[text] Wanted: Babysitter / Room-mate. Heimdall Area.

[holmes_fanatic]

Wanted: Babysitter/Room-mate to join household in Heimdall area. Successful applicant must be a responsible adult, able to perform general household tasks and contribute to food and utilities. Applicant would have own room in comfortable, well-kept home.

Open mind and relaxed attitude to bedtimes a must. Tolerant of sheep, zombie movies and detective fiction. Also a healthy attitude towards giant robots is appreciated.

If interested, please respond with a list of your qualifications for consideration.

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[holmes_fanatic]

He's about our age, from Paris. Likes making trains.

[talking_dead]

Oh...okay. It's too bad Shinji isn't here to show us the inside.

[holmes_fanatic]

Mm. I was hoping for Hugo to meet both of you, but the timing didn't work out.

[talking_dead]

Yeah... [He let's out a sigh, then quiet for a moment. Reluctantly:] Do you think it was better for Shinji to be back in his world?

[He wants to think it is.]

[holmes_fanatic]

I don't know if 'better' is the right world ... but being here was definitely bad for him. He was getting pretty worried about things, after all.

[talking_dead]

...I didn't know. He didn't really tell me about that kind of stuff.

[holmes_fanatic]

We've got our first serious offer to consider.

Yuri Lowell. He works for me at the Forensics Department.

[talking_dead]

Uhhhh... [Opening the network now.]

He seems interesting? I like dogs, and "Replede" doesn't sound like to Mary.

[holmes_fanatic]

We'll want to let Mary and Replede meet before we decide.

I was sort of hoping to keep home and work separate, but come to think of it, the staff at the Department have the qualities we want, and they're already used to me, so it might not be a bad idea!

[talking_dead]

...What does he do for the Department?

[holmes_fanatic]

General staff! He's going to be helping us work on figuring out the city as much as possible.

[talking_dead]

Hmmm... [Figuring out the city? He's not sure what that means exactly.]

Okay. I don't know how this stuff works, but I wouldn't mind meeting Yuri. Mary has to be safe though.

[holmes_fanatic]

Absolutely. If Mary doesn't like any potential room-mates they're immediately out. That's non-negotiable.

[talking_dead]

Right, okay. [Mary will be glad to hear that she's the deal-breaker once Norman tells her about all this babysitter searching.]

[holmes_fanatic]

Ah, we've got another interesting offer. Ushahin-san.

[You'll want to review this conversation, Norman.]

[talking_dead]

[And review he shall! ...Although by the end, Norman's definitely looking a bit unsure.]

Uhhhh, he sounds...interesting.

[holmes_fanatic]

We've spoken twice, but I still don't know much about him.

[You should know this expression by now, Norman. It's the one that indicates your roommate has found a new ~~mystery~~ to interest him.]

1/2

[talking_dead]

[Which is why he's secretly countering with this face: Can we not, Conan? Can we please just not?

[talking_dead]

[But hey, reasonable excuse time.]

I think it might be better if we find a roommate that we...uhh...know better, you know? He's kind of a stranger.

[Stranger danger, Conan.]

[holmes_fanatic]

If he moved in, he wouldn't be a stranger--

[That face is super-effective! Sigh.]

But I guess going with someone more familiar wouldn't be a bad idea either.

[talking_dead]

[Norman almost can't believe he tried to pull that kind of logic.]

Yeah...let's just see if anyone else offers.

[holmes_fanatic]

Euri-neechan and Nina-neechan have both said they'd like to help, so even if we don't find the right room-mate today, it'll be fine.

[talking_dead]

Don't know Nina, but Euri's my friend too. It'll be nice having her over. [Yes, he's pretty sure he can call her a friend now.]

[holmes_fanatic]

I'm pretty sure Nina-neechan would like to meet you, Norman-kun. She's been looking out for me as long as I've known her!

Euri-neechan too.

[talking_dead]

...As long as you know her, that's good enough. [No creepy strangers though.]