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[sloths]

[ Having a good day today, Asgard? Well, it doesn't really matter if your answer to that is a 'Yes' or a 'No' because if you like the distant sound of couples arguing in the morning...

Okay you're actually out of luck because all that's going on is a debate. Something to do with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and... psychostimulants?

But now we'll have the feed clicking on to reveal this new beautiful girl with long black hair that some people might have already spoken to a little. Newer still is the messy-haired young man reading idly nearby and looking - not unhappy in his corner of the screen, but certainly like he'd be happier in a warm bed somewhere. ]

Oh, Oreki-san! It looks like it's running now!

Not a chan—

Good day, everyone! Since we are both newcomers here, I just thought it might be a good idea to introduce ourselves to everyone! My name is Chitanda Eru, currently a member of House Freya. It's nice to meet everyone!

[ She'll lean forward to turn the feed towards her companion... Only to find his face closer than ever to the book and decidedly not facing the camera. --Which naturally prompts her to give the young man beside her a nudge. ] Come on, Oreki-san, it's your turn!

[ Can't you just leave me alone?

... forget it he's going to be a champion and zero in on the vagueness of those instructions. ]

Oreki Houtarou. Or-e-ki—

Oreki-san.

[ And she chides him much like a mother would her misbehaving son... The misbehaving son, then, volleys back with the most put-upon sigh. ]

Currently a member of House Odin. Please be gentle. [ he commits okay ]

Looks like we'll have to cut that out later, Oreki-san. [ She laughs a little at the end of that. Unfortunately (or maybe not?), it looks like neither of them realize that this is a live recording... ] That being said, we are in your care! If we may be of help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask.

Oi, Chitanda! Don't make decisions like that on your own! What is it you expect to be helping with anyway? We're still high school students. [ Come to think of it: inter-dimensional city aside, isn't the offer itself a little broad!? ]

Oreki-san, everyone's in this together. It's precisely because we're high school students that we should help others if they are in need! Otherwise, who would help us if we ever needed it?

[ Only you would wind up in a situation needing everyone's help. ]

In any case, thank you for your time, everyone. [ It was at this point that she would be reaching forward for the feed source, only to pause and lean back again when she seems to have been reminded of something.]

Oh, if anyone has any mysteries or problems you would like solved, we would like to hear about them! While a little lazy, Oreki-san here is quite brilliant at deduction in his own right. If you have heard or met Sherlock Holmes-san, both Oreki-san and I are both big fans of--

[ Excuse Oreki-san while he throws himself across the table in whatever the sluggish equivalent of a dive jump is and shuts off the bracelet thanks. ]

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[integrous]

[ you two sure.. are.. an interesting duo.. blink blink. ]

You solve mysteries? What, are you some kind of detective duo?

[sloths]

Absolutely not. [ and because he knows what comes after that: ] To both.

[integrous]

I don't know, she sure seems convinced of this whole deal! [ ah, wait, somehow this guy is a little like.. toru.. except more apathic.. ] So you're just letting yourself be dragged along?

[sloths]

I'm objecting.

...

People don't object when they're letting themselves be dragged anywhere.

[integrous]

Then you're not objecting enough! [ asahi, who are you to decide this for others. at least she seems energetic enough about it.. ]

If you're a real man, then you should be telling her to cut it out already if you don't want this!

soft sobbing

[sloths]

[ his thoughts exactly thank you i did not even need to write an italics tag ]

Since when do they teach girls about how to be real men?

cry against my manly chest

[integrous]

[ i will tsukkomi for you, don't worry about it ]

Ever since most guys can't live up to being real men anymore nowadays, that's when!

[sloths]

I see.

Ah, in that case, if there are none left, who exactly is the one deciding which men are real and which fail to live up?

[integrous]

Me.

[ saying it quickly, as if it's just an objective unchangeable fact.. ]

[sloths]

Denied.

[ matching that tone exactly ]

[integrous]

Why do you think you suddenly get to decide?!

[ have some extra volume coming out of the device-- asahi is .. quite loud, in case that wasn't obvious yet. ]

yolo harasses your postvak

[sloths]

You can't live up.

[ OOH BURN ]

get out of the postvak holly

[integrous]

[ .. this guy. Seriously, this guy-- there's only been one other guy who annoyed her this much in Asgard and she went to go punch that one.. beware, Houtarou. ]

You think you're all that, don't you?!

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[classicuriosity]

[ best couple yes?~ ]

Yes, Oreki-san is quite good at doing so! But I don't think we're a detective duo of any kind, really. [ because she's the one that drags him into the cases... with minimal input herself, apart from her impressive memory for details. ]

[integrous]

[ clearly. don't make her ship it. ]

Huh, you're not? But it sure seems that way when you're advertising it like that! Like he's the detective and you're his assistant or something like that, right?

[classicuriosity]

[ she should ship it anyway. and you should too. ]

Hmm... Maybe we could be that while we're here! We don't really have school to worry about after all!

[integrous]

[ I PERSONALLY ALREADY DO OKAY.. ]

Heh, I think the two of you seem capable enough that even I'd think of hiring you if I would ever have a mystery that needed to be solved!

[classicuriosity]

[ Yes, good. ]

[ now ship it more ]

Do we? This is the first I've heard of such a thing, but I'm sure we can't be compared to Sherlock Holmes-san and Watson-sensei! Still, thank you for the compliment.

[integrous]

[ it's already over nine thoudand. ]

Huh? Sherlock-.. ah, that famous detective, right? I don't know, isn't he just a guy from a book? No way you could hire someone who doesn't actually exist in the end!

[classicuriosity]

[ but is it over nine hundred thousand? ]

Yes, that's him. He's here in Asgard, actually!

[integrous]

[ i don't even know man, i even misspelled thousand up there, i've already failed in my quest.. ]

.. Wait. Someone from a book.. is here in Asgard? How does that even work?!

[classicuriosity]

[ it's okay you can reload from a save point!!! we have those...

right? ]

Alternate... realities, maybe? [ the whole concept is kind of mind-blowing even to her, really. ]

[integrous]

.. Alternate realities? [ woah, this is getting too philosophical for asahi, she's not that smart.. ]

Isn't that something you usually only hear of in anime?

[classicuriosity]

Then... maybe we're now in an anime? [ or worst yet a fanfiction written by teenagers... ]

[ what is logic and where is oreki this is his job ]

[integrous]

What kind of ridiculous answer is that?! [ okay, no, she doesn't mean to be rude, she's just.. so.. confused.. at this point. ]

No way we're in an anime, stuff like that doesn't just happen out of nowhere! Being kidnapped by gods or whatever is one thing, but..!