#badou 01

"So, it always goes like this," the blonde man started. He placed his hands down on the table like tents, sliding them across its surface as if demonstrating a gameplay of some kind. He hadn't been here at the isles for very long but out of habit the first thing Elias ever did was scope out the tavern. He liked knowing things about town--who to look out for, who not to mess with, and who was all too easy to mess with. He didn't get involved and stuck like a fly on a wall just like he did when he was a bartender. He just liked people watching. Somehow, this ended up with him sitting right across from Badou to talk about his findings.

“Well one thing I can say about missing the funnest part of the year- there’s plenty of discount candy to go around!” And the fact that they go on sale the moment the time changes to the next month helps quite a lot as well! Though one could argue that she had a bit TOO much, having three bags filled to the brim with discount candy. 

It started off as a hum from her. She didn’t think she’d get so many audience from animals, but it happened. From humming, she decided to give them a good show and bust out in a full song. The place where Faunas and other creatures liked to hang out was a really nice spot to just...relax. For Ismael it was soothing and to sing around these beautiful creatures adds on to that. 

When she finishes singing, her eyes open and---Let’s say she wasn’t expecting a human being other than animals to have been listening. Damn.

"What the actual hell man?" Those were the first words that came out of Riku's mouth as she sat on her motorcycle for the first time in forever? Honestly it felt like just moments ago that she was dead and now here she was- alive, mostly well, and back in Spirale. A lot of things changed during that time to, to the point that it felt unrecognizable at points.

Yet here she was, instead of re-exploring the city just sitting there with an annoyed and slightly vacant look on her face.

Seeing a detective agency in his walk wasn't his first thought of what he might see today, but it might be luck that he stumbled upon it. Grimm enters, eyeing the one who appears to be watching the desk.

“Good afternoon, sir.” The bug gives a bow in greeting. “I have only been on this island for a short time. You see, my child is missing. I know the chance that he arrived here is slim, but... I must make certain of this fact.”

Kunikida had checked out two different bookstores that day, a task that he normally wouldn’t have spent so much time on back home. Difference here, was that he needed to learn as much about this place as possible, and he figured bookstores were the best place to do so.

That, and possibly a bar or two, but he wasn’t ready to commit to the latter just yet.

He spotted a third bookstore fairly close to his apartment, so he decided to head inside and quickly scan the non-fiction shelves, just in case the best guide to the city happened to reside there. However, he didn’t expect to be talked to while focused on scanning book spines, evidenced by how he stiffened up and exclaimed something incoherent before nearly dropping the book he’d recently picked up.

“Wh-ah-huh? Who are you? What do you want?”

For a split second, he was worried it was Dazai who was bothering him, but upon catching a glimpse of the one who’d spoken, it was clear that it wasn’t.