IC || SECOND CASE || VIDEO

[incriminating]

[The video feed rolls, displaying one Tohru Adachi peeking over the edge of some structure...most likely the bath, if the heavy steam in the air and his sopping wet hair are anything to go by. What is visible of his expression is frozen in abject terror, his eyes round and darting back and forth from his communicator to something toward the

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[toplay_thefool]

[This is so absurd he could almost believe Adachi was an innocent dumbass cop all over again.]

Did you get your gun back?

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[incriminating]

[This time, the video feed rolls to show the ballybog sitting on the side of the tub, rolling its eyes, with Adachi slumped over it, his chin in his hand and his expression tearful.]

...and after that, my mom never let me bring a-animals home again. B-but it was always a dream of mine...to have a pet cat, so later that year...

[Clearly, the ballybog is now the hostage. It no longer seems amused with the situation.]

[Almost for the first time, Adachi notices Souji and startles.]

Eh? My gun? Oh! Um. No...

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[toplay_thefool]

[Wow. He actually has no idea what to make of the scene unfolding before him.]

...Do you need a hand?

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[incriminating]

Actually, I think I'm okay now. Thanks for asking though!

[And with that, he returns to regaling his new friend with tales of Adachi Childhood Trauma.]

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[toplay_thefool]

[This is kind of like trainwreck syndrome, he can't drag his attention away.

But he gives a nod, and hangs up.]