applechemist | KAGACHI

Are you a detective, like Junpei?

[ You know how detectives walk around with huge weapons? ]

[what kind of detectives have you met, escha...]

Not exactly, but you could say that's part of the job.

[ Maybe he's a superhero, like Dick? Neat... ]

I see...

So is this happening like you thought? Or different? With, um... I guess people must have fought. [ For some to end up dead. ]

Pretty much. We know that the last group's numbers dwindled, so... people had to have died. And based off other things found, it sounds like they might've killed one another.

Do you think they were possessed when they did it...? I can't decide if that's worse or better...

Yeah. That's what I think.

... If the others' guesses are right, we'll have to kill whoever did it.

R-really? Can't we just... Put them in jail?

Depends on what the rulebook means by "dispatch". And we don't exactly have a jail around here.

Dispatch like... Send home? Maybe?

[ She does not sound confident in this, but she can hope... ]

While possessed?

[ She gasps... She didn't think of that. ]

Oh! No, definitely not...!

What about dispatching, um, the demon? From them? And then they're okay!

... It might be different for others, but where I'm from, the only way to deal with this kind of thing is to kill the host.

But that's... Not fair.

I don't think it's meant to be.

Maybe we're just wrong.

[ She doesn't sound like there's any hope behind the idea. So far most of the collective predictions and theories have been pretty spot on, so, no. They probably aren't wrong. ]

We'll see. There's no use in agonizing over it right now, anyway. We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, let alone after that.

I suppose you're right. We'll see tomorrow...

How, um... How do you usually deal with this?

Find whoever's responsible and make sure the dead are at peace.

[ She meant emotionally, but that's. Fine. ]

I wonder - is there anything we can do to put them to rest, properly? We can't even bury the bodies...

[the answer to that is emotional repression.]

Hard to say. I can't cross the Veil here...

... What's that?

The border between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead. The main function of my job is to help the dead pass on.

Oh... That's... [ Really interesting, for one. But, uh. ]

That seems like it would be really sad.

It's not a job suited for those who get emotional easily.

That makes sense... I don't think I could do something like that, even if I think I'd like to.

So, thank you. If you do something that not everyone else can handle, I'm sure it means a lot.

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preceptive - 2019-10-13 20:36 (UTC) - Expand