case!

In the late afternoon, Naoto moves out of the library and makes a run to visit the bakery, All Passions and the flower shop to check things out and talk to more people.]

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[It's late in the afternoon when Yuan makes his way through the village. He isn't going anywhere concrete, he just wanted some fresh air. Stretch his legs. Sitting inside all day is tempting, but he can never keep it up for too long.

He spots the young girl outside the flower shop as he passes by it and for the first few seconds, he doesn't think too much of it. Then it hits him that the girl looks vaguely familiar. It's the hair, he supposes. Naoto has a haircut just like that.]

[Don't forget she also has her favorite awesome hat on too! Though let's say when Yuan had passed by she took it off momentarily to wave any water off of it.

Of course, she spots Yuan as he passes by and watches him for a moment. Without her grandfather around, she's felt a bit more shy, more hesitant about talking to people, especially adults, the ones who've been kinda mean to her lately. It doesn't help that she's never been the social type.

BUT SHE'S A DETECTIVE! Even without her grandfather around! She's going to be the best detective, like Sherlock Holmes! So she can talk to more adults for her investigation. Yes! So she puts her hat back on and jogs after him]

Um... excuse me, Sir?

[The moment she begins to jog after him, Yuan already turns his head mildly to watch her from the corner of his eye. He slows to a stop when he notices the hat. The resemblance is uncanny, now. Considering the nature of Luceti, it might be more than just a coincidence as well.]

... Yes?

[Deep breaths, just relax and speak up and be a good detective!]

M-My name is Naoto Shirogane, Junior Detective for a private agency located in Inaba! I'm currently conducting an investigation and would like to ask you for your assistance! [DID SHE DO GOOD]

[And now the coincidence option is out of the running entirely. Looks like the Malnosso were up to their usual tricks again. He knows how important being a detective was (and still is) to Naoto, so he'll indulge her.]

Oh really? What sort of investigation?

[She sighs a bit to herself. Alright, so far so good. Remember to stay professional, talk clearly]

An investigation concerning the whereabouts of this town and the strange ano--... [big word give her a second] ano...malies such as the wings on our backs and the talking animals.

[Hm. Now he's starting to wonder if anyone's explained the situation to Naoto yet. The guide is most likely too great a read for her, but the general gist of things should be passed on. Then again, is she too young for the truth of the situation?]

Ahh, I see. How can I be of assistance?

[Kouki blinks and reread the words again. It reads like a child, a New Feather child at that.

However, it's far too early for the New Feathers cycle. Unless this child is a late arrival? Kouki vaguely remember his own arrival being rather late, date-wise.

For a moment, he consider speaking. But that's probably too surprising. Picking up his pen, he start writing on the pages, casual but readable.]

Hello. How did your investigation go?

[ ...

A-AH.

DID THE JOURNAL JUST RESPOND TO HER?

SHE'S BEEN HOLDING IT THE WHOLE TIME SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE WROTE IN IT...

... S-Should she respond? It's bewildering to have a book of all things talk back to you but her interest is piqued, to say the least. Especially if it responds back a second time. So after a moment she puts her pen to the journal and writes:]

It's going well. I'm learning a lot of interesting facts. [Investigation is still ongoing right now, she just stopped when she saw this] How are you talking back to me?

I'm writing to you from my own journal. You could say our journals are connected on a special network, which was how I read your writing earlier and write my reply to you.

[He's so tempted to say "magical technology" and leave it at that. But nope, not yet.

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A special network? [A pause] Like the internet on a computer?

[Granted the internet in her time isn't that advanced yet but she has seen her grandfather use it to send emails to his clients sometimes.]

That right. It's like using the Internet, but with a pen and a journal.

[Since she brought it up, that makes it easier to use the analogy.]

Since our journals are connected, you can talk with anyone in this village. As long they have their own journals.

[Well, Cilan hasn't met Naoto at her proper age before, but who's to say he can't be of any help now? Either way, childish hand-writing aside, the words "investigation" and "detective tools" ping him enough to get a quick response back to her.]

Perhaps I could be of assistance to your investigation? If you have any questions, I can try to answer them for you as best as I can!

[OH GOOD LORD THE JOURNAL RESPONDED AGAIN.

The initial surprise is over but there's still some surprise since it said something else. And though she's young and a very young and learning detective, she does notice that the writing is different from before. Shouldn't it be consistent? Nevertheless, if it's offering her help for her investigation then she'll take it.]

I would very much appreciate the help. [Sitting herself down at a table for a moment] Do you think you could tell me about this town?

Yes, of course! This place is called "Luceti", overseen by a group of people called "The Malnosso", as I believe they're called. Everyone here is in a similar predicament as you are, having been brought and fitted with these wings that you've undoubtedly noticed by now...and yes, as you've also noticed, pulling on the feathers can be painful. I would suggest not doing so again, as damage to the wings can result in a bitter taste to contend with...

[You can get sick or die if the wings are hurt badly, so yeah, be careful about that Naoto.]

[Getting this explanation written in her journal by the journal sure does make this a bit easier. Now she doesn't have to rewrite all of this information down! ...Even though she might rewrite it again later just to have everything organized to her liking.

There are so many questions she wants to ask...

Who are the Malnosso and where are they? Where is Luceti? Does this mean she's been kidnapped? Has everyone else here been kidnapped from their homes? Why do they have wings and why can she feel them as if they were real?

But she has to take her time and figure this out piece by piece, like her grampa and Sherlock Holmes! That's what they do, right? One thing at a time. That's probably the best anyways so she can maybe wrap her head around this mystery.]

Who are the Malnosso? Do they work for a corporation of any kind?

From what I've heard of them...which, I do admit, may not be as much as someone else that has been here longer than I have might have heard, but they seem to be an independent organization of their own. They're the ones that appear to be responsible for maintaining our stay here, as well as being the general source of blame for why we're here.

[In other words, getting kidnapped and having wings implanted into our backs? They seem to be the guys everyone talks about and points to for who's responsible for that.]

[He's also hiding away in the library from the rain outside, so he catches the ending bit of her entry. It makes him sigh sympathetically.]

Yeah, I want to go home, too...

[She nearly jumps when he speaks up and holds the journal close to her chest, a little embarrassed that he saw--had he been reading over her shoulder?--that before she could scribble it out. But of course more so startled that he came out of no where.

After a moment, she relaxes a little and looks up at him. He doesn't look like an adult... a teenager. Doesn't make her any less nervous and shy to talk to him but as a to-be great detective, she can do this!! So she stands]

A-Are you lost too?

[He doesn't nearly jump; he does jump--right out of his chair, too. He'd been reading it off his journal actually, so it's a shock when she starts talking to him seemingly out of the blue.]

Eh?? [What does this little girl mean "too"? OH--she's...] Are you the one who wrote that entry?

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