week 5, wednesday w/ steph

[alchemenace]

[ it's a beautiful wednesday morning! it's wednesday now. it was always wednesday. if you like constant rain. either way, varian is knocking at steph's door. ]

Hey, hey Stephie, I've got a special delivery! For. For you.

[ he's smooth as butter. ]

Comments

[alchemenace]

No one should tell Zelos and Sanji about this.

[vigilantics]

I have... no idea what those two even do.

[ their partnership is an enigma. ]

[alchemenace]

I think a lot of spite is involved? It sounds wild when Sanji talks about it. But... Well, Sanji's nice even when he's grumpy, so I think maybe he likes Zelos? Deep down. I have no idea about Zelos.

[ what is this. gossip hour. ]

[vigilantics]

Yeah, Sanji's a pretty good guy, I think.

... I'm not sure about Zelos either?

[alchemenace]

[ group ????? over zelos ]

... Well, the, the point is, if everyone should work with their partners, we have our work cut out for us.

[vigilantics]

I'm still not entirely sure if I'm friends with mine?

[ she. she can't tell. ]

[alchemenace]

Well... I think Fane likes me?

[ varian is not always great. at picking up cues. ]

[vigilantics]

I think Fane likes me too, even if he won't give me my mirror.

[ it's their mirror, technically, but steph is annoyed so now it's fully hers :/ ]

[alchemenace]

Really? Why not??

[vigilantics]

... you know what his title is, right?

[ she assumes he does since fane flat out said he tells everyone it but. she has to double check before talking. ]

[alchemenace]

Uh-huh. [ a beat ] Does... he think the mirror's related to him because of that?

[vigilantics]

He doesn't want the mirror changing someone's title in case people think he did it. But if he was so worried about that, then why tell so many people?

[ FANE!!!!! ]

[alchemenace]

[ ... sighs ]

Because he dislikes his title and thinks it's stupid. [ it's. fane. ] I can ask for you? He might be more willing to hear me out.

[vigilantics]

Yes please? I don't really want to change my title, but the whole being able to change your objective is kind of nice. And it's for backup, anyway.

[alchemenace]

And if we could have some people switch to the villain side, that... might be a good idea. [ why are there so little villains left. weeps. ] I'll ask him about it.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, we are... dangerously low on them...

[ it gives her anxiety. ]

[alchemenace]

Yeah, it's not... great. [ as the local villain. ] I'll try to convince him.

[vigilantics]

Thank you.

[ ... ]

Speaking of titles...

[alchemenace]

Yes?

[ ??? ]

[vigilantics]

[ give her a sec, she seems to be still debating this. ]

My title lets me check a piece of evidence every week.

[alchemenace]

[ oh. oh!!! varian goes wide-eyed before he frowns ]

Oh. Oh, wow. Check ... how?

[vigilantics]

It varies from week to week depending on the murder. Sometimes I can check two things, other times it's just one. I basically just get some piece of information on the item? It's ranged from stuff like the exact time it was placed there to whether or not the item was given to them by the Crafters.

[alchemenace]

That ... depending on the evidence choice, that could potentially be very useful. Or at least cut down on the time people spend looking at things that, well. That ultimately don't matter. That's great!

[vigilantics]

Which is why I'm telling you because trying to work with this information with barely any help gives me a headache every Saturday.

[alchemenace]

And you're ... trusting me to help. ...Thanks, Stephie.