Oh, I'm not a librarian. If I was, I think I would die.
(But now he's going to reach into the sleeve of his kimono for something. What he ends up pulling out is... a piece of paper that he's folded into four quarters. The paper is old and yellowing. He doesn't quite give it to him yet,)
I tried to find something in the last city but all I found was Hachimaru. (The Magic-8 Ball he used to make chaos at trial.) But this time, I found a surprise.
(And he offers the paper to him. When he unfolds it, he'll find that significant portions are water stained and smudged.)
I've never heard of anything like it before. I want to talk to our masked friends later and see what they might know.
(He folds his hands in his sleeves,)
We need to find out more. Maybe someone else found another bottle somewhere? Or will go on another adventure like your group did... Until we know for sure...
I like surprising people, not scaring them.
(Sure, he might make them scream once in awhile, jump out at them from corners, but this is different.)
[Kim meets his eyes, then nods in acknowledgment.]
I spoke to Yomiel last night, about some of the discrepancies with the bodies I examined. They said "something strange" happened to the people of this city, but that they didn't understand what. This... might be what they meant by that.
(Coming over! They are just two old men trying to read but Tsurumaru has had the note for longer and therefore, has had a longer time to figure out what the smudged words might be,)
"Blue as if touched by the chill of the ocean itself,"
(He'll help him read it! He points to one particularly offensive smudge,)
Here, I think it says, "Before I lose myself to this affliction."
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Week 1, Wednesday Morning
There's a flash of white and Tsurumaru will pull him aside without warning.)
I found you~
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[It looks like Kim was genuinely caught by surprise here.]
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(Why does he have to sound so ominous everytime he speaks... why...)
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[He clears his throat and composes himself.]
Okay. Yes, you found me. [He'll try to pull free...]
And you were looking for me... why?
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(He'll let him go and take a step back. He's giving him some space! And his hands are tucked behind his back,)
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It did, seemingly implying that this city was once above the surface, but somehow sank to these depths.
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You didn't find any clues about what brought the city under? Nothing at all?
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No. Nothing of the sort.
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(It sounds more like he's thinking out loud than anything,)
... You were a detective before you came here, correct?
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(Just. Hm.)
Ask me what I did! Ask me!
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He blinks slowly. Whatever this is, it might as well happen.]
What did you do?
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(Hands on his hips, head help up high,)
Are you surprised? It sounds really boring, doesn't it? I bet you didn't imagine someone as surprising as me would be like that but it's true.
(He's just going to assume all of Kim's feelings from now on. But now it looks like? He's waiting? for something? A reaction???)
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True. I would have expected a librarian to be someone much quieter.
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(But now he's going to reach into the sleeve of his kimono for something. What he ends up pulling out is... a piece of paper that he's folded into four quarters. The paper is old and yellowing. He doesn't quite give it to him yet,)
I tried to find something in the last city but all I found was Hachimaru. (The Magic-8 Ball he used to make chaos at trial.) But this time, I found a surprise.
(And he offers the paper to him. When he unfolds it, he'll find that significant portions are water stained and smudged.)
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... His eyes bulge a little. He tries not to be obvious about it, but the glasses just magnify it.]
What in the world...
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(Tuesday night, that is.)
It's related.
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(He folds his hands in his sleeves,)
We need to find out more. Maybe someone else found another bottle somewhere? Or will go on another adventure like your group did... Until we know for sure...
I like surprising people, not scaring them.
(Sure, he might make them scream once in awhile, jump out at them from corners, but this is different.)
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I spoke to Yomiel last night, about some of the discrepancies with the bodies I examined. They said "something strange" happened to the people of this city, but that they didn't understand what. This... might be what they meant by that.
... May I make a copy of this?
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(He'll nod,)
You may.
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[He turns to a blank page in his notebook and starts copying it, squinting at some of the blurred portions.]
'Naught to do for'... our ill or our injured?
'Their skin'... turned blue...?
[Sucks to have shitty vision.]
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"Blue as if touched by the chill of the ocean itself,"
(He'll help him read it! He points to one particularly offensive smudge,)
Here, I think it says, "Before I lose myself to this affliction."
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