fortuneprince | 23rd Case - [Written/Action]

[Written]

[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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[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.

Edited 2013-04-16 12:30 (UTC)

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.