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Well, that... I guess, worked out. Always good to bust a cult.

Noriko, can you tell me more about your Black Velvet thing? It might be relevant to the current case, and I'm not caught up on it.

Also, we got another Dark Mist sighting, it seems. Things are never easy.

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You work for it.

Eh? Whad'ya mean.

Edited 2013-09-15 18:21 (UTC)

Black Velvet is my basically my Limited Liability Company.

Ooooh. I see.

Well, uh. 'Rosy' was one of your managers. So they might be out of commission for a while, considering the whole Dark Game nonsense.

... Describe what she looked like again.

Uh. She was kind of older looking when we got there, but she was kind of wearing beach wear afterwards? And looked way younger. She was kind of ready to head out and tan, it seemed.

Megawa Baraha, she was in charge of most of the stores in Domino. Regional/District manager.

I'll probably switch her over to modeling or something if she's incompetent now.

You could probably undo the incompetence if you needed her. I mean, it's your magic, arguably you could undo it if you wanted.

But yeah she's basically a bimbo now. Cause of the Dark Game.

You keep using that word.

Oh? Where was Number 96 sighted?

The cult leader Suguru and I co-busted last night apparently got cards from 96. "Rank Up Magic Inner Demon's Force", which was the same card that was involved with all the Cosmo Queen nonsense.

Naturally, it let her summon one of those Chaos XYZ dealios.

Hmm, I see. Rank-Up Magic again, huh.
It's a shame we don't know where he is now.

Yeah, Rank-Up Magic again, and it seems to have the same weird effects on personality it did before.

Yeah, at this point, all we can do is damage control. But I wanted to make sure I let you know, just to know he's on the move again.

What happened with the crazy leader chick?

I talked to her, and she gave me a decent lead, but she's... well. You saw her. She's kind of harmless now. If she sees Dark Mist again, she'll let me know.

... Wait, so you mean. You let her go?

It was pretty clearly obvious she was only really guilty of being manipulated in a larger scheme. Like I said, she was as much a victim as the people she was brainwashing.

... And yet I still feel like I should whack you in the back of the head.

I wonder why.

Regulation 27, Subsection 3, Relating Towards Malevolent Individuals Confirmed To Have Suffered From Mental Manipulation And Alteration: "...should the suspect be confirmed to have suffered from a form of mental alternation, such as personality exaggerations in the form of holding a Number XYZ, brainwashing, or mental manipulation of the facts, the suspect is to be held for immediate interrogation to obtain any leads on the entity or entities behind said manipulation, and then be evaluated on their threat level. If they appear to no longer be a threat after the effects of said manipulation have worn off, they are to be released, pending further investigation."

...Basically, if she wasn't a threat without the brainwashing (which she wasn't), and could give leads on who did it (which she did), then we're not locking her up right away.

Edited 2013-09-15 18:44 (UTC)

What about the "no longer be a threat part".

I mean, yeah, right now, she probably wasn't gonna be a threat, but you don't know how she'd act without being affected by a Dark Game.

You're pretty much assuming that she's not gonna be a threat when she's already been manipulated in the first place, if it hasn't worn off.

There's a reason "pending further investigation" is in there. We keep tabs to make sure they're not immediately up to something the minute things go back to normal.

I sincerely doubt Noriko would hire someone like that if they were that off the wall normally.

Uh.

I want you to think a little bit carefully about that last bit.

She wouldn't hire someone who A) was so insane she had never seen her employer before, B) would start a full on cult in her name normally and C) Do so while being employed as a regional manager.

... Think a little harder.

I trust Noriko to not hire someone that plainly crazy. She doesn't like super crazies.

You do realize that Noriko is just as prone at being tricked, or knowingly doing something in the spur of the moment out of amusement, and then forgetting she did it a week later. Right?

I am not that forgetful.

Yooooou're pretty forgetful, Noriko.

I object to your character assassination!

You constantly don't remember things whenever they're brought up.

... Really?

The fact that you forget about this is more evidence to you being forgetful.

That's a lie!

How do you know? You forgot about it.

Because I am not that much of a bimbo!

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