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Interesting... yes, I'll try it. Thank you very much, Miss Velveteen.

[I wonder if this'll actually taste good... I trust Liz, but she does have strange tastes at time.

He takes a bit after his moment of consideration, eyes widening the second the heat hits him. There's fire above his head. Oh, my god, this is not balsamic nor fig. She has lied to him.]

It's-- It's delicious, Miss Velveteen. [I'm dying. He's actually trembling, but smiling wide.] I've never tasted anything so-- um, so unique.

[ Oh, that was the wrong one. He looks like he's in pain, but he's trying to keep it together... How sad. ]

My apologies. That seems to have been my ghost pepper ice cream... [ She'll take it back, snapping the lid on and putting it with the other spicy tubs. ] The other is balsamic fig... if you'd like to try it after the heat has subsided.

[ .......She'll get him some milk, that should help. ]

I-- I'd love to, of course, n-nothing would m-m-make me happier.

[If I can even taste after this?! Oh thank goodness she has milk.

He takes the milk thankfully, casually gulping it down to maintain His Cool

oh my god he has done this before, his other self... him? he has done this before, but with takoyaki of all things. It was clearly red? Why did I take it. At some kind of food festival... Everyone's there? Does that mean... No, I won't assume such things. Do I even want to know?

... At least now she can see when he's lost in thought.]

[ ...She can indeed, she's going to watch him think for a bit before she speaks. ]

So the other Akechi wasn't good with spice either, I assume.

[-- Oh. He'll take another sip of the milk, smiling sheepishly.]

He and I share a number of similarities, Miss Velveteen. It... makes denying certain things difficult.

[Like how they're the same person. Goro rubs his thumb against the side of the glass, choosing to study the assortment of fruit Liz has pulled out.]

... Remind me to tell you something interesting once we're finished with parfait and case details. I think I'd value your opinion.

Of course. [ Speaking of parfait and case details... Let's Parfait!

Goro's supposed to be taking the lead here, but she'll get them some (regular sized) glass cups to start. Considering she's push aside a handful of the small tubs, it's probably good to guess those are the ones that'd probably hurt his already damaged dignity. ] Please begin your briefing, Detective.

[Good, he'll show her how to construct a wicked parfait while he talks.]

Akira Kurusu has asked us to look into a rather unique matter, that being the late-Ryoji Mochizuki suddenly appearing online in the Retrospec directory since August 27th. Efforts to find him have come up fruitless. It's... for his own peace of mind, it would seem, since he just wants an answer, whether it be a glitch or a prank. I thought we could possibly try contacting Mochizuki through the app, but I'm not sure there'd be much of an answer found there.

[A pause, a soft coloring on his cheeks. Clears his throat a bit.]

Akira, ah, already paid in advance on my end, and I said I'd talk to you about any other fees he may need to look forward to, though personally I wouldn't mind doing this as a favor for a friend.

[ Akira paid in advance... And Akechi's embarrassed. I see. ]

I suppose we should take fees, shouldn't we... [ Your Madame President didn't think about this. ] Well, I'll figure out my share in time. For now... I don't think messaging is a terrible idea, but before that, perhaps we could see if we could investigate his apartment? It might help us learn a little more about him.

[Don't point it out...............]

Investigate his... Madame President, that's quite against the law if we don't procure a warrant of some kind.

[ Haha......... ]

The law won't permit us to procure a warrant for this sort of thing.

Well, no, of course not...

[...]

It's not the first time I've trespassed, I suppose. It'll be fine. We're only going in to look around, it isn't like we're going to take anything.

[Sometimes you've gotta duck under rules to get your answers, however much of a hypocrite that makes him in Silver's eyes.]

Precisely that. It'll simply be like investigating the Retrospec building again.

[ Just..... casually admit you too have trespassed in the name of investigation, yeah. ]

[... Nice. Okay, but look at the peach parfait creation, awesome isn't it. He'll slide it over.]

I had something else I wanted to talk to you about as well, but please, enjoy your parfait.

[ She definitely will! Delicately sampling it... #fancy ]

And what would that be?

[... How's he... Hm. He'll make his own, this time banana.]

Where do I begin... Well, I suppose I'll get to the heart of it and work my way out.

[He doesn't want Liz to think any worse of him, his worry a dark cloud forming over his head. Too dark to even see words.]

... I don't think I'm quite a hero of justice, Miss Liz. [Nicknames, now.] Though my other self may be after the Phantom Thieves, the way he's done it... doesn't settle well with me. I'm fairly certain he -- I -- joined their group somehow in order to betray them and capture their leader.

[Yes, it's much nicer to talk about this with his hands doing something, even if the knife's trembling.]

Isn't that a common tactic in romance? [ mmm... ] Regardless of who or what your other self is or has done, or the reasons he has done these things for, you are simply you, with a different set of life experiences and values.

And I think you're quite heroic and justicey, especially as you're opposed to the idea of befriending to betray.

[ #simple ]

Not to make light of it your situation, Go-chan, but this is the sort of thing I've come to terms with with Ms. Sphinx's reveal.

No, I appreciate it, really. It's... rather grounding, if simplistic.

[Not that it smothers things entirely. It probably won't until he talks things out with the people in question and gets their assurances that it's fine, that he's different and whatnot, but it's a hard thought to swallow; it stays in the rain cloud above, paired with small flashes of lightning every so often.]

I have a habit of overthinking things just as much as I do not thinking at all. [Reckless. Ready for danger.] I just can't help it, though, when it comes to this -- he was oddly excited to learn about some of the thieves' tricks, I don't think I've ever felt that sort of genuine feeling from him otherwise.

[ ...She's going to lightly swirl her spoon in his dark cloud until it dissipates. The last time he was upset about something, she bit into a lemon to distract him and immediately regretted it; there aren't any lemons for her to do that to now though. The comfort words... ]

It's always exciting to learn how a magician performs his stunts; I think you can liken it to that sort of thing. [ She's doing so poorly at this. ] As for it being the only genuine thing you've felt from him... Some people are simply harder to move than others, I suppose.

... Maybe.

[To both. The cloud dissipates with her swirling, and Goro shakes his head with a wide smile.]

Well, no matter. Whatever the circumstances, I'm actually rather excited to see how they work in action myself! For a detective, unraveling such a mystery is a dream come true. It'll certainly answer a few questions I have in mind.

[ Her comfort words were acceptable enough. Good. ]

Do you believe it'll help with any of our cases going forward?

Not a bit.

[Sorry. Things like this... there's no way they translate to reality, though what counts as reality now is up in the air.]

[ Oh.

Oh. ]

Oh.

[ ......................... ]

That's rather disappointing to hear, but I suppose it can't be helped.

I'm sorry, Miss Velveteen. Though... if it ever does, then I will happily tell you so.

[because it'd be cool tbh]

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